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Studio Canal Back Keith Thompson and Katherine Thomson
Studiocanal Australia and Goalpost Pictures are developing a feature based on the true story of members of the Vienna Mozart Boys’ Choir and their choirmaster who were trapped in Australia during World War II. Keith Thompson (The Sapphires, Olivia Newton-John: Hopelessly Devoted to You, Hoges) is writing the first draft and Goalpost’s Rosemary Bright will produce. The second project backed by the fund is Helena, a biopic about the Polish-Australian-American cosmetics businesswoman, art collector and philanthropist Helena Rubinstein. Set in 1928, the film follows ...
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Fighting Season Premiere
Lead director Kate Woods points out: “we send these young men to war and teach them to kill and when they do, and it becomes part of their life, how do they assimilate that into themselves as human beings when they come back home? And what responsibility does the Armed Forces have for that?” Read more here. Fighting Season will premiere 8.30pm, October 28 on Foxtel’s showcase.
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Darlene Johnson to direct THE HEIGHTS
“It’s a diverse community, but this series doesn’t seek to exploit the things that make us different but rather explore and celebrate the things that ultimately make us all the same. This isn’t story about good versus evil or rich versus poor; it’s about the very unifying experience of trying to make one’s way in the world, and the family you surround yourself with, whether by bloodline or by circumstance.” Read more here.
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Jane Campion Wins NSW Premier’s Literary Prize
The New South Wales Premier’s literary awards winners were announced last night among them Dame Jane Campion was announced the joint recipient of the Betty Rowland Prize for Script writing. The fourth episode of TOP OF THE LAKE: CHINA GIRL entitled Birthday was written by Campion and co-creator Gerard Lee. Here’s what the judges had to say: The Birthday episode script effectively combines reinvented elements of the thriller, the melodrama and film poetry to create a mode of storytelling in a heightened register ...
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AACTA’s Announced
Congratulations to all nominees for the upcoming AACTA’s, especially to all the HLA clients for their exceptionally good work: BEST TELEVISION DRAMA SERIES TOP OF THE LAKE: CHINA GIRL BEST DIRECTION IN A TELEVISION DRAMA OR COMEDY TOP OF THE LAKE: CHINA GIRL Episode 5 – Who’s Your Daddy? Jane Campion; SEVEN TYPES OF AMBIGUITY Episode 2 – Alex, Glendyn Ivin BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY IN TELEVISION TOP OF THE LAKE: CHINA GIRL Episode 5 – Who’s Your Daddy?, Germain McMicking BEST PRODUCTION ...
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Wayne Blair Does Dirty Dancing
“From Vietnam with the Sapphires to the Catskill Mountains with Baby and Johnny: Australian director Wayne Blair is being lined up to direct another musical spectacular with a TV remake of Dirty Dancing. ” With no set airing date, anticipation grows for the upcoming three part series lead by Abigail Breslin. Read more here.
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Armfield’s Hamlet to be broadcast on BBC
Brett Dean’s opera, which premiered at Glyndebourne this year, will be broadcast on BBC4 in the autumn after being recorded at the festival. Australian audiences have a chance to catch HAMLET at the Adelaide Festival next year. Read more here.
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Record Audiences for Top of the Lake: China Girl
The much anticipated return of Detective Robin Griffin has turned out big numbers as Jane Campion’s series Top of the Lake: China Girl airs to 130,700 viewers. “These numbers, which do not include all streaming figures, make it the second most watched show on Foxtel this year after Game of Thrones. Tim Christlieb from BBC said it was a credit to the amazing team behind the show.” Read more here.
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Wake In Fright: Teaser Released
Revealed last night was first teaser for Wake In Fright, the new interpretation of the classic 1961 psychological thriller. Directed By Kriv Stenders and production design by Mariot Kerr the two-part miniseries follows a young school teacher who finds himself marooned in a small mining town in Australia’s outback. Watch the teaser below:
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Picnic at Hanging Rock: Amazon picks up Aussie classic
“With fantastic scripts and outstanding cast […] Picnic at Hanging Rock is set to be a must-see series in 2018.” From co-creator and writer Alice Addison Amazon has acquired Picnic at Hanging Rock, the upcoming six-episode Australian drama series starring Game Of Thrones’ Natalie Dormer. Picnic at Hanging Rock will have its world premiere on Foxtel in Australia in 2018. Read more here.
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Exclusive Cleverman Clip
Ahead of it’s release tonight, you can catch a sneak peak of season two episode 3 of CLEVERMAN Dark Clouds here.
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Top of the Lake: China Girl Q&A with Jane Campion
Catch Academy Award Winner Jane Campion discussing the eagerly awaited second season of her hit show Top of the Lake at the Opera House. Join the exclusive screening of China Girl as well as a panel with Jane and her creative team here.
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Creating CLEVERMAN
Catch Jada Alberts and Jake Nash at Carriageworks next month to de-brief on everything CLEVERMAN Season 2. The Video Junkee panel will be held on the 29th of July following the release of CLEVERMAN’s hotly anticipated second season. Click here to book your tickets.
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Top of the Lake Season 2 Premier
The next instalment of Jane Campion’s acclaimed series is debuting in full at the New Zealand International Film Festival. TOP OF THE LAKE: CHINA GIRL will follow detective Robin Griffin to Sydney. Watch the trailer below:
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Billie Pleffer to direct DEADLOCK
ABC and Screen Australia have announced the production of DEADLOCK, a teenage-focused ABC iview series set in and around Byron Bay, will begin on the north coast of NSW in July with writer/director Billie Pleffer at the helm. Based on an original concept from Deb Cox, and developed with Billie Pleffer, with additional workshop collaboration from SKINS creator Brian Elsley, DEADLOCK crashes though the incredible highs, heartbreak, camaraderie, laughs and bittersweet sorrow of what it is to be a teenager. ...
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SEVEN TYPES OF AMBIGUITY premiers on Thursday
Directed by Glendyn Ivin, SEVEN TYPES OF AMBIGUITY, is receiving rave reviews in anticipation of it’s premier on ABC1 on Thursday night. “Ivin infuses his work with a cool, composed sense of style, his images often hovering on the edge of abstraction as he photographs his characters largely in close-up. It’s another refined piece of artful direction, adding to his work on telemovie Beaconsfield and series Puberty Blues, Gallipoli and The Beautiful Lie. He has that gift for making shows ...
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ADG 2017 Award Nominess
Congratulations to Tony Krawitz & Luci Schroder who have been nominated in this year’s ADG Awards! BEST DIRECTION IN A SHORT FILM Luci Schroder for Slapper BEST DIRECTION IN A TV OR SVOD DRAMA SERIES Tony Krawitz for The Kettering Incident – The Search (Series 1, Episode 3) See the full list of nominees here
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HOGES premiers on Channel 7
Tune in to the premier of HOGES, this Sunday night on Channel 7! The two part biopic, written by Keith Thompson, chronicles the rise to fame of one of Australia’s most iconic figures, CROCODILE DUNDEE star, Paul Hogan.
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DARLENE JOHNSON JOINS HLA
HLA Management is thrilled to announce we now represent writer/director Darlene Johnson, an Australian Aborigine of the east-coast Dunghutti people of NSW. Darlene’s work explores themes of race, identity and perception in both documentary and fiction in STOLEN GENERATIONS (2001, nominated for an international Emmy Award), STRANGER IN MY SKIN (2002), FOLLOWING THE RABBIT-PROOF FENCE (2002), GULPILIL-ONE RED BLOOD (2002), CROCODILE DREAMING (2007), RIVER OF NO RETURN (2008), THE REDFERN STORY (2014, winner of Best Social Political documentary at the ...
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Stefan Duscio takes home Gold at the Victoria Tasmania ACS Awards
Congratulations to Stefan Duscio who took home Gold for both BARRACUDA (TV) and BACKTRACK (Feature) at the Victoria Tasmania ACS Awards on Saturday night!
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Tristram Baumber announced as one of Screen Australia’s Enterprise People Placements
Congratulations to comedy writer Tristram Baumber who has been announced as one of Screen Australia’s five successful Enterprise People placements. Tristram will expand on his credits at Aquarius Films where he will be mentored by creative partners Angie Fielder, Cecilia Ritchie and Polly Staniford (Lion, Berlin Syndrome, Wish You Were Here), and highly-respected script executive Greg Waters (Dance Academy, Secret City). See the full list of recipients here
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Alan John wins at the APRA Screen Music Awards
Congratulations to composer Alan John whose music for the ABC miniseries The Beautiful Lie, won the award for best music for a miniseries or telemovie in this year’s APRA Screen Music Awards.
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