The Robbie Williams biopic “Better Man” has taken center stage in the 2025 Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (Aacta) Awards nominations.
“Better Man” earned a record-breaking 16 nominations, the most ever received by a single film in the awards’ 66-year history. Directed by Michael Gracey, the musical film secured nods across key categories, including Best Film, Best Direction, and Best Screenplay, as well as multiple acting, technical, and creative honors.
“Better Man” is joined in the Best Film category by George Miller’s “Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga” and “How to Make Gravy,” both with 15 nominations, the horror standout “Late Night with the Devil” with 14, the animated feature “Memoir of a Snail” with 11, and “Runt,” which received four.
For the first time, the Aacta Awards have recognized motion capture and voice performances in acting categories. Jonno Davies received a nomination for his motion capture portrayal of Robbie Williams in “Better Man,...
“Better Man” earned a record-breaking 16 nominations, the most ever received by a single film in the awards’ 66-year history. Directed by Michael Gracey, the musical film secured nods across key categories, including Best Film, Best Direction, and Best Screenplay, as well as multiple acting, technical, and creative honors.
“Better Man” is joined in the Best Film category by George Miller’s “Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga” and “How to Make Gravy,” both with 15 nominations, the horror standout “Late Night with the Devil” with 14, the animated feature “Memoir of a Snail” with 11, and “Runt,” which received four.
For the first time, the Aacta Awards have recognized motion capture and voice performances in acting categories. Jonno Davies received a nomination for his motion capture portrayal of Robbie Williams in “Better Man,...
- 12/6/2024
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
The journey of transitioning from a breakout child star to a “serious” actor is never an easy one. Some “formerly adorable” younger performers have trouble transitioning into the more mature, serious roles, as they must prove themselves in a completely new and different style of acting. The challenge is even greater for young actors that were as overexposed as Joseph Gordon-Levitt. After Third Rock From The Sun made him a household name, it was his more demanding work in Brick, Mysterious Skin, Ten Things I Hate About You, and Havoc that made Gordon-Levitt the teen icon of his generation. The only way for him to break out of this mold was to do something completely different, which he had a chance to do in Spencer Susser’s 2010 dark comedy Hesher. Is there a better way to announce a new phase in your career by playing a metal version of Mary Poppins?...
- 6/22/2023
- by Liam Gaughan
- Collider.com
Variety Awards Circuit section is the home for all awards news and related content throughout the year, featuring the following: the official predictions for the upcoming Oscars, Emmys, Grammys and Tony awards ceremonies, curated by Variety senior awards editor Clayton Davis. The prediction pages are Davis’ assessment of the current standings of the race and do not reflect personal preferences for any film or performance. Like any organization or body that votes, each individual category is fluid and subject to change. Predictions are updated every Thursday.
Last Updated: Jan. 19, 2022
2023 Oscars Predictions: Best Animated Short
Category Commentary: Filmmaking legend J.J. Abrams has 10 Emmy nominations and two wins (for directing and outstanding drama series for the first season of “Lost” in 2005), but he’s never been nominated for an Oscar. That could all change on Tuesday, Jan. 24.
Abrams is one of the producers of Apple’s “The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse,...
Last Updated: Jan. 19, 2022
2023 Oscars Predictions: Best Animated Short
Category Commentary: Filmmaking legend J.J. Abrams has 10 Emmy nominations and two wins (for directing and outstanding drama series for the first season of “Lost” in 2005), but he’s never been nominated for an Oscar. That could all change on Tuesday, Jan. 24.
Abrams is one of the producers of Apple’s “The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse,...
- 1/20/2023
- by Clayton Davis
- Variety Film + TV
Save Ralph, the star-studded stop-motion animated short film by Humane Society International, has been awarded the Grand Prix for Good, prestigious recognition as the top non-profit film entered into this year’s Cannes Lions Festival.
Save Ralph, which Hsi created to build support to ban cosmetics testing on animals worldwide, also was awarded Gold in the non-profit film category. The Cannes Lions Awards are recognized as one of the most prestigious global awards in creative excellence and the Grand Prix for Good recognizes and celebrates the use of creativity to positively impact brands and the world at large.
Save Ralph features a star-studded cast including Oscar-winner Taika Waititi as Ralph, along with Ricky Gervais, Zac Efron, Olivia Munn, Pom Klementieff and Tricia Helfer. The film was also produced or subtitled in multiple languages to support Hsi’s efforts to influence lawmakers in Canada, Brazil, Chile, Europe, Mexico, Southeast Asia, South Korea and beyond.
Save Ralph, which Hsi created to build support to ban cosmetics testing on animals worldwide, also was awarded Gold in the non-profit film category. The Cannes Lions Awards are recognized as one of the most prestigious global awards in creative excellence and the Grand Prix for Good recognizes and celebrates the use of creativity to positively impact brands and the world at large.
Save Ralph features a star-studded cast including Oscar-winner Taika Waititi as Ralph, along with Ricky Gervais, Zac Efron, Olivia Munn, Pom Klementieff and Tricia Helfer. The film was also produced or subtitled in multiple languages to support Hsi’s efforts to influence lawmakers in Canada, Brazil, Chile, Europe, Mexico, Southeast Asia, South Korea and beyond.
- 6/29/2022
- Look to the Stars
Alain Ughetto’s ‘Interdit aux chiens et aux italiens’ scoops two awards.
Amandine Fredon and Benjamin Massoubre’s French-Luxembourgish 2D animation Little Nicholas – Happy As Can Be won the Cristal for a Feature Film at Annecy International Animation Festival, which held its awards on Saturday, June 18.
Produced by France’s Foliascope and Luxembourg’s Bidibul Productions, the film follows the adventures of a mischievous boy and his schoolmates, teacher and parents in 1960s Paris.
Scroll down for the full list of winners
The story is by Anne Goscinny, Michel Fessler and Massoubre, with Julien Maret leading the animation. France’s Charades is handling world sales,...
Amandine Fredon and Benjamin Massoubre’s French-Luxembourgish 2D animation Little Nicholas – Happy As Can Be won the Cristal for a Feature Film at Annecy International Animation Festival, which held its awards on Saturday, June 18.
Produced by France’s Foliascope and Luxembourg’s Bidibul Productions, the film follows the adventures of a mischievous boy and his schoolmates, teacher and parents in 1960s Paris.
Scroll down for the full list of winners
The story is by Anne Goscinny, Michel Fessler and Massoubre, with Julien Maret leading the animation. France’s Charades is handling world sales,...
- 6/20/2022
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Directors Amandine Fredon and Benjamin Massoubre take home the top prize for their animated film Little Nicholas–Happy as Can Be at the annual Annecy International Animation Film Festival in France.
Co-produced French/Luxembourg film takes place towards the end of the1950s in Paris, René Goscinny (voiced by Alain Chabat) and Jean-Jacques Sempé (voiced by Laurent Lafitte) invented the character Nicholas, a small boy and prankster with a smile on his face whose days are punctuated by games with his band of friends, fights, joking around, and learning. When the fictional character is invited into the workshop of his “dads,” the roles are reversed, and it’s the creators who recount their childhoods, their careers, and their friendship to Little Nicholas.
In 2021, Flee won top prize at the Annecy festival and then went on to grab three Oscar nominations, with one being for best animated film. Will Little Nicholas follow in the same path?...
Co-produced French/Luxembourg film takes place towards the end of the1950s in Paris, René Goscinny (voiced by Alain Chabat) and Jean-Jacques Sempé (voiced by Laurent Lafitte) invented the character Nicholas, a small boy and prankster with a smile on his face whose days are punctuated by games with his band of friends, fights, joking around, and learning. When the fictional character is invited into the workshop of his “dads,” the roles are reversed, and it’s the creators who recount their childhoods, their careers, and their friendship to Little Nicholas.
In 2021, Flee won top prize at the Annecy festival and then went on to grab three Oscar nominations, with one being for best animated film. Will Little Nicholas follow in the same path?...
- 6/19/2022
- by Valerie Complex
- Deadline Film + TV
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Little Nicholas – Happy as Can Be, helmed by Amandine Fredon and Benjamin Massoubre, received the top Cristal for a feature film at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival, which concluded on Saturday.
Written by Massoubre, the France/Luxembourg co-production follows a mischievous boy named Nicholas and is based on a series of illustrated children’s books created by Rene Goscinny and Jean-Jacques Sempe. It had its world premiere last month at Cannes.
A year ago, Flee won top Cristal, en route to three Academy Award nominations, including one for animated feature. In 2019, I Lost My Body additionally claimed Annecy’s Cristal for a feature before earning an Academy Award nomination for best animated feature. Little Nicholas helmer Massoubre edited I Lost My Body.
The list of winners follows, and special prizes awarded on Friday can be found here.
Cristal For A Feature Film:...
Little Nicholas – Happy as Can Be, helmed by Amandine Fredon and Benjamin Massoubre, received the top Cristal for a feature film at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival, which concluded on Saturday.
Written by Massoubre, the France/Luxembourg co-production follows a mischievous boy named Nicholas and is based on a series of illustrated children’s books created by Rene Goscinny and Jean-Jacques Sempe. It had its world premiere last month at Cannes.
A year ago, Flee won top Cristal, en route to three Academy Award nominations, including one for animated feature. In 2019, I Lost My Body additionally claimed Annecy’s Cristal for a feature before earning an Academy Award nomination for best animated feature. Little Nicholas helmer Massoubre edited I Lost My Body.
The list of winners follows, and special prizes awarded on Friday can be found here.
Cristal For A Feature Film:...
- 6/18/2022
- by Carolyn Giardina
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Locksmith Animation’s “Ron’s Gone Wrong” has won the award for best long form at the British Animation Awards 2022.
Locksmith, which was founded by by Aardman Animations veterans Sarah Smith and Julie Lockhart alongside Elisabeth Murdoch, picked up the award at a ceremony in London on Thursday evening.
The awards took place at London’s BFI Southbank and were presented by comedian Miles Jupp.
Other winners on the night included Magic Light Pictures, for their adaptations of Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler’s “Zog and the Flying Doctors” and Scheffler’s “Pip and Posy,” while production co-ordinator Hodan Abdi picked up the Lamb award, which “bridges the gap between current categories which recognise student achievements and general best-in-class awards, and is open to any young professionals working in the animation and VFX industry.”
And 86-year-old Menna Trussler beat out Taika Waititi, Ricky Gervais and Ben Wishaw to take home the award for best voice performance,...
Locksmith, which was founded by by Aardman Animations veterans Sarah Smith and Julie Lockhart alongside Elisabeth Murdoch, picked up the award at a ceremony in London on Thursday evening.
The awards took place at London’s BFI Southbank and were presented by comedian Miles Jupp.
Other winners on the night included Magic Light Pictures, for their adaptations of Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler’s “Zog and the Flying Doctors” and Scheffler’s “Pip and Posy,” while production co-ordinator Hodan Abdi picked up the Lamb award, which “bridges the gap between current categories which recognise student achievements and general best-in-class awards, and is open to any young professionals working in the animation and VFX industry.”
And 86-year-old Menna Trussler beat out Taika Waititi, Ricky Gervais and Ben Wishaw to take home the award for best voice performance,...
- 3/10/2022
- by K.J. Yossman
- Variety Film + TV
HollyShorts Film Festival Announces Dates and Lineup
Short films starring Taika Waititi, Jessica Chastain, Tiffany Haddish and those produced by Octavia Spencer and Leonardo DiCaprio are among highlights of the Oscar-qualifying HollyShorts Film Festival, running Sept. 23-Oct. 1 at the Tcl Chinese Theatres and online.
Selections include Spencer Susser’s “Save Ralph,” starring Zac Efron, Waititi and George Lopez; Aneil Karia’s “The Long Goodbye” starring Riz Ahmed; Orlando von Einsiedel’s “Into Dust” produced by DiCaprio; Aidan Tanner’s “The Sands Between” starring Chastain; Minsun Park and Teddy Tenenbaum’s “Koreatown Ghost Story,” starring Margaret Cho; Zeberiah Newman’s “Right to Try,” produced by Spencer.
Other films on the slate are: Geoff Dunbar’s “When Winter Comes”; Lindiwe Suttle Müller-Westernhagen’s “Desmond’s Not Here Anymore;” Guy Nattiv and Jaime Ray Newman’s “Life Unexpected,” Julien Joslin’s “No Longer Suitable for Use,” Travon Free and Martin Desmond Roe’s Oscar-Winning “Two Distant Strangers,...
Short films starring Taika Waititi, Jessica Chastain, Tiffany Haddish and those produced by Octavia Spencer and Leonardo DiCaprio are among highlights of the Oscar-qualifying HollyShorts Film Festival, running Sept. 23-Oct. 1 at the Tcl Chinese Theatres and online.
Selections include Spencer Susser’s “Save Ralph,” starring Zac Efron, Waititi and George Lopez; Aneil Karia’s “The Long Goodbye” starring Riz Ahmed; Orlando von Einsiedel’s “Into Dust” produced by DiCaprio; Aidan Tanner’s “The Sands Between” starring Chastain; Minsun Park and Teddy Tenenbaum’s “Koreatown Ghost Story,” starring Margaret Cho; Zeberiah Newman’s “Right to Try,” produced by Spencer.
Other films on the slate are: Geoff Dunbar’s “When Winter Comes”; Lindiwe Suttle Müller-Westernhagen’s “Desmond’s Not Here Anymore;” Guy Nattiv and Jaime Ray Newman’s “Life Unexpected,” Julien Joslin’s “No Longer Suitable for Use,” Travon Free and Martin Desmond Roe’s Oscar-Winning “Two Distant Strangers,...
- 8/30/2021
- by Jennifer Yuma
- Variety Film + TV
The Humane Society International’s #SaveRalphCampaign tackles the disturbing issue of animal testing.
Directed by Spencer Susser, the short film “Save Ralph” features the voices of Taika Waititi, Ricky Gervais, Zac Efron and Olivia Munn. It shines a light on the plight of countless rabbits and other animals suffering at this very moment in laboratories around the world.
Since its launch in April, the “Save Ralph” campaign has captured the attention of animal lovers and policymakers alike as it works to engage viewers to help ban animal testing of cosmetics.
Set designer and puppet maker Andy Gent spent six to eight weeks building the sets. In all, the production took place over the course of 50 days with the team filming 4 seconds per day with 24 frames per second.
To create Ralph, the process took over four months, with five weeks dedicated just to covering him in fur.
“We’ve worked on...
Directed by Spencer Susser, the short film “Save Ralph” features the voices of Taika Waititi, Ricky Gervais, Zac Efron and Olivia Munn. It shines a light on the plight of countless rabbits and other animals suffering at this very moment in laboratories around the world.
Since its launch in April, the “Save Ralph” campaign has captured the attention of animal lovers and policymakers alike as it works to engage viewers to help ban animal testing of cosmetics.
Set designer and puppet maker Andy Gent spent six to eight weeks building the sets. In all, the production took place over the course of 50 days with the team filming 4 seconds per day with 24 frames per second.
To create Ralph, the process took over four months, with five weeks dedicated just to covering him in fur.
“We’ve worked on...
- 5/7/2021
- by Jazz Tangcay
- Variety Film + TV
Taika Waititi is expanding his duties on the upcoming HBO Max period series Our Flag Means Death. In addition to directing the pilot and serving as executive producer, the Oscar winner will also star as the notorious pirate Blackbeard.
“Our Blackbeard is a legend, a lover, a fighter, a tactical genius, a poetic soul, and quite possibly insane. Only one man could play this role, and that is the great Taika Waititi. We’re thrilled beyond measure he’s decided to don the beard,” showrunner David Jenkins said.
Waititi is joining previously announced cast member Rhys Darby, who worked with director Waititi on the film version of “What We Do in the Shadows,” co-directed by Jemaine Clement. He also starred in the TV series “Flight of the Conchords,” on which Waititi served as director. Joining Jenkins and Waititi as executive producers are Garrett Basch (“The Night Of”) and Dan Halsted...
“Our Blackbeard is a legend, a lover, a fighter, a tactical genius, a poetic soul, and quite possibly insane. Only one man could play this role, and that is the great Taika Waititi. We’re thrilled beyond measure he’s decided to don the beard,” showrunner David Jenkins said.
Waititi is joining previously announced cast member Rhys Darby, who worked with director Waititi on the film version of “What We Do in the Shadows,” co-directed by Jemaine Clement. He also starred in the TV series “Flight of the Conchords,” on which Waititi served as director. Joining Jenkins and Waititi as executive producers are Garrett Basch (“The Night Of”) and Dan Halsted...
- 4/30/2021
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Indiewire
(Welcome to The Quarantine Stream, a new series where the /Film team shares what they’ve been watching while social distancing during the Covid-19 pandemic.) The Movie: Save Ralph Where You Can Stream It: YouTube The Pitch: Spencer Susser (Hesher) directed this stop-motion short film faux-documentary about a rabbit named Ralph (the voice of Taika Waititi) who is […]
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- 4/12/2021
- by Ben Pearson
- Slash Film
Hollywood filmmakers and movie stars have joined forces with Humane Society International to produce a powerful stop-motion animated short film, Save Ralph, to end cosmetic testing on animals around the world.
The film can be watched here.
Although banned in 40 countries, the practice is still perfectly legal in most of the world, and even making a comeback in Europe, subjecting untold thousands of animals to needless suffering and death.
Taika Waititi, Ricky Gervais, Zac Efron, Olivia Munn, Pom Klementieff, Tricia Helfer and others have come together to help Hsi change that by providing the voices for the Save Ralph film, which aims to shine a light on the suffering animals endure and engage the public and policy makers in Hsi’s mission to ban it. Writer and director Spencer Susser and producer Jeff Vespa (Voices of Parkland) teamed up with the Arch Model studio of puppet maker supreme Andy Gent...
The film can be watched here.
Although banned in 40 countries, the practice is still perfectly legal in most of the world, and even making a comeback in Europe, subjecting untold thousands of animals to needless suffering and death.
Taika Waititi, Ricky Gervais, Zac Efron, Olivia Munn, Pom Klementieff, Tricia Helfer and others have come together to help Hsi change that by providing the voices for the Save Ralph film, which aims to shine a light on the suffering animals endure and engage the public and policy makers in Hsi’s mission to ban it. Writer and director Spencer Susser and producer Jeff Vespa (Voices of Parkland) teamed up with the Arch Model studio of puppet maker supreme Andy Gent...
- 4/8/2021
- Look to the Stars
The jump from first to second feature is often a tough one for acclaimed filmmakers to make, but for “It Comes at Night” writer and director Trey Edward Shults, it was a seamless one. His first feature, the festival hit “Krisha,” was made for a fraction of his second, the A24-financed horror offering “It Comes at Night,” but one personal vision led directly to the other — literally, as A24 picked up the rights to the new project at the same time that it acquired his debut. The only difference on the second time around was money.
“Now we have an actual budget,” Shults said, laughing during a recent interview as he considered his progress. “It’s not at my mom’s house. It’s not with my family, though I brought as many friends as I could. It’s all funded from a studio.”
It’s a big change...
“Now we have an actual budget,” Shults said, laughing during a recent interview as he considered his progress. “It’s not at my mom’s house. It’s not with my family, though I brought as many friends as I could. It’s all funded from a studio.”
It’s a big change...
- 6/9/2017
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
Matilda Brown with her dad, Bryan Brown, in Lessons From The Grave.
Matilda Brown will be an ambassador for AFI | Aacta.s annual online short film competition, #SocialShorts. Brown joins the Blue-Tongue Films group — comprising Joel and Nash Edgerton, David Michôd, Kieran Darcy-Smith, Luke Doolan, Mirrah Foulkes and Spencer Susser — in the role..
Now in its third year, #SocialShorts allows viewers to watch and vote for short films from emerging Aussie filmmakers as they vie against each other in three categories: comedy, drama and open.
The online competition runs over three weeks; one category a week..
The winner in each category will receive a cash prize and a mentorship with #SocialShorts Ambassadors, as well as tickets to attend the 6th Aacta Awards Industry Luncheon presented by Blue Post at Sydney's Star, where they will have the opportunity to "make new connections and discuss new collaborations with industry leaders".
Brown said...
Matilda Brown will be an ambassador for AFI | Aacta.s annual online short film competition, #SocialShorts. Brown joins the Blue-Tongue Films group — comprising Joel and Nash Edgerton, David Michôd, Kieran Darcy-Smith, Luke Doolan, Mirrah Foulkes and Spencer Susser — in the role..
Now in its third year, #SocialShorts allows viewers to watch and vote for short films from emerging Aussie filmmakers as they vie against each other in three categories: comedy, drama and open.
The online competition runs over three weeks; one category a week..
The winner in each category will receive a cash prize and a mentorship with #SocialShorts Ambassadors, as well as tickets to attend the 6th Aacta Awards Industry Luncheon presented by Blue Post at Sydney's Star, where they will have the opportunity to "make new connections and discuss new collaborations with industry leaders".
Brown said...
- 7/25/2016
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
It was less than a week ago that I was writing about how the western genre seems to be experiencing a bit of a resurgence, and now that trend continues as another western film heads our way. Entertainment Weekly has the first trailer and poster for The Duel, which sees Hunger Games stars Liam Hemsworth and Woody Harrelson go from allies to enemies.
The Duel stars Liam Hemsworth as a Texas Ranger who investigates a series of murders in a small town led by a charismatic preacher played by Woody Harrelson. However, the routine undercover investigation soon turns personal for the ranger who must solve the case before he loses everything to the mysterious town.
The film hails from Triple 9 writer Matt Cook and director Kieran Darcy-Smith, who's part of the Blue Tongue Films collective along with Joel Edgerton, Nash Edgerton, Spencer Susser (Hesher), David Michod (Animal Kingdom), Mirrah Foulkes,...
The Duel stars Liam Hemsworth as a Texas Ranger who investigates a series of murders in a small town led by a charismatic preacher played by Woody Harrelson. However, the routine undercover investigation soon turns personal for the ranger who must solve the case before he loses everything to the mysterious town.
The film hails from Triple 9 writer Matt Cook and director Kieran Darcy-Smith, who's part of the Blue Tongue Films collective along with Joel Edgerton, Nash Edgerton, Spencer Susser (Hesher), David Michod (Animal Kingdom), Mirrah Foulkes,...
- 4/27/2016
- by Ben Pearson
- GeekTyrant
Spencer Susser last night.
American filmmaker Spencer Susser has a long history in Australia.
He was camera operator on Nash Edgerton's shorts Lucky, Spider and Bear, and collaborated with David Michôd on I Love Sarah Jane, a zombie short starring a pre-Alice Mia Wasikowska, and on his feature debut, Hesher, starring Joseph Gorden-Levitt.
Since then he's directed an episode of the TV show Hemlock Grove, and made several shorts - one of which took out Tropfest's top prize last night.
Shiny is a brief (less than four minutes) stop-motion animation Susser made with fellow Los Angeleno Daniel 'Cloud' Campos, a former dancer who toured with Madonna and is, according to Susser, "quite a well known B-boy".
The pair met through a mutual friend, Australian director Michael Gracey, and discovered a shared "let's-go-make-stuff gene", said Susser.
"Originally Cloud and I had made a stop-motion commercial for a big cool company...
American filmmaker Spencer Susser has a long history in Australia.
He was camera operator on Nash Edgerton's shorts Lucky, Spider and Bear, and collaborated with David Michôd on I Love Sarah Jane, a zombie short starring a pre-Alice Mia Wasikowska, and on his feature debut, Hesher, starring Joseph Gorden-Levitt.
Since then he's directed an episode of the TV show Hemlock Grove, and made several shorts - one of which took out Tropfest's top prize last night.
Shiny is a brief (less than four minutes) stop-motion animation Susser made with fellow Los Angeleno Daniel 'Cloud' Campos, a former dancer who toured with Madonna and is, according to Susser, "quite a well known B-boy".
The pair met through a mutual friend, Australian director Michael Gracey, and discovered a shared "let's-go-make-stuff gene", said Susser.
"Originally Cloud and I had made a stop-motion commercial for a big cool company...
- 2/14/2016
- by Harry Windsor
- IF.com.au
Shiny.
Daniel Campos and Spencer Susser (Hesher) were the winners at Tropfest last night with stop-motion animation Shiny.
Judges Mel Gibson, Simon Baker, Rebecca Gibney, Don McAlpine, Jocelyn Moorhouse and Maya Newell awarded first prize to Shiny despite it running for less than four minutes (Tropfest allows seven). It also won two Tropfest Craft Awards for Sound Design and VFX.
Nick Baker and Tristan Klein won second prize for the animated Postcards to Ulay, while third prize went to Rick Donald for The Atm.
A $3,000 prize donated by Nicole Kidman for best male actor went to Rick Donald for his role as Frankie in The Atm, and to Natalie Bassingthwaighte as best actress for her performance as Sarah in Why Would I Lie?
Andrew Kennedy and Tim Chatfield's.Jeff Harding,.a documentary about Australia.s first World Light Heavyweight Champion, won the Nikon Dslr Film category..
John Polson said: ..I...
Daniel Campos and Spencer Susser (Hesher) were the winners at Tropfest last night with stop-motion animation Shiny.
Judges Mel Gibson, Simon Baker, Rebecca Gibney, Don McAlpine, Jocelyn Moorhouse and Maya Newell awarded first prize to Shiny despite it running for less than four minutes (Tropfest allows seven). It also won two Tropfest Craft Awards for Sound Design and VFX.
Nick Baker and Tristan Klein won second prize for the animated Postcards to Ulay, while third prize went to Rick Donald for The Atm.
A $3,000 prize donated by Nicole Kidman for best male actor went to Rick Donald for his role as Frankie in The Atm, and to Natalie Bassingthwaighte as best actress for her performance as Sarah in Why Would I Lie?
Andrew Kennedy and Tim Chatfield's.Jeff Harding,.a documentary about Australia.s first World Light Heavyweight Champion, won the Nikon Dslr Film category..
John Polson said: ..I...
- 2/14/2016
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
Like father, like daughter. Ozzy Osbourne's daughter Aimée just released the music video for her band Aro's (pronounced "arrow") new single, "Raining Gold." The down-tempo track features Osbourne's ethereal vocals over broody guitars and synths, while the video finds the singer in the aftermath of a bloody accident. Fun fact: The video director, Spencer Susser, also worked on Lana Del Rey's "Summertime Sadness," and "Raining Gold" features the same retro gloom. The song's theme - and Osbourne's look - are mildly reminiscent of her Black Sabbath rocker dad's work. "I wanted the song to touch on how overwhelming...
- 3/5/2015
- by Jeff Nelson, @nelson_jeff
- PEOPLE.com
Like father, like daughter. Ozzy Osbourne's daughter Aimée just released the music video for her band Aro's (pronounced "arrow") new single, "Raining Gold." The down-tempo track features Osbourne's ethereal vocals over broody guitars and synths, while the video finds the singer in the aftermath of a bloody accident. Fun fact: The video director, Spencer Susser, also worked on Lana Del Rey's "Summertime Sadness," and "Raining Gold" features the same retro gloom. The song's theme - and Osbourne's look - are mildly reminiscent of her Black Sabbath rocker dad's work. "I wanted the song to touch on how overwhelming...
- 3/5/2015
- by Jeff Nelson, @nelson_jeff
- PEOPLE.com
Remember The Osbournes' secret daughter? The one we knew existed, but never showed up on the family's reality show? Well, Aimee Osbourne is back in the spotlight and she actually has an incredible singing voice.
Recording under the name Aro (pronounced "Arrow"), Osbourne has released the video for her brand new single "Raining Gold." Directed by Spencer Susser, who previously helmed Lana Del Rey's "Summertime Sadness," the clip is creepy and mildly horrifying -- but Aro's haunting vocals are on-point. Watch the full clip (or, if you're squeamish, close your eyes and just listen) in the player below.
Watch: 'The Osbournes' Are Returning to TV! Get the Details
As a teen, Aimee shunned the cameras as the rest of her family members, including dad Ozzy Osbourne, starred in the MTV reality series The Osbournes. Now 31 years old, the singer says she initially pushed back against her desire to pursue music as a career.
"I fought...
Recording under the name Aro (pronounced "Arrow"), Osbourne has released the video for her brand new single "Raining Gold." Directed by Spencer Susser, who previously helmed Lana Del Rey's "Summertime Sadness," the clip is creepy and mildly horrifying -- but Aro's haunting vocals are on-point. Watch the full clip (or, if you're squeamish, close your eyes and just listen) in the player below.
Watch: 'The Osbournes' Are Returning to TV! Get the Details
As a teen, Aimee shunned the cameras as the rest of her family members, including dad Ozzy Osbourne, starred in the MTV reality series The Osbournes. Now 31 years old, the singer says she initially pushed back against her desire to pursue music as a career.
"I fought...
- 3/5/2015
- Entertainment Tonight
This is a reprint of our review from the 2014 BFI London Festival. One of the most exciting movements in cinema in the last decade or two or so has come from Australia. Mostly (but not exclusively) tied to the production company Blue Tongue Films (which includes luminaries like Joel Edgerton, David Michod, and Spencer Susser), but also encompassing experienced figures like Andrew Dominik, Cate Shortland, Julia Leigh, Justin Kurzel, and John Hillcoat, the films are loosely tied together by the simple mark of quality, with great movies like "Animal Kingdom," "Snowtown Murders," "The Proposition" "Somersault," and "Chopper" emerging from the land down under since the dawn of the 21st century. Could the next name to join them be Julius Avery? The director won the Jury Prize at Cannes for his short "Jerrycan," and now makes his directorial debut with crime thriller "Son Of A Gun," which has managed to attract an.
- 1/20/2015
- by Oliver Lyttelton
- The Playlist
One of the most exciting movements in cinema in the last decade or two or so has come from Australia. Mostly (but not exclusively) tied to the production company Blue Tongue Films (which includes luminaries like Joel Edgerton, David Michod, and Spencer Susser), but also encompassing experienced figures like Andrew Dominik, Cate Shortland, Julia Leigh, Justin Kurzel, and John Hillcoat, the films are loosely tied together by the simple mark of quality, with great movies like "Animal Kingdom," "Snowtown Murders," "The Proposition" "Somersault," and "Chopper" emerging from the land down under since the dawn of the 21st century. Could the next name to join them be Julius Avery? The director won the Jury Prize at Cannes for his short "Jerrycan," and now makes his directorial debut with crime thriller "Son Of A Gun," which has managed to attract an A-list star and two of the business' busiest, fastest-rising young...
- 10/17/2014
- by Oliver Lyttelton
- The Playlist
In 2008, I discovered a great short film titled I Love Sarah Jane by commercial and music video director Spencer Susser (you can watch it here — and if you haven’t yet, you really need to). I was slightly disappointed by Susser’s feature directorial debut Hesher, which premiered at the 2010 Sundnace Film Festival. Since the festival, Susser has been trying […]
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- 8/25/2014
- by Peter Sciretta
- Slash Film
What would you wish for if you suddenly held in your hands a laptop that granted wishes? How far would you take it, and what would happen next? For those looking for a bit of Sunday fun to cheer them up, look no further than Eugene, a sponsored short film directed by Spencer Susser, the Aussie filmmaker who brought us that short I Love Sarah Jane years ago as well as the feature Hesher. Created for (and chosen as one of the winners of) a filmmaking competition held by Intel and W Hotels, Eugene is a humorous story of what happens when you give a lonely, bearded man too much power. It's fun and will leave you with a smile. From the description on Short of the Week: "A traveler in Washington DC gets a mysterious gift: a laptop that grants all his wishes. How will he wield his unexpected powers?...
- 8/24/2014
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
For the past 25 years The American Pavilion has offered opportunities in Cannes to film students from around the world. The 2014 Emerging Filmmaker Showcase will provide an opportunity for young filmmakers to have their works seen by Cannes Festival and Film Market attendees. Prizes have been awarded to winning filmmakers in each category and the top twenty-one films will be screened in a special “Emerging Filmmaker” showcase at The American Pavilion in Cannes.
Winners Announced!
Emerging Filmmaker Showcase – Best Documentary
Forest Man directed by William Douglas McMaster
Emerging Filmmaker Showcase – Best Short Film
Tuesday directed by Oscar Lalo
Emerging Filmmaker Showcase - Best Student Documentary
Paper State: Undocumented, Unafraid, Undeterred
Directed by Elena Gaby (Vassar College)
Emerging Filmmaker Showcase – Best Student Film
Still Life directed by Martin Sharpe, (Aie Melbourne)
Here is the full list of finalist in all categories
Student Films
The Wild Wild Test
Trailer | Website
A senile old man has to re-take his driving test, but he thinks he is in a western film the whole time.
2013, 4 min., USA, Animation, The School of Visual Arts
Writer/Director: Jeff Bryson
Stranded
Trailer | Website
A stranded man and a silly seagull engage in a chase that lands them both in an unexpected place.
2013, 2 min., USA, Animation, The School of Visual Arts
Writer/Director: Donia Liechti, Vicky Penzes
Solidarity
Trailer
Two undocumented immigrants in Los Angeles, dealing with loss, unknowingly connect through collective action.
2013, 20 min., USA, Drama, Santa Monica City College
Writer/Director: Dustin Brown
Producer: Dustin Brown, Mantas Valantiejus
Cast: Mantas Valantiejus, Elpidia Carrillo
Carry On
Trailer | Website
In 1944 Japanese occupied China, a Chinese father tries to save his daughter during the war. When the Japanese troop loots the village, the father stuffs his daughter into a large bag disguised as food, but a Japanese army officer spots his secret.
2014, 16 min., USA/China, Drama, Rochester Institute of Technology
Producer/Writer/Director: Yatao Li
Cast: Cheng Chang, Miura Kenichi
1893
Trailer | Website
Environment modeling of the old St. Pancras Midland Station in London.
2013, 2 min., USA, Animation, The School of Visual Arts
Director: Ryan Chong
Spacebound
Trailer | Website
A young astronaut and his dog embark on one last adventure together through space.
2013, 3 min., USA, Animation, The School of Visual Arts
Writer/Director: Ellen Su, Kyle Moy
Sinking
Trailer | Facebook
One seven year-old recalls the day she hid in a sink cabinet from a gunman who entered her school.
2014, 7 min., USA, Drama, New York University – Tisch School of the Arts
Writer/Director: Joseph Scott Rodriguez
Producer: Molly Castro
Cast: Mandy Goodwin, Dominique Prokapus, Carson Grant
Wini + George
Trailer | Website
An unlikely friendship changes one young boy’s life forever. When a shy 9-year-old outcast, first meets his 75-year-old reclusive neighbor, he’s immediately frightened by her. But soon enough, these two realize that they have more in common with each other than they do with the rest of the world.
2013, 12 min., USA, Drama, USC School of Cinematic Arts
Writer/Director: Benjamin Monie
Producer: Connor Flanagan, Jenny Koreny, Lindsey Villarreal
Cast: Will Babbitt, Katharine Ross
Still Life (Winner)
Trailer | Website
A bored and weary security guard does his nightly rounds of a dark and deserted art gallery when strange things start to happen..
2014, 6 min., Australia, Animation, Aie Melbourne (Australian Institute of Interactive Entertainment)
Writer/Director: Martin Sharpe Producers: Martin Sharpe, Pablo Tochez Anderson, Will Lovett, Jeremy Weppner, Brennan Merett
Emerging Filmmaker Short Films
The Corner Table
Trailer | Website | Facebook
A mysterious old foreigner visits India after 25 long years and becomes a regular at a charming town cafe. The conversations at the corner table with the gentleman and a young café waitress reveals a mystery on how strangers can sometimes become friends in the most unexpected way!
2013, 24 min., India, Drama
Writer/Director: Manjari Makijany
Producer: Manjari Makijany, Emmanuel Pappas
Cast: Tom Alter, Vinati Makijany, Pushtiie Shakti, Krishna Chaturvedi, Reuben Karkaria, Bhavna Pani, Vikrant Makijany
Sincerity (Sinceridad)
Trailer | Website
A young man decides to tell his parents a secret he’s been keeping to himself.
2014, 3 min., Spain, Subtitled, Dramedy
Director: Andrea Casaseca Ferrer
Writer: Maria Rodriguez Mora
Producer: Idoia Kareaga
Cast: Gerald B. Fillmore, Javier Laorden, Kiti Manver
Ups & Downs
Trailer | Facebook
Harry is embarrassed and ashamed of his brother Josh who suffers from Down’s Syndrome. At Harry’s 18th birthday party, Josh is told to stay away from Harry’s friends, but as Harry’s heavy drinking results in danger, only his brother can help.
2013, 9 min., United Kingdom, Drama
Director: Stuart Fryer
Writer: Adam Cohen
Producer: Charlotte Woodhead
Cast: Bobby Lockwood, Otto Baxter, Edward Ashley, Sophie Coward, Vanessa Bailey
The Usual
Trailer | Facebook
Set in the 1930s, a privileged couple learns, through a series of events, the meaning of pay-it-forward, when they unexpectedly find themselves the ones in need.
2014, 10 min., USA, Drama
Writer/Director: Dawn Higginbotham
Producer: Dawn Higginbotham, Kumari Bakhru, Claire Risoli, Sharen Davis and Renee O’Connor
Cast: Renee O’Connor, Mackenzie Astin, Russell Sams, Raymond O’Connor, Dustin Quick, Robert Pullman
Tuesday (Winner)
Trailer | Website
A man who takes an unexpected turn, struggles to keep all the pieces of his life together.
2013, 7 min., Switzerland/USA, Drama
Writer/Director: Oscar Lalo
Producer: Laura Bunbury, Lisa Bunbury
Cast: Oscar Lalo, Liv Southard
What’s On Your Mind?
Trailer | Facebook
What happens when one man decides to embellish his online status?
2014, 3 min., Norway, Comedy/Drama
Writer/Director: Shaun Higton
Producer: Andrew Adam Higton
Cast: Espen Alknes, Benedicte Westby
Today’s The Day
Trailer | Website
With the clock ticking away, Cloud Walker, a self-doubting intern at the most respected dance agency in La must ask the boss for his consent to attend the biggest the audition of the year. Struggling with his inner fears, Cloud’s dreams are quickly slipping away. It’s up to him to follow his heart or live the rest of his life in regret.
2013, 13 min., USA, Musical
Director: Daniel Campos
Writer: Daniel Campos, Tamara Levinson
Producer: Spencer Susser, Tova Dann
Cast: Daniel Campos, Danny DeVito
Emerging Student Documentaries
Eviction
Trailer | Website
In the midst of an ongoing battle between impoverished Cambodians and powerful private companies over increasingly valuable land, a 72-year-old grandmother struggles to protect her home, family and community from land grabbing that often amounts to violent forced evictions.
2013, 21 min., Subtitled, USA/Cambodia, Documentary, Boise State University/New York University – Tisch Asia
Director: Garret Atlakson
Producer: Philip Atlakson, Mony Rath
Cast: Nget Khun
Paper State: Undocumented, Unafraid, Undeterred (Winner)
Trailer | Facebook
Four undocumented teenagers in Hudson Valley, NY, struggle to rise above their legal status and make the transition from high school to college.
2013, 25 min., USA, Documentary, Vassar College
Writer/Director: Elena Gaby
Producer: Ashlei Hardenburg
Emerging Documentaries
Being Different If You’re A Weddell Seal In Antarctica
Trailer | Website
Being different can mean a matter of life or death if you’re a Weddell seal pup in Antarctica. Ecologists from Montana State University return every year to study this iconic Antarctic marine predator, the southernmost mammal on Earth.
2013, 13 min., USA/Antarctica, Documentary
Writer/Director: Mary Lynn Price
Humanexus
Trailer | Website
Humanexus is a reflection on mankind’s long search for ways to connect each other, from cave drawings to tweeting.
2013, 11 min., USA, Animation/Documentary
Director: Ying-Fang Shen
Producer: Katy Borner
Forest Man (Winner)
Trailer | Website
The incredible story of Jadav Payeng, an Indian man who single-handedly planted nearly 1400 acres of forest to save his island, Majuli.
2013, 18 min., Canada/India, Documentary
Writer/Director: William Douglas McMaster
Producer: William Douglas McMaster, Mike Ritchie...
Winners Announced!
Emerging Filmmaker Showcase – Best Documentary
Forest Man directed by William Douglas McMaster
Emerging Filmmaker Showcase – Best Short Film
Tuesday directed by Oscar Lalo
Emerging Filmmaker Showcase - Best Student Documentary
Paper State: Undocumented, Unafraid, Undeterred
Directed by Elena Gaby (Vassar College)
Emerging Filmmaker Showcase – Best Student Film
Still Life directed by Martin Sharpe, (Aie Melbourne)
Here is the full list of finalist in all categories
Student Films
The Wild Wild Test
Trailer | Website
A senile old man has to re-take his driving test, but he thinks he is in a western film the whole time.
2013, 4 min., USA, Animation, The School of Visual Arts
Writer/Director: Jeff Bryson
Stranded
Trailer | Website
A stranded man and a silly seagull engage in a chase that lands them both in an unexpected place.
2013, 2 min., USA, Animation, The School of Visual Arts
Writer/Director: Donia Liechti, Vicky Penzes
Solidarity
Trailer
Two undocumented immigrants in Los Angeles, dealing with loss, unknowingly connect through collective action.
2013, 20 min., USA, Drama, Santa Monica City College
Writer/Director: Dustin Brown
Producer: Dustin Brown, Mantas Valantiejus
Cast: Mantas Valantiejus, Elpidia Carrillo
Carry On
Trailer | Website
In 1944 Japanese occupied China, a Chinese father tries to save his daughter during the war. When the Japanese troop loots the village, the father stuffs his daughter into a large bag disguised as food, but a Japanese army officer spots his secret.
2014, 16 min., USA/China, Drama, Rochester Institute of Technology
Producer/Writer/Director: Yatao Li
Cast: Cheng Chang, Miura Kenichi
1893
Trailer | Website
Environment modeling of the old St. Pancras Midland Station in London.
2013, 2 min., USA, Animation, The School of Visual Arts
Director: Ryan Chong
Spacebound
Trailer | Website
A young astronaut and his dog embark on one last adventure together through space.
2013, 3 min., USA, Animation, The School of Visual Arts
Writer/Director: Ellen Su, Kyle Moy
Sinking
Trailer | Facebook
One seven year-old recalls the day she hid in a sink cabinet from a gunman who entered her school.
2014, 7 min., USA, Drama, New York University – Tisch School of the Arts
Writer/Director: Joseph Scott Rodriguez
Producer: Molly Castro
Cast: Mandy Goodwin, Dominique Prokapus, Carson Grant
Wini + George
Trailer | Website
An unlikely friendship changes one young boy’s life forever. When a shy 9-year-old outcast, first meets his 75-year-old reclusive neighbor, he’s immediately frightened by her. But soon enough, these two realize that they have more in common with each other than they do with the rest of the world.
2013, 12 min., USA, Drama, USC School of Cinematic Arts
Writer/Director: Benjamin Monie
Producer: Connor Flanagan, Jenny Koreny, Lindsey Villarreal
Cast: Will Babbitt, Katharine Ross
Still Life (Winner)
Trailer | Website
A bored and weary security guard does his nightly rounds of a dark and deserted art gallery when strange things start to happen..
2014, 6 min., Australia, Animation, Aie Melbourne (Australian Institute of Interactive Entertainment)
Writer/Director: Martin Sharpe Producers: Martin Sharpe, Pablo Tochez Anderson, Will Lovett, Jeremy Weppner, Brennan Merett
Emerging Filmmaker Short Films
The Corner Table
Trailer | Website | Facebook
A mysterious old foreigner visits India after 25 long years and becomes a regular at a charming town cafe. The conversations at the corner table with the gentleman and a young café waitress reveals a mystery on how strangers can sometimes become friends in the most unexpected way!
2013, 24 min., India, Drama
Writer/Director: Manjari Makijany
Producer: Manjari Makijany, Emmanuel Pappas
Cast: Tom Alter, Vinati Makijany, Pushtiie Shakti, Krishna Chaturvedi, Reuben Karkaria, Bhavna Pani, Vikrant Makijany
Sincerity (Sinceridad)
Trailer | Website
A young man decides to tell his parents a secret he’s been keeping to himself.
2014, 3 min., Spain, Subtitled, Dramedy
Director: Andrea Casaseca Ferrer
Writer: Maria Rodriguez Mora
Producer: Idoia Kareaga
Cast: Gerald B. Fillmore, Javier Laorden, Kiti Manver
Ups & Downs
Trailer | Facebook
Harry is embarrassed and ashamed of his brother Josh who suffers from Down’s Syndrome. At Harry’s 18th birthday party, Josh is told to stay away from Harry’s friends, but as Harry’s heavy drinking results in danger, only his brother can help.
2013, 9 min., United Kingdom, Drama
Director: Stuart Fryer
Writer: Adam Cohen
Producer: Charlotte Woodhead
Cast: Bobby Lockwood, Otto Baxter, Edward Ashley, Sophie Coward, Vanessa Bailey
The Usual
Trailer | Facebook
Set in the 1930s, a privileged couple learns, through a series of events, the meaning of pay-it-forward, when they unexpectedly find themselves the ones in need.
2014, 10 min., USA, Drama
Writer/Director: Dawn Higginbotham
Producer: Dawn Higginbotham, Kumari Bakhru, Claire Risoli, Sharen Davis and Renee O’Connor
Cast: Renee O’Connor, Mackenzie Astin, Russell Sams, Raymond O’Connor, Dustin Quick, Robert Pullman
Tuesday (Winner)
Trailer | Website
A man who takes an unexpected turn, struggles to keep all the pieces of his life together.
2013, 7 min., Switzerland/USA, Drama
Writer/Director: Oscar Lalo
Producer: Laura Bunbury, Lisa Bunbury
Cast: Oscar Lalo, Liv Southard
What’s On Your Mind?
Trailer | Facebook
What happens when one man decides to embellish his online status?
2014, 3 min., Norway, Comedy/Drama
Writer/Director: Shaun Higton
Producer: Andrew Adam Higton
Cast: Espen Alknes, Benedicte Westby
Today’s The Day
Trailer | Website
With the clock ticking away, Cloud Walker, a self-doubting intern at the most respected dance agency in La must ask the boss for his consent to attend the biggest the audition of the year. Struggling with his inner fears, Cloud’s dreams are quickly slipping away. It’s up to him to follow his heart or live the rest of his life in regret.
2013, 13 min., USA, Musical
Director: Daniel Campos
Writer: Daniel Campos, Tamara Levinson
Producer: Spencer Susser, Tova Dann
Cast: Daniel Campos, Danny DeVito
Emerging Student Documentaries
Eviction
Trailer | Website
In the midst of an ongoing battle between impoverished Cambodians and powerful private companies over increasingly valuable land, a 72-year-old grandmother struggles to protect her home, family and community from land grabbing that often amounts to violent forced evictions.
2013, 21 min., Subtitled, USA/Cambodia, Documentary, Boise State University/New York University – Tisch Asia
Director: Garret Atlakson
Producer: Philip Atlakson, Mony Rath
Cast: Nget Khun
Paper State: Undocumented, Unafraid, Undeterred (Winner)
Trailer | Facebook
Four undocumented teenagers in Hudson Valley, NY, struggle to rise above their legal status and make the transition from high school to college.
2013, 25 min., USA, Documentary, Vassar College
Writer/Director: Elena Gaby
Producer: Ashlei Hardenburg
Emerging Documentaries
Being Different If You’re A Weddell Seal In Antarctica
Trailer | Website
Being different can mean a matter of life or death if you’re a Weddell seal pup in Antarctica. Ecologists from Montana State University return every year to study this iconic Antarctic marine predator, the southernmost mammal on Earth.
2013, 13 min., USA/Antarctica, Documentary
Writer/Director: Mary Lynn Price
Humanexus
Trailer | Website
Humanexus is a reflection on mankind’s long search for ways to connect each other, from cave drawings to tweeting.
2013, 11 min., USA, Animation/Documentary
Director: Ying-Fang Shen
Producer: Katy Borner
Forest Man (Winner)
Trailer | Website
The incredible story of Jadav Payeng, an Indian man who single-handedly planted nearly 1400 acres of forest to save his island, Majuli.
2013, 18 min., Canada/India, Documentary
Writer/Director: William Douglas McMaster
Producer: William Douglas McMaster, Mike Ritchie...
- 5/23/2014
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
Steve McQueen’s 12 Years A Slave to open festival; director Peter Greenaway to receive Visionary Award.Scroll down for full line-up
Steve McQueen’s historic drama 12 Years a Slave is to open the Stockholm International Film Festival (Nov 6-17) and is nominated in the Stockholm Xxiv Competition.
Starring Chiwetel Ejiofor, the drama about free black man kidnapped from his family and sold into slavery in the 1850s debuted at Telluride and has received positive reactions throughout its festival tour of Toronto, New York and London among others.
It will be released in Sweden on Dec 20 by Ab Svensk Filmindustri.
Screenwriter John Ridley, who will be present during the festival, is nominated for the Aluminum Horse in the category Best Script.
McQueen’s Hunger won Best Directorial Debut at Stockholm in 2008.
Line-up
The 24th Siff includes more than 180 films from more than 50 countries.
As previously announced, the spotlight of this year’s festival is freedom but Chinese artist...
Steve McQueen’s historic drama 12 Years a Slave is to open the Stockholm International Film Festival (Nov 6-17) and is nominated in the Stockholm Xxiv Competition.
Starring Chiwetel Ejiofor, the drama about free black man kidnapped from his family and sold into slavery in the 1850s debuted at Telluride and has received positive reactions throughout its festival tour of Toronto, New York and London among others.
It will be released in Sweden on Dec 20 by Ab Svensk Filmindustri.
Screenwriter John Ridley, who will be present during the festival, is nominated for the Aluminum Horse in the category Best Script.
McQueen’s Hunger won Best Directorial Debut at Stockholm in 2008.
Line-up
The 24th Siff includes more than 180 films from more than 50 countries.
As previously announced, the spotlight of this year’s festival is freedom but Chinese artist...
- 10/22/2013
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Joel Edgerton, Baz Luhrmann and Jacki Weaver will be among the beneficiaries at Oct. 24’s Australians in Film Awards dinner, instituted by Australians in Film, the Los Angeles-based industry guild for Australian filmmakers and performers in the United States. Edgerton and his acting, directing and producing colleagues at the Sydney-based collective, Blue Tongue Films, will receive the Orry Kelly International award. Blue Tongue members include Kieran Darcy-Smith, Luke Doolan, Edgerton and his sibling Nash Edgerton, Mirrah Foulkes, David Michod and Spencer Susser – who have made films including Animal Kingdom and Wish You Were Here -- are being
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- 10/17/2013
- by Pip Bulbeck
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Sbs's countdown to Tropfest highlights the best of short film ahead of the summer festival. Which are your favourites?
For Australian film fans, Tropfest is a summer essential that has long been celebrated with a picnic in Sydney's Domain – or other outdoor venues broadcasting around the country – while keeping a wary eye on summer storm clouds. So those with both sunbaked and sodden memories of battling the crowds and the elements to champion short films will surely join me in welcoming the launch of Tropfest TV. Launched on Sunday night, the next 12 weeks, SBS2 has the next 12 weeks sorted with weekly thematically linked selections of Tropfest shorts from home and away, including New Zealand, USA and the Middle East.
I can trace my love of short films back to Disney's 1952 classic Lambert the Sheepish Lion. I must have watched that eight-minute fable a thousand times as a child. These days,...
For Australian film fans, Tropfest is a summer essential that has long been celebrated with a picnic in Sydney's Domain – or other outdoor venues broadcasting around the country – while keeping a wary eye on summer storm clouds. So those with both sunbaked and sodden memories of battling the crowds and the elements to champion short films will surely join me in welcoming the launch of Tropfest TV. Launched on Sunday night, the next 12 weeks, SBS2 has the next 12 weeks sorted with weekly thematically linked selections of Tropfest shorts from home and away, including New Zealand, USA and the Middle East.
I can trace my love of short films back to Disney's 1952 classic Lambert the Sheepish Lion. I must have watched that eight-minute fable a thousand times as a child. These days,...
- 9/10/2013
- by Alice Tynan
- The Guardian - Film News
Actor Joel Edgerton has had a hand in some action behind the camera as producer of his brother Nash Edgerton's film The Square, not to mention some other films from his Blue-Tongue Films cohorts David Michôd (Animal Kingdom), Kieran Darcy-Smith, Luke Doolan, Spencer Susser and Mirrah Foulkes. But now the star of Zero Dark Thirty, The Great Gatsby and Warrior will sit in the director's chair for the first time with a project called Weirdo that he also wrote. Edgerton will also take a supporting role in the film which the actor discussed with ScreenDaily at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival. More below! Edgerton says, "It’s about a guy who is forced to face the past when it comes back in the form of an old school friend. But he continually lies about it (the past) and it haunts him in a bad bad way.” It's a smaller film,...
- 9/9/2013
- by Ethan Anderton
- firstshowing.net
Exclusive: Weirdo to be produced by Australia-born, Us-based Rebecca Yeldham.
Sydney-based actor/writer Joel Edgerton and Australian-born Us-based producer Rebecca Yeldham are planning to make Edgerton’s directorial debut Weirdo in California next year.
“It’s about a guy who is forced to face the past when it comes back in the form of an old school friend,” Edgerton, who also wrote the script, told Screen. “But he continually lies about it (the past) and it haunts him in a bad bad way.”
“Weirdo is a very contained film: five or six locations and six characters,” he said, explaining why it is an ideal first feature for him as director. “We have people interested in financing subject to casting and we’re playing that game now … I’ll play a supporting role and I will bring the post home.”
Edgerton was talking on the eve of the Toronto International Film Festival, which tomorrow...
Sydney-based actor/writer Joel Edgerton and Australian-born Us-based producer Rebecca Yeldham are planning to make Edgerton’s directorial debut Weirdo in California next year.
“It’s about a guy who is forced to face the past when it comes back in the form of an old school friend,” Edgerton, who also wrote the script, told Screen. “But he continually lies about it (the past) and it haunts him in a bad bad way.”
“Weirdo is a very contained film: five or six locations and six characters,” he said, explaining why it is an ideal first feature for him as director. “We have people interested in financing subject to casting and we’re playing that game now … I’ll play a supporting role and I will bring the post home.”
Edgerton was talking on the eve of the Toronto International Film Festival, which tomorrow...
- 9/9/2013
- by Sandy.George@me.com (Sandy George)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Weirdo to be produced by Australia-born, Us-based Rebecca Yeldham.
Sydney-based actor/writer Joel Edgerton and Australian-born Us-based producer Rebecca Yeldham are planning to make Edgerton’s directorial debut Weirdo in California next year.
“It’s about a guy who is forced to face the past when it comes back in the form of an old school friend,” Edgerton, who also wrote the script, told Screen. “But he continually lies about it (the past) and it haunts him in a bad bad way.”
“Weirdo is a very contained film: five or six locations and six characters,” he said, explaining why it is an ideal first feature for him as director. “We have people interested in financing subject to casting and we’re playing that game now … I’ll play a supporting role and I will bring the post home.”
Edgerton was talking on the eve of the Toronto International Film Festival, which tomorrow...
Sydney-based actor/writer Joel Edgerton and Australian-born Us-based producer Rebecca Yeldham are planning to make Edgerton’s directorial debut Weirdo in California next year.
“It’s about a guy who is forced to face the past when it comes back in the form of an old school friend,” Edgerton, who also wrote the script, told Screen. “But he continually lies about it (the past) and it haunts him in a bad bad way.”
“Weirdo is a very contained film: five or six locations and six characters,” he said, explaining why it is an ideal first feature for him as director. “We have people interested in financing subject to casting and we’re playing that game now … I’ll play a supporting role and I will bring the post home.”
Edgerton was talking on the eve of the Toronto International Film Festival, which tomorrow...
- 9/9/2013
- by Sandy.George@me.com (Sandy George)
- ScreenDaily
If you have no other expectations walking into a Danny Boyle film, you at least know you’re going to get a unique and original experience, and Trance doesn’t change the fact. Ultimately, this is a film that may actually suffer for its effort to put together odd spins, because it can’t follow through as effectively as it thinks it can, but for most of its run you can hardly help but enjoy the trip you’re on.
Simon (James McAvoy) has managed to get himself into a bit of a jam, and he’s now in the supreme fix of inability to extricate himself from it – he can’t remember anything. It doesn’t seem like he should be having any trouble at all, really, but such is the way of spinning webs. He’s just a simple, hopeful auctioneer at a house that is selling incredibly expensive art…...
Simon (James McAvoy) has managed to get himself into a bit of a jam, and he’s now in the supreme fix of inability to extricate himself from it – he can’t remember anything. It doesn’t seem like he should be having any trouble at all, really, but such is the way of spinning webs. He’s just a simple, hopeful auctioneer at a house that is selling incredibly expensive art…...
- 8/23/2013
- by Marc Eastman
- AreYouScreening.com
Chicago – It may sound harsh but “Trance” will be a mere footnote in the career of Danny Boyle. It’s neither one of his best but also far from his worst film. The mega-talented director of “Shallow Grave,” “Trainspotting,” and “127 Hours” brings his confident style to the film but the convoluted script turns in on itself so many times that I think even Boyle got a little bored with it. Rosario Dawson overplays but Vincent Cassel once again intrigues and James McAvoy delivers. It will be a footnote for them all.
Rating: 3.5/5.0
Again, I don’t mean that to sound so harsh. When people look back on the careers of creative people, it’s the highs and lows that they remember most of all. “Trance” is neither. It’s a solid, down-the-middle, decent rental. Boyle is such a talented filmmaker that he can make nearly anything interesting but he struggles...
Rating: 3.5/5.0
Again, I don’t mean that to sound so harsh. When people look back on the careers of creative people, it’s the highs and lows that they remember most of all. “Trance” is neither. It’s a solid, down-the-middle, decent rental. Boyle is such a talented filmmaker that he can make nearly anything interesting but he struggles...
- 7/29/2013
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Director Danny Boyle gets credit for never repeating himself. In a short retrospective contained on the newly released Trance Blu-ray, he talks about the appeal of each film and how making them has continually surprised him. He had read the Joe Ahearne script for Trance years earlier and it stayed with him and he finally shot it. Then let it marinate in Post Production while he mounted the incredible opening for the most recent Olympics.
Ahearne wrote the script back in the 1990s and first showed it to Boyle after he shot Shallow Grave and the concept lingered. It is also partially based on the eponymous British television series. Boyle’s frequently collaborating John Hodge stepped in to rework parts of the script and then it was finally made last year.
The movie is many things but never dull and demands your attention. What appears to be a basic art...
Ahearne wrote the script back in the 1990s and first showed it to Boyle after he shot Shallow Grave and the concept lingered. It is also partially based on the eponymous British television series. Boyle’s frequently collaborating John Hodge stepped in to rework parts of the script and then it was finally made last year.
The movie is many things but never dull and demands your attention. What appears to be a basic art...
- 7/25/2013
- by Robert Greenberger
- Comicmix.com
If Steven Soderbergh had directed Wild Things it might have looked a lot like Danny Boyle's Trance, a slick, trippy head-twist of a movie involving missing art and hypnotherapy (wuut?). James McAvoy stars as Simon, a fine art auctioneer mixed up with a criminal gang led by Franck (a perfectly sleazy Vincent Cassel). When a pricey painting goes missing, Franck hires a hypnotherapist (Rosario Dawson) to nudge Simon's memory into revealing where it is--and that's when things get all kinds of weird. And Rosario Dawson gets all kinds of naked (for good reason!). Extras: Deleted scenes, a making-of featurette, a Danny Boyle retrospective, "Danny's Film Noir," a few behind-the-scenes featurettes including one on hypnotherapy and the short film Eugene by Spencer Susser...
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- 7/23/2013
- by affiliates@fandango.com
- Fandango
This week: Director Danny Boyle crafts a stylish modern-day film noir with a bizarre love triangle in "Trance," starring James McAvoy, Rosario Dawson and Vincent Cassel.
Also new this week is the British crime drama "Welcome to the Punch," which also stars McAvoy as well as Mark Strong, and the Blu-ray debuts of "The 300 Spartans" (1962) and Ang Lee's "The Ice Storm" (1997).
'Trance'
Box Office: $2.3 million
Rotten Tomatoes: 68% Fresh
Storyline: Director Danny Boyle's British psychological thriller stars James McAvoy as Simon Newton, a fine art auctioneer mixed up with a gang led by Franck (Vincent Cassel) When a heist goes wrong and a revered painting goes missing, hypnotist Elizabeth Lamb (Rosario Dawson) is hired to help Simon remember where the painting is. The stakes get higher when the boundaries between reality and hypnotic suggestion begin to blur.
Extras!: Both the DVD and Blu-ray contain deleted scenes,...
Also new this week is the British crime drama "Welcome to the Punch," which also stars McAvoy as well as Mark Strong, and the Blu-ray debuts of "The 300 Spartans" (1962) and Ang Lee's "The Ice Storm" (1997).
'Trance'
Box Office: $2.3 million
Rotten Tomatoes: 68% Fresh
Storyline: Director Danny Boyle's British psychological thriller stars James McAvoy as Simon Newton, a fine art auctioneer mixed up with a gang led by Franck (Vincent Cassel) When a heist goes wrong and a revered painting goes missing, hypnotist Elizabeth Lamb (Rosario Dawson) is hired to help Simon remember where the painting is. The stakes get higher when the boundaries between reality and hypnotic suggestion begin to blur.
Extras!: Both the DVD and Blu-ray contain deleted scenes,...
- 7/22/2013
- by Robert DeSalvo
- NextMovie
Danny Boyle’s Trance is now available on DigitalHD and will debut on Blu-ray add DVD July 23. To celebrate, we have 1 copy of the disc to giveaway to a lucky reader.
Trance brings us tons of twists and turns in the plot as multiple layers of backstabbing occur. Movies with unexpected turns have become a favorite of audiences. It’s a difficult task to make sure that the twist is unpredictable, but when it is done correctly, double-cross heist films make great additions to movie history. Here, we lay out some of our favorite twisty-turny heist films.
From Academy Award-Winning director Danny Boyle (Slumdog Millionaire) comes an “exhilarating brain-twister” (New York Post)! After a blow to the head during his attempted robbery of a $27 million Goya painting, Simon (James McAvoy, X-Men: First Class), a fine-art auctioneer, awakens to find that the painting – and his memory – are missing. Forced by his...
Trance brings us tons of twists and turns in the plot as multiple layers of backstabbing occur. Movies with unexpected turns have become a favorite of audiences. It’s a difficult task to make sure that the twist is unpredictable, but when it is done correctly, double-cross heist films make great additions to movie history. Here, we lay out some of our favorite twisty-turny heist films.
From Academy Award-Winning director Danny Boyle (Slumdog Millionaire) comes an “exhilarating brain-twister” (New York Post)! After a blow to the head during his attempted robbery of a $27 million Goya painting, Simon (James McAvoy, X-Men: First Class), a fine-art auctioneer, awakens to find that the painting – and his memory – are missing. Forced by his...
- 7/2/2013
- by Robert Greenberger
- Comicmix.com
Though it's more a thriller than a true horror movie (hence our lack of coverage up to now), that doesn't mean we won't give you ladies and gents a chance to score a Blu-ray copy of the new film from 28 Days Later director Danny Boyle, entitled Trance.
To enter for your chance to win, just send us an E-mail Here including your Full Name And Mailing Address. We’ll take care of the rest.
Look for the flick on Blu-ray on July 23rd.
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From Academy Award-winning director Danny Boyle (Slumdog Millionaire) comes an “exhilarating brain-twister” (New York Post)! After a blow to the head during his attempted robbery of a $27 million Goya painting, Simon (James McAvoy, X-Men: First Class), a fine-art auctioneer, awakens to find that the painting – and his memory – are missing. Forced by his ruthless crime partner Franck (Vincent Cassel, Black Swan) to undergo hypnosis, Simon enters...
To enter for your chance to win, just send us an E-mail Here including your Full Name And Mailing Address. We’ll take care of the rest.
Look for the flick on Blu-ray on July 23rd.
Synopsis
From Academy Award-winning director Danny Boyle (Slumdog Millionaire) comes an “exhilarating brain-twister” (New York Post)! After a blow to the head during his attempted robbery of a $27 million Goya painting, Simon (James McAvoy, X-Men: First Class), a fine-art auctioneer, awakens to find that the painting – and his memory – are missing. Forced by his ruthless crime partner Franck (Vincent Cassel, Black Swan) to undergo hypnosis, Simon enters...
- 7/2/2013
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
Short Starts presents a weekly short film(s) from the start of a filmmaker or actor’s career. With the role of Tom Buchanan in Baz Luhrman’s The Great Gatsby, actor Joel Edgerton continues his rise in stardom. He even has a couple of character posters to show for his fame. Long before he was embodying a character from classic American literature, though, and long before he was hunting Osama Bin Laden in Zero Dark Thirty and fighting his brother in The Warrior and even playing Darth Vader’s stepbrother in the Star Wars prequels, he was a regular figure in the short subjects scene. We can thank part of this on his nationality, as Australia is a great country for short films (it’s home of Tropfest, after all). On top of that, he came up through the film collective known as Blue-Tongue Films, alongside his writer/director/stuntman brother Nash (who is Joel’s...
- 5/5/2013
- by Christopher Campbell
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
Australian film collective Blue-Tongue Films has given rise to some pretty serious film talents over the last decade such as "Animal Kingdom"'s David Michod and "Hesher"'s Spencer Susser, as well as giving on screen talent like brothers Joel and Nash Edgerton (who also directed "The Square") and Mia Wasikowska their breakthrough roles. Apparently there's even more talent to be mined from Blue-Tongue, as the trailer from the collective's newest feature, the Sundance thriller "Wish You Were Here" showcases a promising start from first-time feature director Kieran Darcy-Smith. The film starts Joel Edgerton and rising star Teresa Palmer (who starred in Nash's short "Bear" earlier this year) as half of a quartet of friends whose Cambodian vacation takes a dark turn. The film earned a slew of awards from its native Australian Film Institute and opens stateside on June 7th from distributor Entertainment One. You can check out the...
- 3/28/2013
- by Mark Lukenbill
- Indiewire
With a membership that includes Joel Edgerton, Nash Edgerton, David Michôd, Spencer Susser and more, it's safe to say that the Blue Tongue Films collective isn't lacking in talent. And while the name Kieran Darcy-Smith might not be the most familiar of the group, he more than matches the talent his colleagues have shown across their projects, and his feature debut "Wish You Were Here" shows another strong filmmaking voice emerging from Blue Tongue. Starring fellow collective pal Joel Edgerton, Teresa Palmer, Antony Starr and Felicity Price, the film follows four friends who go on vacation in Cambodia, but whose lives are thrown into turmoil when one of them goes missing on a fateful night during the trip. And soon, drama and suspense rise as the secrets of the event come to the fore. "Wish You Were Here" premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2012, and earned a brace of...
- 3/26/2013
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
We’re back with the latest edition of the Indie Spotlight, which contains recent independent horror news sent our way. Today’s feature includes a new trailer for The Secret Village, premiere details for Pain is Beautiful, an interview for Almost Human, and more:
The Secret Village Trailer: “Written by Jason B. Whittier and Kandan, The Secret Village follows Greg (Jonathan Bennett), an unsuccessful screenwriter and Rachel (Ali Faulkner), a spunky journalist, as they research an outbreak of mass hysteria and ergot poisoning in a small village. They rent a house together and start to uncover a secret that has affected this village for years. But the cult activity has been kept a secret by locals Joe (Stelio Savante) and Paul (Richard Riehle) and when Greg disappears, Rachel is left alone to unravel the mystery and save their lives. Kef Lee, Toby Gadison and Karin Duseva round out the cast.
The Secret Village Trailer: “Written by Jason B. Whittier and Kandan, The Secret Village follows Greg (Jonathan Bennett), an unsuccessful screenwriter and Rachel (Ali Faulkner), a spunky journalist, as they research an outbreak of mass hysteria and ergot poisoning in a small village. They rent a house together and start to uncover a secret that has affected this village for years. But the cult activity has been kept a secret by locals Joe (Stelio Savante) and Paul (Richard Riehle) and when Greg disappears, Rachel is left alone to unravel the mystery and save their lives. Kef Lee, Toby Gadison and Karin Duseva round out the cast.
- 2/3/2013
- by Tamika Jones
- DailyDead
Nash Edgerton‘s sort-of sequel to 2008s popular short Spider, Bear is now available to stream online in full, thanks to a new Vice’s YouTube channel called Vice Shorts.
One of the Seal team members from Zero Dark Thirty, alongside his brother Joel, Nash team up with frequent collaborator David Michod (Animal Kingdom) and rising star Teresa Palmer (Warm Bodies).
The film stars Nash and Palmer as the central couple, Jack and Emelie in a bizarre and twisted situation.
Both Bear and Nash’s previous short film, Spider are crafted around the premise of a boyfriend messing up and attempting to right his wrong with a theatrical gesture.
Edgerton‘s latest The Captain recently premiered at Sundance Film Festival.
As for a new program Vice Shorts, new shorts will debut every Friday, and upcoming films include an impressive roster of up-and-coming talent like Hesher director Spencer Susser and music video director Ray Tintori.
One of the Seal team members from Zero Dark Thirty, alongside his brother Joel, Nash team up with frequent collaborator David Michod (Animal Kingdom) and rising star Teresa Palmer (Warm Bodies).
The film stars Nash and Palmer as the central couple, Jack and Emelie in a bizarre and twisted situation.
Both Bear and Nash’s previous short film, Spider are crafted around the premise of a boyfriend messing up and attempting to right his wrong with a theatrical gesture.
Edgerton‘s latest The Captain recently premiered at Sundance Film Festival.
As for a new program Vice Shorts, new shorts will debut every Friday, and upcoming films include an impressive roster of up-and-coming talent like Hesher director Spencer Susser and music video director Ray Tintori.
- 2/2/2013
- by Nick Martin
- Filmofilia
The sort-of sequel to 2008's popular short "Spider," "Bear" sees Nash Edgerton team up with frequent collaborator David Michôd (Director of 2010's acclaimed "Animal Kingdom") and rising star Teresa Palmer ("Warm Bodies"). It was one of our 10 Shorts You Must See at Sundance, and if you missed it at the festival, here's your chance to see why. The gorily goofy 10 minute film about a birthday prank gone terribly wrong is the debut short from a new arm of Vice's YouTube channel called Vice Shorts. New shorts will debut every Friday, and upcoming films include an impressive roster of up-and-coming talent like "Hesher" director Spencer Susser (another frequent Edgerton and Michôd collaborator) and music video director Ray Tintori. Check out the short below:...
- 2/1/2013
- by Mark Lukenbill
- Indiewire
Here is a complete listing of the films that were shown/covered by the Ioncinema.com team comprised of Nicholas Bell (Nb), Jordan M. Smith (Js) and Eric Lavallee (El). We’ll be populating this page up until March.
U.S. Dramatic Competition
Afternoon Delight – Jill Soloway: Nb (★★ 1/2): Review
Ain’T Them Bodies Saints – David Lowery: El (★★★ 1/2), Nb (★★★ 1/2): Review // Interview
Austenland- Jerusha Hess: Nb (★): Review
C.O.G.- Kyle Patrick Alvarez: Js (★★ 1/2), Nb (★★ 1/2): Review
Concussion – Stacie Passon: El (★★★), Js (★★★ 1/2), Nb (★★★): Review // Interview
Emanuel And The Truth About Fishes – Francesca Gregorini: Js (★★★), Nb (★★★ 1/2): Review
Fruitvale – Ryan Coogler: El (★★★), Js (★★★★★), Nb (★★★★): Review // Interview // Video
In A World… – Lake Bell: El (★★★): Review
Kill Your Darlings – John Krokidas: El (★★★), Nb (★★★): Review
The Lifeguard – Liz W. Garcia: El (★★ 1/2): Review
May In The Summer...
U.S. Dramatic Competition
Afternoon Delight – Jill Soloway: Nb (★★ 1/2): Review
Ain’T Them Bodies Saints – David Lowery: El (★★★ 1/2), Nb (★★★ 1/2): Review // Interview
Austenland- Jerusha Hess: Nb (★): Review
C.O.G.- Kyle Patrick Alvarez: Js (★★ 1/2), Nb (★★ 1/2): Review
Concussion – Stacie Passon: El (★★★), Js (★★★ 1/2), Nb (★★★): Review // Interview
Emanuel And The Truth About Fishes – Francesca Gregorini: Js (★★★), Nb (★★★ 1/2): Review
Fruitvale – Ryan Coogler: El (★★★), Js (★★★★★), Nb (★★★★): Review // Interview // Video
In A World… – Lake Bell: El (★★★): Review
Kill Your Darlings – John Krokidas: El (★★★), Nb (★★★): Review
The Lifeguard – Liz W. Garcia: El (★★ 1/2): Review
May In The Summer...
- 1/29/2013
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
FEARnet.com is premiering over 30 genre-centric short films in 2013, treating viewers to an eclectic blend of festival favorites, international picks, rarely-seen gems, and more. New titles have already begun appearing on the site and will continue to be added every other week.
All of the short films can be viewed at FEARnet.com.
From the Press Release:
As part of its movement to original short-form programming, FEARnet is proud to introduce all-new episodes of the popular 30-Second Bunnies Theatre franchise, made exclusively for FEARnet by creator Jennifer Shiman—a horror enthusiast and work-from-home mom who began making these animated shorts in 2004, with her well-received re-imagining of The Exorcist. “I’m a huge horror fan, first and foremost,” said Shiman, who creates the shorts, herself, over the course of six weeks. “The Exorcist is one of my favorite horror movies, and I always had an interest in cartoons and animation. The...
All of the short films can be viewed at FEARnet.com.
From the Press Release:
As part of its movement to original short-form programming, FEARnet is proud to introduce all-new episodes of the popular 30-Second Bunnies Theatre franchise, made exclusively for FEARnet by creator Jennifer Shiman—a horror enthusiast and work-from-home mom who began making these animated shorts in 2004, with her well-received re-imagining of The Exorcist. “I’m a huge horror fan, first and foremost,” said Shiman, who creates the shorts, herself, over the course of six weeks. “The Exorcist is one of my favorite horror movies, and I always had an interest in cartoons and animation. The...
- 1/29/2013
- by The Woman In Black
- DreadCentral.com
Today we rolled out a new installment of Jennifer Shiman's hilarious 30-Second Bunnies Theatre animated series, this one made exclusively for FEARnet.com. But that's just the beginning of what we've got lined up for you in 2013. Not only is Shiman producing several more episodes just for us, we've also got a massive lineup of over thirty new entries for our shorts collection, hailing from filmmakers all over the globe.
Shiman first began animating the Bunnies shorts in 2004 with a dead-on Exorcist parody, which became a runaway online hit and a horror fan favorite. “The Exorcist is one of my favorite horror movies,” she explains, “and I always had an interest in cartoons and animation. The idea of bunnies came about because I wanted to find a character that would lend itself to a short film synopsis.” The rest is viral video history, and now she's bringing her creations...
Shiman first began animating the Bunnies shorts in 2004 with a dead-on Exorcist parody, which became a runaway online hit and a horror fan favorite. “The Exorcist is one of my favorite horror movies,” she explains, “and I always had an interest in cartoons and animation. The idea of bunnies came about because I wanted to find a character that would lend itself to a short film synopsis.” The rest is viral video history, and now she's bringing her creations...
- 1/28/2013
- by Gregory Burkart
- FEARnet
If you're into short films, you need the Blue-Tongue Films collective in your life. Consisting of Nash Edgerton (The Square co-writer/director; stuntman pundit), Spencer Susser (Hesher writer/director), Joel Edgerton (Warrior, Animal Kingdom, Zero Dark Thirty actor), Luke Doolan, Kieran Darcy-Smith (Wish You Were Here co-writer/director), David Michôd (Animal Kingdom writer/director), and Mirrah Foulkes, these folks have paved their way in the short film world with perhaps the most innovative films in the last decade. These guys are responsible for cult hits Spider, I Love Sarah Jane, Lucky, Bear, and a lot more. You can watch all of them over on their official website. Co-directors Nash and Spencer teamed up with Taika Waititi (Eagle vs Shark writer/director) for their latest short, The Captain. It's about a pilot...
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- 1/24/2013
- Screen Anarchy
Oscar’s youngest nominee, Quvenzhané Wallis of “Beasts of the Southern Wild,” will once again grace the screen at the Sundance Film Festival. This year, she appears in “Boneshaker,” a short film by Nyu filmmaker Frances Bodomo. But Wallis is not the only Sundance alumna to be found among the roster of 65 shorts playing in competition — helmers Kat Candler, Tony Donoghue, Nash Edgerton, Daniel Sousa and Spencer Susser are all returning with work that may shore up their reputations as filmmakers to watch. Read More: Sundance 2013: Morgan Spurlock, Guillermo Arriaga, Alexandra Pelosi, Albert Maysles, More Stock Short Film Program Here, in alphabetical order, is a preview of ten shorts that will have everyone in Park City buzzing. “Black Metal” Texas-based Kat Candler helms a strong follow-up to her 2012 Sundance short “Hellion.” Candler draws extremely naturalistic performances from her...
- 1/14/2013
- by Kim Adelman
- Indiewire
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