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Casting Guild Of Australia
The Casting Guild of Australia (CGA) is a professional society, founded in 2013 in Victoria, Australia. It consists over 90% of all Australian casting directors for film, television, and theatre. Formation According to Nick Hamon, casting director and Vice President of CGA that the idea of setting up a casting guild was in minds of Australian casting directors committee quite sometime. But it was not actualised until in 2013, committee member Mel Mackintosh wrote an email, emphasising on the need of the guild. Nominations and winners The winners are mentioned first and highlighted. 2015 2016 Sirius Award The Sirius Award has been created to recognise Australia's emerging actors, modelled on the Berlin Film Festival's Shooting Stars initiative. In 2015 Mark Coles Smith and Odessa Young won the award. In 2016 the Sirius Award were given to Katherine Langford and Jacob Collins Levy. See also * List of television awards This list of television awards is a index to articles o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Professional Society
A professional association (also called a professional body, professional organization, or professional society) usually seeks to further a particular profession, the interests of individuals and organisations engaged in that profession, and the public interest. In the United States, such an association is typically a nonprofit business league for tax purposes. Roles The roles of professional associations have been variously defined: "A group, of people in a learned occupation who are entrusted with maintaining control or oversight of the legitimate practice of the occupation;" also a body acting "to safeguard the public interest;" organizations which "represent the interest of the professional practitioners," and so "act to maintain their own privileged and powerful position as a controlling body." Professional associations are ill defined although often have commonality in purpose and activities. In the UK, the Science Council defines a professional body as "an organisation wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ready For This (TV Series)
''Ready for This'' is an Australian teen-oriented television drama series that premiered on ABC3 on 5 October 2015. It follows five Indigenous teenagers who venture across the country to Sydney to pursue their dreams. Cast *Majeda Beatty as Ava Ban *Christian Byers as Reece Scott *Madeleine Madden as Zoe Preston * Aaron L. McGrath as Levi Mackay *Liam Talty as Dylan Brockman *Leonie Whyman as Lily Carney *Lasarus Ratuere as Mick *Christine Anu as Vee Production The 14-part series is written by Liz Doran, Jon Bell, Guila Sandler, Josh Mapleston, Kristen Dunphy, Kirsty Fisher, Leah Purcell, Steven McGregor and Greg Waters. A joint venture between Werner Film Productions and Blackfella Films, it was produced by Big Chance Films for the ABC, in association with Screen Australia and Screen NSW, with international sales by the Australian Children's Television Foundation (ACTF). The series is produced by Joanna Werner and Miranda Dear and executive produced by Joanna Werner, Darren Da ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacob Collins-Levy
Jacob Collins-Levy (born 18 March 1992) is an Australian actor having played the role of Henry VII, King of England, in ''The White Princess'' (2017), and has appeared in ''True History of the Kelly Gang'' (2019), '' ''Doctor Who'''' (2020), '' The Witcher: Blood Origin'' (2022), and was cast in the Disney+ series ''Nautilus'' in 2023. Early life Collins-Levy was born in Melbourne to an Australian mother and English father. In 2012 and 2013, he took classes at the 16th Street Actors Studio in Melbourne. Career After brief appearances in 2015, in ''Holding the Man'' and ''Glitch'', Collins-Levy's first major appearance on the big screen came in 2016, as the heartless drug dealer "Saul" in the film ''Joe Cinque's Consolation'', which was selected for the 41st Toronto International Film Festival. Collins-Levy played Henry VII of England in the Starz television series ''The White Princess'', set in the aftermath of the Wars of the Roses, with co-star Jodie Comer as his wife Eliz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katherine Langford
Katherine Langford (born 29 April 1996) is an Australian actress. After appearing in several independent films, she had her breakthrough starring as Hannah Baker in the Netflix television series ''13 Reasons Why'' (2017–2018), which earned her a Golden Globe Award nomination. She has gone on to appear in the films '' Love, Simon'' (2018) and ''Knives Out'' (2019), and headline the dark comedy '' Spontaneous'' (2020)for which she received a Critics' Choice Super Award nominationand has also starred in the Netflix series '' Cursed'' (2020). Early life Langford was born in Perth, Western Australia, and raised in Applecross, a riverside suburb of Perth. She is the eldest daughter of Elizabeth Langford (née Green), a paediatrician, and Stephen Langford, a flying doctor and director of medical services at the Royal Flying Doctor Service Western Operations. Her younger sister, Josephine Langford, is also an actress. Langford began voice lessons with Heidi Lake in 2005, and receiv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Odessa Young
Odessa Young (born 11 January 1998) is an Australian actress. She is known for her roles in the 2015 feature films ''Looking for Grace'' and '' The Daughter'', the latter of which earned her an AACTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role. She won further accolades for her performance in the web series ''High Life'' in 2017. In 2018, she starred in the films ''Assassination Nation'' and ''A Million Little Pieces.'' That year, she also made her off-Broadway debut in ''Days of Rage.'' In 2020, she starred as Frannie in the post-apocalypse miniseries ''The Stand'', based on the 1978 novel of the same name by Stephen King, and opposite Elisabeth Moss in ''Shirley'' (2020), a film about the novelist Shirley Jackson. Early life and education Young grew up in Australia, where her father is a musician and her mother a writer. She attended a performing arts high school in Sydney, taking part in theatre productions. Within two days of turning 18, she relocated from Sydney to Los Angele ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Coles Smith
Mark Coles Smith (born 1989) is an Indigenous Australian actor originally from Broome in Western Australia. He is known for his roles in '' Last Cab to Darwin'' (2015), '' Picnic at Hanging Rock'' (2018) and '' Occupation: Rainfall'' (2020), as well as the Canadian series ''Hard Rock Medical'' (2013-18). Early life Coles Smith was born in Broome around 1989, and made his debut in the Network Ten children's TV show '' Ocean Star'' at the age of 14 after being taken to an open audition by his aunt. In 2007, Coles Smith received the VCA Wilin Centre for Indigenous Arts' Yvonne Cohen Award, and graduated from the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts The Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA) at Edith Cowan University (ECU) was established in 1980 to provide performing arts tuition. WAAPA (commonly pronounced "whopp-a") operates as a part of ECU, located at the ECU campus in ... in Aboriginal Theatre. Filmography Personal life Since 2015, Col ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Berlin Film Festival
The Berlin International Film Festival (german: Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin), usually called the Berlinale (), is a major international film festival held annually in Berlin, Germany. Founded in 1951 and originally run in June, the festival has been held every February since 1978 and is one of the "Film festival#Notable festivals, Big Three" alongside the Venice Film Festival in Italy and the Cannes Film Festival in France. Tens of thousands of visitors attend each year. About 400 films are shown at multiple venues across Berlin, mostly in and around Potsdamer Platz. They are screened in nine sections across cinematic genres, with around twenty films competing for the festival's top awards in the Competition section. The major awards, called the Golden Bear and #Awards, Silver Bears, are decided on by the international jury, chaired by an internationally recognisable cinema personality. This jury and other specialised Berlinale juries also give many other awards, and in a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Secret City (TV Series)
''Secret City'' is an Australian political thriller television series based on the best-selling novels ''The Marmalade Files'', ''The Mandarin Code'', and ''The Shadow Game'' by Chris Uhlmann and Steve Lewis. It premiered on Foxtel's Showcase on 5 June 2016 and on Netflix internationally on 26 June 2018. The series is produced by Matchbox Pictures and Foxtel. A sequel to the series called ''Secret City: Under the Eagle'' was green-lit in February 2018. It aired on 4 March 2019 in Australia and launched worldwide on Netflix on 6 March 2019. It is unknown if there will be a season 3. The sequel storyline is a departure from the books written by Uhlmann and Lewis, who joined the series as story consultants. Synopsis Secret City Beneath the placid facade of Canberra, amidst rising tension between China and the United States, Canberra press gallery journalist Harriet Dunkley (Anna Torv) forces her way closer to the truth, uncovering a set of interlocked conspiracies which threaten ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Divorce (TV Series)
''Divorce'' is an American comedy-drama television series created by Sharon Horgan, set in Hastings-on-Hudson, New York, and starring Sarah Jessica Parker and Thomas Haden Church as a middle-aged divorcing couple. The series premiered on HBO on October 9, 2016. The pilot episode was written by Horgan and directed by Jesse Peretz. On November 14, 2016, HBO renewed the show for a second season, which premiered on January 14, 2018. On November 2, 2018, HBO renewed the show for a third season, which was later announced on its premiere date to be the final season. Cast Main *Sarah Jessica Parker as Frances Dufresne, a married woman who has an affair which precipitates her divorce *Thomas Haden Church as Robert Dufresne, Frances' hapless husband who discovers the affair and divorces her *Molly Shannon as Diane, Frances' high-strung friend *Talia Balsam as Dallas Holt, Frances' close friend *Tracy Letts as Nick, Diane's husband (seasons 1–2; guest season 3) * Sterling Jerins as Lila Du ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Kettering Incident
''The Kettering Incident'' is an Australian television drama program, first broadcast on Foxtel's SoHo (Australian TV channel), Showcase channel on 4 July 2016. The series was created by Victoria Madden and Vincent Sheehan (filmmaker), Vincent Sheehan, and was written by Victoria Madden, Louise Fox, Cate Shortland and Andrew Knight (writer), Andrew Knight. A sneak preview of the series launched at the 2015 ''Dark MoFo'' festival, with two episodes shown to select audiences at nine locations around Tasmania. The series was filmed in and around the town of Kettering, Tasmania, Kettering and Bruny Island in Tasmania, as announced in February 2014 by the then Premier of Tasmania, Lara Giddings, during a press conference in Kettering. The series was funded by Screen Australia, Screen Tasmania, Foxtel and BBC Worldwide, and was developed with the assistance of British broadcaster Channel 4. The series was budgeted at fifteen million dollars, and was promoted as the first adult drama ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Principal (TV Series)
''The Principal'' is an Australian four-part drama series which aired over two weeks on SBS starting 7 October 2015. It was written by Kristen Dunphy and Alice Addison, directed by Kriv Stenders and produced by Ian Collie. Cast * Alex Dimitriades as Matt Bashir * Aden Young as Adam Bilic * Mirrah Foulkes as Kellie Norton * Salvatore Coco as Frank Calabrisi * Andrea Demetriades as Hafa Habeb * Rahel Romahn as Tarek Ahmad * Tyler De Nawi as Karim Ahmad * Miles Gibson as Chris Langworth * Narek Arman as Sami Vivas * Karim Zreika as Bilal Folouk * Rebecca Massey as Rina * Tim Abdallah as Farid * Thuso Lekwape as Kenny Awards At the 2016 58th Annual TV Week Logie Awards, Alex Dimitriades won the Most Outstanding Actor award for ''The Principal''. DVD release The series was released as a Region 4 single disc DVD on 4 November 2015 by SBS in Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Black Comedy (TV Series)
''Black Comedy'' is an Australian television sketch comedy program produced by Scarlett Pictures which first screened on ABC on 5 November 2014. ''Black Comedy'' combines a mix of observational and physical sketches, historical sketches and parodies of TV, film and commercials, looking at Australian culture through the eyes of Indigenous Australians. A second series screened in 2016, a third in 2018, and a fourth in 2020. Cast * Jon Bell * Wayne Blair * Adam Briggs * Aaron Fa'aoso * Nayuka Gorrie * Maci-Grace Johnson * Rarriwuy Hick * Nakkiah Lui * Steven Oliver * Bjorn Stewart * Dalara Williams * Gabriel Willie * David Woodhead * Elizabeth Wymarra * Ian Zaro Guests * Craig Anderson * Christine Anu * Jimi Bani * Katie Beckett * Luke Carroll * Jack Charles * Brendan Cowell * Matt Day * Maggie Dence * Lasarus Ratuere * Michael Dorman * Guy Edmonds * Costa Georgiadis * Chris Haywood * Anita Hegh * Lisa Hensley * Sacha Horler * Jay Laga'aia * Robbie Magasiva * Debora ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
