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List Of Australian Films Of 2016 ...
This is a list of Australian films released in 2016. 2016 References * 2016 in Australia * 2016 in Australian television * List of 2016 box office number-one films in Australia {{DEFAULTSORT:Australian Films Of 2016 2016 Lists of 2016 films by country or language Films A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2016 In Film
2016 in film is an overview of events, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies, festivals, and a list of films released and deaths. Evaluation of the year In his article highlighting the best films of 2016, Richard Brody of ''The New Yorker'' stated, "Hollywood is the world's best money-laundering machine. It takes in huge amounts of money from the sale of mass-market commodities and cleanses some of it with the production of cinematic masterworks. Earning billions of dollars from C.G.I. comedies for children, superhero movies, sci-fi apocalypses, and other popular genres, the big studios channel some of those funds into movies by Wes Anderson, Sofia Coppola, Spike Lee, Martin Scorsese, James Gray, and other worthies. Sometimes there's even an overlap between the two groups of movies, as when Ryan Coogler made '' Creed'', or when Scorsese made the modernist horror instant-classic ''Shutter Island'', or when Clint Eastwood makes just about anything." Highest-gross ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simon Stone
Simon Stone (born 19 August 1984) is an Australian film and theatre director, writer and actor. Early life Stone is Australian, but was born in Basel and grew up in Cambridge and Melbourne. His father, Stuart Stone, was a biochemist and his mother, Eleanor Mackie, a veterinary scientist. Stuart Stone died of a heart attack aged 45; Stone, aged 12, witnessed it, and has spoken about the ways in which that trauma has influenced his work. Career Director/writer In 2007 Stone founded the independent theatre company The Hayloft Project and adapted and directed their inaugural production of Frank Wedekind's '' Spring Awakening''. This production was remounted in 2008 at Belvoir St Theatre and was described in ''The Sydney Morning Herald'' as "a lean, contained, ultimately furious, liberating production that is well-attuned to Wedekind's poetic rhythms, wit and pubescent discoveries". Other productions Stone adapted and directed for The Hayloft Project include ''Platonov'', '' 3xSiste ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Taylor (Australian Actor)
Robert John Taylor (born 1963) is an Australian actor who has appeared in many films and television series in Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States. On television, he is known for playing the lead role of Walt Longmire in the A&E/Netflix television series '' Longmire''. On film, he is known for playing "Agent Jones" in ''The Matrix'' (1999); he also starred in ''Vertical Limit'' (2000). Early life Taylor was born in 1963 in Melbourne, Australia. His parents separated when he was nine, and he moved to a mining town in Western Australia to live with his aunt and uncle. He worked as a miner when he was a teenager, and later had jobs including lifeguard and bouncer. He went to university three times. At age twenty one, Taylor went to work on an oil rig in the Indian Ocean. His ship collided with another and sank off the west coast of Australia, but he and two crew mates escaped on a lifeboat. Taylor suffered a broken arm and ribs and, while recovering in the hospita ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kerry Fox
Kerry Lauren Fox (born 30 July 1966) is a New Zealand actress. She came to prominence playing author Janet Frame in the movie ''An Angel at My Table'' directed by Jane Campion, which gained her a Best Actress Award from the New Zealand Film and Television Awards. Early life Fox was born in Lower Hutt, Wellington. She graduated from Toi Whakaari: New Zealand Drama School in 1987 with a Diploma in Acting. Career Fox has had an international career, working in independent films and on television. She received praise and a nomination for the Australian Film Institute Awards for her leading role in '' Country Life'', starred in Danny Boyle's breakout British hit ''Shallow Grave'', and was nominated for the Canadian Genie Award for her supporting role in '' The Hanging Garden''. For her role as Claire in ''Intimacy'' (2001), directed by Patrice Chéreau, she won the Silver Bear for Best Actress at the Berlin Film Festival. In this film she performed real, rather than simulated, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grant Scicluna
Grant Scicluna (born in 1980) is an Australian film director and writer. best known for his work on ''The Wilding'' which won the Iris Prize in 2012, and the feature film Downriver. He is a graduate of RMIT, RMIT University School of Media and Communications in Melbourne. Scicluna directed the Iris Prize short film ''Hurt's Rescue'' which premiered at the Melbourne International Film Festival in 2014. In 2015, Scicluna made his feature debut with the Screen Australia backed ''Downriver (film), Downriver'' which premiered at the Melbourne International Film Festival before playing at Toronto International Film Festival, with an Australian cinema release following. ''Downriver'' sold to the USA, the UK and Europe. Scicluna lives in Melbourne, Australia and is married to designer, David Allouf. He frequently works with producer Jannine Barnes. Filmography (as director) References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Scicluna, Grant 1980 births Australian film directors Au ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Downriver (film)
''Downriver'' is a 2015 Australian film funded by Screen Australia, Film Victoria and Melbourne International Film Festival, produced by Happening Films. It is writer-director Grant Scicluna's feature debut. The main cast includes Robert Taylor (Australian actor), Robert Taylor, Kerry Fox, Helen Morse and Reef Ireland. It is described as a mystery drama in which a teenage killer returns to uncover dark truths in his quest to find a missing body. Plot James is a young man who has epilepsy and has recently been granted parole from the juvenile detention centre in which he has spent the last eight years. When he was ten, he drowned a little boy, Chris McCarthy, in a river at a caravan park, although the body was never found. After being released, he returns to the caravan park in order to find and return the body to the grieving mother. He moves into the old cabin he used to live in with his mother and befriends Damien, the boy next door. James tells Damien that Chris had been h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rahel Romahn
Rahel Romahn (born ) is a Kurdish-Iraqi born Australian actor. For his performance in ''The Principal'' he was nominated for the 2016 AACTA Award for Best Guest or Supporting Actor in a Television Drama and the 2016 Logie Award for Most Outstanding Newcomer. He was the winner of the 2022 Heath Ledger Scholarship. Roles he has played include the TV series '' Shantaram'' and ''Mr Inbetween'' and mini-series ''Australian Gangster'', films '' Little Monsters'', ''Ali's Wedding'', ''Down Under'' and ''Alex & Eve'' and on stage as Mozart opposite Michael Sheen in ''Amadeus'' at the Sydney Opera House The Sydney Opera House is a multi-venue performing arts centre in Sydney. Located on the foreshore of Sydney Harbour, it is widely regarded as one of the world's most famous and distinctive buildings and a masterpiece of 20th-century architec .... References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Romahn, Rahel Living people Australian stage actors Australian film actors Australi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lincoln Younes
Lincoln Younes (born 31 January 1992) is an Australian actor. He made his debut in an episode of ''City Homicide'' in 2009, before playing Romeo Kovac in Showcase drama series ''Tangle'' until 2012. He received the ASTRA Award for Most Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor for the role. From 2011 until 2014, Younes portrayed Casey Braxton in the Australian soap opera ''Home and Away''. After leaving the serial, he went on to appear in two seasons of '' Love Child'' as Chris Vesty, as well as the miniseries '' Hiding''. In 2019, Younes played main character Danny Garibaldi in American series ''Grand Hotel'', which was cancelled after one season. He then joined the cast of '' Doctor Doctor'' for its fifth and final season in 2021. Early life Lincoln Younes was born in Sydney, but grew up in Bendigo, Victoria, where he was raised by his mother. He has a younger brother. Younes confirmed that his surname is Arabic and he is half Lebanese. He attended Flora Hill Secondary College. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abe Forsythe
Abraham Forsythe (born 26 July 1981) is an Australian film and television actor, director, writer and producer. He is the son of actor and comedian Drew Forsythe. Career He first appeared on the TV series ''The Miraculous Mellops (TV series), The Miraculous Mellops''. He has since appeared as Campbell Todd on the Australian TV series ''Always Greener'', starred in the mini-series ''Marking Time'' and starred and directed the 2003 film ''Ned (film), Ned''. He also directed and starred in a parody of ''The Matrix'' called ''Computer Boy''. He also starred in the Australian/British television series co-production ''Tripping Over''. Forsythe has also guest starred in several Australian TV shows, including ''Blue Heelers'', ''All Saints (TV series), All Saints'', ''Water Rats (TV series), Water Rats'' and ''Blue Water High''. In 2009, Forsythe wrote and directed the Tropfest short ''Being Carl Williams''. The short won second prize and the Best Comedy award. The 2010 Tropfest saw him ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Down Under (2016 Film)
''Down Under'' is an Australian black comedy drama film set in the aftermath of the 2005 Cronulla riots. It is written and directed by Abe Forsythe. Cast * Damon Herriman as Jason * Lincoln Younes as Hassim * Alexander England as Shit-Stick * David Field as Vic * Marshall Napier as Graham * Rahel Romahn as Nick * Michael Denkha as Ibrahim * Chris Bunton as Evan * Fayssal Bazzi as D-Mac * Justin Rosniak as Ditch * Harriet Dyer as Stacey * Josh McConville as Gav * Dylan Young as Az * Christiaan Van Vuuren as Doof * Anthony Taufa as Taufa * Robert Rabiah as Amir * John Ibrahim as Middle-Eastern Man in Gucci Hat Reception On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 63% based on 19 reviews, with an average rating of 6.6/10. Accolades References External links * * Down Under' at Rotten Tomatoes Rotten Tomatoes is an American review-aggregation website for film and television. The company was launched in August 1998 by three undergraduate st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henrik Ibsen
Henrik Johan Ibsen (; ; 20 March 1828 – 23 May 1906) was a Norwegian playwright and theatre director. As one of the founders of modernism in theatre, Ibsen is often referred to as "the father of realism" and one of the most influential playwrights of his time. His major works include ''Brand'', '' Peer Gynt'', '' An Enemy of the People'', ''Emperor and Galilean'', ''A Doll's House'', ''Hedda Gabler'', '' Ghosts'', ''The Wild Duck'', ''When We Dead Awaken'', ''Rosmersholm'', and ''The Master Builder''. Ibsen is the most frequently performed dramatist in the world after Shakespeare, and ''A Doll's House'' was the world's most performed play in 2006. Ibsen's early poetic and cinematic play ''Peer Gynt'' has strong surreal elements. After ''Peer Gynt'' Ibsen abandoned verse and wrote in realistic prose. Several of his later dramas were considered scandalous to many of his era, when European theatre was expected to model strict morals of family life and propriety. Ibsen's later wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Wild Duck
''The Wild Duck'' (original Norwegian title: ''Vildanden'') is an 1884 play by the Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen. It is considered the first modern masterpiece in the genre of tragicomedy. ''The Wild Duck'' and ''Rosmersholm'' are "often to be observed in the critics' estimates vying with each other as rivals for the top place among Ibsen's works." Characters * Håkon Werle, a wholesale merchant * Gregers Werle, his son * Old Ekdal, the former business partner of Håkon Werle * Hjalmar Ekdal, Old Ekdal's son, a photographer * Gina Ekdal, his wife * Hedvig, their daughter, aged fourteen * Mrs. Sørby, housekeeper and fiancée of Håkon Werle * Relling, a doctor, lives below the Ekdals * Molvik, formerly a student of theology, lives below the Ekdals * Pettersen, servant to Håkon Werle * Jensen, a hired waiter * Mr. Balle, a dinner guest * Mr. Flor, a dinner guest Plot The first act opens with a dinner party hosted by Håkon Werle, a wealthy merchant and industrialist. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
