|
AACTA Award For Best Indie Film
The AACTA Award for Best Indie Film is an award presented by the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) since 2018. The award is presented at the annual AACTA Awards, which hand out accolades for achievements in feature film, television, documentaries and short films. Since 2024 the awards have been held at the Gold Coast, Queensland. History The establishment of the AACTA Award for Best Indie Film was announced on 1 May 2018. The inaugural award was won by ''Jirga'', directed by Benjamin Gilmour. Eligibility The intention of the award is to allow "a pathway into competition for a greater number of films from filmmakers with diverse backgrounds (gender, sexual and cultural diversity), as well as films from emerging filmmakers". Only films with a budget of under million are eligible. Winners and nominees 2018 The winner of the inaugural award in 2018, in the 8th AACTA Awards: *''Jirga'', directed by Benjamin Gilmour Other films nominated were: *'' Brot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
AACTA Awards
The Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards, known as the AACTA Awards, are presented annually by the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA). The awards recognise excellence in the cinema of Australia, film and television in Australia, television industry, both locally and internationally, including the producers, directors, actors, writers, and cinematographers. It is the most prestigious awards ceremony for the Cinema of Australia, Australian film and Television in Australia, television industry. They are generally considered to be the Australian counterpart of the Academy Awards for the United States and the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, BAFTA Awards for the United Kingdom. The awards, previously called Australian Film Institute Awards or AFI Awards, began in 1958, and involved 30 nominations across six categories. They expanded in 1986 to cover television as well as film. The AACTA Awards were instituted in 2011. The AACTA Int ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Rodd Rathjen
Rod Rathjen is an Australian film director. Life He was born in Colbinabbin and graduated from the Victorian College of the Arts in 2010. Career His debut feature film is ''Buoyancy Buoyancy (), or upthrust, is the force exerted by a fluid opposing the weight of a partially or fully immersed object (which may be also be a parcel of fluid). In a column of fluid, pressure increases with depth as a result of the weight of t ...'', which won the Panorama Prize from the Ecumenical Jury. He hopes that the movie sheds light on Thailand's fishing industry and educates Cambodians about the risk of migration. References Living people 1981 births Australian film directors Victorian College of the Arts alumni People from Victoria (state) {{Australia-film-director-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Cameron Nugent
Cameron Nugent (born 1974) is an Australian actor, director, writer and producer. Early life Nugent began his acting career at the age of 12, when an uncle approached him to appear in a commercial for National Nine News in 1986. Soon afterwards, he was approached by an acting agency. Career In 1989, Nugent scored the lead role as Tiger Gleeson in children's television series ''Round the Twist''. He also starred as C.W. in a 1990 episode of '' More Winners'', for which he was nominated at the age of 14, for the 1991 AFI Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role in a Television Drama for the episode, "The Big Wish". He had further lead roles as Mick in the 1991 children's miniseries '' Ratbag Hero'', Craig Jelly in ''SeaChange'' from 1998 to 2000, Max Hammer in ''Noah and Saskia'' in 2004, and Paul Winston in ''City Homicide'' from 2007 to 2010. He has had guest roles in ''The Flying Doctors'', ''A Country Practice'', ''Neighbours'', ''Law of the Land'', '' State Coroner'', '' The G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
A Boy Called Sailboat
''A Boy Called Sailboat'' is a 2018 American-Australian comedy-drama film written and directed by Cameron Nugent and starring Julian Atocani Sanchez, Noel Gugliemi, Elizabeth De Razzo, Jake Busey, and J. K. Simmons. Plot The film revolves around a poor Hispanic family with a son named Sailboat. Sailboat's friend, Peeti, is obsessed with soccer, but has a disability that prevents him from playing the game. Sailboat finds a "little guitar" (actually a ukulele) in a pile of junk. He learns how to play it, and eventually creates and plays a song for his sick grandmother, who is in hospital. Cast *Julian Atocani Sanchez as Sailboat *Jake Busey as Bing *J. K. Simmons as Ernest *Noel Gugliemi as José *Lew Temple as DJ *Bernard Curry as Referee / Hacienda Hill Actor / Instructional CD Voice *Elizabeth De Razzo as Meyo * Andrew Curry as Tobacco Factory Employee Production The film is written, directed, edited, and co-produced by Cameron Nugent. It is his debut feature film as directo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Steven Vidler (actor)
Steven Vidler (born 9 August 1960) is an Australian actor, screenwriter and director known for his part in the Scottish–Australian series '' Jeopardy''. Early life and education Vidler was born on 9 August 1960 in Sydney, Australia. He formally trained at Sydney's National Institute of Dramatic Art, from where he graduated in 1983 with a Bachelor of Dramatic Art and Acting. He continued his studies at NIDA, undertaking an Actor-Director relationship course, run in collaboration with AFTRS. He also obtained a research PhD in screenwriting, from Macquarie University, which used cognitive neuroscience to explore viewer engagement with characters in film. Career Vidler's first film credit was the 1984 television film '' The Blood of Others'', followed by 1985 miniseries, The Dunera Boys. He played Sugar, the younger brother who 'knew' his brother's wife, in 1987 film ''The Good Wife'' (also known as ''The Umbrella Woman'') alongside Rachel Ward. Other early film credits includ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Standing Up For Sunny
''Standing Up for Sunny'' is a 2019 Australian film comedy written and directed by Steven Vidler, and starring RJ Mitte, Philippa Northeast, Sam Reid and Matt Nable. It won the 2020 AACTA Award for Best Indie Film. Synopsis An isolated man with cerebral palsy is railroaded into helping an unassertive comedienne, and finds love and acceptance through stand-up comedy. Cast * RJ Mitte as Travis * Philippa Northeast as Sunny * Sam Reid as Mikey * Matt Nable as Male Interviewer * Barry Humphries as himself * Ella Scott Lynch as Felicity * Italia Hunt as Gordo Production Filming took place in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia in 2018. Release The film premiered at the Sydney Film Festival in June 2019. It was also shown at CinefestOZ to a packed audience in September 2019. The general release date was 5 December 2019. Reception ''Standing Up for Sunny'' received favourable reviews from Australian critics. Andrew F. Peirce of ''The Curb'' said, "It’s so rare to see a fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
10th AACTA Awards
The 10th Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards (generally known as the AACTA Awards) is an awards ceremony to celebrate the best of Australian films and television of 2020. The main ceremony was held at The Star in Sydney and televised on Foxtel Arts and the Seven Network Seven Network (stylised 7Network, and commonly known as Channel Seven or simply Seven) is an Australian commercial free-to-air Television broadcasting in Australia, television network. It is owned by Seven West Media, Seven West Media Limited, .... Feature film Television Documentary Short film and online Additional awards References Further reading {{Australian Film Institute Awards AACTA Awards ceremonies 2020 in Australian cinema 2020 film awards 2020 television awards 2020 awards in Australia 2020s in Sydney ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Samuel Van Grinsven
Samuel Van Grinsven is a New Zealand-born Australian film director and screenwriter,Sean Slatter"Samuel Van Grinsven’s ‘Went Up the Hill’ to join Rebel Wilson’s ‘The Deb’ at TIFF" ''IF Magazine'', 23 July 2024. whose debut feature film ''Sequin in a Blue Room'' was released in 2019.James Kleinman"Exclusive Interview: filmmaker Samuel Van Grinsven on his seductive queer coming-of-age tale Sequin in a Blue Room" ''The Queer Review'', 11 April 2021. A graduate of the Australian Film, Television and Radio School, Van Grinsven made ''Sequin in a Blue Room'' as his graduation project. Centred on the coming-of-age of a gay teenager, the film was based on Van Grinsven's own experiences growing up queer in a conservative part of Australia. The film premiered in June 2019 at the 66th Sydney Film Festival, where it was the winner of the Audience Award for best Australian narrative feature. It was an AACTA Award nominee for Best Indie Film at the 9th AACTA Awards, and received com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Sequin In A Blue Room
''Sequin in a Blue Room'' is a 2019 Australian independent queer coming-of-age, mystery and drama film directed by Samuel Van Grinsven, in his feature film debut. It was written by Van Grinsven and Jory Anast. The film stars Conor Leach in his feature film debut, Simon Croker, Anthony Brandon Wong and Jeremy Lindsay Taylor. It had its world premiere on 14 June 2019 at the Sydney Film Festival, where it won an award for Best Narrative Feature, and was released in theatres in August 2020. The film received generally wide acclaim, and American review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes certified the film fresh with a score of . It was filmed on location in Sydney. Plot Sixteen year old Sequin is queer and comfortable with his sexuality and has a healthy relationship with his father. He prefers anonymous and unconditional sexual encounters over having a serious and meaningful relationship. Sequin meets his one-night-stands through a dating app, and quickly ghosts them after their sexual l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Imogen Thomas (director)
Imogen or Imogene may refer to: __NOTOC__ Places * Imogene, Iowa, a city * Imogene, Minnesota, a populated place * Imogene, South Dakota, an unincorporated community * Imogene Pass, a mountain pass in the San Juan Mountains of Colorado * Imogene Lake, Idaho * Imogene Peak, Idaho * Lake Imogene, Martin County, Minnesota People and fictional characters * Imogen (given name), a feminine given name, including a list of people and fictional characters named either Imogen or Imogene. Arts and entertainment * ''Imogen (novel)'', a 1978 romance by Jilly Cooper * Imogen (''Cymbeline'') from William Shakespeare's play ''Cymbeline'' * ''Imogen'' (video game), a BBC Micro computer game * ''Imogene'', original title of ''Girl Most Likely'', a 2012 American comedy film * "Imogene", a piece of instrumental music written and recorded in 1967 by Les Reed Ships * , six Royal Navy ships named either ''Imogen'' or ''Imogene'' See also * Innogen Innogen is a character in the ''Historia Regum B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Emu Runner
''Emu Runner'' is a 2018 Australian independent film. It was written and directed by Imogen Thomas, who wrote the film with Indigenous script consultant Frayne Barker. Thomas co-produced the film with Victor Evatt. Cast * Rhae-Kye Waites as Gemma * Wayne Blair as Jay Jay * Rob Carlton as Stan * Georgia Blizzard as Heidi Goodell * Maurial Spearim as Darlene * Stella Carter as Tessa * Mary Waites as Daphne * Lindsay Waites as Uncle Wes * Letisha Boney as Valerie * Rodney McHughes as Ecka Plot The film centres around 9-year-old Ngemba girl Gemma "Gem" Daniels (played by 11-year-old Rhae-Kye Waites) who lives in the remote New South Wales town of Brewarrina. Following a fishing trip on the banks of the Barwon River with her mother Darlene (Spearim) and older sister Valerie (Boney), Darlene unexpectedly collapses. Despite sprinting into town to get help from her father Jay Jay (Blair) and older brother Ecker (McHughes), there is little they can do. As the family grieve fol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Heath Davis (director)
''Christmess'' is a 2023 Australian Christmas film written and directed by Heath Davis. It stars Hannah Joy, Steve Le Marquand, and Darren Gilshenan. Premise Three recovering addicts try to get through the festive season without relapsing, in Campbelltown, a suburb in western Sydney, Australia. Cast * Hannah Joy as Joy * Steve Le Marquand as Chris Flint * Darren Gilshenan as Nick * Aaron Glenane as Jeff * Nicole Pastor as Noelle * George Burgess as a Doorman/bouncer Production An independent Australian film, ''Christmess'' is written and directed by Heath Davis. Davis began writing an “authentic” Christmas film after Christmas 2020 when he spent time in isolation during the COVID-19 pandemic without work or family, and watched a lot of “bad Christmas films”. It is produced by Daniel Fenech, Cindy Pritchard, and Matthew McCracken. Funding for the film partially came from crowd-funding. Casting The film marks the feature film acting debut of Hannah Joy, the lead s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
