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Cascade Films
Nadia Tass (born Tassopoulou or Tassopoulos; ), is an Australian theatre and film director and film producer. She mostly makes films with her writer-producer husband David Parker, through their production company Cascade Films. Tass is known for the films ''Malcolm'' (1986) and '' The Big Steal'' (1990), as well as an extensive body of work in the theatre, both in Australia and internationally. Early life and education Nadia Tassopoulou (or Tassopoulos) was born in the village of Lofoi, near Florina, in Macedonia, northern Greece. Aged eight, she moved with her parents to Melbourne, Australia, in 1966. Her original surname is Tassopoulos. She has some Russian heritage. She had her first acting role aged 14, in the police drama series ''Division 4''. Tass studied psychology at the University of Melbourne, and while there became interested in theatre, including works by students at the Victorian College of the Arts (VCA). After doing some theatre directing, she went to film ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lofoi
Lofoi (, before 1928: Ζαπύρδανη – ''Zapyrdani''; Bulgarian: Забърдени; Macedonian: Забрдени, ''Zabrdeni'') is a village in the Florina regional unit, Western Macedonia, Greece, located 15 km east of the city of Florina. History First mentioned in an Ottoman defter of 1481, the village, then known as ''Zabrdani'', had eighty households and produced vines, walnuts, and honey. In Ottoman tax registers of the non-Muslim population of the wilayah Filorine from 1626–1627, the village is marked under the name ''Zaburdani'' with 62 households. The population of the village was affiliated with the Bulgarian Exarchate church in the early 20th century. According to Dimitar Mishev, the secretary of the Exarchate, there were 344 Bulgarians in Zabrdani in 1905 and there was a Bulgarian school that functioned in the village.D.M.Brancoff. "La Macédoine et sa Population Chrétienne". Paris, 1905, p.176-177. The village was incorporated into Greece in 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stanislavski Method
Stanislavski's system is a systematic approach to training actors that the Russian theatre practitioner Konstantin Stanislavski developed in the first half of the twentieth century. His system cultivates what he calls the "art of experiencing" (with which he contrasts the "art of representation").Benedetti (1999a, 201), Carnicke (2000, 17), and Stanislavski (1938, 16—36 "art of representation" corresponds to Mikhail Shchepkin's "actor of reason" and his "art of experiencing" corresponds to Shchepkin's "actor of feeling"; see Benedetti (1999a, 202). It mobilises the actor's conscious thought and will in order to activate other, less-controllable psychological processes—such as emotional experience and subconscious behaviour—sympathetically and indirectly. In rehearsal, the actor searches for inner motives to justify action and the definition of what the character seeks to achieve at any given moment (a "task"). Later, Stanislavski further elaborated what he called 'the Syst ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amy (1997 Film)
''Amy'' is a 1997 Australian film written by David Parker and directed by Nadia Tass, starring Alana De Roma in the title role, Rachel Griffiths, Ben Mendelsohn, and Nick Barker. Background The story developed from a concept inspired by the ''Man of La Mancha'' and the screenplay was developed by Tass' husband David Parker. The project that took eleven years to complete due to financial problems and a difficult search for the perfect "Amy". At one stage, the role of Robert was offered to Michael Jackson but he turned it down. Plot Amy's (Alana De Roma) father, Will Enker (Nick Barker), was a popular rock musician accidentally electrocuted while performing on stage. The psychological trauma leaves Amy Muteness, mute and deaf. At the age of eight she is brought by her mother, Tanya (Rachel Griffiths), to Melbourne, Australia, Melbourne to diagnose the reasons for her continued silence. Amy befriends her neighbor, Robert (Ben Mendelsohn Paul Benjamin Mendelsohn (born 3 April ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rikky And Pete
''Rikky and Pete'' is a 1988 Australian film directed by Nadia Tass, written by David Parker, and starring Stephen Kearney and Nina Landis. Plot Rikky Menzies is an out-of-work geologist and aspiring singer. Her brother Pete Menzies is a misfit inventor. To find peace of mind and escape the ire of Police Sergeant Whitstead, they travel the outback of Australia until they reach the desert mining town of Mount Isa and its own zany individualists. Cast *Stephen Kearney as Pete Menzies *Nina Landis as Rikky Menzies * Tetchie Agbayani as Flossie * Bill Hunter as Whitstead *Bruno Lawrence as Sonny *Bruce Spence as Ben *Lewis Fitz-Gerald as Adam *Dorothy Alison as Mrs. Menzies * Don Reid as Mr. Menzies *Peter Cummins as Delahunty * Peter Hehir as Desk Sergeant *Ralph Cotterill as George Pottinger *Roderick Williams as Holy Joe *Denis Lees as Fingers * Robert Baxter as Truckyard Man * Alan Hopgood as Laughing uncle * Christopher Mayer as Eureka Tavern drinker Production ''Rikky and P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United Artists
United Artists (UA) is an American film production and film distribution, distribution company owned by Amazon MGM Studios. In its original operating period, it was founded in February 1919 by Charlie Chaplin, D. W. Griffith, Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks as a venture premised on allowing actors to control their own financial and artistic interests rather than being dependent upon commercial studios. After numerous ownership and structural changes and revamps, United Artists was acquired by media conglomerate Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) in 1981 for a reported $350 million ($ billion today). On September 22, 2014, MGM acquired a controlling interest in One Three Media and Lightworkers Media and merged them to revive the television production unit of United Artists as United Artists Media Group (UAMG). MGM itself acquired UAMG on December 14, 2015, and folded it into MGM Television, their own television division. MGM briefly revived the United Artists brand as United Artist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AACTA Award For Best Film
The AACTA Award for Best Film is an award presented by the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) at the annual AACTA Awards, which hand out accolades for achievements in feature film, television, documentaries, and short films. The inaugural award was presented in 1969 by the Australian Film Institute, becoming a competitive award in 1976. Since 2011 it has awarded by the Academy, established by the AFI in 2010. History From 1969 to 2010, the category was presented by the Australian Film Institute (AFI), the Academy's parent organisation, at the annual Australian Film Institute Awards (known as the AFI Awards). When the AFI launched the Academy in 2011, it changed the annual ceremony to the AACTA Awards, with the current award being a continuum of the AFI Award for Best Film. From 1969 to 1975, the award was presented as a gold, silver, bronze or grand prix prize, or in some years, a cash prize. The first winner, '' Jack and Jill: A Postscript'', was nomina ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australian Film Institute 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 film and television industry, both locally and internationally, including the producers, directors, actors, writers, and cinematographers. It is the most prestigious awards ceremony for the Australian film and television industry. They are generally considered to be the Australian counterpart of the Academy Awards for the United States and the 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 International Awards, inaugurated on 27 January 2012, are presented every January in Los Angeles. History 1958–2010: AFI Awards The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ABC Listen
The Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) is Australia’s principal public service broadcaster. It is funded primarily by grants from the federal government and is administered by a government-appointed board of directors. The ABC is a publicly-owned statutory organisation that is politically independent and accountable; for example, through its production of annual reports, and is bound by provisions contained within the Public Interest Disclosure Act 2013 and the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013, with its charter enshrined in legislation, the ''Australian Broadcasting Corporation Act 1983''. ABC Commercial, a profit-making division of the corporation, also helps generate funding for content provision. The ABC was established as the Australian Broadcasting Commission on 1 July 1932 by an Act of Federal Parliament. It effectively replaced the Australian Broadcasting Company, a private company established in 1924 to provide programming for A-cl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tim White (New Zealand Producer)
Timothy White, usually credited as Tim White, is a New Zealand-born film producer who has produced and executive produced many films in both Australia and New Zealand. He produced his first film in the late 1970s, while still at film school, and later became known in Australia for his collaborations with husband-and-wife filmmakers Nadia Tass and David Parker, beginning with ''Malcolm'' in 1986. He went on to produce and executive produce many Australian, New Zealand, and international productions, mostly theatrically-released feature films but also telemovies and TV series. Recent work includes '' The Furnace'' (2020) and Gracie Otto's the musical comedy '' Seriously Red'' (2022). Early life and education Timothy White was born in the town of Fairlie on the South Island of New Zealand. He graduated from the Ilam School of Fine Arts at the University of Canterbury in Christchurch, New Zealand. It was there that he met Vincent Ward. While still at Ilam, New Zealand author ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Feature Film
A feature film or feature-length film (often abbreviated to feature), also called a theatrical film, is a film (Film, motion picture, "movie" or simply “picture”) with a running time long enough to be considered the principal or sole presentation in a commercial entertainment theatrical program. The term ''feature film'' originally referred to the main, full-length film in a cinema program that included a short film and often a newsreel. Matinee programs, especially in the United States and Canada, in general, also included cartoons, at least one weekly serial film, serial and, typically, a second feature-length film on weekends. The first narrative feature film was the 70-minute ''The Story of the Kelly Gang'' (1906). Other early feature films include ''Les Misérables (1909 film), Les Misérables'' (1909), ''L'Inferno'', ''Defence of Sevastopol, The Adventures of Pinocchio (1911 film), The Adventures of Pinocchio'' (1911), ''Oliver Twist (1912 American film), Oliver Twist'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ACMI (museum)
ACMI, formerly the Australian Centre for the Moving Image, is Australia's national museum of screen culture including film, television, videogames, digital culture and art. ACMI was established in 2002 and is based at Federation Square in Melbourne, Victoria. ACMI features a range of curated exhibitions as well as a permanent exhibition, ''The Story of the Moving Image.'' It also provides a regular program film screenings and events, a library and online collection of film and video and an education program. History Beginnings in the State Film Centre of Victoria Prior to ACMI, Victoria's main film and screen organisation was the State Film Centre of Victoria, based at Treasury Theatre, which was established in 1946.ACMI ''About Us''. Retrieved 28 February 2015. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prisoner (TV Series)
''Prisoner'' (known in the UK and the US as ''Prisoner: Cell Block H'' and in Canada as ''Caged Women'') is an Australian television soap opera, which was broadcast on Network Ten (formerly the 0-10 Network) from February 27 (Melbourne) and February 26 (Sydney) 1979 to December 1986 (Melbourne), running eight series and 692 episodes. ''Prisoner'' was the first Australian series to feature a primarily female-dominated cast and carried the slogan "If you think prison is hell for a man, imagine what it would be like for a woman!" The series, produced by the Grundy Organisation, was conceived by Reg Watson and filmed at the then-Network Ten Melbourne Studios at Nunawading and on location. The series garnered an international cult following, and it was one of Australia's most successful media exports, exported to 80 countries, performing particularly well in the United States and Canada (billed as ''Prisoner: Cell Block H'' and ''Caged Women'', respectively). It also built a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
