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Film Critics Circle Of Australia Awards 2006
The 15th Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards, 2006, honoured the best in film for 2006. Winners Best Film *''Ten Canoes'' (Rolf de Heer, Julie Ryan) Best Director * Ray Lawrence ('' Jindabyne'') Best Actress * Abbie Cornish (''Candy'') Best Actor * Shane Jacobson (''Kenny'') Best Original Screenplay *Shane Jacobson and Clayton Jacobson (''Kenny'') Best Adapted Screenplay * Beatrix Christian (''Jindabyne'') Best Cinematography *Ian Jones, Ten Canoes David Williamson (''Jindabyne'') Best Editing *Tania Nehme (''Ten Canoes'') Best Actor — Supporting Role *Geoffrey Rush (''Candy'') Best Actress — Supporting Role *Deborra-Lee Furness (''Jindabyne') Best Music Score: *Cezary Skubiszewski ('' The Book of Revelation'') Best Foreign Language Film *'' Caché (Hidden)'' (Director: Michael Haneke, France) Best Foreign Film – English Language *'' Good Night, and Good Luck.'' (Director: George Clooney) Best Australian Short Film *'' Stranded'' (dir: Stuart McDonald; P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Film Critics Circle Of Australia
The Film Critics Circle of Australia (FCCA) is an association of cinema critics and reviewers. It includes journalists in "media, television, major national and state papers, radio, national and state, online and freelance writers, Australian representatives from international magazines..and local specialist film magazines", and is based in Sydney. The FCCA Annual Awards for Australian Film, rewarding makers of feature films and documentaries is highly regarded. History The Sydney Film Critics' Circle became a national organisation as the Film Critics' Circle of Australia by October 1988. It joined International Federation of Film Critics (FIPRESCI), "which will allow its members to be considered for jury duty at international festivals, accreditation at festivals and markets." The FCCA Awards have been presented each year since September 1988, with the inaugural winners including two awards each for ''The Year My Voice Broke'': best director (John Duigan) and best male ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Book Of Revelation (film)
''The Book of Revelation'' is a 2006 Australian arthouse film directed by Ana Kokkinos and starring Tom Long, Greta Scacchi, Colin Friels, and Anna Torv. The film is adapted from the 2000 psychological fiction novel by Damien Broderick, Rory Barnes, and Rupert Thomson. It tells the story of vengeance of a dancer named Daniel who is abducted and sodomised. It was produced by Al Clark and the soundtrack was created by Cezary Skubiszewski. Plot Daniel ( Tom Long), an Australian classical dancer, is drugged and abducted in an alley by three hooded women. They proceed to hold him in an abandoned warehouse for about two weeks, mutilating him sexually and using him for their own physical and psychological gratification, before dumping him blindfolded from a car near his home.O'Neill, S. (2006). The Book of Revelation. Retrieved from The Book of Revelation website: http://static.thecia.com.au/reviews/b/book-of-revelation-production-notes.rtf Traumatised, Daniel neither reports his ki ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alec Morgan
Alexander Mitchell Morgan (5 June 1908 – 10 March 1957) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Hawthorn Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Family The son of David Morgan, and Mary Moir Morgan, née Mitchell, Alexander Mitchell Morgan was born at Castlemaine, Victoria on 5 June 1908. He married Estell Mavis Hartshorn (1915-) at Mildura on 16 April 1935. Football Recruited from Yarrawonga, Morgan played in Hawthorn's Round 1 game against Collingwood. He was dropped to the Seconds and did not manage another senior game. Military service Morgan later served in the Australian Army during World War II. Death He died at the Royal Melbourne Hospital, in Parkville, Victoria Parkville is an inner-city suburb in Melbourne, Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia, north of Melbourne's Melbourne City Centre, Central Business District, located within the Cities of City of Melbourne, Melbourne and City of Merri-bek, M ..., on 10 March 1957. N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hunt Angels
''Hunt Angels'' is a 2006 Australian docudrama, directed by Alec Morgan, starring Victoria Hill and Ben Mendelsohn. ''Hunt Angels'' was filmed in Sydney, Australia and opened in Australia on 30 November 2006 after premiering at the Melbourne International Film Festival in August. Plot In the late 1930s, Rupert Kathner and Alma Brooks began a movie-making spree that took on the Hollywood barons, a corrupt Police Commissioner and the cultural cringe, all in their passionate pursuit to make Australian films. On the run from police across thousands of miles, they would stop at almost nothing to get their films made. Cast *Victoria Hill as Alma Brooks *Ben Mendelsohn Paul Benjamin Mendelsohn (born 3 April 1969) is an Australian actor. He first rose to prominence in Australia for his breakout role in ''The Year My Voice Broke'' (1987) and since then he has had roles in films such as '' Animal Kingdom'' (2010) ... as Rupert Kathner Box office ''Hunt Angels'' grossed $40,883 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Archive Project
''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things already mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with pronouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of pronoun ''thee'') when followed by a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Molly Reynolds (director)
Molly Reynolds is an Australian producer, screenwriter and director, best known for the 2021 documentary '' My Name is Gulpilil'' about acclaimed actor and dancer David Gulpilil. She wrote and directed '' Another Country'' in 2015, and co-wrote and co-directed the single-person '' ShoPaapaa'' in 2020. Many of Reynolds' works are on the subject of Indigenous Australians' experience, which began as a "happy accident" as her partner Rolf de Heer began work on the 2006 film ''Ten Canoes ''Ten Canoes'' is a 2006 Australian drama film directed by Rolf de Heer and Peter Djigirr and starring Crusoe Kurddal. The title of the film arose from discussions between de Heer and David Gulpilil about a photograph of ten canoeists poling ...''. Reynolds has also worked as a consultant in the Australian film sector, advising on national qualifications, developing and delivering curricula at a range of universities, and sitting on review panels. Filmography References Australian di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Balanda And The Bark Canoes
''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things already mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with pronouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of pronoun ''thee'') when followed by a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beth Frey
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Beth may refer to: Letter and number * Bet (letter), or beth, the second letter of the Semitic abjads (writing systems) *Hebrew word for "house", often used in the name of synagogues and schools (e.g. Beth Israel) Name *Beth (given name) lists people with the given name Beth *Beth (singer), Elisabeth Rodergas Cols (born 1981) *Evert Willem Beth (1908–1964), Dutch philosopher and logician Other uses * "Beth" (song), by the band Kiss *List of storms named Beth See also * Bayt (other)Bayt/Beit/Beth/Bet (other), meaning 'house' in various Semitic languages; part of many place-names *Bet (other) *Elizabeth (other) Elizabeth or Elisabeth may refer to: People * Elizabeth (given name), a female given name (including people with that name) * Elizabeth (biblical figure), mother of John the Baptist Ships * HMS ''Elizabeth'', several ships * ''Elisabeth'' (sch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stuart McDonald (director) (born 1967), Scottish Labour Party local government councillor
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Stuart McDonald may refer to: *Stuart McDonald (cartoonist) (born 1931), cartoonist for the Grand Forks Herald * Stuart McDonald (Australian politician) (1928–2017), leader of the National Party in the Victorian Legislative Council * Stuart McDonald (Scottish politician) (born 1978), Scottish MP for Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East See also * Stewart McDonald (other) *Stewart MacDonald Stewart MacDonald is a Scottish Labour Party local government councillor. He was elected to the East Kirkintilloch and Twechar Ward of East Dunbartonshire Council in the 2007 election. He is also a member of Kirkintilloch Community Council ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stranded (2005 Film)
''Stranded'' is a 2005 Australian short film directed by Stuart McDonald and starring Emma Lung and Emily Browning. It won the Film Critics Circle of Australia Award for ''Best Australian Short Film'' in 2006. Reception Debi Enker writes in The Age "In spite of the darkness of the material and a bleak representation of suburban life, McDonald balances the drama with a wry humour, celebrating the inventive and rebellious spirit of his teenagers as O'Brien's script offers some hopeful, if unexpected, resolutions for the characters." The NT News calls it "a fresh new Australian drama." Writing in The Herald Sun Robert Fidgeon concludes "Solid going, but deserves your support." Lung won the 2006 Australian Film Institute's Industry Awards award for Outstanding Achievement in Short Film Screen Craft and the 2007 Logie awards Graham Kennedy Award For Most Outstanding New Talent for her role. Cast * Emma Lung - Claudia * Emily Browning - Penny * Robert Morgan - Rex * David Hofli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Clooney
George Timothy Clooney (born May 6, 1961) is an American actor and filmmaker. He is the recipient of numerous accolades, including a British Academy Film Award, four Golden Globe Awards, and two Academy Awards, one for his acting and the other as a producer. In 2018, he was the recipient of the AFI Life Achievement Award, and in 2022, he was felicitated at the Kennedy Center Honors for a "lifetime of contributions to American culture." Clooney started his career in television, gaining wide recognition in his role as Dr. Doug Ross on the NBC medical drama '' ER'' from 1994 to 1999, for which he received two Primetime Emmy Award nominations. He expanded to leading roles in films, with his breakthrough role in ''From Dusk till Dawn'' (1996). This led to starring roles in the superhero film '' Batman & Robin'' (1997), Steven Soderbergh's '' Out of Sight'' (1998), David O. Russell's ''Three Kings'', and the Coen brothers' '' O Brother, Where Art Thou?'' (2000). Greater star ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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