T O O G (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
The Corona Cork Film Festival was a great experience for me, probably the first time I really felt like a "film director". There was a real public, at least 150 people showed up to the screening of Prélude au sommeil . The film was introduced by the festival director, Mick Hannigan, in his cinema Kino on Washington street. The organizers were all charming people and we had one day...
Stale Popcorn (Free subscription) | 10/28/2009
The Australian Film Institute have released their annual award nominations in the last hour and, as per usual, there are some oddities mixed in with the goodies. Let's take a look at the good, the bad and the Ana Kokkinos, shall we? SAMSUNG MOBILE AFI AWARD FOR BEST FILM Balibo (John Maynard, Rebecca Williamson) Beautiful Kate (Leah Churchill-Brown, Bryan Brown) Blessed (Al Clark) Mao’s Last...
ComingSoon.net (Free subscription) | 10/15/2009
Sixty-five countries have submitted films for consideration in the Foreign Language Film category for the 82nd Academy Awards®, Academy President Tom Sherak announced today. The 2009 submissions are: Albania, Alive! , Artan Minarolli, director; Argentina, El Secreto de Sus Ojos , Juan Jose Campanella, director; Armenia, Autumn of the Magician , Rouben Kevorkov and Vaheh Kevorkov, directors; Australia,...
Movie City Indie (Free subscription) | 10/15/2009
Sez the Academy: Albania, “Alive!,” Artan Minarolli, director; Argentina, “El Secreto de Sus Ojos,” Juan Jose Campanella, director; Armenia, “Autumn of the Magician,” Rouben Kevorkov and Vaheh Kevorkov, directors; Australia, “Samson & Delilah,” Warwick Thornton, director; Austria, “For a Moment Freedom,” Arash T. Riahi, director; Bangladesh,...
Twitch (Free subscription) | 10/03/2009
It's pretty rare for an Australian film to meet the Oscar eligibility criteria for Best Foreign Language Film, so when it happens and a film is pushed forward by the filmmaking authorities, everyone gets a bit breathless. Given eligible films need to have a predominantly non-English dialogue track, remarkably this year Australia had two films to choose from this year (that is if you don't include...
Fin de Cinema (Free subscription) | 10/02/2009
Today is the official cut-off period for countries to submit films to be considered for the 2010 Academy Awards in the Foreign Language category. A number of countries (Columbia, Egypt, Iraq, Cuba, Lebanon, Singapore, Puerto Rico) have yet to announce their submissions, though it just may not have been officially mentioned yet. As for the new editions, Greece made a (maybe?) surprising decision to...
Movie Moxie (Free subscription) | 09/13/2009
Day four was a day of extremely long lines queueing and curling around everywhere, most I avoided but wow it shows the difference in the volume of people that come out on the weekends. There were also random zombies about for the zombie walk and celebrating George. A Romero newly Canadian citizenship. Saturday was also the night of the Mystery TIFF Screening, which was Making Plans for Lena / Non ma...
Sorrow at Sills Bend (Free subscription) | 06/02/2009
I was so pleased in today's seminar (last class for two months! Hurray!), that when asked about which one Australian text they'd choose to make Year 12 students study, somebody nominated Samson & Delilah and other people agreed. (NOBODY voted for Voss. Which is a datum ripe for investigating, because it was a school book when I was a school child, and I went to a technical school, and nobody objected...
Booker Rising (Free subscription) | 06/01/2009
I'm not sure whether or not I consider Australian Aborigines to be “black”, but here's an interesting article anyway. On the way home from his triumph at the Cannes Film Festival, Warwick Thornton raved about the next generation of Australian Aboriginal filmmakers. "They're absolutely fantastic," said the Aboriginal director of the Camera d'Or-winning romance Samson & Delilah...
The Herald (Free subscription) | 05/28/2009
After the success of Aboriginal director Warwick Thornton's Samson and Delilah at Cannes, the audience at the Dungog Film Festival was treated to the world premiere of Stone Bros.
Mission & Justice (Free subscription) | 05/26/2009
Michael Bodey; 26/5/09; (2 Items) Warwick Thornton was a little deflated heading into the gala awards ceremony that closes the Cannes Film Festival. The night before, the Australian director’s film Samson and Delilah missed out on the three awards in the Un Certain Regard section of the French festival. “I did have a little downer from [...]
Duncan's TV Ad Land (Free subscription) | 05/25/2009
Samson and Delilah, a feature film from Alice Springs, Australia, has won the Camera d’Or First Film prize at Cannes Film Festival. The film, which premiered at the Adelaide Film Festival in February 2009, was directed by Alice Springs resident Warwick Thornton. Samson and Delilah presents the growing love between a petrol-sniffing boy and a girl [...] Post from: The Inspiration Room Daily
hi spirits (Free subscription) | 05/25/2009
Warwick Thornton's first movie makes it BIG. "Aboriginal director Warwick Thornton's powerful Samson and Delilah, tale of troubled young love in Alice Springs, was today awarded the prize for best first feature at the Cannes Film Festival."More at http://www.facebook.com/ext/share.php?sid=100896860134&h=6Oh2m&u=Q9w9q&ref=nfAnd don't miss the fine print: "There were few naysayers,...
Stale Popcorn (Free subscription) | 05/25/2009
Unfortunately, not the Palme d'Or, but Warwick Thornton took the Camera d'Or prize for his debut film Samson and Delilah at the recently-concluded Cannes Film Festival. Aboriginal director Warwick Thornton's powerful Samson and Delilah , tale of troubled young love in Alice Springs, was today awarded the prize for best first feature at the Cannes Film Festival. "Thank you for believing in our...
News.com.au (Free subscription) | 05/24/2009
ABORIGINAL director Warwick Thornton's Samson and Delilah , has won the Camera d'Or first film prize at the Cannes festival.
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