Tag: filmmakers

American distributors Anchor Bay Entertainment have apologised to producers of hit Australian film The Sapphires, saying they “regret any unintentional upset” over the cover on the film’s US DVD release.

Elliot Wheeler, film composer and music arranger, has applied his prodigious skills to his own creation with his debut album The Long Time. He talks to BONNIE GARDINER about drawing inspiration from iconic films, including his latest — Baz Luhrmann’s The Great Gatsby.

An Australian female director, SOPHIE MATHISEN, answers the question being asked the world over: where are the female directors? Sophie is currently working on her first feature film, DRAMA.

New Zealand-born, Australian-based filmmaker Jane Campion has been acknowledged by her peers receiving the prestigious Carrosse d’Or in Cannes last week. Her latest work, a six-hour critically acclaimed crime miniseries 'Top of the Lake' was filmed in New Zealand and is set to be aired on UK's BBC2.

Moviegoers and literature fans have been anticipating the release of Baz Luhrmann’s big screen adaptation of The Great Gatsby, which officially opened the Cannes Film Festival last week. The movie enjoyed it's première in Australia on Wednesday night, at a star-studded event held at Sydney's Fox Studios.

Australian director Baz Luhrmann has told media in Cannes he expected criticism over The Great Gatsby, but he’s humbled by its early success.

Documentary film Alias Ruby Blade offers a unique insight into the tumultuous birth of a new nation in Timor-Leste through the story of Kirsty Sword, a young Australian activist who provided valuable assistance to the resistance and ultimately fell in love with resistance leader, and first President of Timor-Leste, Xanana ...

One young Australian entrepreneur who found himself out-of-work in London during the financial crisis has used the experience to develop a business venture in an unlikely arena — online erotica. Seeking to challenge the misogynistic attitudes he says are prevalent in modern pornography, Nathan Nott, is putting his film skills ...

In an interview with BIANCA SOLDANI, Australian actor Michael Budd shares his experience of the London theatre world and gives us a behind the scenes glance at working alongside Bruce Willis in his latest blockbuster, The Cold Light of Day.

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