Award winning cinematographer, Simon Chapman ACS has been nominated for Best Cinematography for the feature film, Cut Snake.
Directed by Tony Ayres and produced by Matchbox Pictures, the film has been nominated for five awards in total.
The 2015 FCCA Awards will be held on Tuesday, 23 February 2016.
Sean Byrne’s latest feature film, The Devil’s Candy, has won two awards at the Gerardmer International Film Festival in France.
The award-winning director’s latest offering won the Prix du Public – Audience Award along with Best Original Score award.
Congratulations to Sean who is currently in Australia developing his next feature film.
The nominations for the 5th AACTA Awards have been announced with congratulations going to Shaun Grant.
Nominated for Best Screenplay in TV with co-writer, Jacquelin Perske for Foxtel’s successful mini-series, Deadline Gallipoli, (Part One), produced by Matchbox Pictures.
Congratulations should also go to the the ABC series Glitch, nominated for Best Drama and shot by TFA’s Simon Chapman.
View the full list of AACTA Award Nominees.
Sean Byrne’s feature film received excellent reviews after it’s debut screening at MIFF.
“The Devil’s Candy is the complete midnight movie package. It’s got characters to root for, a clever narrative, and a spot-on mix of scares–those that are brimming with energy and others that’ll seep in and mess with your head”
For full review: >http://collider.com/the-devils-candy-movie-review-ethan-embry-tiff-2015/
Australian cinematographer, Simon Chapman’s work is also a highlight of The Devil’s Candy.
Sucker is the debut feature film from director Ben Chessell and comedian Lawrence Leung. Lawrence and Ben co-wrote the screenplay which stars legendary British actor, Timothy Spall.
MIFF is screening Sucker on Saturday 15 August at 4pm at Hoyts 11.
More details on their website.
“This polished feature film debut from MIFF Accelerator alumnus Ben Chessell is based on Leung’s critically acclaimed and award-winning solo stage show of the same name.”
Shaun Grant has been set to adapt the Eric Jager novel The Last Duel for Jeff Robinov’s Studio 8. The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2 helmer Francis Lawrence is attached to direct with Erwin Stoff producing. Set in France, The Last Duel is the true story of a duel in 1386 between knights Jean de Carrouges and Jacques Le Gris. It was the final duel sanctioned by the French government, ruled at the time by King Charles VI.
Multi-Award winning Snowtown duo, Shaun Grant and Justin Kurzel reunite for historical epic…
True History of the Kelly Gang – Inside Film by Don Groves
Congratulations to Chris Kennedy, 2015 AACTA Award Nominee for Production Design for his outstanding work on The Water Diviner, Directed by Russell Crowe. Kennedy has been honoured previously by the AFI (now AACTA) and was also the 2005 recipient of the Byron Kennedy Award for Outstanding Creative Enterprise. He is currently in pre production on location in India for the forthcoming feature film, Lion starring Nicole Kidman and Dev Patel (See-Saw Films).
Award Winning Production Designer Chris Kennedy
Editor, Katrina Barker was featured by Screen NSW this month and interviewed about her career and specifically about what it takes to be an Editor.
