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9 March, 2009 By Frank Hatherley in AdelaideSource: Screen Daily Dir: Glendyn Ivin. Aust. 2009. 96 mins A gritty father-son road movie, Last Ride goes down some of the bumpiest, least-travelled roads in Australia. With Hugo Weaving on top form as the aggressive, unpredictable father, and impressive 10-year old newcomer Tom Russell as his at-risk […]

21 July, 2008 The gripping story of LAST RIDE is director Glendyn Ivin’s first feature after winning the Palme d’Or for his short film CRACKERBAG at Cannes in 2003. LAST RIDE commences shoot on 21 July in South Australia’s Flinders Ranges. Hugo Weaving (Matrix, Priscilla Queen of the Desert, Lord of the Rings) leads the […]

8 September, 2008 LAST RIDE wrapped filming in the stunning Flinders Ranges on Saturday after 6 weeks of an intense and spectacular shoot. Hugo Weaving (“Wolf Man”, “Matrix Trilogy” and “Priscilla, Queen of the Desert”) and Russell play father and son in the heartbreakingly complex road movie in the new feature from Glendyn Ivin. Ivin […]

23 March, 2009 ContentFilm International has been appointed international sales agent for “I KNEW IT WAS YOU: Rediscovering John Cazale”. Directed by Emmy-Award winning Richard Shepard (“The Matador”, “The Hunting Party”) and produced along with Stacey Reiss and Brett Ratner, this 40-minute documentary film explores the life of a brilliant but little-known actor whose work […]

28 July, 2008 By Ali JaafarSource: Variety Rising Brit thesp Michael Fassbender has boarded Andrea Arnold’s sophomore feature “Fish Tank.” Other cast members include newcomer Katie Jarvis, who plays the lead role of Mia, a troubled 15-year-old excluded from school and ostracized by her friends. Kierston Wareing (“It’s a Free World”), Rebecca Griffiths and Harry […]

21 February, 2010 Source: Screen Kathryn Bigelow has become the first woman to win the best director prize at the Orange British Film Academy Awards, held in London this evening (February 21). The award was one of six for Bigelow’s The Hurt Locker, which also took best film as well as prizes for sound, editing, […]

23 April, 2009 By Nancy TartaglioneSource: Screen Pedro Almodovar, Lars Von Trier and Quentin Tarantino are among the established names in a Cannes competition line-up that contained few surprises. This year’s heavyweight line-up, announced by festival director Thierry Fremaux this morning (April 23), sees a strong selection from Asian and good presence from British and […]

26 May, 2009 By Nancy Tartaglione Source: Screen Michael Haneke’s The White Ribbon won the Palme d’Or on Sunday night (May 24) in Cannes. The director accepted the award – his third major prize at the festival – from jury president Isabelle Huppert who starred in his 2001 prize winner La Pianiste. The film tells […]

13 August, 2009 ContentFilm International has acquired worldwide sales rights to GAIA which will have its world premiere at the upcoming Toronto International Film Festival. Written, photographed, co-produced and directed by Jason Lehel, GAIA stars newcomers Emily Lape, Ed Mendoza, Deswood Etsitty and Michael Pierce. A beautiful young woman is left for dead in the […]