Sydney Film Festival Fun!
May 9, 2012
Earlier today the Sydney Film Festival announced their full program for 2012! The festival is renown for flooding Sydney with cinematic treats, and this year looks to be no different!
Transmission Films is excited to be bringing seven films to this year’s festival. Cate Shortland’s post-World War II drama Lore and Tony Krawitz’s adaptation of The Slap author Christos Tsiolkas’ award-winning Dead Europe have both been selected for Official Competition and will have their Australian Premieres at the festival.
Straight from Cannes, Michael Haneke’s Amour will play alongside the intense, action-packed Mexican thriller Miss Bala and Andrea Arnold’s gritty adaptation of Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights. Also included is I, Anna, a noir thriller with a twist lead by Charlotte Rampling, and the incredible Woody Allen: A Documentary, an unprecedented look at the life and works of the prolific filmmaker.
The festival runs from the June 6-17 around Sydney, for more information and to purchase tickets go to http://www.sff.org.au!
Because We Cannes, Cannes, Cannes
1 May, 2012
Seven more films have been added to this year’s lineup at the Cannes Film Festival, including our very own Renoir which examines the later years of Pierre-August Renoir as he battles arthritic old age and the mysterious young model who reinvigorates his art and life. Gilles Bourdos’ Renoir will be the closing film for the Un Certain Regard program.
We’re also excited to have two other films in Cannes this year. Woody Allen: A Documentary, an in-depth look at the prolific director’s career from the morning of his birth to the recent Midnight in Paris, has been officially selected for the Cannes Classics program while Michael Haneke’s Amour (Love) will be In Competition.Amour follows Georges and Anne, both in their eighties, as the love that has united the couple for so long is severely tested when Ann suffers a mild stroke.
We’re looking forward to bringing these films to you in the coming months!
2012 FCCA Awards Whip Up A Storm
11 April, 2012
This year’s Film Critics Circle Association Awards were announced last night and we were very proud to see two of our titles winning awards! Judy Morris was one of the first winners of the evening, with Best Script for The Eye of the Storm. A second win for The Eye of the Storm was a joint win for Best Supporting Actress for Alexandra Schepisi – which she shared with The Hunter’s Frances O’Connor.
Jonathan Teplitzky’s Burning Man also won an award for Best Editor for Martin Connor and another for Best Score for Lisa Gerrard. Congrats to all!
Burning Man will be available to rent or own on DVD and Blu-Ray on April 18 with The Eye of the Storm following on April 25! Don’t miss these great award-winning Aussie titles!
See-Saw on the top of the world with Top of the Lake
April 5, 2012
Iain Canning and Emile Sherman’s See-Saw Films has recently announced the move towards the small-screen. Speaking at MIPTV, Canning announced See-Saw will be teaming with Jane Campion to produce a six-part TV crime-drama now shooting in New Zealand.
This marks the beginning of See-Saw’s move to television, and we can’t wait to see the kinds of projects they pick up. Canning spoke about their upcoming TV slate and said: “We will be selective about what we do. We want to pick unique projects like Top of the Lake. We are still developing the See-Saw brand as one which works with quality writers and directors so we will be building up our TV slate but with the right project.”
But this doesn’t mean See-Saw will stop making films, they’re currently working on producing John Curran’s Tracks, and are in post-production for Tony Krawitz’s Dead Europe, both of which we’re excited to be releasing in Australia and New Zealand!
FCCA Award Nominations Announced!
April 2, 2012
The annual Film Critic Circle of Australia (FCCA) Award nominations were announced last week – and we’re pretty proud to see some great Australian films being highlighted! Jonahan Teplitzky’s Burning Man has raked in ten nominations, and The Eye of the Storm follows with a mighty seven nominations!
Nominations for both Burning Man and Eye of the Storm include: Best Film, Best Director, Best Actress in a Leading Role, Best Actor in a Leading Role, Best Actress in a Supporting Role and Best Script. John Gaden has also been nominated for his performance in The Eye of the Storm, gaining him a Best Actor in a Supporting Role nomination.
Burning Man has also been singled out for Best Editor, Best Music Score, Best Cinematography and Best Performance by a Young Actor for Jack Heanly’s breakout performance!
Finally, Emily Browning’s incredibly raw performance in Sleeping Beauty has also been nominated for Best Actress in a Leading Role.
The FCCA Awards are held next week, April 10 – and we look forward to seeing the results!
Wins for Skin, Guard and The Fass!
February 14, 2012
In the lead-up to the Academy Awards, a few Transmission titles managed to score a few more wins! Pedro Almodovar’s The Skin I Live In recently won a BAFTA Award for Film Not In An English Language.
Meanwhile, still in the United Kingdom, the 2012 Irish Film and Television Awards were held in Dublin. There, Michael Fassbender won Best Leading Actor in a Film for his role as Brandon in Shame.
The IFTA also awarded the hilarious Irish film The Guard for several awards including Best Film, Director and Script as well as Best Supporting Actress for Fionnula Flanagan
Stay tuned for more updates on the 2012 awards season!
BAFTAstic Nominations!
18 January 2012
The BAFTA Film Award Nominations for 2012 have been announced and there are a few familiar names and titles we’re pleased to see in the mix! Both already BAFTA winners, Steve McQueen and Iain Canning’s Shame has been nominated for “Outstanding British Film”. Michael Fassbender has also been nominated for Leading Actor for his portrayal of Brandon in Shame.
It’s also great to see John Michael McDonagh nominated for Original Screenplay for The Guard while Pedro Almodovar’s skin-tingling The Skin I Live In has been nominated for the very British ‘Film Not In The English Language’ category. The awards ceremony will be held on February 12, make sure to stay tuned for more updates on this year’s awards race!!
The Golden Globe Noms Are In!
December 16 2011
The list of nominations for the 69th Annual Golden Globe Awards were announced earlier today and we’re pretty stoked to see more than one of our titles getting nods from the Hollywood Foreign Press Association.
Michael Fassbender, who has been raking up Best Actor Awards since his win at the Venice International Film Festival, was nominated for Actor (Drama) for his role in Shame.
Meanwhile, in the Actor (Musical or Comedy) category, Brendan Gleeson has been nominated for his incredibly hilarious and outrageous performance in The Guard.
Pedro Almodóvar’s The Skin I Live In has been nominated for Foreign Language Film, representing Spain with his psychological-thriller/melodrama genre-bender.
And finally, Viggo Mortensen has been nominated for Supporting Actor for his role as the infamous Sigmund Freud in the upcoming film A Dangerous Method, in which he stars alongside Michael Fassbender!
The awards will take place in January next year, click here to see the full list of this year’s nominations. We can’t wait!
MichaeLA BIFAssbender takes Best Actor again and again!
December 13 2011
More good news for Shame star Michael Fassbender, as he took home the award for Best Actor at the British Independent Film Awards and again at the Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards. The LAFCA gave Fassbender the award for his work in several films, including another Transmission title, A Dangerous Method
We’re counting three Best Actor awards for Fassbender this year, including his win at the Venice Film Festival.We look forward to seeing what else lies in store for Shame and its stars as it generates even more buzz going into the awards season!
Shame will be in Australian cinemas 9 February 2012 and New Zealand 23 February 2012.
Transmission Scoops Up 21 Noms
1 December 2011
We are very proud to announce that four of our Australian films released in 2011 have been nominated at the inaugural Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards (AACTA). The Eye of the Storm, Mad Bastards, Sleeping Beauty and Griff the Invisible have all been recognised, totaling an impressive 21 nominations for Transmission!
To name a few, Fred Schepisi’s The Eye of the Storm and Brendan Fletcher’s Mad Bastards have both been nominated for the prestigious award for Best Film. Geoffrey Rush has been nominated for Best Lead Actor while Judy Davis and Charlotte Rampling are both up for Best Lead Actress, all for their roles in The Eye of the Storm. Lucas Yeeda follows in their footsteps with a well-deserved nomination for Best Young Actor for his performance in Mad Bastards. Julia Leigh’s Sleeping Beauty is in the running for Best Cinematography and Costume Design, while Leon Ford’s Griff the Invisible earned a nomination for Best Original Screenplay. Check out the full list here.
Established in August 2011, the AACTA Awards are a continuation of the AFI Awards. They aim to promote and honour the status of Australian film and television at a national and international level.
Other strong competitors in the AACTA Awards include Oranges and Sunshine (produced by our sister company, See-Saw Films), Red Dog, Snowtown and The Hunter. Australia’s first AACTA Award recipients will be announced over two dates; 15 Janurary 2012 and 31 January 2012. Fingers crossed!