• Last Ride
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    Last Ride

    2009-03-09T13:26:00Z

    Dir: Glendyn Ivin. Aust. 2009. 96 mins

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    Ivin starts Australian shoot for Last Ride starring Hugo Weaving

    2008-07-21T10:48:00Z

    Glendyn Ivin starts shooting Last Ride today in South Australia's Flinders Ranges.The film stars Matrix and Lord Of The Rings veteran Hugo Weaving as a dad on the run with his son (played by Tom Russell) as they venture 'deeper into the outback and deeper into trouble.' The cast also ...

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    Reviews - Last Ride

    2009-03-13T00:00:00Z

    Father and son take a road trip, with menace looming large.Australia. 2009. 96mins. Director Glendyn Ivin Production companies Talk Films, Screen Australia, Film Victoria, South Australian Film Corporation, Adelaide Film Festival Distributors Madman (Aus), ContentFilm International +44 20 7851 6500 Producers Nicholas Cole, Antonia Barnard Screenplay Mac Gudgeon, from the ...

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    Content rides with Hugo Weaving Aussie drama

    2008-05-16T15:51:00Z

    ContentFilm International has come on for international sales on Glendyn Ivin's The Last Ride. Ivin won the Palme d'Or for his 2003 short Cracker Bag. The drama will star Hugo Weaving (The Matrix, Transformers) and will start shooting this summer in the Australian outback.The story follows an emotional road trip ...

  • Toronto 2020 preview: Screen’s guide to the gala and special presentations
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    Toronto 2020 preview: Screen’s guide to the gala and special presentations

    2020-09-09T12:53:00Z

    Toronto International Film Festival (September 10-19) has this year selected 50 titles.

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    Miller, Schepisi projects among SPAAmart line-up

    2007-09-20T13:39:00Z

    The Screen Producers Association of Australia (SPAA) has announced the feature film projects for this years SPAAmart financing market, running November 13-15 on Queensland's Gold Coast. A number of highly experienced and awarded directors and producers are on the list, including veteran directors George Miller, Fred Schepisi and rising talent ...

  • Hipsters, Persian Cats among MEIFF Black Pearl winners
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    Hipsters, Persian Cats among MEIFF Black Pearl winners

    2009-10-19T00:45:00Z

    Valery Todorovsky’s Russian entry Hipsters (Stilyagi) won the $100,000 narrative feature Black Pearl award as the Middle East International Film Festival (MEIFF) came to a close at the weekend.

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    May start for Chinese-Australian co-prod The Last Dragon

    2008-02-14T13:52:00Z

    The Chinese-Australian co-production The Last Dragon is to be the first feature for AMPCO Films, the company set up last year by Adelaide producer/director Mario Andreacchio with the aim of making quality family films for the international marketplace.Working with independent production company Beijing Rosat Film & TV Production, the 4K ...

  • Brotherhood, Helen Mirren, Giorgio Diritti triumph in Rome
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    Brotherhood, Helen Mirren, Giorgio Diritti triumph in Rome

    2009-10-24T04:31:00Z

    The fourth edition of the International Rome Film Festival awarded the Golden Marc’Aurelio Award for best film to Danish-Italian Nicolo Donato’s feature directorial debut Brotherhood (Brotherskab).

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    FFC backs 10 new Aussie films as it prepares to shut its doors

    2008-04-03T10:52:00Z

    After more than 20 years as the Australian Government's key film investor, the Film Finance Corporation Australia (FFC) board yesterday agreed to invest in 10 new Australian features worth $56.7m (A$62m), the last batch of films before it closes its doors on June 30.'The FFC was cognizant that the new ...