We’re halfway through the year already, and what a fabulous array of projects we have so far had the pleasure of completing! Here are just some of the highlights and recent releases:
Hannah Gadsby’s Nanette
TV Special for Guesswork Television and Netflix.
The first Australian Netflix Original Comedy Special, Nanette is a stand-up set from Tasmania’s Hannah Gadsby, performed and filmed live at the Sydney Opera House.
Poignant and unflinching, the set grapples with issues such as mental health and homophobia, before turning on – and subverting – the comedic form itself.
The live show took home Best Comedy Show at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Barry Award for Best Show at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival, and Best Comedy Performer at the Helpmann Awards – before playing an extended run in both London and New York. Reviews have been overwhelmingly positive, with The New Yorker describing the show as:
‘Uproariously funny as it is profoundly furious.”
Post Producer: Kurt Royan
Post Production Coordinator: Ela Furdas
Colourist: Fergus Hally
Online Editor: Alan Bennett
4K Deliverables: The Post Lounge
Premiered on Netflix on June 19, 2018.
The Second
Feature Film for Sense & Centsability, theatrical release and broadcast on Stan.
In Director Mairi Cameron’s debut feature film, the persona of a celebrated author is threatened when her best friend and muse reveals the dark secret behind her first novel’s provenance, igniting an incendiary tale of sex, lies and betrayal.
Post Producer: Kurt Royan
Post Production Coordinator: Mitchell Carr
Editor: Steve Cooper
Colourist: Olivier Fontenay
Assistant Colourist: Kali Bateman
VFX Supervisor: Steve Cooper
VFX: Phillip Radford, Jay McGuinness
Titles & Credits: Phillip Radford
Online & Mastering: Paul Kudell & Deb Betts
Premiered at The Gold Coast Film Festival, Cinema release on July 5, screening on Stan from July 20, 2018.
Brothers’ Nest
Feature Film for Jason Byrne Productions and Bison Films, distributed by Label Distribution.
A black comedy that puts a dark twist and a bit of slapstick on the tricky dynamics of family. Two brothers (Clayton Jacobson and Shane Jacobson) return to the family farm to claim their inheritance – by laying plans to pop off their stepfather, and make it look like suicide.
Post Producer: Kurt Royan
Post Production Coordinator: Ela Furdas
Colourist: Martin Greer
Conform Editor: Alan Bennett
VFX and Online Editor: Jamie Scott
Deliverables: The Post Lounge
World Premiere: South by Southwest Film Conference and Festival (SXSW) 2018
Australian Premiere: Gold Coast Film Festival 2018
Safe Harbour
Mini Series for Matchbox Pictures, Broadcast on SBS and NBCU.
Somewhere between Australia and Indonesia, five Australians holiday on a yacht, when they encounter a stranded asylum seeker vessel. Deciding to tow the boat to safety, they wake to find the rope that connects the two boats has been cut. Fast forward five years and the Australians and the asylum seekers meet again, while the unravelling of the question – who cut the rope? – tests each character and the relationships between them.
Post Producer: Kurt Royan
Post Production Coordinators: Mitchell Carr, Ela Furdas
Colourist: Olivier Fonteney
Online Editor: Jana Casanovas
Deliverables: Alan Bennett
World Premiere: Berlin International Film Festival 2018, streaming on SBS on Demand.
RocKabul
Documentary for No Thing Productions & Argus Productions, distributed by Monoduo Films
RocKabul chronicles Afghanistan’s first heavy metal band and the very real threats to this mode of expression – and, in turn, the band members’ very lives – in a country in turmoil. Australian Journalist and Filmmaker Travis Beard spent ten years in Afghanistan, recording parts of life hardly seen in the Western media. The resulting documentary offers rare insight into life on the fringes of Afghan society, and the coming of age of five young men striving for freedom and personal identity in the most unforgiving of circumstances.
Executive Post Producers: Steve Cooper and Kurt Royan
Post Producer: Ela Furdas
Colourist: Kali Bateman
Online Editor: Alan Bennett
Deliverables: The Post Lounge
Nominated for Documentary Australia Foundation Award for Australian Documentary.
World Premiere: Rotterdam International Film Festival 2018
Australian Premiere: Sydney International Film Festival 2018