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Time Out
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Time Out
Things to do in Melbourne in July
Looking for things to do now that the cool weather has set in? Rug up and head to the City of Casey, located just a 40-minute drive from the CBD, for its Winter Arts Festival from June 20 to July 20. This celebration of creativity, community and colour is back for another year, with a jam-packed program of performances, installations, film screenings and workshops spotlighting local talent. Taking over multiple venues including Narre Warren's creative hub Bunjil Place, the historic Old Cheese Factory and the expansive Wilson Botanic Garden, the program features a mix of free and ticketed events. Highlights include a crowd-pleasing production of the Broadway hit Mamma Mia!, performed by Windmill Theatre Company; an electric drag cabaret showcase from Queers of Concert; and live music covering everything from soul to pop by the talented South East Music students. Film buffs can catch a special screening of the heartwarming flick Memoir of a Snail, followed by an exclusive Q&A with the Oscar-winning filmmaker Adam Elliot – who just so happens to be a nearby Berwick local. There's also Lost in Bunjil Place Plaza, a free art installation by Amanda Parer featuring giant, illuminated sculptures of endangered botanical species. Families are well catered for, with a line-up of kid-friendly events and interactive theatre shows. These include The Owl's Apprentice, a magical mix of shadow puppetry and physical theatre, and Imagine Live, a live-action musical adaptation of a beloved...
Metropolis Japan
7 days ago
- Entertainment
- Metropolis Japan
Memoir of a Snail
And now for something completely different: Memoir of a Snail. The latest 'clayography' from Australia's Oscar-winning stop-motion animator Adam Eliot is a bittersweet look into the life of one Grace Pudel, a lonely woman who collects romance novels, guinea pigs… and snails. How different? Well, if you've ever had the good fortune to catch one of Eliot's previous works (Mary and Max, Harvie Krumpet), you'll be thinking: Very different, in every conceivable way, often, and generally with surprises from directions you never imagined. Warning: This is a grown-up animation; not recommended for little kids. In contrast to some recent feature-length, big-studio animations, Eliot's unglamorized, emotionally intelligent approach to his story adds to its authenticity. Weird and wonky to be sure, but with an effective intensity, a humanist vibe, and a soundtrack of elegant classical music. It's just a loveable movie. Make you a better person. Voice talent includes Jacki Weaver, Sarah Snook and Charlotte Belsey. (95 min)
Yahoo
07-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Indie Film Financier TPC Acquires Melbourne-Based Mind the Gap In Ongoing Global Expansion
EXCLUSIVE: Leading indie production finance company TPC has planted a flag in another major hub, acquiring Australian group Mind the Gap Film Finance. Financial terms weren't disclosed for the deal, which follows TPC's expansion into the U.K., where it recently launched operations, and its acquisition of Media Capital Group in Vancouver. More from Deadline Founded by Michael Agar in 2016, Melbourne-based Mind the Gap has financed more than 250 productions across both scripted and unscripted formats including Oscar-nominated Memoir of a Snail, Lesbian Space Princess (Teddy Award winner in Berlin) and Sundance-premiering Jimpa. 'This acquisition not only expands our presence in Australia but also opens the door to financing opportunities throughout the region,' said TPC President and CEO David Gendron in a statement. 'As global production becomes increasingly decentralized, producers now have more freedom to film wherever the economics make sense.' The announcement comes after Donald Trump's bombshell move Sunday to slap steep tariffs on movies made outside the U.S., followed by a more detailed plan with a 120% tax on the value of a production's foreign incentive and other measures like a federal production incentive in the U.S. and a return of the financial interest and syndication rules (so-called fin-syn rules). The proposals were developed by Jon Voight and presented to Trump. Many see the potential tariff as more rhetoric than reality but it might have a chilling effect by creating uncertainty. Tariffs are the favored tool of the president as he wages a global trade war, but he's also backtracked and paused some of the heaviest levies after pushback. 'There's a lot of noise around the tariffs, but being global is a good thing regardless,' Gendron tells Deadline. TPC works with local production in all those three international territories where its business can continue to grow regardless. Well over half of its business is in the U.S. Like most in the industry, he's all for a federal tax incentive Stateside. TPC works with films in the $2 million to $30 million-budget range. Recent projects include The Monkey, released by Neon, Maude Apatow's upcoming feature debut Poetic License starring Leslie Mann and Nico Parker, and horror Pendulum with Phoebe Dynevor and Joseph Gordon-Levitt, currently shooting in New Mexico.
Yahoo
03-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
‘Flow' Director Gints Zilbalodis Hopes Latvia's Animated Feature Oscar Win Inspires 'Independent Animation Filmmakers Around The World'
After a tense awards-season race for Best Animated Feature, Flow pulled ahead for the win at Sunday night's 97th Oscars. With their win, Flow beat out Inside Out 2, Memoir of a Snail, Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl and The Wild Robot. Flow follows a cat, whose solitary lifestyle changes once their home is devastated by a great flood. The cat must learn to overcome its fear of both water and others to survive, finding safety with a group of animals from different species. More from Deadline Oscars: 'Anora', 'Conclave', 'Wicked' & 'The Substance' Among Winners So Far – Updating Live The Oscars: Best Looks From The Red Carpet Adam Sandler Crashes Oscars For Another Timothée Chalamet Moment RELATED: Deadline's Oscars Live Blog Unsurprisingly, among the first in the list of thank you from director Gints Zilbalodis was to his cats and dogs before moving on to what the Oscar means for him and fellow winners Matīss Kaža, Ron Dyens and Gregory Zalcman. 'I'm moved by the warm reception our win has had and I hope that it will open a lot of doors to independent animation filmmakers around the world,' he says. Not only is this the first Oscar for Zilbalodis, but tonight Flow made history as the first Latvian film to win an Oscar. 'This is the first time a film from Latvia has ever been nominated so it truly means a lot for us,' he says. 'We are very inspired and we hope to be back soon. We are all in the same boat, we must overcome our differences and find ways to work together.' Flow also won Best Animated Motion Picture at the Golden Globes, and took home multiple awards at both the Annie Awards and the Annecy International Animation Festival. The film is also nominated tonight for Best International Feature Film. { pmcCnx({ settings: { plugins: { pmcAtlasMG: { iabPlcmt: 1, }, pmcCnx: { singleAutoPlay: 'auto' } } }, playerId: "32fe25c4-79aa-406a-af44-69b41e969e71", mediaId: "5d672ea1-cfcd-44f5-b1c0-8e9537327cb5", }).render("connatix_player_5d672ea1-cfcd-44f5-b1c0-8e9537327cb5_20"); }); Best of Deadline Every Oscars Best Animated Feature Winner Since 2002 How To Watch The Oscars Online And On TV All The Songs In 'Severance' Season 2: From The Who To Ella Fitzgerald
Yahoo
03-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
'Flow',' 'the Wordless Cat Adventure Movie, Wins Best Animated Film at Oscars 2025, Making History for Latvia
Flow has drawn gold at this year's Oscars. At the 97th Academy Awards on Sunday, March 2, writer-director Gints Zilbalodis, along with writers Matiss Kaza, Ron Dyens and producer Gregory Zalcman, took the stage to accept the Best Animated Feature award from presenters Andrew Garfield and Goldie Hawn. "I am really moved by the warm reception our film has had," Zilbalodis, 30, told the Oscars audience after also thanking his parents and his cats and dogs. "I hope it will open doors to independent animation filmmakers around the world."Flow is the third animated film to be nominated in the Best International Movie category and the second animated film to be nominated for both Best Animation and touched on the project making history as Latvia's first-ever Oscar-nominated movie. "It truly means a lot to us," he shared. The director ended his speech by sharing a heartfelt message with the star-studded audience. "We are all in the same boat. We must overcome our differences and find ways to work together," Zilbalodis nominated in the Academy's top animation category this year were Inside Out 2, Memoir of a Snail, Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl and The Wild Robot. Never miss a story — sign up for to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories. Latvian director Zilbalodis' Flow, which depicts a wordless adventure story about a cat and its animal pals surviving a fantastical flood, has gone toe-to-toe with animation heavyweights this awards season. Along with its Oscar honor, the film garnered Golden Globe and Critics Choice nominations. Related: How Flow, a Latvian Animated Movie with No Dialogue, Is Upending the Awards Race: The Story Is 'Universal' (Exclusive) Directed by Pete Docter, Inside Out 2 offers all-new emotional adventures within the now-teenage mind of Riley (voiced by Kensington Tallman). Amy Poehler reprises her role as the fun-loving, blue-haired Joy, joined by Phyllis Smith as Sadness, Lewis Black as Anger, Tony Hale as Fear and Liza Lapira as Disgust. Maya Hawke joins the cast as a new emotion for Riley to contend with — anxiety. The Australian stop-motion Memoir of a Snail features characters voiced by Sarah Snook, Kodi Smit-McPhee and Eric Bana. Making history as the second R-rated animated film to be Oscar nominated (2015's Anomalisa being the first), Memoir follows lonely misfit Grace Prudel as she navigates a series of misfortunes from childhood to adulthood. Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl saw the return of Wallace, Gromit and a familiar foe of theirs in the first feature-length Wallace & Gromit film since 2005's The Curse of the Were-Rabbit. Directed by Merlin Crossingham and Nick Park, the stop-motion animation follows the famed duo as they attempt to clear Wallace's name when he's framed as an "evil inventor" by the fearsome penguin Feathers McGraw. Related: Lupita Nyong'o Is Excited to Show Wild Robot to Nieces So They 'Finally' 'Understand What I Do for a Living' (Exclusive) Lupita Nyong'o voices robot Roz in Chris Sanders' The Wild Robot, which is based on the bestselling book series of the same name. The film follows Roz after their transport ship crashes onto an island populated only by animals, including Fink the fox (voiced by Pedro Pascal) and Pinktail the possum (voiced by Catherine O'Hara). Roz's initial programming, aimed to be useful in the human world, frightens the animals. When an orphaned gosling named Brightbill (Kit Connor) imprints on her, the robot softens and learns the meaning of community and PEOPLE's full coverage of the 97th annual Academy Awards, hosted by Conan O'Brien and airing on ABC. Read the original article on People
