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Some of our films...
HOW TO POISON A PLANET
THE EULOGY
Co-Production with Freshwater Pictures and Grusoflix
Inspired by former Prime Minister Paul Keating’s searing eulogy to Geoffrey Tozer, music educator Richard Gill explores the remarkable and tragic story of Australia’s greatest ever, and perhaps most overlooked, pianist.
World Premiere: Melbourne International Film Festival
Distributed by Madman Entertainment
Awards:
Nomination: Best Feature Documentary- AACTA Awards 2019
Nomination: Best Feature Documentary- SPA Awards 2019
Reviews:
“Hosking does Tozer and us a service by broadening our understanding, both of what made him great and of what might have brought him to such a point.”
The Age / SMH / Brisbane Times ★★★★ Paul Byrnes
“He (Richard Gill) gives this sometimes sad, sometimes joyous detective story a narrative spine and a lot of heart. Highly recommended.”
ABC Radio – Nightlife ★★★★ CJ Johnson
“The film raises important questions about the significance of Tozer in our cultural canon”
“a fascinating, balanced and very moving documentary.”
FilmInk
35 LETTERS
35 Letters is an inventive and deeply moving account of 31-year-old Melbourne writer Angelique Flowers in the last phases of her terminal illness, as she struggles to find a peaceful way to die - not in a hospice, but somewhere altogether more in tune with her spirit.
World Premiere: Sydney International Film Festival
Awards:
Winner: Best Documentary- Sydney International Film Festival
Reviews:
“Unflinching, confronting, brave”
Sydney Film Festival judges
THE MEMORIAL, BEYOND THE ANZAC LEGEND
An Eyeworks TV Production
Directed and Co-Executive Produced by Janine Hosking (iKandy Films)
In the lead up to the 100th anniversary of the First World War, international broadcaster and renowned historian Neil Oliver takes us behind-the-scenes of one of the world’s most iconic institutions, the Australian War Memorial. With unprecedented access to the memorial, its staff and its rarely seen precious archives, this landmark documentary series follows all the action across its busiest and most momentous year to date.
5 x 1 hour documentary series for Foxtel's History Channel
GANJA QUEEN
A behind-the-scenes look at the trial of Schapelle Corby, who was sentenced to 20 years in prison for smuggling marijuana into Indonesia.
World TV Premiere: HBO
Premiere Film Festival: Slamdance Film Festival Preview Screening
Awards:
Nomination: Most Outstanding Documentary- Logie Awards
Reviews:
"Powerful”
Wall Street Journal
“Harrowing and electrifying”
Variety
MY KHMER HEART
An Australian woman fights to save her orphanage in Cambodia against the country's ever-changing political backdrop.
World TV Premiere: HBO
Film Festivals:
Hollywood Film Festival
Montreal Film Festival
Melbourne International Film Festival
Awards:
Top 8 Documentary Shortlist Academy Awards
Winner: Best Documentary- Hollywood Film Festival
Winner: Best Documentary- NAMIC Cable Awards
Winner: Best Documentary- Gracie Allen Award United States
Winner: Best Documentary- Clarion Women in Television United States
Nomination: Independent Spirit Awards Australia
Reviews:
"This film can absolutely not fail to captivate an audience. The film is a powerful experience”
Kirk Honeycutt- Hollywood Reporter
"This logical successor to "The Killing Fields"
Robert Koehler- Daily Variety
“…..a remarkable study in the serendipity of finding one’s rightful place. Inspiring"
Julie Salamon - New York Times
“The documentary is a visual feast. As its multi-layered plot unfolds, it feels as if you are watching a lavish feature film".
The Australian
MADEMOISELLE AND THE DOCTOR
'"I don't feel free in my physical life any more." Healthy French Academic Lisette Nigot is determined to die before her 80th birthday. She turns to 'Doctor Death' for help.
World Premiere: IDFA, Amsterdam
Film Festivals:
Sydney Film Festival
FIPA, Paris
Melbourne International Film Festival
Silverdocs, Washington
Awards:
Nomination: Best Documentary- Film Critics Circle, Australia
Official Selection Joris Ivens Award, Amsterdam International Film Festival
Reviews:
“Superb. The best Australian film of the year”.
Adrian Martin- The Age
“Director Janine Hosking has innate understanding of structure and story. Remarkably restrained”
Variety
“Deliciously outspoken and provocative”
Sydney Morning Herald
I'M NOT DEAD YET
The Hilarious untold story of the legendary Sheik of Scrubby Creek, Chad Morgan.
World Premiere: ABC Television
Reviews:
“It's Chad unleashed and uncensored, showing another side to the old trooper.”
Andrew L. Urban- Urban Cinefile
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