Wonder and the search for meaning—two things that make life beautiful, and maddening. Tim Winton’s That Eye, The Sky encapsulates this beautifully, and grounds it with small family tragedies in a wholly Australian setting. After father Sam is left incapacitated from a car crash, it is up to his family—Alice, Tegwyn, and the youngest Ort—to care for him and keep their unit together while battling their own hidden traumas.
Told from multiple viewpoints, a family and a retired detective search for a runaway teenage girl who has also stolen a significant amount of cash.
Tim Winton’s The Turning is a BIG film. It is a film that features enormous landscapes, complex storylines and heavy themes. Running for 3 hours, The Turning is a true Australian epic.
My media pass to cover the first ever AACTA Awards was approved exactly one week before the ceremony itself – kicking off a week of insanity.
SA films and talent swept the field at the inaugural AACTA Awards ceremony, held on Tuesday at the Sydney Opera House.