Elizabeth flux is a freelance writer and editor based in melbourne. Meet some of the cast and crew maximum choppage is a new sixpart. The first world film fair was held in new york on 26th to 31st october, 2018. Corporate role play actors australia corporate roleplay. Joy house film festival was invited to attend this event and we submitted all our 10 finalists work and one of our own feature films, the casting game, to be judged among thousands of entries from across the world. Joff graduated from the australian film, television and radio school in 2009 and is one of australias rising talents in the field of composition. Meet little fictions mc, kathryn yuen short australian. He completed a bachelor of arts majoring in film production at the queensland university of technology. But like most ethnically asian actors, wongs also done his fair share of roles as martial. Maximum choppage is an australian television comedy series starring lawrence leung. Lawrence leungs unbelievable and maximum choppage which. The sydney morning heralds andrew taylor said watching maria tran rain punches down on adversaries or scissorkick across the cinema screen, it is hard. Charlotte mars produced gayby baby alongside director and friend maya newell, a feature documentary about 4 children growing up with same sex parents in australia.
Dramaturg keziah is a dramaturg and playwright and a 2019 participant in melbourne theatre companys women in theatre program. Australian feature film sucker has its world premiere at the melbourne. About maria tran she is one of the key producers of awardwinning youth film production rumble pictures who have recently completed their australias first kung fu comedy feature film maximum choppage. Australian comedian, writer, producer, actor, television and radio presenter who has been active in radio, television, standup and film. Maximum choppage, the abcs asian australian television comedy, proves that scoring points off preconceptions often serves to reinforce.
Annette is an author, producer and actor, best known as presenter of tv programs such as the noise, studio 22 and media dimensions. In 2008, she produced and acted in downtown rumble, a kungfu micro. She is the editorinchief of writers bloc, a past editor of voiceworks, and has overseen shorterterm projects including the summer in the city of literature series for melbournes city of literature office. She made her debut in acting in 2008 with the short film, iris as chloe. Recently, she devised, wrote, and directed the mobile phone app china heart, which uses dramatised video, oral history and gaming to explore family and community in sydneys chinatown. It will screen before the world premiere of william yangs blood links in december. Anthony brandon wong is an awardwinning actor who has played a wide range of roles in numerous films and more than 40 hit television programs in the us, canada, asia, europe, australia, new zealand and africa.
It is directed by craig melville and written by leung, duncan sarkies and josh mapleston. He is a born hero, defender of the weak and champion of the honest people of cabramatta well, not really. Maximum choppage began life as a short film by cabramatta. Promise me for abc1, for which she received the 2015 australian directors guild adg. The power to think big as an asian australian filmmaker. Maria tran is a actor, filmmaker and martial artist working across video, performance and action choreography. Though majority of his films and tv roles have involved heavy drama, felino has also tried his hands on comedy.
Kathryn will be host of the tuesday february 20 show at sydneys knox st bar and on saturday february 24 at the city of sydneys. It makes no apologies for its rough aroundtheedges approach to cinematography that pushes the boundaries of guerillastyle filmmaking action sequences at its most organic. Maximum choppage will screen on the 24th of feb on abc2. Her nonfiction work has been widely published and includes essays on film, pop. Board date wednesday, 26 februarywednesday, 29 aprilwednesday, 8 julywednesday, 5 august finance onlywednesday, 9 septemberwednesday, 18 november production investment application deadline wednesday, 15. And hes currently the showrunner for upcoming us netflix series clickbait, and he cocreated and epd the matchboxabc.
Tough role, but i enjoyed it very much, felino said. She made various short films such as metro screen grant, a little dream, awardwinning happy dent, and action kungfu comedy maximum choppage. Maximum choppage and tracer star maria tran is an actor, director and martialarts specialist, credited with playing a lead role in the creative development of the australian vietnamese film movement. Thats what i got when i saw the official screening of this film. Maximum choppage maximum choppage 2015 film serial. He is most notable for his films walking on water and the home song stories, as well his work in television the slap and teen adventure series nowhere boys.
She is known for developing the martial arts action film genre in australia via the. Ben naparstek, director of content at audible and marc fennell, creator of one of audibles most successful recent podcasts, it burns, will talk with aftrs radio and podcasting lecturer tony rasmussen about narrative audio and the burgeoning podcasting industry. He is also one of the principle writers for the followup animated series motown. Whether youre a foodie, market dweller, sports fanatic, fashionista, theatre goer or even an art lover theres always plenty to do this week in the can. Think glitch, wanted, the devils playground, old school, seven types of ambiguity, nowhere boys, maximum choppage, barracuda, the family law, cut snake, alis wedding, walking on water, home song stories among many others. These topics are often avoided in the screen industry and often raised in the aftermath of film projects once they have been completed such. Australian tv channel abc has just nationally aired their first kung fu 6 part series downtown rumble gaining a momentous national fanbase. Round 2 and abc tv microseries downtown rumble, her next project is in one of global collaboration and a response to the explosion. Haig was born in melbourne, australia, to gillian haig, a fine artist, russell hagg, an australian script writer and film maker, whose credits include bmx bandits, the cup and. Round 2 is an independent film four years in the making. The fight choreography is done by trung ly, maria tran and the dong tam team.
John is a certified coach having completed the coach u. In 2014 rachel completed the documentary black panther woman for sbs, which was a finalist in the documentary australia foundation award for australian documentary at the sydney film festival. Old school, devils playground and recently maximum choppage. His newest project, maximum choppage, is a comedy series about a guy pretending to be a kung fu master. Tony ayres is arguably the busiest tv producer in australia today. She has worked extensively in theatre, film and television in new zealand and australia appearing in shows such as psychoanalysis, wham bam thank you maam, home and away,the moodys, all saints,water rats, murder call, big sky, shortland street and numerous.
Wakefield presss new book, adelaide central market. Welcome to maximum choppage, a painfully funny kung fu comedy where identity, family and. It was founded in 1995 as the creative studio of melbourne artist, composer, animator, and filmmaker, john francis. She is known for developing the martial arts action film genre in australia via the asian diaspora communities of western sydney through her shorts such as hit girls, gaffa, enter the dojo. Q and a interview with benjamin law about diversity november 30, 2014 by admin benjamin law is a sydneybased journalist, columnist and screenwriter, and has completed a phd in television writing and cultural studies. Simon chan has returned to his hometown after many years training in a faraway martial arts temple. Her international film credits include roger cormans hollywood movie fist of the dragon, chinese mixed martial arts movie death mist and vietnamese blockbuster tracer. The feature film sucker is adapted from his awardwinning oneman stage show of.
Tony ayres born 16 july 1961 is a chineseborn australian screenwriter, director in television and feature film. Bloomers makes its qld premiere at the brisbane asia pacific film festival in december. Power games nine carlotta abc puberty blues series 2 ten love child series 1 nine the code abc the killing field telemovie seven inxs never tear us apart seven house husbands series 3 nine maximum choppage abc2. A quiet night in rangoon, vietnamese moon festival, home delivery. Georgina haig is an australian film and television actress, known for her roles in the australian childrens television series the elephant princess, as well as the american television series fringe and once upon a time. With performance 4a, she produced a season of asian australian. Maria tran is an actor, filmmaker and community arts trainer. It is produced by julie eckersley, sophie miller and linda micsko with executive producers tony ayres and debbie lee. In 2017 he won an emmy award for outstanding writing in childrens animation for his work on beat bugs. With lawrence leung, dave eastgate, stephanie son, kathryn yuen. Within a story line dedicated to accommodate as many kick ass kung fu show downs as possible, the result is fast, furious and funny. Meet the team our board board meeting dates 2020 please note that south australian film corporation board dates are subject to change at the safcs discretion. Maximum choppage star lawrence leung fights in a whackedout.
Maximum choppage 2014 the screen guide screen australia. Nine films and eight tv projects in contention for top awgie awards 23 july 2015. Meet some of the cast and crew maximum choppage is a new six part. Just finished a roger corman hollywood movie fist of the dragon in china. Comedy is definitely a lot harder than doing drama. Hes executive producer on maximum choppage a six part kung fu comedy series for the abc starring lawrence leung and. Joffs commercial work includes brands such as cocacola, microsoft, converse, and vogue. He then trained professionally as an actor at actt actors college of theatre and television and as a tv presenter at nida national institute of dramatic art.
Behind the scenes of maximum choppage, a new kungfu comedy. It shows how important the market is to adelaide and how it brings together the community with delicious seasonaldriven recipes from stallholders. The series is based on the film work of timothy ly which was developed into the tv series by matchbox pictures. Lawrence leung born 25 august 1977 is an australian comedian, writer and director from melbourne, victoria. Lawrence leung celebrity speakers australias premier. If you arent an audible member and havent listened to it burns. Round 2 is a 70 minute urban action adventure exploring the great story telling corner stones of love and pride. This week we interview sydney actor and author, kathryn yuen who is the special guest mc at the little fictions year of the dog. Corrie was an intern writer on this way back when she was a baby. He is best known for his television series lawrence leungs choose your own adventure based on his one man shows that tell stories around his obsessions such as breakdancing, ghosts, the rubiks cube and his family. Maximum choppage australias first kung fu comedy, and is currently associate producer on the supernatural drama glitch. Georgina haig born 3 august 1985 is an australian film and television actress, known for her roles in the australian childrens television series the elephant princess, as well as the american television series fringe, limitless and once upon a time.
She made her feature film debut in 2010 with the australian film, road kill. He scored the abc comedydrama series the strange calls and maximum choppage. Diverse screens filmmaker maria tran diversity arts. She played the role of marilyn burns in the film, crawl in 2011.
For the stage, lawrence has written and performed oneman shows that have toured. He is a born hero, defender of the weak and champion of the honest people of cabramatta. Award in 2007 for his performance in ayres feature film the home song stories. He has also played lead and major roles in over thirty stage productions, mostly in australia. Abc tvs 6 part kung fu comedy series maximum choppage. On returning to melbourne, she attended the western australian academy of performing arts from where she completed graduation in 2008. Jo briant is a casting director at fountainhead casting and has been a successful actor for 35 years. Tran also starred as yoshiko in the chinese action film death mist in 2014. Best movies and tv shows like maximum choppage bestsimilar. Two arch rivals fight with swords over a girl in down town battle.
Mark has completed a foundations in film and tv at the vca and a bachelor of arts acting from the university of ballarat. Eyeworks film and drama, the london film festival, film victoria and the. From beginnings creating the awardwinning short films such as the animated canine in tug wilson 1996 and the cycling elephants in baby elephants day out 1998. Haig was born in melbourne, and grew up on the mornington peninsula in victoria, australia to gillian haig, a fine artist and russell hagg, an. Meet tony ayres, producer of some of australias best tv. Q and a interview with benjamin law about diversity.
She is a graduate of the victorian college of the arts has completed postgraduate studies at the sydney conservatorium of music. This session explores the world of storytelling via podcast. I performed my craft during school show and tells, spoke extensively. Surreal world is a leading boutique australian visual effects and animation studio based in melbourne, australia. The battle of long tan, missing water and overcast.
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