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Closer Productions is an award winning film production company based in Adelaide, South Australia. The Closer team has created entertaining and provocative documentary, drama and experimental films, which have screened in cinemas, TV, art galleries and at major festivals around the world. Closer creates work for all kinds of screens and many different audiences. Closer also operate a services arm catering to a broad range of clients across education, business and the arts.
Congrats to the many Closer friends and family nominated for a South Australian Screen Award! Get your fancy pants on, grab a ticket to support The Mercury and watch the SA industry shine ✨✨✨
Tickets on sale now!! The Mercury is pleased to announce the return of the South Australian Screen Awards...
Hey friends, come along and hear the inimitable Warwick Thornton speak at a one-off special event Sunday 16 June. It's a chance to support The Mercury and rub shoulders with the who's-who of the SA screen industry. Not to be missed!
Warwick Thornton will offer insights into his internationally acclaimed projects, including Cannes Camera d’Or winner Samson and Delilah, and his recent film The New Boy, starring Aswan Reid, Deborah Mailman, Wayne Blair and Cate Blanchett. The 2009 Northern Territorian of the Year, Warwick is cur...
We love this film! Don't miss the opportunity to hear Closer friend Sandy Cameron talk about the brilliant script for Infinite Man at The Mercury!
These sessions will assist in the creative development of attendees by enhancing their understanding of story, scene structure, dialogue, script formatting and more! This session of Script Club is free for Mercury Subscribers. Writers’ SA members are entitled to $10 tickets.
✨GIVEAWAY✨
This is the story of Dujuan Hoosan, a 10-year-old Arrernte and Garawa boy. A wise, funny, cheeky boy. A healer. Illustrated by Blak Douglas, winner of the Archibald Prize 2022 and written by Dujuan and his grandmas, IN MY BLOOD IT RUNS is the book based on the award-winning film, and is out in stores next Tuesday, October 31st! For kids, adults and all those who are keen on Learning, History, Love and Resistance.
Thanks to Pan Macmillan, we have a copy of this gorgeous book to giveaway. Simply comment who’d you’d like to read this book alongside – a child, friend, nephew, dog – and we’ll choose the lucky duck next Monday 30th October!
If you can't wait, here's the link to pre-order now! It'd make a great gift we reckon.
https://www.panmacmillan.com.au/9781761263774/in-my-blood-it-runs/
In My Blood It Runs documentary Pan Macmillan Australia Pty LTD
One of our fearless leaders, Bec Summerton, and new Closer face Richard Harris spoke to IF about Closer's future plans! Have a little gander 👀
Closer Productions is aiming to expand its reach well beyond South Australia in the next couple of years, having secured Enterprise funding from Screen Australia and welcomed former SAFC CEO Richard Harris as executive producer.
We're so pleased to announce that Closer has been selected as a recipient of Screen Australia Enterprise Business funding 🎉
📣NEWS!📣 Three SA filmmakers and two SA production companies have been selected as part of Screen Australia's Enterprise Funding!
Biri-Gubba, Guugu Yimidhirr and Kuku Yalanji filmmaker Sierra Schrader will undertake a six-month placement with Aaron Ryder at Ryder Picture Company in Los Angeles, focusing on the company's film production next year, gaining deeper insights into projects during their pre-production, production, and post-production stages, while continuing to build her skills as a true multi-hyphenate key creative.
Wirangu, Kokatha and Larrakia woman and an independent screen producer Nara Wilson will undertake a 12-month placement with SA animation studio Vishus Productions, increasing her skills across creating finance plans and A-Z budgets and gaining experience working with national and international commissioners.
Filmmaker Madeleine Perry, director of Hannah Gadsby's Emmy-award winning Netlix special Nanette, will undertake a six-month residency in Los Angeles with a soon to be launched production company from an Academy Award, DGA, BAFTA and Golden Globe winning filmmaker. This hands-on placement will span the creative and development process as well as their production pipeline including on set shadowing.
One of 15 Enterprise Business Recipients, Closer Productions (Aftertaste, 52 Tuesdays, Animals) will be supported in expanding its capacity and undertaking marketing to enable this transition. Over the next two years, Closer plans to actively increase its scripted television presence and the scale and ambition of its feature slate.
Projector Films (Martha: a Picture Story and Barbecue) will also receive funding for a partnership with WA based Rush Films, allowing the two companies to leverage each other’s expertise, benefits of their track records and their pool of creatives and strategic relationships to move into premium international documentary production.
🎉 Congratulations to Sierra, Nara, Madeleine, Closer Productions and Projector Films! 🎉 Read more: https://www.screenaustralia.gov.au/sa/media-centre/news/2023/08-24-enterprise-funding-four-point-six-million
✨ Check it out! ✨ Our own Sophie Hyde is facilitating what is to be the first of The Mercury's new SCRIPT CLUB. Like Book Club, for film scripts. She will be discussing/dissecting/delivering writing insights from her recent Golden Globe nominated film, Good Luck To You, Leo Grande.
If you're in Adelaide, are a subscriber to The Mercury (if not, why not?) come along on Tuesday September 5th! Find out all the extra deets over at The Mercury.
~ + catch GLTYLG on Prime Video in the meantime ~
With a cast that truly ATE on season 2, we couldn't be prouder of them getting nommed of an Equity Ensemble Award 🤩🧑🍳
With The World Cup starting, we thought we’d share a little about upcoming documentary THE DEFENDERS currently wrapping post.
Directed by Closer’s Matthew Bate, edited by Bryan Mason and David Scarborough, with Mo-graphics from Raynor Pettge and Executive Produced by Rebecca Summerton in collaboration with Sweetshop & Green. The Defenders is the true story of how a former Australian football captain and a ragtag team of social media warriors, challenged two monarchies, a military junta and the world's richest and most influential sporting body FIFA, to rescue the life of a fellow player and save the soul of football.
With the current controversies around the World Cup - numerous claims of human rights abuses, allegations of bribery and Qatar’s position on LGBTQI+ rights - did they really save the soul of football?
Coming to screens in 2023! ⚽️
A little teaser for something we're currently working on! 📚 We've had our collective noses stuck in this brilliant book for a while 👃📖
EXCLUSIVE: Australian-British writer Pip Williams’ novel The Dictionary of Lost Words is to be adapted as a TV series. South Australian firms Highview Productions, known for BBC, Sta…
It's finally here! On Friday, The Dreamlife of Georgie Stone hit Netflix with a bang. You can watch this moving documentary on Netflix right now. How easy is that?
Huge congratulations to Maya Donna, Georgie Stone and all of the wonderful, hardworking team.
Once you've seen it, take action! Visit www.dreamlifefilm.com to see what you can do to join the campaign.
If you're as excited as we are for Maya Newell's latest documentary, 'the Dreamlife of Georgie Stone', you don't have to wait much longer. It will release globally on Netflix September 22nd, but for now, here's a sneak peek!
www.dreamlifefilm.com
Transcend Australia
Haven't seen Good Luck To You, Leo Grande yet? Check out the Australian and New Zealand press response... fairly compelling argument to go and see it in cinemas this weekend we think! In cinemas in AU/NZ now ✨
What will the Waste Warrior be cooking up in tonight's finale?👀👨🍳
📺Watch tonight ABC TV + iview at 9pm!
Or binge it all now on ABC iView:
https://iview.abc.net.au/show/aftertaste
🌟Good Luck To You, Leo Grande is out in cinemas TODAY🌟
If we haven't yet convinced you to see it with all of your friends, perhaps this lovely review will.
Good Luck to You, Leo Grande tells the story of a widow who knows what she wants but will have to clear mental hurdles.
FYI cravats are in for hot girl summer 2022 ✨️
If you missed debut in ep 4 you can catch it, and the whole show on ABC iView.
Aftertaste is supporting 's Walk a Mile in my Boots Challenge 🥾
On Wednesday we’ll be walking a mile (or 6!) to raise funds for the 6,000 people experiencing homelessness in South Australia. All funds go to Hutt St Centre who have been supporting people for more than 68 years by providing a hearty meal, a hot shower, all in a safe, welcoming space.
Register yourself, or if you would like to donate our link is below ⬇️
https://www.walkamile.org.au/fundraisers/Aftertaste
Together we can help end homelessness.
Adelaide friends! Join us this Sunday and be one of the first to see Good Luck To You, Leo Grande, followed by a Q+A with director Sophie Hyde and cinematographer/editor Bryan Mason to go deep on the making of. Guaranteed to be a treat 🍾🎥
Get your tix over at PalaceNova Cinemas
https://palacenova.com.au/special-events/advance-screening-and-qamp-a-good-luck-to-you-leo-grande
The maestro Bryan Mason at work on the set of Aftertaste S2. Thanks to Panavision for the beautiful gear and their support
Ben Zhao is back to stir the pot (of soup) on Episode 2 - served up tonight on ABC TV + iview 9pm!
Or binge the whole season on iView right now - https://iview.abc.net.au/show/aftertaste
A little amuse-bouche to whet your appetites for what’s to come on Aftertaste Season 2 🍽
Starting 20 July 9pm every Wednesday on ABC TV + iview, with the whole season bingeable on iView - now that’s a binge eat we can get around!
Pull out your silverware…Aftertaste’s second course is being served on July 20 👨🍳2️⃣ 🤤
ABC TV + iview Wednesday nights at 9.10pm and on iView!
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Stream the new season from Wednesday 20 July 9.10pm on ABC iview and ABC
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Exciting news! Aftertaste has been nominated for a Logie for Most Popular Comedy Program ✨✨ which means it’s time for us to start cooking up some votes - so if you loved Aftertaste we would love you to vote for us! (Link below) ABC TV + iview
We can’t wait to serve up Season 2 of Aftertaste later the year - it’s currently cooking at 200°c in the oven and will be ready for consumption soon, so keep your eyes peeled 👀
VOTE HERE: tvweeklogiesvote.com
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Closer + Maya Newell + Georgie Stone = lots of love 💜
Documentary maker Maya Newell (In My Blood It Runs, Gayby Baby) has been filming with trans teenager and star of Neighbours Georgie Stone for many years, and she's once again partnered with us at Closer (after the beautiful In My Blood It Runs documentary ) to create The Dreamlife of Georgie Stone – which has just been announced will be make its World Premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York in June.
Having been acquired by Netflix it will be released globally on the platform later this year.
Through nineteen years of dreamlike home movie footage, The Dreamlife of Georgie Stone reveals the memories of Georgie, an Australian transgender teen as she helps change laws, affirms her gender, finds her voice and emerges into adulthood.
The film will feature an impact campaign alongside release headed by The Unquiet Collective, the impact team behind In My Blood It Runs.
Visit https://dreamlifefilm.com/ for more information ☁️
The Dreamlife of Georgie Stone is a 27-min documentary that reveals the memories of an Australian transgender teen as she changes laws, affirms her gender, finds her voice and emerges into adulthood.
Pop the good champagne, the trailer and poster has just been dropped for Good Luck To You, Leo Grande - Sophie Hyde's latest film with Bryan Mason behind the camera and in the edit suite.
Watch two-time Academy Award winner Emma Thompson as Nancy and Daryl McCormack as Leo in their search for adventure, human connection, and s*x. (Good s*x).
Leo Grande will release in cinemas across the UK on June 17th and has also just been announced to play at the Tribeca Film Festival in June!
Keep following Closer’s channels for more announcements for our audiences closer to home.
phew. that's a lot of news.
https://youtu.be/ndkjJYOprGo
▶ Good Luck To You, Leo Grande – Only In Cinemas June 17▶ Cast: Emma Thompson, Daryl McCormack▶ Directed by: Sophie Hyde▶ Written & Created by: Katy Brand Na...
JIMPA is an intergenerational q***r family drama from our very own Sophie Hyde.
Written by Hyde and long-time Closer friend Matthew Cormack, the film follows non-binary teenager Frances who joins their parents on a life-changing trip to Europe to visit their gay Grandpa Jim, or ‘Jimpa’. Liam Heyen will produce alongside Sophie, and Audrey Mason-Hyde is on board as executive producer.
Thanks to development funding from Screen Australia, we have been deep diving back into this intimate story.
https://www.screenaustralia.gov.au/sa/media-centre/news/2022/04-13-screen-australia-announces-over-1-million
Screen Australia has announced over $1 million of development funding for 15 television dramas, 11 feature films and five online projects.
Hello pals. Do any of you have rental accom for an artist - down South - Willunga / Aldinga or nearby 10 March - 9th April? Holla!
Very excited to be rolling on our new season of Aftertaste today! Can't wait for you all to see what we've been cooking up for Season 2 🧂👩🍳
https://if.com.au/lynette-curran-julian-maroun-and-syd-brisbane-added-to-aftertaste-for-season-two/
Lynette Curran, Julian Maroun, and Syd Brisbane are set to add a fresh flavour to the second season of ABC comedy Aftertaste, which has begun filming in Adelaide.
Heading to Sundance Film Festival in Jan? You just might see our own Sophie Hyde. Their latest film Good Luck To You, Leo Grande (starring everyone's favourite Emma Thompson and your next favourite Daryl McCormack) is set to premiere in the snow capped mountains in the new year among excellent company.
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2021/dec/09/sundance-2022-film-festival-lena-dunham-john-boyega-emma-thompson
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A return to in-person screenings for the Utah festival brings a much-anticipated mixture of dramatic and documentary features
Finally we get to spill the beans...we've been busy cooking up a second season 🧂 of Aftertaste which will be coming back to ABC TV + iview! We can't wait to get this show into the proverbial production oven next year and serve up something tasty on your screens 👩🍳
Big thanks to ABC TV + iview and the South Australian Film Corporation for their support on this second season!
https://www.safilm.com.au/latest-news/south-australian-comedy-drama-aftertaste-returns-for-seconds-on-abc/
South Australian made comedy drama Aftertaste by Adelaide’s Closer Productions is set to return for season two in 2022, the ABC has announced today. Announced as part of the ABC’s 2022 Upfronts Showcase event today, the six episode return series of Aftertaste will once again feature Erik Thomson...
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If you're as excited as we are for Maya Newell's latest documentary, 'the Dreamlife of Georgie Stone', you don't have to wait much longer. It will release globally on Netflix September 22nd, but for now, here's a sneak peek! www.dreamlifefilm.com Transcend Australia
FYI cravats are in for hot girl summer 2022 ✨️ If you missed @mattscravat debut in ep 4 you can catch it, and the whole show on ABC iView. #aftertastetv #abcivew #adelaidecreatives #closerproductions #SAFC #southaustralia #mattpreston #remyhii #erikthomson #cravat
A little amuse-bouche to whet your appetites for what’s to come on Aftertaste Season 2 🍽 Starting 20 July 9pm every Wednesday on ABC TV + iview, with the whole season bingeable on iView - now that’s a binge eat we can get around! #aftertastetv
Are you ready to meet George the Robot? Closer's new Tribeca selected sci-fi short SYSTEM ERROR is out worldwide this Friday (Thurs in the US) on DUST! It stars Rosehaven's David Quirk and Juno-nominated Canadian comic, and you can check it out on YouTube and Facebook for free! George is gonna be your new best friend, we promise.
#AnimalsFilm releases TODAY in cinemas nationally. 🥳 Our whole hearts went into this, and it has been realised with the help of many fabulous local and international creative minds. Here's to our team. 🥂 Get your peepers to a screening near you ~ http://closerproductions.com.au/films/animals
Don't miss it - the final episode of The Hunting is on Tonight 8.30pm on SBS Australia and SBS On Demand.
The drama really heats up on The Hunting tonight 8:30pm on SBS Australia and SBS On Demand - so tune in with some popcorn and maybe a glass of wine to relieve your stress while you watch!
Missed Ep 2 of The Hunting last Thursday? Don't worry, you can catch up on SBS On Demand and tune in with the rest of us for Ep 3 Thurday 8:30pm on SBS Australia
It's happening tonight... Our new drama The Hunting premieres on SBS Australia and SBS On Demand at 8:30pm. So set those TVs to record and don't miss out. 📱 *** Starring Asher Keddie and Richard Roxburgh, new drama series 'The Hunting' imagines the lives of four teenagers and their families in the aftermath of a nude teen photo scandal.
1..2..3 FKN Adelaide is on ABC TV in t-minus 5 minutes.. #f**kingadelaide #mallsballs
FKN Adelaide screens Sunday nights from July 15th on ABC TV, 9:26pm.
We’re very excited to announce that F*!#ing Adelaide is now available to stream for Australian audiences! Watch it first on Iview before its ABC screenings next month. KITTY (Tilda Cobham-Hervey) is very serious about her love for Adelaide. Watch the series now to find out how the rest of the family feel about our little hometown! ABC TV ABC iview Screen Australia Adelaide Film Festival South Australian Film Corporation #fknadelaide #closerproductions #makeitaustralian #tvseries #australianfilm #femalefilmmaker #onlocation #adelaide #pamelarabe #tildacobhamhervey #katebox #brendanmaclean
Happy International Day of the Girl! Our film made for and by 12-yr-old girls is premiering today at the Adelaide Film Festival. Tickets are sold out but you can watch it tonight on ABC ME at 6.55pm and then on ABC iview. Well done to the super-talented creative team Tilly C-h, Bryan Mason, Sophie Hyde, Trina Lucas, Renate Henschke and Harry Covill. Watch this film ya'll, it really is a delight.
The world is a large and bewildering place for many members of this species. This 12-year-old was pro-active and asked her mother for help.
Here is some rare footage of a 12-Year-Old Girl describing her future.
For the last few months, our good friend and collaborater Tilda Cobham-Hervey has been studying the unique and fascinating creature commonly known as the 12-Year-Old Girl. She worked closely with twelve, 12-Year-Old specimens and created a guide to help you understand them. We will be releasing some of her findings over the next few weeks but you will be able to watch the detailed, informative documentary on this rare beast on October 11th at the Adelaide Film Festival at 5:30pm or on ABC ME from 6:15pm Tix: https://adelaidefilmfestival.org/titles/106279/a-field-guide-to-being-a-12-year-old-girl
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