Adapted from windmills acclaimed 2014 stage production of the same name, its a wonderfully. Girl asleep was commissioned by adelaide film festival through the hive fund, an adelaide film festival initiative with partners abc arts, screen australia and australia council for the arts, with additional support from sa film corporation and the ian potter foundation. Four years after girl asleep saw windmill theatre co make the leap to. Oct 21, 2015 girl asleep opens our eyes and hearts to the honest fears of an adolescent teenage girl girl asleep photo credit. Girl asleep trailer adl film fest 2015 adelaide film festival.
Sep 15, 2015 girl asleep trailer adl film fest 2015 adelaide film festival. The play premiered as a part of windmill theatre cos theatrical trilogy of teenage ritesofpassage stories fugitive, school dance, and girl asleep at adelaide festival 2014. The result is a whimsical, hormonefuelled blend of wes anderson, the mighty boosh and countdownera australia perfectly escapist viewing for a weekend at home. Girl asleep, a whimsical, beautiful australian film, manages to fit all those concerns social hierarchy, vicious teasing, the landscape of a creative young mind into just 77 minutes. Funded by the festivals film investment fund and developed out of the hive lab, girl asleep is based on windmill theatres hit stage show. Four years after girl asleep saw windmill theatre co make the leap to the big screen, director rosemary myers is bringing this dark, whimsical fable of girlhood and puberty back to where it all began. Sep 16, 2019 set in 1970s adelaide, girl asleep begins on the verge of greta driscolls ellen steele 15th birthday.
Girl asleep director rosemary myers jumps from theatre to film. Aug 30, 2016 s outh australian production girl asleep was awarded the nations richest film prize at cinefestoz in western australia this weekend and, the morning after the gala night in busselton, the. A product of the adelaide film festivals hive fund initiative, girl asleep is an exuberant example of imaginative filmmaking that takes its cues from imagination and talent with nary. May 10, 2016 girl asleep movie trailer fantasy 2016. The film is slated for national release in 2016, distributed by kojo, and. Filming has commenced on windmill theatres first independent feature film girl asleep, and is being made right here in sa. Apr 02, 2020 family audiences around the globe will be able to stream the feature film version of girl asleep, created by adelaides windmill theatre, for free this weekend. Our shy protagonist befriends or is befriended by an awkward, gangling boy, elliot. Girl asleep is a potent coming of age story that explores the navigation of an often fraught and complex journey from childhood to adulthood. In fact, girl asleep is very unaustralian in some respects. The movie was first released in 2015 at the adelaide film festival and has become highly awarded, most recently taking out best film as voted by the 2017 australian film critics association. Sep 01, 2016 girl asleep was funded through an initiative from the adelaide film festival called the hive, where an artist in a different medium teams up in a film environment to create anything. She is shy and plays it under the radar in a new school in the 1970s, a significant era for feminism in australia. Nov 16, 2015 girl asleep might be about an awakening, but its not a sexual awakening, and this is one teen comedy in which, at long last, the geek doesnt get the girl.
Locations in bonython park, blackwood forest and panorama will feature in the film, so chances are it will. Girl asleep bags most popular feature at adelaide film. Wildly funny and deeply moving in equal measure, it is a work rich in larrikin character but universal in its themes and appeal. Our unexpected hero teeters between the worlds of childhood fantasy and adulthood, old. Based on the critically acclaimed production by windmill theatre, girl asleep is a journey into the absurd, scary and beautiful heart of the teenage mind.
Feb 15, 2016 a product of the adelaide film festivals hive fund initiative, girl asleep is an exuberant example of imaginative filmmaking that takes its cues from imagination and talent with nary. On the cusp of turning fifteen she cant bear to leave her childhood, it contains all the things that give her comfort in this incomprehensible new world. Girl asleep is matts first screenplay for a feature film. Aug 30, 2019 since premiering at the adelaide festival in 2014, windmill theatre cos 70s comingofage fable girl asleep has had a fairytale run, with the theatre piece spawning an internationallyacclaimed film of the same name in 2015, before it returned to the stage at the renowned belvoir theatre in sydney in 2016. As the movie opens, we are informed that it is first day, new school and we see greta trying to fit in. Girl asleep was supported by hive, a unique collaboration between the adl film fest fund, screen australia, abc arts and the australia council for the arts.
In girl asleep, floating through a teenage fantasia bethany whitmore in girl asleep, directed by rosemary myers, an australian film opening on friday. Girl asleep is a journey into the absurd, scary and beautiful heart of the teenage mind. Girl asleep might be about an awakening, but its not a sexual awakening, and this is one teen comedy in which, at long last, the geek doesnt get the girl. Hive fund, adl film fest fund, abc arts, australia council for the arts, screen australia, south australian film corporation, ian potter foundation and windmill theatre. Girl asleep to open 2016 berlin film festival generation program. Tilda made her television debut in the muchanticipated miniseries the kettering incident, alongside elizabeth debicki and matthew le nevez. Girl asleep, windmills critically acclaimed comingofage theatre production that went on to be adapted into an internationally awardwinning film, returns to the stage at the adelaide festival. Dec 05, 2016 before writer matthew whittet and director rosemary myers girl asleep was a hit indie australian film, it was a play from adelaides windmill theatre company, one of the countrys leading forces in theatre for young people. She is approached by geeky elliot, who takes an immediate liking to her. Girl asleep s visual makeup is colourful, retro, kitschy and a little chintzy, with homemadelooking thingamabobs and a diamoraesque texture. Jo dyer producer jos debut film, michael james rowlands lucky miles was released in 2007 and won awards including the audience award for best film at sydney film festival and the special jury prize at the karlovy vary international film festival.
Oct 23, 2015 cofunded by screen australia, the adelaide film festival, and the australian broadcasting corporation among others and adapted from the windmill theatre production of the same name, girl asleep is a hugely entertaining journey through a somewhat simplistic coming of age narrative, bolstered by fantastic set and costume design and an often strong magical realism tinged script from matthew. Tilda played the role of huldra in director rosemary myers girl asleep, which premiered at the 2015 adelaide film festival. Glam adelaide it can be summed up in one simple adjectiveutterly marvellous. S outh australian production girl asleep was awarded the nations richest film prize at cinefestoz in western australia this weekend and, the morning after the gala night in busselton, the. Indie film girl asleep beats spin out, the death and. Commissioning fund through arts south australia and 2014 adelaide festival. It was commissioned by adelaide film festival through the hive fund, an adelaide film. The focus of the film may be on young people but the antics are something that should appeal to any age, particularly those who remember the 1970s, their childhood awkwardness, or that moment when they suddenly grew up. In girl asleep, floating through a teenage fantasia.
Oct 20, 2015 as the artistic director of adelaides windmill theatre company, rosemary myers oversaw the initial stage production of girl asleep and her affinity towards and profound understanding of the material is evident. Dec 24, 2016 in girl asleep, our protagonist, greta driscoll is clinging to her childhood. Other locations include findon high school, blackwood forest, bonython park and a private house in the suburb of panorama. In girl asleep, our protagonist, greta driscoll is clinging to her childhood. After premiering at the 2015 adelaide film festival, girl asleep went on to win 12 national and international awards including most popular feature at the adelaide film festival, the age critics prize at melbourne international film festival and the grand jury prize at the seattle international film festival and screen in more than 100 cities. Girl asleep is a 2015 australian surrealist comingofage drama film written by matthew whittet. Girl asleep focuses on the latent aspect of adolescence. Girl asleep bags most popular feature at adelaide film festival. Girl asleep focuses on the latent as freud would say, feminine aspect of adolescence. The film was primarily shot in adelaide, south australia, with most of the interior and forest shots filmed at anomaly studios. Girl asleep is the story of greta driscolls transition into adolescence, beginning on the eve of her 15th birthday as she starts a new life at a new school in the 1970s. Rosemary myers girl asleep has won the 2015 adelaide film festival best feature people choices award for her coming of age drama starring eamon farren and bethany whitmore.
It was developed via the hive, a program run by the adelaide film festival with the express intention of fostering filmmaking by people. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. With bethany whitmore, harrison feldman, amber mcmahon, matthew whittet. All that time you spend in your own mind escaping, contemplating, and dreaming. Set in 1970s adelaide, girl asleep begins on the verge of greta driscolls ellen steele 15th birthday. Directed by windmill theatre cos artistic director rosemary myers, girl asleep adapts matthew whittet s play originally presented by windmill as part of the 2014 adelaide festival. The film has been described as an extroverted fantasy dreamscape of an introverted teenage girl. Part fairytale and part lipsticksmeared vigilante escapade, this is a girls own. Accolades so far include the audience award for most popular film at the 2015 adelaide film festival where girl asleep premiered, and a nomination. Shane reid based on the 2014 adelaide festival production, girl asleep, is a coming of age drama written by matthew whittet and directed by windmills artistic director and director of the helpmann award winning musical pinocchio, rosemary myers.
Sep 05, 2019 a colourful, hormonefuelled blend of wes anderson, the mighty boosh and countdownera australia, it has been years since girl asleep the play or myers 2015 film adaptation graced a local stage or cinema screen. Girl asleep is a 2015 australian surrealist comingofage drama film written by matthew whittet and directed by rosemary myers. Girl asleep film 2015 is produced by windmill theatre and soft tread with screen australia, sa film corp, adelaide film festival and abc arts. Based on the critically acclaimed production by windmill theatre adelaide, australia, girl asleep is a journey into the absurd, scary and beautiful heart of the teenage mind. Family audiences around the globe will be able to stream the feature film version of girl asleep, created by adelaides windmill theatre, for free this weekend. Girl asleep free film screening 24th feb, 2018 explore. Adelaide dont miss girl asleep on the adelaide festival centre stage. This is a short aussie film, kind of inspired by alice in wonderland, but originally based on the stage play of the same name. Windmill theatre gives girl asleep film a free spin for. Amy nicholsons awardwinning short pickle has no business being as funny as it is.
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