Ben Ferris
Template:Short description Template:DMCA Template:DMCA Ben Ferris is an Australian filmmaker.[1] He was a co-founder of the Sydney Film School, of which he was the Director from 2004 to 2018.[2] In 2020 he co-founded Breathless Films, an AACTA-winning production company that has produced the Australian feature films "Birdeater" (2023), "Tennessine" (2023), "Love Road" (2023), "The Longest Weekend" (2022), and "Lonesome" (2022).[3]
Notable Achievements
As a film writer/director he has won major international awards, including the Grand Prix at the Akira Kurosawa Memorial Short Film Festival in Tokyo, Japan for his short film "The Kitchen" (2003)[citation needed] and the Grand Prix at the One Take Film Festival[4] in Zagreb, Croatia for his short film "Ascension" (2004).[5] He has written and directed the feature film "Penelope" (2009)[6] (with an original score by renowned music composer Max Richter)[7] which screened in National Competition at the 56th Pula Film Festival[8] and the critically acclaimed[9][10] feature hybrid drama-documentary film "57 Lawson" (2016).[11] In 2017 he won a residency at the prestigious Cité internationale des arts in Paris.[12] In 2018 he was shortlisted for the Eurimages Project Lab Award at the 53rd Karlovy Vary Film Festival for his feature film "In(di)visible".[13] In 2022 he was nominated for an AACTA in his role as producer of the feature film "Lonesome".[citation needed]
References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."On the Couch with Ben Ferris". Australian Arts Review. 8 December 2014. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."SYDNEY FILM SCHOOL FOUNDER AND DIRECTOR DEPARTS". FilmInk. Archived from the original on 8 May 2023. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Slatter, Sean (14 November 2023). "Take Two: Ulysses Oliver and Ben Ferris". IF Magazine. Retrieved 25 September 2024.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."one take film festival number nine". www.onetakefilmfestival.com. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Ten films in ten take".
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Entrapped in a dream world". 25 May 2011.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Penelope: Ben Ferris interview". SBS Movies. Retrieved 10 August 2019.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Pula Film Festival". arhiv.pulafilmfestival.hr. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Mathieson, Craig (20 October 2018). "Short Cuts: 57 Lawson, Jewish and Iranian film festivals". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 21 November 2018.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Wilson, Jake (23 October 2018). "Top five films: best of the big screen". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 21 November 2018.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."57 Lawson – An Interview with Ben Ferris". 13 September 2016.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Filmmaker Ben Ferris: 2017 Cité resident". Power Publications. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."KVIFF | Book of Projects". www.kviff.com. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
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