IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE AUSTRALIAN FILM COMMISSION A DANIEL ASKILL FILM

Size: px

Start display at page:

Download "IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE AUSTRALIAN FILM COMMISSION A DANIEL ASKILL FILM"

Mary Phillips
10 years ago
Views:

1 A COLLIDER PRODUCTION IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE AUSTRALIAN FILM COMMISSION A DANIEL ASKILL FILM Ten minutes to die for. A breaktaking, burnished triptych, it evokes a surreal, ritualisitc world whose characters appear to float free of space and time. SYDNEY MORNING HERALD A visually stunning imagining of human rituals NEW YORK TIMES visually stunning philosophical mindbender Res Magazine one of the greatest short films ever! Askill has sealed his reputation as an extremely hot property SCREEN INTERNATIONAL CLERMONT - FERRAND AUDIENCE PRIZE WINNER MELBOURNE INT FILM FESTIVAL KINO AWARD FOR CREATIVE EXCELLENCE BROOKLYN INT FILM FESTIVAL WINNER BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM SYDNEY FILM FESTIVAL DENDY AWARDS HIGHLY COMMENDED FLICKERFEST BEST AUSTRALIAN FILM COMMONWEALTH FILM FESTIVAL AUDIENCE PRIZE BEST SHORT FILM EXPRESSION EN CORTO MEXICO BEST EXPERIMENTAL WORLD WIDE SHORT FILM FESTIVAL BEST EXPERIMENTAL HONOURABLE MENTION SOUTH BY SOUTHWEST BAFTA AWARD GRANADA FILM FESTIVAL BEST EXPERIMENTAL RESFEST 2004 OFFICIAL SELECTION AT OVER 100 INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVALS

2 KEY CREDITS WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY Daniel Askill PRODUCED BY Christopher Seeto & Daniel Askill EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS Sam Zalaiskalns & James March-Smith DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY Denson Baker PRODUCTION DESIGNER Andrew van der Westhuyzen MUSIC COMPOSED BY Michael Askill EDITOR Daniel Askill STUNT CO-ORDINATOR Grant Page COSTUME DESIGN Jordan Askill with Kasia Werstak VISUAL FX SUPERVISOR Theodore Maniatis SOUND DESIGN Daniel Askill with Sam Dixon Cast RITUAL 1 RITUAL 2 RITUAL 3 Kasia Werstak Daniel Askill Jordan Askill TECHNICAL INFORMATION RUNNING TIME 11min 30sec GENRE Experimental SHOOT FORMAT Super 16mm SCREENING FORMATS 35mm, HD, Digi Beta, DVD COMPLETED January 2004 DANIEL ASKILL : DIRECTOR BIO Born in Sydney in 1977, Daniel works internationally as a filmmaker and artist. As a director Daniel has created film, video installations, music videos and commercials. His background in music also lead to the release of his first album as composer/producer at 19, while also designing record sleeves and multi media projects. Daniel initially studied in Sydney and later at Central Saint Martins in London. While in London he also began working freelace and soon became involved in a wide variety of projects. This included design work for Alexander McQueen and directing fragrance films in Africa and the Maldives while completing his studies. In 2001 Daniel returned to Sydney to co-found multidisciplinary studio COLLIDER which now represents an award winning roster of filmmakers, designers and artists. Through COLLIDER he began developing personal film projects; the first WE HAVE DECIDED NOT TO DIE has played at hundreds of international film festivals and won major prizes at many of these including Clemont - Ferrand, Melbourne International, Brooklyn International and South By Southwest. WE HAVE DECIDED NOT TO DIE has also been exhibited in numerous galleries and exhibitions. Daniel has also created a number of video installations, with recent commissions from Deutsche Bank for Michelle Jank, Japanese Buddhist group Soka Gakkai and Choreographer Rafael Bonachella for the Sydney Dance Company. Often created as collaborations with brothers Jordan and Lorin. Daniel s work has been featured in publications including SCREEN INTERNATIONAL, DAZED & CONFUSED, ART PRESS, RES and the NEW YORK TIMES. His first music video was nominated at the MTV VMAs and he has since completed videos for artists such as U.N.K.L.E, SIA, PLACEBO, DIGITALISM & PHOENIX. His recent commercial work has included directing global campaigns for CADILLAC, AIRFRACE, X BOX and CHRISTIAN DIOR and his personal work has been exhibited in shows in Europe, Australia and America. Daniel lives and works between Sydney and New York.

3 SELECTED PRESS SYDNEY MORNING HERALD SCREEN INTERNATIONAL

4 Liberation Paris

5 Reperages Cover

6 Res Magazine

7 Res Magazine

Christian Mueller - Producer Germany

Personal Information Oct2008: Christian Mueller - Producer Germany Contact: Email: [email protected] Website: www.eyecatchproductions.de 24h-phone: +49 7141 856119 Mobile: +49 176 2372324