BROKEN HILL has scooped some significant awards off shore at The Accolade Competition (a California-based indie film competition).

BROKEN HILL won Two Awards of Excellence and Three Awards of Merit…

The Awards of Excellence were in the following categories:

AWARD OF EXCELLENCE: ORIGINAL SCORE (Chris Brady)

AWARD OF EXCELLENCE: SOUND EDITING/MIXING (Audio Loc)

SYNOPSIS -

In the tradition of Save The Last Dance, Billy Elliott and August Rush comes the musical drama Broken Hill. Tommy was born and raised on a rocky, drought-ridden sheep station in the middle of the Australian Outback. He works at the station and does all he can to appease his demanding father but in his heart wants to be a great musician. That all changes when Tommy meets his new classmate Kat, a bold and brash beauty, who at first doesnt notice him at all. As Tommy tries desperately to get her attention his antics cause him to fall into hot water with the local police. He luckily escapes jail and chooses to do community service at the nearby prison to stay out of trouble. Soon the stakes for Tommy are raised when his music teacher and mentor lands him an audition for the elite music conservatorium. Against all odds, Tommy gains the affections of Kat, finds a way to reconcile with his father and conducts the concert of his life.

(from http://www.brokenhillthemovie.com)

The winners of the 2009 Australian Sound Guild Awards for BEST SOUND IN A SHORT FILM were Dan Johnston, Adam Connelly and Craig Butters.  Congratulations to our talented team once again.

From Simon de Bruyn at IF Magazine -

“The second directorial effort by Matthew Newton, Three Blind Mice, has picked up the FIPRESCI International Critics Prize at the London Film Festival.

The film screened at both the Melbourne and Sydney Film Festivals earlier this year, and received a commendation from the Gillian Armstrong-lead jury in the latters inaugural competition.

Last week there were some mutters of surprise when the film received no recognition in the 2008 AFI Award nominations.

Three Blind Mice is a fast-paced comedy-drama about three naval officers on shore leave in Sydney, the night before they are due to ship out for Iraq. Newton wrote, directed and acted in the film, which is his second as writer-director after his little seen 2004 debut Right Here Right Now.

The film also screened in the discovery section at the Toronto International Film Festival, screens this week at the AFI Fest in Los Angeles, and will also screen to buyers at this years American Film Market. Odins Eye Entertainment is handling international sales.

Newton, who is currently playing one of the leads, Terry Clark, in the second series of Underbelly, has two more scripts in development, People People and The Dotted Line.”

Congratulations to all involved with “The Ground Beneath” which has picked up an AFI nomination for Best Short Fiction Film. Last Friday night it also won the “Panavision Best Australian Achievement in Cinematography” Award at the Melbourne International Film Festival. For more information please visit – www.passionpictures.com.au

“A contemporary Western about desperate buyers, desperate sellers, and an unthinkable deal.”

Nice Shootin Cowboy has been selected in competition for it’s World Premiere in August at the Melbourne International Film Festival 2008.
The film is also one of four films nominated for Best Short Film in the 41st annual AWGIE Awards 2008. Judged by the Australian Writers’ Guild, the AWGIE Awards are the only Australian writing awards judged solely by writers. The awards will be presented in Melbourne in August 200