The Bells family spend 52 weeks a year setting up funfairs around the country. A new film runs away with the circus – and reveals the tensions within
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Seizing fate, I once placed a personal ad in a magazine, trying to track down a nameless, attractive ride operator who’d swept into my town with a travelling carnival. I was 13 and desperate to escape. Just placing the ad let in a ray of light.
Isabel Darling, director of the feature-length documentary The Carnival, can relate. She followed Bells Family Carnival around Australia for seven years – but sometimes just turning up to film vignettes wasn’t enough.
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Seizing fate, I once placed a personal ad in a magazine, trying to track down a nameless, attractive ride operator who’d swept into my town with a travelling carnival. I was 13 and desperate to escape. Just placing the ad let in a ray of light.
Isabel Darling, director of the feature-length documentary The Carnival, can relate. She followed Bells Family Carnival around Australia for seven years – but sometimes just turning up to film vignettes wasn’t enough.
- 6/10/2023
- by Jenny Valentish
- The Guardian - Film News
Warwick Thornton’s “The New Boy” has been set as the opening title of next month’s Sydney Film Festival, which will celebrate its 70th edition, June 7-18. The film, a tale of sprituality and survival in 1940s Australia, starring Cate Blanchett, Deborah Mailman, Wayne Blair and Aswan Reid, will also play in the festival’s competition section.
Other titles in competition include: the world premiere of Australian documentary feature “The Dark Emu Story,” directed by Allan Clarke; Christian Petzold’s previously announced “Afire”; Charlotte Regan’s Sundance Grand Jury Prize winner “Scrapper”; Kore-eda Hirokazu’s “Monster”; Aki Kaurismäki’s compassionate comedy “Fallen Leaves”; Kim Jee-woon’s “Cobweb”; Asmae El Moudir’s “The Mother of All Lies”; Alice Englert’s directorial debut “Bad Behaviour”; Celine Song’s Sundance and Berlinale 2023 selected romance “Past Lives”; Liu Jian’s 2023 Berlinale-selected animation “Art College 1994”; Devashish Makhija’s “Joram,” a thriller about an...
Other titles in competition include: the world premiere of Australian documentary feature “The Dark Emu Story,” directed by Allan Clarke; Christian Petzold’s previously announced “Afire”; Charlotte Regan’s Sundance Grand Jury Prize winner “Scrapper”; Kore-eda Hirokazu’s “Monster”; Aki Kaurismäki’s compassionate comedy “Fallen Leaves”; Kim Jee-woon’s “Cobweb”; Asmae El Moudir’s “The Mother of All Lies”; Alice Englert’s directorial debut “Bad Behaviour”; Celine Song’s Sundance and Berlinale 2023 selected romance “Past Lives”; Liu Jian’s 2023 Berlinale-selected animation “Art College 1994”; Devashish Makhija’s “Joram,” a thriller about an...
- 5/10/2023
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
Life has come full circle for the hip-hop artiste King. In 2019, he started his journey as a contestant on the rap reality series ‘MTV Hustle’ and finished among the top five. The artiste has now risen to the rank of a squad boss in series.
Talking about his experience, he said, “It’s been an emotional journey for me with MTV Hustle. The lessons I’ve learned from this show have shaped me into the self-assured, prosperous artist I am today.”
He added: “It is a great pleasure for me to return to the show this time to mentor a group of incredibly talented contestants, and I am really looking forward to it.”
His ability to relate to his fans, comprehend what they want, and know what kind of music they will like is one of his greatest advantages. His debut album, ‘The Carnival’, has received over 120 million audio streams...
Talking about his experience, he said, “It’s been an emotional journey for me with MTV Hustle. The lessons I’ve learned from this show have shaped me into the self-assured, prosperous artist I am today.”
He added: “It is a great pleasure for me to return to the show this time to mentor a group of incredibly talented contestants, and I am really looking forward to it.”
His ability to relate to his fans, comprehend what they want, and know what kind of music they will like is one of his greatest advantages. His debut album, ‘The Carnival’, has received over 120 million audio streams...
- 9/7/2022
- by Glamsham Bureau
- GlamSham
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