Eye of The Storm wins The Age Critic’s Award
Fred Schepisi’s Eye of the Storm, starring Geoffrey Rush, Judy Davis and Charlotte Rampling has won The Age‘s Critic’s award at the Melbourne International Film Festival.
The film is an adaptation of a novel by Patrick White and Schepisi’s first Australian film since Evil Angels in 1988.
The award is new this year, sponsored by The Age and judged by the newspaper’s film critics: Philippa Hawker, Jim Schembri, Jake Wilson and Tom Ryan.
Gina McColl, Arts Editor of The Age said The Eye Of The Storm was selected for “Schepisi’s artful direction, the rich performances in major and minor roles, the thoughtful engagement with an Australian literary classic, and the vivid, witty depiction of the bonds of family and of the life of a culture in the process of transformation.”
In the running for the award was eight Australian films from the features program; The Eye of the Storm, 33 Postcards, Face to Face, Falling for Sahara, Red Dog, Swerve, Toomelah and X.
The award of $5000 was announced and presented to director and producer Fred Schepisi and producers Antony Waddington and Gregory Read on Friday night.
