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THE SONG THEY SING IN HEAVEN In association with Provisible Films, Blue Water Pictures and Silver Light. Morgan Davies is to Welsh rugby what David Beckham is to soccer and Jonny Wilkinson is to England. But his playing life is suddenly ruined in a bone-shattering tackle. Desperate to stay with the game he loves, he goes to Australia only to confront a tragedy greater than his own. He needs to call on everything that made him famous on the rugby field to win the minds of a grieving town and the heart of a beautiful music teacher. An inspirational drama where a grieving town and its schoolboy rugby team learn to win through song. Director: Simon Wincer Writer: Des Power Producers: David Hannay, David Marlow and Des Power Executive Producer: Jonathan Shteinmann Developed with the financial assistance of the Pacific Film & Television Commission |
HEMISPHERES
An Australian Canadian Co-Production with Independent Moving Pictures IMP Inc (Can).
A freak accident leaves an accomplished, young Canadian surgeon haunted by mysterious visions and dreams and unable to perform the simplest surgery. They drive him to Australia in a quest for a dying man and an aboriginal woman who hold the key to his identity and recovery. His pregnant fiance is driven to follow to find out what has happened to the man she loves. Hemispheres is a dramatic story of a family riven by prejudice and hate offered an opportunity for reconciliation and love that will prevent the past tragedies being revisited in new generations. Director: Catriona McKenzie Writer: Lina Shanklin Producers: David Hannay, Lina Shanklin, Gail Tilson and Richard Turner Developed with the financial assistance of the Australian Film Commission, Harold Greenberg Fund, SaskFilm, South Australian Film Corporation and TeleFilm Canada. |