Damon Herriman will star opposite Mia Wasikowska in writer-director Mirrah Foulkes' 'Judy and Punch', a “brutal, original and violent” re-interpretation of the puppet play ‘Punch and Judy’, which began shooting this week in Victoria.
After playing repressed or relatively stable characters in period dramas such as 'Damsel' and 'Madame Bovary', Mia Wasikowska jumped at the chance to go to the dark side in 'Piercing'.
The Samuel Goldwyn Co. has nabbed US rights to Stephen Johnson's Western 'High Ground' which received rave reviews after the world premiere at the Berlin International Film Festival.
Two Aussie films, Mirrah Foulkes' 'Judy & Punch' and Ben Lawrence's 'Hearts and Bones', will be among the 12 features in official competition at this year’s Sydney Film Festival (SFF).
Mirrah Foulkes’ prospects of cracking the US market as an actor and director after the world premiere of 'Judy & Punch' at Sundance just got better after she signed with UTA.
In the anarchic town of Seaside, nowhere near the sea, puppeteers Judy and Punch are trying to resurrect their marionette show. The show is a hit due to Judy's superior puppeteering, but Punch's driving ambition and penchant for whisky lead to an inevitable tragedy that Judy must avenge. In a visceral and dynamic live-action reinterpretation of the famous 17th century puppet show, writer director Mirrah Foulkes turns the traditional story of Punch and Judy on its head and brings to life a fierce, darkly comic and epic female-driven revenge story, starring Mia Wasikowska and Damon Herriman.
Lingo Pictures' 'Lambs of God' was the big winner at yesterday's AACTA Industry Luncheon, taking home seven of a potential nine awards, while Rodd Rathjen's debut feature 'Buoyancy' was named Best Indie Film.
These are heady times for Damon Herriman, who has just scored his fifth AACTA nomination after winning the Qantas Orry-Kelly Award from Australians in Film and wrapping a film with Quentin Tarantino, Brad Pitt, Leonardo DiCaprio and Margot Robbie.