Slated for an August 23 release in Australia, Tony Ayres’ The Home Song Stories continues to generate buzz, with the announcement that the film has been selected to screen in the Contemporary World Cinema program at the prestigious Toronto International Film Festival in September.
This latest accolade follows the film’s international success at the Berlin Film Festival and the rousing response from local audiences at the recent Sydney and Adelaide Film Festivals. It will also screen at next month’s Melbourne International Film Festival.
Writer/director Tony Ayres was recently awarded the $15,000 Screenplay Prize at the NSW Premier’s Literary Awards for his autobiographical script for The Home Song Stories and also received an AWGIE (Australian Writers Guild) nomination for Original Feature Film.
Richard Payten, joint general manager of Dendy Films congratulated Ayres and producers, Liz Watts and Michael McMahon on the film’s latest success; ‘This really is a truly unique and inspirational film ? people are responding passionately to it wherever it is screened. It has a contemporary and personal relevance to so many Australians, but is obviously also resonating warmly with international audiences. Dendy Films is very proud to be releasing The Home Song Stories in cinemas across Australia on August 23.’
The Home Song Stories is the true story of Rose (Joan Chen), a glamorous Shanghai nightclub singer, who struggles to survive in seventies Australia with two young children. Based on writer/director Tony Ayres’ own life, it is an epic tale of mothers and sons, mothers and daughters, unrequited love, betrayal and secrets.
[release from Dendy Films]