Beautiful Kate – DVD and USA screening
Just a quick heads-up that Beautiful Kate as of today is available locally (PAL version) on DVD.
For those in the United States, the film is also showing this coming weekend at the Palm Spring International Film Festival. Hopefully that will lead to some wider screenings throughout the US.
Beautiful Kate – screenings move outside the capital cities
Just a quick heads-up for those living outside Australian capital cities, interested in seeing Beautiful Kate. There are now screenings in a range of other towns and cities throughout Australia. For example, Event Cinemas (formerly Greater Union) now have sessions schedule over the coming couple of weeks for Wollongong and Newcastle in addition to capital [...]
Beautiful Kate – imminent debut at Toronto Film Festival
Just a heads-up to Canadian readers (who make up a decent slice of readers outside Australia and New Zealand). Beautiful Kate, the Rachel Ward directed feature with a small cameo by numerous avatars, is debuting outside Australia at the Toronto International Film Festival on Friday the 11th September at 8.30pm.
As we’ve said before, it’s [...]
Beautiful Kate – behind the scenes glimpses
As I’ve mentioned before, the Australian film Beautiful Kate sees its full Australian launch today, with other localities to follow soon.
To coincide with this, I’ve created a short machinima showing a glimpse of the scene in which Second Life is featured and some other stills of the process that led to the final product:
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Beautiful Kate: a second preview
For those interested in seeing Beautiful Kate on its release in August, here’s a second snippet for you to view, released by distributor Roadshow Films. It’s 3 minutes long and gives a great idea of the location the film is set in:
Enjoy!
Beautiful Kate – virtual worlds as normality
Beautiful Kate is both a visually stunning and emotionally confronting movie that builds a warmth that belies its subject matter. Based on Newton Thornburg’s 1982 novel of the same name, Director Rachel Ward has transplanted the bleakness of Idaho USA to outback Australia (the film was shot primarily at Wilpena Pound in South Australia). [...]
