2014 October – SONS & mothers

Antenna Documentary Film Festival Awards Us Best Australian Documentary

October 23, 2014 by louisepascale

On Sunday October 19 SONS & mothers screened in competition at Antenna Documentary Film Festival.

Now in its fourth year, Antenna is Australia’s premiere film festival dedicated to documentaries. This year’s program screened the very best documentaries from across the globe, with a program that was both intelligent and diverse. Challenging the conceptions and conventions of the world around us this Festival is passionate about celebrating and supporting established and emerging Australian.

This year saw just five Australian feature-length documentaries in competitions. They were all fine films and we were humbled to be singled out for the award of Best Australian Feature Documentary.

“To say we were shocked is an understatement,” said Producer Louise Pascale. “This festival truly celebrates the best of documentary and for them to award us Best Australian Feature Documentary was mind blowing.”

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SONS & mothers screens on the ABC this October

The screening date for the SONS & mothers broadcast on the ABC has been locked in.

Sunday 19th October at 10:15pm, in the Sunday Arts Up Late Docs timeslot we’ll premiere on Australian tv.

Our billing reads “With a strict ‘no women allowed’ policy, the members of a men’s ensemble devise a theatre show that reveals a warts and all relationship each has with their mother.”

“I’m so pleased the ABC took this film and supported us to show it in its full length to the rest of Australia,” says Director Christopher Houghton. “It really respects the work of the artists.”

SONS & mothers will be introduced by Wesley Enoch, Australian playwright and artistic director.

The broadcast on the 19th coincides with two screenings in Sydney. On the same day we will also be screening in competition at the Antenna Documentary Film Festival and as part of the Walkleys Longlist at the New South Wales State Library.