An Island Calling |
Name of Film: An Island Calling
Country/region of Production: New Zealand/Fiji
Running Time: 72 mins
Year of Production: 2008
Commentary Language: English and Fijian
Subtitle: English
Date of First Release: 2008
Genre: Society & Current Affairs
Author: Annie Goldson, Owen Scott
Director(s): Annie Goldson
Producer(s): Annie Goldson
Brief Synopsis: An Island Calling explores the background behind a double gay murder in Suva Fiji that occurred in 2001. Fiji Red Cross Director John Scott and his Kiwi partner Greg Scrivener were macheted to death in the name of God by a young indigenous man. John was part of the Scott family, one of the islands' most powerful European-Fijian clans. An Island Calling tells a post-colonial tale of a nation deeply divided along tribal, class and ethnic lines.
Filmography: Annie Goldson has been producing and directing award-winning documentaries for the past 20 years. Her best-known titles include Punitive Damage, released in cinemas in 1999 (dist: Transit Films, sales HBO-Cinemax, ABC, ARD, WTN and TVNZ) and Georgie Girl, released in 2002 (dist: Women Make Movies, sales to Ch. 4 (UK), POV (PBS), CBC, SBS, Canal Plus and TVNZ). Recent titles include Sheilas: 28 Years On (2004); Pacific Solution: From Afghanistan to Aotearoa (2005); the music/World War 1 documentary, Elgar’s Enigma: Biography of a Concerto (2006); An Island Calling (2008) which won Best Documentary at the Qantas Film and Television Awards, Grand Prix at FIFO, and Best Documentary at Outtakes, Dallas, Texas. Her most recent feature Brother Number One is beginning its release this year.
片名:一个小岛的呼唤
制片国家/地区: 新西兰/斐济
片长:72分钟
制片年份:2008年
影片语言:英语,斐济语
字幕语言:英语
首次展播日期:2008年
类型:社会时事类
作者:安妮•格德森,欧文•斯科特
导演:安妮•格德森
制片人:安妮•格德森
简介:《一个小岛的呼唤》讲述了2001年发生在斐济苏瓦的两位双性恋者被谋杀案的背景故事。斐济红十字会主任约翰•斯科特和他的新西兰伴侣格雷•斯克林沃诺贝被一个年轻的土著人以上帝的名义砍死。约翰是斯科特家族的一员,斯科特家族是岛上非常有势力的欧洲裔斐济氏族。本片讲述的是一个后殖民时代的故事,国家深陷部族、阶级和民族的分裂中。
导演简介:过去的20年中,安妮•格德森制作、导演过众多获奖纪录片。她最出名的影片包括:《惩罚性损害》,1999年上映,(制作公司:Transit电影公司,出售至家庭电影频道、美国广播公司、德国电视一台、世界电视新闻社和新西兰电视台),《女孩乔吉》,2002年上映,(制作公司:女人制作电影公司(Women Make Movies),出售至英国电视四频道、 POV电视台(美国PBS公共电视台)、加拿大CBC电视台、韩国SBS电视台、法国Canal Plus电视台和新西兰电视台)。最近的影片有:《希拉28岁》(2004年);《太平洋方案:从阿富汗到奥特亚罗瓦》(2005年),音乐/第一次世界大战纪录片《埃尔加的迷:一个协奏曲的自传》(2006年);《一个小岛的呼唤》(2008年),获澳航影视奖的最佳纪录片奖、FIFO大奖,以及在美国德克萨斯达拉斯Outtakes电影节获最佳纪录片奖。她最近的专题片《第一兄弟》今年开始上映。