I added a scan from the Sydney Film Festival program today. You can view it in the gallery.

Posted by R-J on 26 Jun 2008

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The Toronto International Film Festival announces 27 international selections to screen this September after premiering at film festivals the world over. Programmers have brought back some of the finest titles from Cannes, Berlin and beyond, to screen as part of the 33rd edition of the Festival running September 4 - 13, 2008.

Hunger
Steve McQueen, United Kingdom
North American Premiere
Winner of this year’s Caméra d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival, Hunger follows Bobby Sands and the other political inmates of Northern Ireland’s Maze Prison in 1981 as they seek to gain special category status for republican prisoners.

Posted by R-J on 26 Jun 2008

First of all, we have a stunning outtake from the Cannes portrait set, donated by the lovely LiYan, which you can view in the gallery. Careful Fassinators, it's one to swoon over ;)

Posted by R-J on 23 Jun 2008

Congratulations Steve, Michael and all of the cast/crew involved in Hunger!
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A graphic movie about an IRA hunger striker has won the inaugural Sydney Film Prize, while Australian Matthew Newton was commended for Three Blind Mice.

Directed by Britain's Steve McQueen, Hunger beat 11 films - including just two Australian offerings - to pick up the internationally recognised award at an exclusive black tie function at the Sydney Opera House on Monday night.

A who's who of the Australian film industry attend the event, including Newton, the Edgerton brothers, Joel and Nash, as well as Oscar winning Australian producer George Miller.

Australian director and jury president Gillian Armstrong presented Hunger producer Laura Hastings-Smith with a cake-shaped aqua resin award, and a cheque for $60,000.

She said it was a unanimous decision from the judges.

"Hunger was selected for its controlled clarity of vision, its extraordinary detail and bravery, the dedication of its cast and the power and resonance of its humanity," Armstrong said. Read More...

Posted by R-J on 16 Jun 2008

With another extra special thank you to the wonderful Lorna, we have a further 29 new images added to the gallery from the 300 London premiere and Angel's Rome Photocall.

Posted by R-J on 15 Jun 2008

With extra special thanks to Lorna, we now have lots of new Fassy!goodness in the gallery. Images from the IFTAs 08, London 300 premiere, Rome Angel Photocall and Paris Angel Premiere were added. Thank you Lorna!

Posted by R-J on 11 Jun 2008

From tomorrow (10 June), you can buy Angel from all DVD retailers. Enjoy!

EzyDVD lists the price as $32.83.

Posted by R-J on 09 Jun 2008

To all of our recent visitors, we have a popular forum where we post a lot of news and discuss many things about Michael's wonderful career. To see images straight away, be sure to register on the Fassinator Forum. We welcome everyone warmly and it's a great atmosphere.

Also, head on over there to check out the plans for the brand new MFO - coming to a computer near you ;)

Posted by R-J on 06 Jun 2008

With special thanks to Lorna, I've added 7 new Cannes Backstage images to the Gallery.

Posted by R-J on 05 Jun 2008

In an attempt to clarify our position in regards to the images and articles we post here on the forum and in the gallery, it is MFO's policy to uphold the online integrity not only of the Fassinators but also for the sake of Michael's reputation.

We believe that honesty is the best policy and will never post material obtained from other Michael groups/sites without personal discussion with the webmasters and full credit being given. Furthermore, we always try to provide sources for the content we provide. All contributed content is checked before posting to make sure that it was not taken directly from these groups/sites. We believe that any content posted in the public domain is available for MFO to post and is not considered 'exclusive' by any means due to it's inherently public nature - if it is available to the world then MFO is able to post it.

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Posted by R-J on 02 Jun 2008