The Wedding Party wins at LA Movie Awards and Comedy Festival
The Wedding Party won Best Film at the Los Angeles Movie Awards over the weekend.
Lead actor Josh Lawson won Best Actor while the film picked up Best Screenplay and Best Production Design.
After last year’s Melbourne International Film Festival the film was re-edited for release with consulting editor Jill Billcock, cutting the film by 20 minutes.
Signing with Arclight Films for international sales, The Wedding Party had its market debut at Cannes this month.
Producer Nicole Minchin said of Cannes, “The film went well with two screenings and a really positive response including interest from United States, Canda, France, Italy and airlines.”
“We are looking forward to a local release in the second half of this year with an announcement in the coming weeks.”
Starring Josh Lawson, Isabel Lucas, Steve Bisley, and Essie Davis, The Wedding Party was also awarded Best Film, Best Direction, Best Screenplay and Best Ensemble at the 2011 Los Angeles Comedy Festival.
The Wedding Party was financed in by Screen Australia and Melbourne International Film Festival Premiere Fund, Film Victoria, Poultney Pty Ltd and private investors.
Great film. looking forward to the Australian release!
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Congrats to all involved and to Josh Lawson for his best actor award. Well deserved.
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Thought the film was quite entertaining and a surprisingly good performance from Isabel ‘Russian mail order bride’ Lucas..
Didn’t know Russian was one of her many languages.. Nice to see her come back and do these Indy films..
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