1. Unit title: Australian Cinema (MED 231)
Name: Mohd Hafiz Shah
Student no:
Unit title: Australian Cinema (MED 231)

2. Part 1:Film Information Rating: G Genre: Drama/romance
Love’s Brother
Part 1:Film Information
Rating: G
Genre: Drama/romance

3. Credits Director/Script writer: Jan Sardi Producers: Jane Scott
Sarah Radclyffe
Cinematography: Andrew Lesnie
Production Designer: Paul Heath
Editor: Veronica Jenet
Costume Designer: Anna Borghesi
Original music: Stephen Warbeck
Casting: Nina Gold
Sharon Howard
Kelly O’Shea

4. U.S.A 5 February 2004 (Santa Barbara Film Festival)
Release Dates
U.S.A 5 February (Santa Barbara Film Festival)
Australia 1 April 2004
Germany 29 July 2004
Switzerland 29 July (German speaking region)
Austria 30 July 2004

5. Awards 37th World Fest HOUSTON INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2004:
-Best Feature Film
- Best Director (Jan Sardi)
Best Cinematography (Andrew Lesnie)
13th Annual HEARTLAND FILM FESTIVAL 2004:
Grand Prize Award winner and 50,000 cash.

6. Nominations Nominations for LEXUS IF AWARDS 2004:
-Best Sound (Andre Schmidt and Bernard O Reilly)
Best Production Design (Paul Heath)
Nominations for AFI Awards:
- Best Film
- Best Direction (Jan Sardi)
- Best Original Screenplay (Jan Sardi)
- Best Cinematography (Andrew Lesnie)
- Best Production Design (Paul Heath)
- Best Costume Design (Anna Borghesi)

7. Interview Details Interview with Jan Sardi:
Interview by Genuine Unsworth: “Love’s Brother through the eyes of director Jan Sardi”
(Monday, 28 June 2004) at:
Interview by Julie Copeland: “At the movies: Jan Sardi”
(10.45 Sunday, 21 September 2004) at:
Interview with Adam Garcia:
Question and Answer online on Adam Garcia’s home page on movie, Love’s Brother
(2003) at:
Interview with Amelia Warner:
Amelia Warner Interviewed by fans on home page (March 24, 2003) at:

8. Review Details 1
Review by Sandra Hall (April 1, 2004) ‘Review: Love’s Brother’, Sydney Morning Herald:
Review by Andrew L. Urban and Louis Keller (Copyright © 2005 Optus Administration Pty Ltd) ‘Review: Love’s Brother’, Optus Movie Reviews:
Review by Margaret Pomeranz (© 2002 Special Broadcasting Service) ‘The Movie Show, Cinema Review: Love’s Brother’, SBS Movie Show:
Review by Mark Teasdale (Copyright 2005 HWW Limited) ‘Movie info, what we say: Love’s Brother’, Your Movies:

9. Review Details 2
Review by Vince Leo (©2004 Vince Leo) ‘Review: Love’s Brother (2004)’, Qwipster Movie Reviews:
Review by Clint Morris (Copyright © WebWombat Pty Ltd) ‘Review: Love’s Brother’, WebWombat:
Review by ‘Author: toxiemite from Melbourne, Australia’ (1 Apr, 2004) ‘Love’s Brother: User Comments’, IMDB Movie Reviews:

10. Films Online Presence
When searching for online content on the movie: Love’s Brother, there were many aspects of which I found quite disappointing in terms of content and information of this movie on the net. Firstly, there were no box office figures or numbers noted on the web in relevance to the amount of money spent or generated in making, producing and airing this movie. This was a major setback as it eliminated any chance I had of comparing numbers and figures in context of discussing the impact the movie had on Australian Cinema from a financial point of view. Secondly, the interviews I found online were rather meek except for two from ABC which featured Jan Sardi. It was disappointing as the interviews on Andrew Lesnie focused mainly on his cinematography of Lord of The Rings and none on Love’s brother. However, it did help in giving me an understanding of how some of the shots were taken in Love’s Brother. Also, to my dismay, there were no interviews of the co-producers: Jane Scott and Sarah Radclyffe in relation to this movie. Another disappointment was that the interviews on Giovanni Ribissi (Angelo Donnini) were all from other movies in which he played 2nd and 3rd roles but none from Love’s Brother In which he played a lead role.

11. Credits: Actors/Actresses
Angelo Donnini: Giovani Ribissi
Gino Donnini: Adam Garcia
Rosetta: Amelia Warner
Connie: Silvia De Santis
Zio Luigi: Joe Petruzzi
Guido: Rodney Afif
Paolo: Bruno Lucia
Zia Norma: Dina Panozzo
Father Alfredo: Barry Otto
Gypsy Artist: Reg Mombassa
Nona: Paola Dionisotti