Inside Film Awards nominations Oct 13, 2009
Frances O'Connor Blessed. The Jameson IF Award for Best Script. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Blessed wins San Sebastian screenplay prize Sep 30, 2009
The film, which was adapted from the play Who's Afraid of the Working Class, was directed by Ana Kokkinos and stars Miranda Otto, Deborra-Lee Furness and Frances O'Connor. A Spanish actor with Down syndrome, Pablo Pineda, picked up the best actor prize at the festival in the northern Spanish coastal city for his role in Yo, Tambien (Me Too), the jury announced on Saturday. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Taking on motherhood in a tale of grit and grace Sep 6, 2009
In her latest, Blessed, which opens on Thursday, a star-studded cast including Frances O'Connor, Miranda Otto, Deborra-Lee Furness and Monica Maughan portray women fighting addiction, fighting poverty, fighting to hold on to their children and to their sanity. For her part, Kokkinos credits a childhood spent training in the Footscray pool and later the Olympic pool in Swan Street for the stamina that enables her to make it through a shoot. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
The year in pictures Aug 22, 2009
Frances O'Connor and Miranda Otto are in Blessed, a drama about six children wandering the city streets. Jane Campion is back with Bright Star, about the romance between poet John Keats (Ben Whishaw) and his mistress, Fanny Brawne (Abbie Cornish). (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Motherhood lights up tales of ordinary people Jul 26, 2009
Otto, with actors Frances O'Connor, Victoria Haralabidou and Deborra-lee Furness, was at the Sofitel Hotel yesterday morning talking about motherhood and love. "If you're depressed, it's hard to give," Otto says. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Actors explore mother-child bond Jul 26, 2009
Blessed be Miranda Otto, Frances O'Connor, Deborra-lee Furness and Victoria Haralabidou ... THE chance to explore the complexities of the mother-child relationship in new movie Blessed was too much to pass up for mothers Miranda Otto, Deborra-lee Furness and Frances O'Connor. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Tarantino to attend MIFF Jul 7, 2009
Frances O'Connor, Miranda Otto and Deborra-lee Furness, who are among the ensemble cast in Ana Kokkinos' Blessed, will be at MIFF for its premiere. And many of the cast of the closing-night film, Rachel Perkins' Bran Nue Dae, will be here for the screening. (The Age, Australia)
