PRESS
A selection of press clippings and articles.
SCREEN AUSTRALIA PRODUCTION FUNDING ANNOUNCEMENT
Spencer and Lloyd Harvey's feature film debut "Photo Booth" has been awarded production funding by Screen Australia, with producers Cathy Konrad, Tree Line Films (Walk the Line) and Sarah Shaw and Anna McLeish, Carver Films (Relic).
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SCREEN AUSTRALIA PRODUCTION
FUNDING ANNOUNCEMENT
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THE MOSMAN DAILY -
'FRAME AND FORTUNE' COVER STORY AND INTERVIEW
"Spencer and Lloyd Harvey are taking their locally inspired art to the world...
Poetry and motion. The Harvey's don't have to walk far from the family gallery for inspiration, writes Lisa Mayoh.
They're developing a TV show for the US, producing award-winning films and creating a series of stunning photographs exhibited in their family gallery..."
SPENCER & LLOYD HARVEY IN CONVERSATION ABOUT 'THE POETRY SERIES'
Spencer and Lloyd Harvey's photographic exhibition 'The Poetry Series - stanzas 1-13' showing at Harvey Galleries Mosman from June 14th - 23rd 2019.
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SCREEN AUSTRALIA 'TALENT USA' RECIPIENTS
Spencer and Lloyd Harvey have been selected as two of sixteen Australians who will travel to Los Angeles as part of Screen Australia’s third Talent USA contingent in September 2018.
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PILOT IN DEVELOPMENT WITH
CHERNIN ENTERTAINMENT
Spencer and Lloyd Harvey are in development with Chernin Entertainment on their original series.
2017 YOUNG & HUNGRY LIST
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Each year through the Tracking Boards a list of Hollywood's Top 100 New Writers is released called the "Young & Hungry List". Spencer and Lloyd Harvey were included in the 2017 list.
BACKSTORY - MAGAZINE PROFILE
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Each year Sean Kennelly covers the Academy Nicholl Fellowship ceremony and interviews the winners about their process and their screenplays. See his profile with Spencer and Lloyd Harvey below.
GO INTO THE STORY - INTERVIEW WITH SCOTT MYERS
Spencer and Lloyd were interviewed by The Blacklist's Scott Myers for 'Go Into The Story' to discuss their feature screenplay 'Photo Booth' and their Nicholl win. Read full interview via link below:​
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2017 NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAIT PRIZE FINALISTS
Spencer and Lloyd are 2017 National Photographic Portrait Prize finalists with their piece "The Mirror". 1 of 49 pieces chosen out of 3000.
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The National Photographic Portrait Prize 2017 will be displayed at the National Portrait Gallery from April to June and then tour around Australia.
THE ACADEMY NICHOLL FELLOWSHIP LIVE READ 2016
On the 3rd of November 2016 at the Samuel Goldwyn Theatre in Beverly Hills Spencer Harvey and Lloyd Harvey were awarded one of the 2016 Academy Nicholl Fellowships by the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences.
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Click the video link to watch the live read excerpt of their screenplay 'Photo Booth' performed by John Cho, Alia Shawkat, Cary Elwes and Asia Naomi King.
ABC iVIEW -
'THE GIFT' FEATURED AS BEST OF FLICKERFEST
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'The Gift' featured on ABC iView as part of the '25 Best of Flickerfest'.
"Now in its 26th year Flickerfest continues to be the most significant, dedicated, short film event in the Australian landscape and this collection showcases some of the best drama films it's had to offer."
THE ACADEMY NICHOLL FELLOWSHIP CEREMONY 2016
On the 3rd of November 2016 at the Samuel Goldwyn Theatre in Beverly Hills Spencer Harvey and Lloyd Harvey were awarded one of the 2016 Academy Nicholl Fellowships by the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences.
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Click the video link to watch their acceptance speech and introduction by noted screenwriter Misan Sargay.
THE ACADEMY NICHOLL FELLOWSHIP RED CARPET 2016
THE MANLY DAILY -
'THE BIG BREAK'
"Siblings Lloyd and Spencer Harvey have joined an elite emerging filmmakers club.
Lloyd and his sister Spencer Harvey produced one of only five scripts chosen as winners of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences 2016 Academy Nicholl Fellowship, in Los Angeles. The academy is the organisation behind the Oscars. Their script was called Photo Booth. Nearly 7000 scripts from around the world were entered in the competition..."
WINNERS announcement for the 'ACADEMY NICOLL FELLOWSHIP in Screenwriting'.
Spencer and Lloyd are 2016 Academy Nicholl Fellowship winners for their feature film Screenplay "Photo Booth".
Semi-Finalist announcement for the 2016 Moran Contemporary Photographic Prize.
Spencer and Lloyd's portrait of Wendy Sharpe 'The Ritual' has been selected as a semi-finalist in the 2016 Moran Contemporary Photographic Prize.
Finalist announcement for the 'ACADEMY NICOLL FELLOWSHIP in Screenwriting'.
Spencer and Lloyd have been shortlisted for the 2016 Academy Nicholl Fellowship for their feature film Screenplay "Photo Booth".
'THE MOON' published on VOGUE ITALIA
The first image from Spencer & Lloyd's Art Portrait Series "The Moon - Molly Ellison" was published this week by PhotoVogue on Vogue Italia online.
Herald Sun Editorial: Sydney duo Spencer and Lloyd Harvey bring 'THE GIFT' to St Kilda Film Festival
"The film explores sexuality, disability and family drama, telling the story of a boy with cerebral palsy who wants to lose his virginity on his 18th birthday. Ms Harvey said she was thrilled to be selected in the top 100 that will compete at Australia’s oldest and largest short film festival. “We’re so excited to be a part of it,” she said..."
Interview with Spencer and Lloyd in December Issue of FILMINK MAGAZINE about 'THE GIFT' and FLICKERFEST
'"Flickerfest is the one you want to be in," writer/director, Lloyd Harvey, tells Filmink. "It's one of those coveted festivals where you know that you're in a good place if you get screened there". On a calendar busting with events calling for submissions, Flickerfest still claims prime position as Australia's premiere short film festival, and the place to go to see the most exciting up-and-coming talent, especially of the local variety. And, as of last year, the Australian competition catagory is now Oscar-accredited, along with its already accredited International competition. It's a timely endorsement for the festival, which has again assembled a terrific showcase of local shorts for 2014. One of those films is Lloyd Harvey's 'The Gift', a touching short about a young man with cerebral palsy (Harry Greenwood), whose birthday wish is to lose his virginity, but who must overcome his mother's reservations first..."
'THE GIFT' Official Selection for FLICKERFEST 2014 and named one of TIMEOUT SYDNEY'S TOP 10 of FEST!
'The Gift' will be getting its Sydney Premiere in January 2014 at Oscar-Qualifying Film Festival FLICKERFEST! It has also had the official thumbs up from TIME OUT Sydney Magazine as one of the "Top ten highlights of the festival: ‘The Gift’ (Australia) In shades of The Sessions, a boy with cerebral palsy asks to lose his virginity for his birthday."
'THE GIFT' Wins the 'BEST SHORT - Audience Choice' GRAND PRIZE AWARD
Audiences rally behind "The Gift" at Oscar Qualifying FLICKERS: Rhode Island International Film Festival. A must stop film festival on the international festival circuit.
'THE GIFT' Wins the GOLDEN YOWIE BEST OF FESTIVAL
Spencer & Lloyd were awarded the GOLDEN YOWIE - BEST OF FESTIVAL for 'The Gift' at The Blue Mountains Film Festival 2013.
'THE GIFT' Wins BEST DRAMA
Spencer & Lloyd were awarded BEST DRAMA for 'The Gift' at the 5th Annual Lady Filmmakers Film Festival in Beverly Hills.
'THE GIFT' feature on 'THE PROJECT'
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MELBOURNE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2013
OPENING NIGHT
Lloyd Harvey and Spencer Harvey on the red carpet at the Opening Night of the Melbourne International Film Festival 2013.
FILM INK MAGAZINE - 'SWEET SIXTEEN'
"FilmInk speaks to co-writers, directors and siblings, Lloyd and Spencer Harvey, about crafting their deeply moving short ‘The Gift’ about a young man’s sexual awakening.
“We were on one of our ‘please-nature-swat-us-with-an-idea-for-a-story’ walks and we started talking about romance. ‘Let’s tell a love story!’ we said. So we started to talk about falling in love for the first time and that all-important, all exciting and yet completely frightening leap into sex,” explains directing duo Lloyd and Spencer Harvey (pictured) of their latest short, the deeply affecting The Gift. Following an international premiere at the Palm Springs ShortFest, the film is set to screen at the Melbourne International Film Festival on August 1...”
CULT MAGAZINE -
'THE GIFT'
Disability and sex work intersect in the new short from Lloyd and Spencer Harvey.
SX MAGAZINE EDITORIAL - READY AND ABLE
"Disability and sex work intersect in an exciting new short from Lloyd and Spencer Harvey, writes Garrett Bithell. What would you do if your son asked to lose his virginity for his birthday? This is the dilemma explored in the latest short film by award-winning brother and sister writer/director duo, Lloyd and Spencer Harvey, The Gift.
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Centred on Charlie, who has cerebral palsy, the film is set on the night of his 18th birthday as the family waits for his ‘gift’ to arrive. Disability and sex work are about to collide, and we follow a brave family for whom this rite of passage is wrought with more complications than usual. “As a brother and sister team, we’ve always been very interested in the family dynamic and breaking down the individual roles. Coming of age in a family setting is always a transition for everyone, especially as parents adapt to their changing role within their children’s lives,” Lloyd tells SX. 'We were very interested in seeing the shift in the family dynamic and in particular the shift in the mother’s role when confronted more intimately with their child’s sexual awakening...'"
THE DAILY TELEGRAPH
"Short Australian film THE GIFT is a big hit worldwide!
THE Gift is the little Aussie film that could.
The little-known independent local movie starring Hugo Weaving's son, Harry Greenwood, is one of the hottest tickets on the international short-film circuit. And it was made on a budget of less than $10,000, pretty much what we'd expect the cast and crew of Baz Luhrmann's The Great Gatsby to spend on lunch. Created by brother and sister team Lloyd and Spencer Harvey, who have already won several awards for previous works, The Gift also stars Anne Tenney (The Castle and Always Greener), Mark Lee (Gallipoli), Hannah Marshall and Ben Mingay...."
FILM INK MAGAZINE EDITORIAL - SHORT FILM 'THE GIFT' WRAPS
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"What would you do if your disabled son asked to lose his virginity for his birthday?
This is the dilemma explored in the latest short film by award-winning brother and sister writer/director duo, Lloyd and Spencer Harvey..."
'ON STORY' - Writer/Director feature on
Spencer & Lloyd Harvey
As well as being an OFFICIAL SELECTION for the 2012 Festival, Spencer and Lloyd were included in a feature by Oscar qualifying Austin Film Festival’s ON STORY season 3 television program, which provides a look inside the creative process from today’s leading writer’s and directors. Aired on PBS in early 2013.
