Justin Kurzel’s Warren Ellis Documentary ‘Ellis Park’ Boarded By The Yellow Affair

Andreas Wiseman

2 October 2024 at 4:05 am·2-min read

EXCLUSIVE: The Yellow Affair has boarded world sales (excluding Australia) on Justin Kurzel’s documentary Ellis Park, his upcoming film about musician Warren Ellis.

A key member of iconic bands The Dirty Three and Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, multi-instrumentalist Ellis has cut an unorthodox figure in music for more than three decades. The film will see the Australian musician give a guided tour through his world and an animal sanctuary dear to his heart in the forests of Sumatra. The sanctuary was co-founded by Ellis and spearheaded by the indomitable Femke den Haas, whose team of conservationists rescues trafficked and mistreated animals and then devotes years to nursing them back to health.

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Having debuted at the Melbourne Film Festival in August, the movie is next set to play at the London Film Festival on October 19.

Pic is written, directed and executive produced by acclaimed Australian filmmaker Justin Kurzel, who is coming off strong notices for Venice movie The Order, and composed by Ellis. Producers are Nick Batzias and Charlotte Wheaton, executive producer is Damien Newton-Brown and Howard McCorkell, editor is Nick Fenton and director of photography is Germain McMicking.

The film is financed by Screen Australia, VicScreen, MIFF Premiere Fund and McCorkell Brown Projects. It is a Good Thing Productions, Madman and Screen Australia presentation with Madman set to release in Australia next year.

Macbeth and The Snowtown Murders filmmaker Kurzel said: “I have such an affection and love for the experience of making this film and I could not be more thrilled that it will screen at the London Film Festival and people will see the extraordinary Warren Ellis, Femke De Hass and these beautiful animals.

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