Save the date! 15 May, 20:30-21:00 UTC+10 There will be a live virtual Hearts and Bones Q&A with Hugo Weaving, Andrew Luri and Ben Lawrence, moderated by Sydney Film Festival Director Nashen Moodley. A link to join the event will be posted on the Facebook event here.
Hearts and Bones is out on digital platforms today! Check out the official site and don’t miss the DVD release in early June!
Broadsheet Jane Albert 1 May 2020 The beautiful film, set in western Sydney, made its debut at the Sydney Film Festival but has been fast-tracked for a digital release. “[It’s] a very positive piece about who this country is now; we need those stories about community, particularly when we’re all isolated.” It’s a mark of […]
Hugo and the cast & crew of Hearts and Bones have attended the International Premiere at TIFF – check out the portraits and the red carpet pics in the gallery! And behind the scenes footage thanks to Matthew Reeder here, here and here.
Film Pulse Adam Patterson September 3, 2019 A new trailer has been released for the drama Hearts and Bones, starring Hugo Weaving, Andrew Luri, and Bolude Watson. Written and directed by Ben Lawrence and co-written by Beatrix Christian, Weaving plays a war photographer who befriends a Sudanese refugee after planning an exhibition of photographs taken after a massacre in the man’s village. Hearts […]
Deadline Dino-Ray Ramos September 3, 2019 EXCLUSIVE: From The Matrix to Lord of the Rings, actor Hugo Weaving is known for many of his roles in fantasy films but in Ben Lawrence’s forthcoming feature Hearts and Bones, he stretches his dramatic muscles. Weaving stars opposite newcomer Andrew Luri, who worked as a garbage truck driver before auditioning and landing the role […]
THR Harry Windsor August 16, 2019 A drama about good intentions that pulls up just short of the abyss. Hugo Weaving stars as a photojournalist who befriends a Sudanese refugee in Australian filmmaker Ben Lawrence’s first feature. Australian filmmaker Ben Lawrence follows up his 2018 documentary Ghosthunter with Hearts and Bones, another Sydney-set story about buried secrets and […]
FilmInk Anthony Frajman August 15, 2019 Dan Fisher (Hugo Weaving), a lauded war photographer nestled in the bustle of the Western Sydney suburbs, comes across a South Sundanese refugee (Andrew Luri). Unexpectedly drawn together and forming a close friendship, the two divergent men become entangled in emotional, political and moral complications. Each finds their beliefs […]