Disclosure (2020 Australian film)

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Disclosure
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Directed by Michael Bentham
Written by Michael Bentham
Produced byDonna Lyon
CJ Welsh
Starring Geraldine Hakewill
Mark Leonard Winter
Matilda Ridgway
Tom Wren
CinematographyMark Carey
Edited byRyan Wade Howard
Music byTony Dupé
Production
companies
Disclosure Productions, Bonsai Films [1]
Distributed byBreaking Glass Pictures (North America) [2]

Bonsai Films (theatrical)

Madman Entertainment (Australia)
Release date
Running time
84 minutes
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish

Disclosure is a 2020 Australian film written and directed by Michael Bentham; it is his directorial debut and premiered at the Palm Springs Film Festival in January 2020. It is a story about how two sets of parents deal with allegations of child-on-child sexual assault (a four-year-old girl accusing a nine-year-old boy).

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At the 11th AACTA Awards the film was nominated Best Indie Film. In 2021 the film was also nominated for an Australian Directors' Guild Award (Best Direction in a Feature Film), and won the 2021 ATOM Award for Best Fiction Feature Film. [4]

Cast

Production

Production was completed in 2018 [5] on a shoestring budget without support from the Australian government, [6] with director Michael Bentham describing it as a "micro-budget ensemble drama". [1] Film Daze's Joshua Sorensen stated, "a cursory amount of research indicates that it is unlikely to be higher than a few thousand dollars". [7]

It was shot in the Dandenong Ranges in Victoria, and its first theatrical release was at the Cameo Theatre in Belgrave, close to where filming took place. [1] Its streaming release date in North America was 26 June 2020, [8] and 15 September 2021 in Australia. [9]

Reception

Disclosure received positive reviews from film critics when it screened at Palm Springs International Film Festival. Alex Saveliev of Film Threat gave the film four stars, calling Disclosure "a unique, highly relevant gem" that "marks the arrival of a talent to watch". [10] Variety's Dennis Harvey described Disclosure as "a little firecracker", [11] while Brad Shreiber included Disclosure in his 'Best of 2020 Palm Springs Festival', describing the film as "disturbing in the best possible way". [12]

On Rotten Tomatoes it has an approval rating of 100%. [13] All 40 external reviews listed on IMDb.com have been favourable. [14]

After the film's theatrical release in Australia, Jim Schembri called Disclosure "a blistering, confronting, independently made, issue-driven storm of raw, often excoriating verbal exchanges seething with passion, anger and hot-button topicality". [15] David Stratton stated that "the explosive themes are handled with a forthright candour" in The Australian, [16] while Dave Griffiths gave the film five stars in Heavy magazine, stating that "Disclosure reveals one of the best Australian filmmakers we have seen in years." [17] Disclosure was included in NME's list of 'The 10 Best Australian Films of 2021'. [18]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Sharon Grace Flynn (26 March 2021). "Disclosure: an Australian indie film and the team who made it". Faculty of Fine Arts and Music News. The University of Melbourne. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
  2. ↑ Kay, Jeremy (24 February 2020). "Breaking Glass acquires 'Disclosure' for North America". Screen Daily. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
  3. ↑ "31st Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival Announces Festival Line-Up". Palm Springs International Film Society. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
  4. ↑ "2021 ATOM Awards, Best Fiction Feature Film" . Retrieved 14 February 2022.
  5. ↑ "Disclosure: Cast & Crew & Production Details". The Screen Guide. Screen Australia. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
  6. ↑ Morris, Anthony (25 March 2021). "Film Review: Disclosure is a taut and mature debut". Screenhub. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
  7. ↑ Sorensen, Joshua (17 June 2020). "'Disclosure' Review: An Incisive Examination of Collective Trauma". Film Daze. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
  8. ↑ Karten, Harvey (21 June 2020). "'Disclosure' Review". Shock Ya!. Retrieved 24 September 2021.
  9. ↑ Gray, Peter (16 September 2021). "'Disclosure' Review: Disclosure is a tense and all-too-raw drama that delights in its ambiguity". The AU Review. Retrieved 24 September 2021.
  10. ↑ Saveliev, Alex (9 January 2020). "'Disclosure' Review". Film Threat . Retrieved 24 September 2021.
  11. ↑ Harvey, Dennis (3 July 2020). "'Disclosure' Review: this Australian drama is a little firecracker". 48hills.org. Retrieved 24 September 2021.
  12. ↑ Shreiber, Brad (15 January 2020). "'Disclosure' Review". Medium.com . Retrieved 24 September 2021.
  13. ↑ "Disclosure (2020)". Rotten Tomatoes . Fandango . Retrieved 30 October 2021.
  14. ↑ "Disclosure (2020)". Imdb.com . Retrieved 21 September 2021.
  15. ↑ Schembri, Jim (24 March 2021). "'Disclosure' Review: Top acting & hot-button issues drive the searing Oz drama 'Disclosure'". Jimschembri.com. Retrieved 24 September 2021.
  16. ↑ Stratton, David (27 March 2021). "'Disclosure' Review: There are two sides to every story". The Australian . Retrieved 24 September 2021.
  17. ↑ Griffiths, Dave (6 September 2021). "'Disclosure' Review". Heavy Magazine. Retrieved 24 September 2021.
  18. ↑ Merrill, Paul (16 December 2021). "The 10 Best Australian Films of 2021". NME. Retrieved 16 February 2022.
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