THE ISLAND of Doctor Moron – the movie born in Kempsey Shire – has won best original music score at the Madrid International Film Festival.
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Julie-Ann Guivarra, the Australian Ambassador to Spain, represented the film at the Madrid festival as the producers, Chris and Lyn Dockrill, couldn’t attend due to many other commitments including Lyn representing Australia in the Masters Hockey World Cup on the other side of Spain in Barcelona.
On the request of the Dockrills, the ambassador paid special thanks to Jack Thompson AM for his ongoing support for this unique Australian project.
The Island of Doctor Moron is a unique Australian film; it is the first of its type to be produced in Australia. It is a hybrid film of an original Australian rock musical which premiered at the rebirthed New Olympia Theatre in Paddington in 2014.
Like Harry M Miller, the producer of the original Australian production of The Rocky Horror Show, the producers chose a disused cinema, the old Palace Academy Twin Cinema, to create a purpose-built live theatre for their premiere.
The show went from an unknown to sold-out performances in under four weeks.
The Dockrills – from Crescent Head – filmed the live show extensively, using 14 cameras per shoot over 10 of the performances.
Ten months in the editing suite at the hands of chief editor, Paul Robert Burton, and the film was ready to tour Australian and the world.
To date, it has screened across five states in Australia and been selected for nine international film festivals in eight countries including the UK, USA, France, Canada, New Zealand, Netherlands and Spain.
Its premiere at the Dendy Opera Quays sold out two weeks in advance. Since then it has screened in some of the most prestigious venues in the country including the National Library of Australia’s beautiful cinema where it was opened by the Minister Assisting the Deputy Prime Minister.
The producers have also taken the film to small country halls and outdoor screening venues to allow people in regional and remote areas to experience the power and joy of the movie.
The film was eagerly accessioned by the National Film and Sound Archives of Australia.
The Dockrills aim is to use the film to attract investors for a world tour of the live show.
