EXCLUSIVE: Ocsar-nominated Shine director Scott Hicks‘ projects aboout musician Ben Folds have been taken on for distribution by Banijay Rights.
The director’s features will world-premiere at the Adelaide Film Festival later this month and see Hicks combine with celebrated producers Kerry Heysen and Jett Heysen-Hicks.
Inspired by the 25th anniversary of Shine, which starred Geoffrey Rush as a pianist who suffered a mental breakdown and spent years in institutions, The Musical Mind: A Portrait in Process explores the power of the musical brain.
Hicks reveals the creative process of elite international musicians focusing on Shine subject David Helfgott, Australian rock star Daniel Johns, Shine star Simon Tedeschi and Folds.
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