Ellis Park

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Ellis Park

2024

1h 44m

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Biography

Music

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Australian musician Warren Ellis takes us on a guided tour through his world and one very special animal sanctuary. A key member of iconic bands The Dirty Three and Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, multi-instrumentalist Ellis has cut a brilliant and unorthodox figure in music for over three decades. Far from the international concert halls in which he has plied his craft lies a very different passion project: a wildlife sanctuary in the forests of Sumatra. Co-founded by Ellis and spearheaded by the indomitable Femke den Haas, whose dedicated team of conservationists rescues trafficked and mistreated animals and then devotes years to nursing them back to health. This fly-on-the-wall documentary offers both a deeply personal insight into one artist's life through the act of creating and an inspiring reminder of how much can be achieved when working together.

Wendy Ide

Observer (UK)

Oct 7

If you weren’t a fan at the beginning of the documentary, you will be by the end.

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Kevin Maher

The Times (UK)

Sep 30

4/5

This is original, inventive and hugely refreshing.

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Marcel Steinbauer-Lewis

Little White Lies

Sep 29

3/5

Its raw materials – Ellis with his eccentric and energetic performances, the animals with their fragile lives – are its biggest strengths sonically, aesthetically and intellectually.

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Kevin Harley

Radio Times

Oct 2

4/5

Set to Ellis's soulful score, the result is a thoughtful and almost mystical rumination on life, art and the places where they connect, with Ellis as a warmly charismatic tour guide.

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William Stottor

Movie Marker

Sep 30

3/5

Despite capturing Ellis’ obvious affection and empathy for the park’s animals and those who work there, Ellis Park feels disconnected; one part nature doc, one part music doc, both of which never easily coalesce.

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Kate O

@LittyG Jan 4

I would have liked to have seen less focus on himself and more on his reasons for supporting an animal sanctuary. It felt too self absorbed.

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Justin Kurzel

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Warren Ellis

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Justin Kurzel

Screenwriter

Nick Fenton

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Nick Batzias

Producer

Charlotte Wheaton

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Synopsis

Australian musician Warren Ellis takes us on a guided tour through his world and one very special animal sanctuary. A key member of iconic bands The Dirty Three and Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, multi-instrumentalist Ellis has cut a brilliant and unorthodox figure in music for over three decades. Far from the international concert halls in which he has plied his craft lies a very different passion project: a wildlife sanctuary in the forests of Sumatra. Co-founded by Ellis and spearheaded by the indomitable Femke den Haas, whose dedicated team of conservationists rescues trafficked and mistreated animals and then devotes years to nursing them back to health. This fly-on-the-wall documentary offers both a deeply personal insight into one artist's life through the act of creating and an inspiring reminder of how much can be achieved when working together.

Director: Justin Kurzel
Producer: Nick Batzias, Charlotte Wheaton
Screenwriter: Justin Kurzel, Nick Fenton
Production Co: Good Thing Productions
Genre: Documentary, Biography, Music
Original Language: English
Runtime: 1h 44m

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