Congratulations to Fred Schepisi on his feature “The Eye of the Storm” for picking up The Age Critics Award at the Melbourne International Film Festival this year. The film is an adaptation of Patrick White’s Nobel Prize winning 1973 novel and is the first successful film of a White novel. Schepisi’s film featuring an extremely sought after cast including Geoffrey Rush, Charlotte Rampling and Judy Davies is a visual gem and Schepisi’s first Australian feature since 1988. “The Eye of the Storm” opens nationally on the 15th September 2011.