OBSERVER: Shine

Key points

• Director Scott Hicks has released his autobiography, Shine: Persistence of Vision, about the film Shine, which told the story of pianist David Helfgott and starred Geoffrey Rush. The film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 1996 and earned seven Oscar nominations, including one for best director.
• Hicks, who studied film at Flinders University, still lives in Adelaide. To mark the film's 30th anniversary, Shine will screen at the Adelaide film festival in a new 4K digitally remastered print.
• The book is published by Wakefield Press.