All Australia articles – Page 44
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NewsAustralian box office up on 2011; down on 2010
The people of Australia spent $1,173.2m (A$1,125.5m) on cinema tickets in 2012, a 2.8% increase on the previous year but about $7.6m (A$7.3m) less than they spent in a record-breaking 2010.
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NewsSundance: Madman takes Australia, New Zealand for The Summit
Submarine Entertainment announced the deal on Monday afternoon [21], several days after the North American deal closed with Sundance Selects.
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NewsFoxtel tightens grasp on Australia's pay TV movie market
Australia’s Movie Network Channels (MNC) has lost its battle to survive and, while there is a lot of uncertainty around the impact, it is going to mean lower prices being paid in Australia for both studio and independent films.
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NewsWarner Bros, Village Roadshow extend deal through 2017
The studio’s 15-year-old producer-financier partner has also increased its production facility to $1.125bn.
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NewsBeyond The Hill wins best feature at APSA Awards
The Turkish film industry was honoured at the sixth annual Asia Pacific Film Awards (APSAs), with three films among the winning line-up including Beyond the Hill, which was judged best feature.
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FeaturesShopping trip
Lucrative, stable and sophisticated - it’s no surprise the Australia and New Zealand market is drawing foreign investors. Sandy George reports
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Benaroya on board to produce Felony as shooting begins
Benaroya Pictures made the announcement on Monday (5) and joins Goalpost Pictures Australia and Blue-Tongue Films on the drama, which The Solution Entertainment Group has been selling at AFM. Village Roadshow will distribute in Australia.
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Cargo, Jump Street solidify Australian ties
EXCLUSIVE: Cargo Entertainment and Australia’s Jump Street Films have signed a multi-year output deal and formed a financing, production, distribution and sales company to develop original Australian content.
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NewsCelluloid's Tomahawk chops into Australia
EXCLUSIVE: Transmission picks up upcoming horror Bone Tomahawk for “good six figures” from Celluloid Dreams.
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FeaturesTaking the bait
Studio shoots may have slowed but Australia’s hot film-making talent and incentives are ensuring the territory is a sought-after international partner. By Sandy George
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NewsLars von Trier’s Nymphomaniac taken by Australia’s Transmission
Transmission Films has secured all rights in Australia and New Zealand to Lars von Trier’s forthcoming erotic drama Nymphomaniac.
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Cinedigm signs deal with Caribbean Cinemas
The first large-scale deployment outside the US is part of an international expansion plan underway at the digital conversion specialist and independent cinema and alternative content distributor.
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NewsGrant Scicluna's The Wilding wins 2012 Iris Prize
Scicluna receives £25,000 for the prize to make a new short film in the UK.
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Arclight Films boards The Man Who Shook The Hand Of Vicente Fernandez
Ernest Borgnine’s final film is a coming-of-age comedy in the vein of Grumpy Old Men that centres on a has-been actor who dreams of becoming a Western movie cowboy.
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NewsFifteen countries in inaugural Cockatoo Island film competition
Ten of the 15 feature films in competition at Sydney’s Cockatoo Island Film Festival are debut films, which fits the competition aim of giving attention to emerging directors.
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NewsJan Chapman to head Asia Pacific Screen Awards' international jury
Producer [pictured] will lead six-member jury for the upcoming sixth annual APSA, to take place in Brisbane on Nov 23.
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NewsLionsgate announces Australian output deal
The “longterm” arrangement with Roadshow Films covers The Hunger Games series.
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NewsProduction round-up: The 33, Fishing Without Nets, The Shipkiller, Cheap Thrills
Mike Medavoy announced on Tuesday (11) that Patricia Riggen has come on board to direct The 33, based on the story of the trapped Chilean Miners.
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NewsDavid Michôd’s The Rover secures key sales
eOne will distribute the Lava Bear and Porchlight Films drama in the UK, Canada and Benelux, while Nordisk will release in Scandinavia and Sun Distribution in Latin America.
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NewsGFM Films board Australian animation Stonerunner
EXCLUSIVE: British company working for the second time with FG Film Productions.