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All Australia articles – Page 47
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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.
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NewsShakespeare's Globe and Arts Alliance Media announce 2012 Globe on Screen season
Season includes three of the Globe’s 2011 productions and kicks off on Sept 26.
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NewsSam Worthington lines up for Connolly's The Riders
Stealth Media Group to handle international sales on UK-Australia co-production.
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NewsLord Puttnam to deliver ten-part seminar series
Australian series to focus on the changing nature of screen production and distribution in the digital era.
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NewsGFM Films takes on Blowback
London-based company to handle sales on Kimble Rendall’s [pictured] thriller.
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NewsDark Knight Rises dominates in Australia, South Korea
UPDATE: By early Friday morning (20) the film had grossed $10.4m from nine countries through Warner Bros Pictures International including a $3.8m opening day in Australia from 628 screens. The numbers however will be overshadowed by the shooting tragedy at a screening in Colorado on Thursday night (see separate story.)
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NewsIce Age 4 builds on muscular starts in France, Australia
UPDATE: As of Friday Fox International’s follow-up to the behemoth that is Ice Age 3 had grossed more than $11m from 12 of this weekend’s initial wave of 37 markets.
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NewsAustralia’s AMPCO acquires rights to The Alchemyst
Author Michael Scott will adapt his novel in anticipation of an early 2013 production start in Australia and New Zealand.
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NewsARC adopts Red Dog for North America
ARC Entertainment has acquired all North American rights to hit Australian family adventure Red Dog.
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Michael Wrenn joins Arclight Films
Wrenn’s areas of expertise include sales and acquisitions, production, development and distribution. He will be based in the Sydney office.
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NewsWarp Australia goes Shopping
Warp Films Australia, here last year with Snowtown, is currently shooting Mark Albiston and Louis Sutherland’s New Zealand feature Shopping. Set in 1981, the story is about a teenage boy seduced by a career criminal.
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NewsFilmNation boards Lava Bear, Porchlight's The Rover
FilmNation has acquired the majority of worldwide sales rights to David Michôd’s follow-up to Animal Kingdom, and will jointly represent US sales with UTA.