All Australia articles – Page 5
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NewsCornerstone secures multiple sales for spider horror ‘Sting’, Studiocanal takes key territories
Kiah Roache-Turner directed film wraps production in Sydney.
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NewsAustralia to impose local content streaming quotas by mid-2024
The move is part of a five-year plan to revive the country’s wider cultural sector.
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NewsBFI, Screen Producers Australia, Screen Forever launch co-production programme
UK producers and sales companies can apply now to take part in the UK-Australia programme that kicks off in May.
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Reviews‘Run Rabbit Run’: Sundance Review
Sarah Snook is in full command of this Australian midnight selection, pre-bought by Netflix
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Reviews‘Talk To Me’: Sundance Review
A grief-stricken teen opens the door to the spirit world in this Australian chiller
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Reviews‘Shayda’: Sundance Review
In Australia, an Iranian immigrant fights for her life and her daughter in Noora Niasari’s powerful, semi-autobiographical debut
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FeaturesFour Australian films to tempt festival directors in 2023
Sundance 2023 marks a strong start for Australian filmmakers.
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NewsXYZ Films, Blue Finch board Australian sci-fi ‘Monolith’ ahead of SXSW
Matt Vesely’s feature directorial debut will receive its international premiere at SXSW.
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News‘Banshees Of Inisherin’, ‘Everything Everywhere All At Once’ lead AACTA International nominations
Baz Luhrmann’s ‘Elvis’ also secured multiple nods.
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NewsAustralian box office poised to fall 20-25% in 2022 compared to pre-pandemic 2019
But exhibitors are upbeat as they foresee a steady supply of titles in 2023.
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FeaturesWhy Baz Luhrmann chose to make an Elvis biopic: "He is an amazing canvas"
”Elvis is an amazing canvas because he’s there at the crossroads of culture in the ’50s, ’60s and ’70s, for the good, the bad and the ugly.”
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NewsWarwick Thornton drama ‘The New Boy’, starring Cate Blanchett, wraps production in Australia
Blanchett is among producers on the feature, which has been backed by Fremantle and Screen Australia’s First Nations department.
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News‘Elvis’ dominates film prizes at Australia’s Academy Awards
Director Baz Luhrmann and actor Austin Butler were among 11 winners for Elvis.
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FeaturesMy Screen Life: Studiocanal’s Elizabeth Trotman on box office predictions, female CEOs and British comedies
Studiocanal’s CEO for Australia and New Zealand grew up watching British comedies and now asks her colleagues to predict how each film will perform, rewarding the closest.
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FeaturesIs the Asia Pacific region poised for more Oscar success?
Oscar wins in 2020 and 2022 with Parasite and Drive My Car give confidence to a buoyant region that has upped the number of countries participating in this year’s international feature Oscar. Screen surveys the candidates hoping to repeat the success.
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Reviews‘Poker Face’: Review
Russell Crowe returns to the director’s chair for this Australian saga of a long night at the card table
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NewsAustralian film and TV drama production tops $2bn for the first time
Record expenditure reported for the year to end of June 2022.
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NewsOdin’s Eye Entertainment picks up Nick Richey’s ‘1-800-Hot-Nite’ (exclusive)
It is Richey’s sophomore feature, following on from 2019’s ’Low Low’.
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FeaturesHow Causeway Films has become Australia’s buzziest independent production company
Led by Samantha Jennings and Kristina Ceyton, the outfit has four new projects being sold at AFM.
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NewsDistributor Screen Inc launches in Australia with slate of titles
Industry veteran Dov Kornits has launched the new distribution outfit.