All articles by Sandy George – Page 12
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FeaturesHopscotch Features: John Collee, Frank Cox, Troy Lum and Andrew Mason
Fledgling production company Hopscotch Features is quickly fulfilling its mission to make films in Australia with international reach. Sandy George talks to the four partners.
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Shoreline picks up Winter’s Sex
Shoreline Entertainment has acquired all international rights to John Winter’s self-financed Black & White & Sex, in which eight actors play one sex worker being interviewed by a filmmaker.
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Ausfilm appoints UK-based McMullan as chairman
Ausfilm, the organisation that helps to sell Australia as a filmmaking partner, a location and a service provider, has appointed London-based former politician Bob McMullan as its chair.
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Beresford, Leigh among Screen Australia recipients
Sleeping Beauty director Julia Leigh, veteran Bruce Beresford and Kriv Stenders, who made last year’s local box office hit Red Dog, have all scored development dollars from Screen Australia for new films.
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Odin’s Eye seals North America VoD deal with Warner Bros
Australian sales agent Odin’s Eye Entertainment (OEE) has signed an agreement with Warner Bros Digital Distribution for electronic sell-through and video-on-demand (VoD) distribution of its films via cable, satellite and broadband platforms in North America.
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NewsDead Europe to premiere at Sydney Film Festival
Next month’s Sydney Film Festival, the first under new festival director Nashen Moodley, will feature the world premiere of Tony Krawitz’s Dead Europe, one of 12 films in official competition.
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Australia’s AMPCO continues to build ties with China
Mario Andreacchio, the producer of the first official Australia-China co-production The Dragon Pearl, says he is involved in the development of $60m worth of features with China and is expecting cameras to roll on two projects before the end of the year.
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NewsDarclight takes on Aussie sci-fi Crawlspace
Just in time for Cannes, sales agent Arclight Films has picked up world rights, excluding North America, to Australian science fiction action thriller Crawlspace for its Darclight label.
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Screen Australia taps specialists for funding decisions
Producers Tristram Miall (Strictly Ballroom) and Jan Chapman (Bright Star, The Piano) and director Chris Noonan (Miss Potter, Babe) are three of the seven-person pool of people that Screen Australia will regularly call on to help make decisions on the agency’s feature film investments.
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NewsThe Wolverine to be filmed in Australia
Sydney has beaten Vancouver to James Mangold’s The Wolverine, the sixth film in the X-Men franchise, principally because the Australian Government is providing a one-off cash incentive of $13.2m (A$12.8m).
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NewsSnowtown takes top prizes at Australia’s critics awards
Australia’s critics last night (April 10) gave Snowtown a resounding thumbs up, presenting it with three key awards: best film, best director for Justin Kurzel and best actor for Daniel Henshall.
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NewsScreen Australia backs four new features including Curran's Tracks
Screen Australia also puts money into an omnibus title that has 17 directors including Cate Blanchett and Mia Wasikowska.
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NewsScreen Australia’s letters of interest to be more useful as a financing tool
If proposed changes to Screen Australia’s guidelines go ahead, there will be fewer hoops to jump through in order to be eligible for a letter of interest.
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NewsMatt Bate starts documentary starring Sam Klemke
Rebecca Summerton is producing Sam Klemke’s Time Machine.
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NewsJames Cameron praises filmmakers killed in Australian helicopter crash
Andrew Wight [pictured], the producer of Sanctum and many adventure documentaries, and Mike deGruy, a specialist underwater cinematographer, died in a helicopter crash in Australia on Saturday.
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NewsRedDog, Snowtown honoured at Australian Academy awards
AACTA gives best film honours to box-office hit Red Dog.
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NewsOdin’s Eye to take Forbidden Ground, One Mile Above to Berlin
Sales agent Odin’s Eye Entertainment will be at the European Film Market with Australian war film Forbidden Ground and Chinese adventure drama One Mile Above.
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NewsAustralia’s 2011 box office gross down 3% in 2011; Red Dog cracks top 10
Gross box office in Australia in 2011 was $1,147.5 million (A$1,093.7m), three per cent down on the previous year, while cinema admissions were down 7.7 per cent to 85 million.
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NewsMaureen Barron to replace Tania Chambers at Screen NSW
Maureen Barron has been appointed chief executive of Screen NSW and will return to her hometown of Sydney from Brisbane to take up the role on Feb 27.