All articles by Sandy George – Page 14
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FeaturesAsia Pacific hits the heights
How the Asia Pacific Screen Awards (Nov 24) are helping to raise the global recognition of films from the region.
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NewsAustralian industry mourns Mark Sarfaty
Friends and colleagues are reeling from the news that Mark Sarfaty, chief executive of the Independent Cinemas Association of Australia (ICAA), has died.
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NewsAustralian productions down, but foreign investment healthy
Screen Australia notes that only 17 Australian films completed principal photography in the 12 months to June 30.
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NewsAustralia's Madman ramps up production division
Projects on the slate include a restaging of Shane Warne The Musical which will be filmed and shown in cinemas.
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NewsNew Zealand lowers spend threshold for film fund
The threshold has been lowered from $3.13m to $1.96m for New Zealand films wanting to make a claim under the Screen Production Expenditure Fund.
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NewsA Separation, Anatolia lead Asia Pacific Screen Awards nominations
Best film nominees are Let The Bullets Fly, Once Upon a Time In Anatolia, Wedding Planners, A Separation and Goodbye.
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NewsSPAAmart reveals seven projects to be pitched
A film that could become Australian special effects house Fuel’s first in-house feature, and a comedy of manners about four middle-class 40-something men in a self-help group, are two of the seven films chosen for SPAAmart, an annual feature film market this year being held in November in Sydney.
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NewsAdelaide to lose founding director Katrina Sedgwick
Katrina Sedgwick is stepping down after almost a decade in the job
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NewsTania Chambers to leave Screen NSW
After five years, Chambers will leave her job as chief executive of the active government agency.
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NewsHopscotch plans features from Stuart Beattie, Robert Luketic
At a packed AIMC, Troy Lum says Hopscoth’s new production arm could have four films shooting within the next year.
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NewsRed Dog: Anatomy of an Australian hit
How Roadshow has cultivated a big home-grown hit with the story of a kelpie and a bus driver.
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NewsChris O'Dowd joins cast of Goalpost's The Sapphires
Aboriginal girl-group story begins shooting this month in Australia.
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NewsScreen Australia backs films inspired by Bon Scott, Michael Hutchence
Agency also gives development financing to new films by Adam Elliot and Bruce Beresford.
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NewsLuke and Meek to return to the UK
Industry veterans Ashley Luke and Scott Meek are leaving Australia to return to the UK.
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NewsThree producers to head to UK's PFM after Melbourne's 37º South pitches
Producer Marian Macgowan pitches Gillian Armstrong’s The Great, with Mia Wasikowska and Annette Bening attached.
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NewsScreen Australia backs Wolf Creek sequel, 3D surfing documentary, debut features
A sequel to Wolf Creek, a high-budget action adventure directed by brothers Michael and Peter Spierig, and a 3D surfing documentary are among the features that have just secured Screen Australia investment.
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NewsMark Patterson joins Rising Sun Entertainment
Rising Sun Pictures has announced it has appointed Mark Patterson as head of production and development for its new production division Rising Sun Entertainment.
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NewsMelbourne International Film Festival to open with The Fairy
World premieres include dramas from Schepisi, Hewitt, Do and Lahiff; closing film will be Nicolas Winding Refn’s Drive.