All articles by Sandy George – Page 15
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NewsSydney reveals competition lineup
Four films now in the running for awards at Cannes, including two homegrown titles, and two Berlin award winners are among the 12 films in competition at the Sydney Film Festival (SFF).
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NewsAustralia boosts its effects/post incentive to 30%
Producers who hire Australian companies to do visual effects or other post-production work will be able to claim 30% back from the government.
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NewsBrisbane Film Festival announces new $27,000 doc prize
The winner of the Brisbane International Film Festival’s (BIFF) new global documentary competition will walk away with US$27,000.
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NewsAustralia devises a new comprehensive way to measure film watching
Australian features were viewed 101m times locally in 2007-2009, but only 9% of the viewing was in cinemas.
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NewsRachel Griffiths' feature debut among new projects backed by Screen Australia
13 projects receiving development funding, including films from Bruce Beresford, John Curran and Gregor Jordan.
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NewsOdin's Eye to Go For It with US dance movie
Sales agent Odin’s Eye Entertainment has acquired all rights outside the US to hip hop dance drama GO FOR IT! and will introduce it to buyers at Cannes.
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NewsEntertainment One buys Hopscotch in Australia for $21m
Hopscotch MD Troy Lum talks to Screen about the deal.
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NZFC invites 12 teams for low-budget Escalator initiative
Also, one of last year’s Escalator projects, Existence, goes into production next week for director Juliet Bergh.
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NewsSecond films from Miranda July and Athina Rachel Tsangari in competition in Sydney
The Sydney Film Festival (SFF) today named three of its 12 competition titles: Tran Anh Hung’s Norwegian Wood, Miranda July’s The Future and Athina Rachel Tsangari’s Attenberg.
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NewsHopscotch on board for controversial story The Tall Man
Hopscotch has signed on to distribute The Tall Man, from writer/director Tony Krawitz, two weeks after the feature-length documentary earned a standing ovation at its world premiere at the Adelaide Film Festival.
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NewsSam Worthington to star in one of two new Screen Australia films
New Australian action surf drama Drift is to be filmed in south-west Western Australia and is a passion project for actor Sam Worthington (Avatar) and producers Tim Duffy and Myles Pollard, all of whom are originally from there.
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NewsPeplow to leave UK's Skillset to join Sydney-based AFTRS
UK producer Neil Peplow is to leave Skillset to relocate to Australia and become director of screen content at the Film, Television & Radio School (AFTRS) from May 2.
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NewsScreen Australia backs projects including Kath and Kim film
Screen Australia has promised investment to the producers of four feature-length films, three of which are comedies, including a big screen version of the television cult hit Kath And Kim.
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NewsParamount and Transmission renew pact in Australia
Paramount Pictures International and Transmission have re-signed the distribution pact that has seen them jointly acquire, market and release 14 commercial crossover films in Australia and New Zealand in the past three years.
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NewsIncendies wins top prize at Adelaide; fest eyes new timeslot for 2013
Local films having world premieres include Mrs Carey’s Concert, Snowtown, The Tall Man, Hail and Here I Am.
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FeaturesA Few Best Men
Priscilla Queen Of The Desert director Stephan Elliott is currently shooting his latest film, a comedy about a group of English friends attending a wedding in Australia, which has already secured an impressive number of pre-sales.
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NewsLuhrmann readies Sydney shoot for The Great Gatsby
Cameras are expected to roll at Fox Studios Australia in Sydney in August on Baz Luhrmann’s big screen adaptation of F Scott Fitzgerald’s American literary classic The Great Gatsby for Warner Bros.
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NewsAustralian report discusses boosting foreign producer rebates
A major government report released today, says two solutions are favoured by industry to best address the serious contraction in international work being experienced in Australia: increase the value of the rebates to offshore producers or peg them to the Australian/US exchange rate.
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NewsOdin's Eye to sell Inseparable starring Kevin Spacey
Dayyan Eng’s black comedy is about a brash American who befriends a Chinese neighbour.
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NewsScreen Australia engages YouTube's help to connect with audiences
Australians are encouraged to make short videos and share them online.