All articles by Sandy George – Page 17
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NewsChristine Hakim to get FIAPF award at ASPAs
The prestigious annual award from the International Federation of Film Producers Associations is for outstanding achievement in film.
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New partnership to give US distribution finance for Australian films
Australia’s Media Funds Management (MFM) and US company OutSource Media Group (OMG) have formed a partnership to offer Australian and New Zealand films budgeted at A$15-50 million with distribution finance to support a studio style North American release.
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NewsTomorrow, Animal Kingdom dominate Australia's IF Awards
Tomorrow, When The War Began won best film at the annual IF (Inside Film) Awards in Sydney at the weekend [14], reversing the recent trend of tough low-budget films taking the top prize.
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NewsAustralia attracts more foreign shoots in 2010
Publication of annual production survey shows improvement in the number of foreign films shooting in Australia, although no US films have gone into production this year.
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NewsFirst four films chosen under New Zealand low-budget initiative
Guy Pigden, one-time employee of the UK’s Scala Productions, is one of four directors who will make the first ultra low-budget films under the New Zealand Film Commission’s (NZFC) “escalator” initiative.
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NewsEntertainment One picks up Summer Coda
The film is the latest Australian feature, following South Solitary, Animal Kingdom and Mad Basterds, to be acquired by the distribution company.
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NewsAnimal Kingdom leads nominations for AFI Awards
David Michod’s film has received a record 18 nominations for the Australian Film Institute Awards, including best film.
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NewsChinese blockbuster Aftershock leads Asia Pacific Screen Awards nominations
Aftershock from China, Honey from Turkey, Monga from Taiwan, and Paju and Poetry, both from Korea, have been nominated for best feature in the fourth-annual Asia Pacific Screen Awards (APSAs).
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NewsMelbourne festival backs five films including a Patrick remake
MIFF Premiere Fund backs five new projects.
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NewsMao's Last Dancer and Animal Kingdom lead pack for IF Awards
Mao’s Last Dancer, Tomorrow, When The War Began, Animal Kingdom and Beneath Hill 60 are competing for the title of best feature in the 2010 Inside Film (IF) Awards.
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New Zealand Film Commission backs new feature from Samoa
Writer/director Tauti Tusi Tamasese’s The Orator, billed as a story about a small man with a big heart who must find the strength to speak up for those that he loves, starts six weeks of principal photography on Oct 27.
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NewsAsian projects take the lead for Australia financing market
Two of the seven Australian projects chosen for the financing market held in mid-November during the annual conference of the Screen Producers Association of Australia are substantially or wholly set outside Australia.
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FeaturesStuart Beattie
Australian writer turned director Stuart Beattie talks about the challenges of directing his first feature, the teen action drama Tomorrow When The War Began.
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NewsMao's Last Dancer producer to take legal action against Australian distributors
On the eve of Samuel Goldwyn Films releasing Mao’s Last Dancer in the US, producer Jane Scott has said she is going to take legal action against the Australian distributors of the biggest local box office hit of 2009.
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Michelle Carey to head Melbourne's film festival
Michelle Carey, the new artistic director of the Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF), is an internal promotion rather than new blood.Carey began her relationship with MIFF as one of the organising team behind MIFF’s 37ºSouth Market in 2007 and has been senior programmer alongside former executive director Richard Moore for ...
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NewsRichard Sheffield's new distribution outfit Pinnacle picks up Snow Flower, Bang Bang Club
Veteran distributor Richard Sheffield was buying with a new hat on at Cannes but is only now willing to talk up Pinnacle Films, Australia’s newest name in distribution.
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NewsWillem Dafoe to star in Australian thriller The Hunter
The Hunter goes into production in October on the island state of Tasmania and will be the debut feature of director Daniel Nettheim.
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NewsAdaptations can outperform originals, Australian report finds
New research based on 10 years worth of Australian films shows that a typical adaptation has a good chance of outperforming a typical original in its home market.
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NewsCate Shortland's second film set up as Germany-Australia co-production
Cate Shortland’s Lore is backed by Screen Australia, along with new projects from Kieran Darcy-Smith and Fred Schepisi.