All articles by Sandy George – Page 2
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NewsAustralian exhibition body ICA appoints a distributor as new head
Brett Rosengarten is the former sales director of Roadshow FIlms.
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NewsAustralia raises location offset to 30% for international productions
Minimum local expenditure has risen to A20m for film; A1.5m per hour for TV.
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NewsSydney Film Festival unveils competition line-up for 70th edition
Several titles set to premiere at Cannes among the selection.
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NewsAustralia’s Q1 box office down 26% on 2019 but strong Easter weekend fuels optimism
’The Super Mario Bros. Movie’ on course to be biggest animated film in the territory.
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FeaturesDirectors including Jane Campion, Thomas Vinterberg and Luca Guadagnino discuss Berlin honoree Steven Spielberg’s legacy
Screen International asks 13 filmmakers about Spielberg’s influence on them as storytellers and his impact on global film culture.
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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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FeaturesFour Australian films to tempt festival directors in 2023
Sundance 2023 marks a strong start for Australian filmmakers.
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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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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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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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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.
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NewsAdelaide Film Festival winners donate prize money to Ukraine fighters
Talent from ‘The Hamlet Syndrome’ now fighting in conflict with Russia.
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NewsAdelaide Film Festival reveals competition titles for first annual edition
Indonesian thriller ‘Autobiography’ and Mexican documentary ‘Sanson And Me’ among line-up.
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FeaturesArenamedia: the Australian outfit heading to Toronto with a trio of titles
‘Blueback’ starring Mia Wasikowska among those set to screen at TIFF.
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NewsAviator romance ‘Little Bird’ among Screen Australia awardees
Parkland Pictures, Bankside Films and WME handle international sales on four awarded features.
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NewsGoran Stolevski’s ‘Of An Age’ wins lucrative CinefestOZ Film Prize
Richard Roxburgh named this year’s CinefestOZ Screen Legend.
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News‘Neptune Frost’, ‘Sweet As’ win new Melbourne film festival awards
Prizes handed out at 70th anniversary edition of the Australian festival.
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NewsTime travel comedy tops Melbourne film festival pitches
Upcoming feature will be pitched in the UK at the Production Finance Market.