All articles by Sandy George – Page 20
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NewsGreen Lantern no longer shining on Sydney
Warner Bros has confirmed that it will not be filming Green Lantern in Sydney as originally planned, because of the increasing cost of locating footloose productions in Australia due to the rising Australian dollar.
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NewsAbout Elly, City Of Life And Death head nominations for APSAs
Iranian director Asghar Farhadi’s About Elly and Chinese filmmaker Lu Chuan’s City Of Life And Death scored the most nominations for the 2009 Asia Pacific Film Awards (APSAs), with four and three nods respectively.
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NewsHuang to head jury for Asia Pacific Screen Awards
Chinese filmmaker Huang Jianxin is to head the international jury that will decide who will be going home with Asia Pacific Screen Awards (APSAs) after the presentation on Australia’s Gold Coast on November 26.
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NewsBeresford’s Mao dances into the record books
Bruce Beresford’s Mao’s Last Dancer has grossed $2.93m (A$3.32m) in its first five days on release in Australia, making it the biggest local hit of 2009.
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Oz producers head to LA for pitching session
Screen Australia is taking a delegation of ten producers to Los Angeles in 10 days to tout films that might attract US investors and claim the 40% producer offset for Australian production.
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NewsAustralia selects Samson for foreign-language Oscar
Warwick Thornton’s Samson & Delilah is Australia’s official entry in the best foreign-language film category of the 82nd Academy Awards.
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NewsScreen Australia announces funding for 12 companies
Hopscotch Features and Jan Chapman’s Waking Dream Productions are among the 12 production companies that will receive a combined $7.8m (A$9m) under Screen Australia’s much touted Enterprise Program.
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Singapore-Oz financing facility launched to cashflow offset
Encouraging more co-production between Australia, China and Singapore is one of the underlying aims behind the launch of SAPO Media Finance, which will cashflow films using Australia’s 40% producer offset along with distribution guarantees and gap financing.
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NewsMelbourne fest announces support for two films
The Melbourne International Film Festival’s production fund has announced support for two projects – Michael Henry’s revenge-gone-wrong thriller Blame and Mark Hartley’s feature documentary Machete Maidens Unleashed.
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NewsOdin’s Eye sells Crush into North America
Australian sales agent Odin’s Eye has sold North American rights for Australian thriller Crush to Phase 4 (formerly Peace Arch Home Entertainment).
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NewsAdam Elliot wins best feature at Australian Directors Guild Awards
Film-maker Adam Elliot has won the Australian Directors Guild Award for best feature Mary And Max.
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NewsAustralian actor Ray Barrett dies aged 82
One of Australia’s best-known veteran actors, Ray Barrett, who most recently starred in Baz Luhrman’s Australia, died this morning as a result of a brain haemorrhage at the age of 82.
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NewsOz board to review rating of pot-smoking comedy
The filmmakers behind Australia’s first indigenous comedy, Stone Bros, which was classified MA15+ due to its depiction of drug use, have succeeded in persuading a government minister to order a review of the rating.
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NewsSamson And Delilah wins top AWGIE award
Samson And Delilah, written and directed by Warwick Thornton, won the major AWGIE (Australian Writers Guild) Award and the category for original features on Friday night (Aug 28) in Sydney.
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NewsFilm New Zealand takes on promotional role
New Zealand’s locations office, Film New Zealand (FNZ), is taking over the marketing and promotional activities that were previously delivered by Investment New Zealand, which is part of New Zealand Trade and Enterprise.
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NewsAustralia sees more action as producer offset kicks in
Two action films, the sci-fi disaster thriller Arctic Blast and 3D underwater drama Sanctum, are shooting in Australia, providing further evidence that the 40% producer offset for Australian films has begun to kick in.
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Oz jury sends movie pirate to jail for three months
An Australian man, Yong Hong Lin, has gone to jail for three months for music and movie piracy in what is a landmark case for Australia because it marks the first time that someone has been jailed for piracy as a result of a jury conviction.
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NewsBertuccelli, Gainsbourg plant The Tree in Queensland
French director Julie Bertuccelli has started filming her second feature, The Tree, in Queensland in Australia, with Charlotte Gainsbourg heading the cast.
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NewsWog Boy sequel set to start shooting in Melbourne
A sequel to highly successful Australian comedy The Wog Boy goes into production next week in Melbourne. It will be distributed by the Transmission/Paramount joint venture with Arclight Films handling international sales.
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NewsAustralia's Red Dog legend to hit the big screen
The true story of a dog that roamed Australia making friends is to be made into a film after securing funding from a group of Australian investors and regional film bodies.