If the industry is to continue to sustain or even expand upon current levels of production, Moneypenny CEO Jane Corden argues training will be key.
During the 35 years that I have worked in the Australian and international film and TV industry, I have never seen it as busy, and many predict this can continue for at least the next five years. To sustain this level of production long term, Australia needs to continue to live up to the great reputation it has internationally for talented, professional, resourceful cast and crew with a great work ethic.
In days gone by, when I could work and take business trips in Europe and the US, I was proud to repeatedly hear praise for our production, creative and technical crews. It is that reputation, along with our remarkable Covid track record, that is now bringing so much offshore production to Australia and Nz, on top of government incentives,...
During the 35 years that I have worked in the Australian and international film and TV industry, I have never seen it as busy, and many predict this can continue for at least the next five years. To sustain this level of production long term, Australia needs to continue to live up to the great reputation it has internationally for talented, professional, resourceful cast and crew with a great work ethic.
In days gone by, when I could work and take business trips in Europe and the US, I was proud to repeatedly hear praise for our production, creative and technical crews. It is that reputation, along with our remarkable Covid track record, that is now bringing so much offshore production to Australia and Nz, on top of government incentives,...
- 7/26/2021
- by Jane Corden
- IF.com.au
‘Rams.’
Samuel Goldwyn Films continues to show a greater appetite for Australian films than any other North American distributor, with Jeremy Sims’ Rams as the latest acquisition.
WestEnd Films negotiated the deal for the remake of the cult Icelandic pic Hrútar, which stars Sam Neill, Michael Caton, Miranda Richardson, Wayne Blair, Asher Keddie and newcomer Will McNeill.
Roadshow will launch the comedy-drama produced by Wbmc’s Janelle Landers and Aidan O’Bryan and scripted by Jules Duncan on more than 240 screens on October 29.
This year Goldwyn released Mirrah Foulkes’ Judy & Punch, Wayne Blair’s Top End Wedding, Paul Ireland’s Measure for Measure, John Sheedy’s H is for Happiness and Gregor Jordan’s Dirt Music, mostly on VOD.
Stephen Johnson’s High Ground will premiere next year after its Australian release via Madman Entertainment.
Landers tells If that two US distributors made bids for Rams and Goldwyn won out...
Samuel Goldwyn Films continues to show a greater appetite for Australian films than any other North American distributor, with Jeremy Sims’ Rams as the latest acquisition.
WestEnd Films negotiated the deal for the remake of the cult Icelandic pic Hrútar, which stars Sam Neill, Michael Caton, Miranda Richardson, Wayne Blair, Asher Keddie and newcomer Will McNeill.
Roadshow will launch the comedy-drama produced by Wbmc’s Janelle Landers and Aidan O’Bryan and scripted by Jules Duncan on more than 240 screens on October 29.
This year Goldwyn released Mirrah Foulkes’ Judy & Punch, Wayne Blair’s Top End Wedding, Paul Ireland’s Measure for Measure, John Sheedy’s H is for Happiness and Gregor Jordan’s Dirt Music, mostly on VOD.
Stephen Johnson’s High Ground will premiere next year after its Australian release via Madman Entertainment.
Landers tells If that two US distributors made bids for Rams and Goldwyn won out...
- 10/22/2020
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
In today’s Global Bulletin Vivendi’s 2020 finances are up 2.4%, the Young Artist Academy announces this year’s award recipients, All3Media picks up “A World of Calm,” West End Films sells “Rams” in key territories and Fremantle promotes Seb Shorr.
Finance
In a year marked by the coronavirus pandemic, Vivendi saw its consolidated revenues go up by 2.4% to €11.6 billion ($13.7 billion) during the first nine months of 2020, and up 1.3 % during the third quarter.
The group’s subscription-based activities, especially at Universal Music Group and to a lesser extent Canal Plus Group, have bolstered Vivendi’s revenues. Canal Plus Group’s revenues were up 6.6% for the first nine months of 2020 and up 7.3% for the third quarter of 2020. The company’s international activities grew a strong pace with revenues from international operations rising by 27.4%. The addition of 1.2 million subscribers around the world, and the integration of M7, a leading pay-tv company in Europe...
Finance
In a year marked by the coronavirus pandemic, Vivendi saw its consolidated revenues go up by 2.4% to €11.6 billion ($13.7 billion) during the first nine months of 2020, and up 1.3 % during the third quarter.
The group’s subscription-based activities, especially at Universal Music Group and to a lesser extent Canal Plus Group, have bolstered Vivendi’s revenues. Canal Plus Group’s revenues were up 6.6% for the first nine months of 2020 and up 7.3% for the third quarter of 2020. The company’s international activities grew a strong pace with revenues from international operations rising by 27.4%. The addition of 1.2 million subscribers around the world, and the integration of M7, a leading pay-tv company in Europe...
- 10/21/2020
- by Jamie Lang and Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Further deals include Germany, Italy, Russia, China.
UK-based WestEnd Films has sealed deals for multiple major territories on Rams, the English-language adaptation of the 2015 Icelandic feature.
Samuel Goldwyn Films has acquired the film for North America, with Signature Entertainment taking the rights for the UK.
Further deals are set for Germany and Italy (Koch Media), Russia and the Baltics (Paradise), Poland (Canal+), Middle East (Phoenicia Pictures), China (Jetsen Huashi Media), former Yugoslavia (McF Megacom Film) and airlines (Encore).
Village Roadshow will release the Australian film in Australia and New Zealand on October 29, as the first major domestic release since cinemas reopened following the pandemic.
UK-based WestEnd Films has sealed deals for multiple major territories on Rams, the English-language adaptation of the 2015 Icelandic feature.
Samuel Goldwyn Films has acquired the film for North America, with Signature Entertainment taking the rights for the UK.
Further deals are set for Germany and Italy (Koch Media), Russia and the Baltics (Paradise), Poland (Canal+), Middle East (Phoenicia Pictures), China (Jetsen Huashi Media), former Yugoslavia (McF Megacom Film) and airlines (Encore).
Village Roadshow will release the Australian film in Australia and New Zealand on October 29, as the first major domestic release since cinemas reopened following the pandemic.
- 10/21/2020
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
‘Rams.’
Opening on 250-plus screens on August 27, the day after its CinefestOZ premiere at Orana Cinemas in Busselton, Jeremy Sims’ Rams will be the first Australian wide release since cinemas re-opened.
Claire Gandy, Event Cinemas general manager, film and content, has seen the movie starring Michael Caton, Sam Neill and Miranda Richardson and is super confident of its commercial prospects.
“The audiences are going to be 100 per cent behind Rams and many of the other upcoming Australian films,” Gandy said in a webinar with Screen Producers Australia CEO Matt Deaner.
“We forget what it’s like to watch a great Australian film in cinema. There are some great scenes in Rams which on a big screen are going to look fantastic. I look forward to the celebration of Australian film, whenever that may start.”
Produced by Aidan O’Bryan and Janelle Landers, the Roadshow release, a remake of a cult Icelandic...
Opening on 250-plus screens on August 27, the day after its CinefestOZ premiere at Orana Cinemas in Busselton, Jeremy Sims’ Rams will be the first Australian wide release since cinemas re-opened.
Claire Gandy, Event Cinemas general manager, film and content, has seen the movie starring Michael Caton, Sam Neill and Miranda Richardson and is super confident of its commercial prospects.
“The audiences are going to be 100 per cent behind Rams and many of the other upcoming Australian films,” Gandy said in a webinar with Screen Producers Australia CEO Matt Deaner.
“We forget what it’s like to watch a great Australian film in cinema. There are some great scenes in Rams which on a big screen are going to look fantastic. I look forward to the celebration of Australian film, whenever that may start.”
Produced by Aidan O’Bryan and Janelle Landers, the Roadshow release, a remake of a cult Icelandic...
- 7/21/2020
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
Sam Neill and Michael Caton star.
Screen can exclusively reveal the first international trailer for Rams, Jeremy Sims’ English-language remake of Grímur Hákonarson’s 2015 Icelandic hit.
WestEnd Films is handling worldwide sales, and is screening the Australian film during next week’s Cannes online market, which runs from June 22-26.
Rams stars Sam Neill (Jurassic Park) and Michael Caton (The Animal) in the story of a decades-long feud between two sheep farming brothers which comes to a head when disaster strikes their flocks.
Miranda Richardson, Asher Keddie, and Hayley McElhinney are also in the cast. Jules Duncan adapted the script,...
Screen can exclusively reveal the first international trailer for Rams, Jeremy Sims’ English-language remake of Grímur Hákonarson’s 2015 Icelandic hit.
WestEnd Films is handling worldwide sales, and is screening the Australian film during next week’s Cannes online market, which runs from June 22-26.
Rams stars Sam Neill (Jurassic Park) and Michael Caton (The Animal) in the story of a decades-long feud between two sheep farming brothers which comes to a head when disaster strikes their flocks.
Miranda Richardson, Asher Keddie, and Hayley McElhinney are also in the cast. Jules Duncan adapted the script,...
- 6/19/2020
- by 1101321¦Ben Dalton¦26¦
- ScreenDaily
Screenwest CEO Willie Rowe.
Screenwest has announced 11 projects will share in $156,000 of script development funding via its latest Small Screen Scripted Development round.
The fund is aimed at getting scripted television or web projects ready for market, and is split into two stages – the first being concept development, followed by series development
Two projects – yet to be announced – that were previously funded through stage one will move through to stage two this round.
Screenwest head of screen investment and strategic projects Matthew Horrocks said: The popularity of this initiative is growing. The progression of two projects funded in the inaugural round to stage two demonstrates the opportunity provided to really ensure scripts can undergo a rigorous development process and ultimately deliver high‐quality screen projects ready for market.”
Screenwest CEO Willie Rowe said: “Now, more than ever it is important to ensure the Wa screen sector is developing stories from a unique Western Australian perspective.
Screenwest has announced 11 projects will share in $156,000 of script development funding via its latest Small Screen Scripted Development round.
The fund is aimed at getting scripted television or web projects ready for market, and is split into two stages – the first being concept development, followed by series development
Two projects – yet to be announced – that were previously funded through stage one will move through to stage two this round.
Screenwest head of screen investment and strategic projects Matthew Horrocks said: The popularity of this initiative is growing. The progression of two projects funded in the inaugural round to stage two demonstrates the opportunity provided to really ensure scripts can undergo a rigorous development process and ultimately deliver high‐quality screen projects ready for market.”
Screenwest CEO Willie Rowe said: “Now, more than ever it is important to ensure the Wa screen sector is developing stories from a unique Western Australian perspective.
- 5/11/2020
- by jkeast
- IF.com.au
Leon Ford in ‘The Letdown’ (Photo credit: Tony Mott).
Admirers of Leon Ford who enjoyed his work as Ruben in the ABC’s The Letdown and other shows should savour his performance in Jeremy Sims’ upcoming movie Rams because after that he will be off screen for a while.
The actor-writer moved to Los Angeles last year with his wife Alice Bell and their three young children as Alice serves as the writer/creator and co-showrunner on The Expatriates, a 10-part Amazon series produced by Nicole Kidman’s Blossom Films.
Based on Janice Y.K. Lee’s novel, the series centres on a group of close-knit American women and their lives as outsiders in Hong Kong and is yet to go into production.
“I would like to find a happy medium that a lot people have where they can go and back forth and do jobs,” he tells If during a family vacation in Australia.
Admirers of Leon Ford who enjoyed his work as Ruben in the ABC’s The Letdown and other shows should savour his performance in Jeremy Sims’ upcoming movie Rams because after that he will be off screen for a while.
The actor-writer moved to Los Angeles last year with his wife Alice Bell and their three young children as Alice serves as the writer/creator and co-showrunner on The Expatriates, a 10-part Amazon series produced by Nicole Kidman’s Blossom Films.
Based on Janice Y.K. Lee’s novel, the series centres on a group of close-knit American women and their lives as outsiders in Hong Kong and is yet to go into production.
“I would like to find a happy medium that a lot people have where they can go and back forth and do jobs,” he tells If during a family vacation in Australia.
- 8/8/2019
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
Nir Shelter and Jules Duncan.
Jules Duncan’s The Big Yarn and Nir Shelter’s Home won the Monte Miller Awards for the best unproduced scripts presented by the Australian Writers’ Guild in Melbourne on Tuesday night.
Duncan’s feature screenplay revolves around a small town journalist who, after surviving a bungled hit, teams up with a wannabe cop to find out which of the lame stories she’s been working on masks a broader conspiracy.
Home is a short film about a Palestinian who boards an Israeli bus, forcing an Israeli soldier to choose between risking the lives of the other passengers and a potentially innocent man.
Duncan wrote the action comedy as part of Screenwest’s Feature Navigator program; it also won the Bill Warnock Screenwriting award.
His first produced screenplay is Rams, an adaptation of writer-director Grímur Hákonarson’s Icelandic hit Hrútar. Now in post, Rams stars Miranda Richardson,...
Jules Duncan’s The Big Yarn and Nir Shelter’s Home won the Monte Miller Awards for the best unproduced scripts presented by the Australian Writers’ Guild in Melbourne on Tuesday night.
Duncan’s feature screenplay revolves around a small town journalist who, after surviving a bungled hit, teams up with a wannabe cop to find out which of the lame stories she’s been working on masks a broader conspiracy.
Home is a short film about a Palestinian who boards an Israeli bus, forcing an Israeli soldier to choose between risking the lives of the other passengers and a potentially innocent man.
Duncan wrote the action comedy as part of Screenwest’s Feature Navigator program; it also won the Bill Warnock Screenwriting award.
His first produced screenplay is Rams, an adaptation of writer-director Grímur Hákonarson’s Icelandic hit Hrútar. Now in post, Rams stars Miranda Richardson,...
- 2/26/2019
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
‘Miranda Richardson.’
Miranda Richardson is joining Sam Neill and Michael Caton in Jeremy Sims’ Rams, a re-imagining of Icelandic drama Hrútar, which is now shooting in Mt Barker in Wa’s Great Southern region.
The Oscar-nominated and BAFTA-winning (Damage) actress is playing Kat, an expat Brit who works as the veterinarian in a sheep farming town that is overcome by a rare ovine disease.
Neill and Caton star as estranged brothers who live on adjoining farms but haven’t spoken to each other for 40 years. The brothers are forced to find a way to work together to save their flock and their family’s legacy when their sheep and their small town are threatened.
Sims said: “I am thrilled that Ms Richardson is able to join us in telling our version of this beautiful saga about warring brothers. I’ve been a fan forever, from Queenie to Stronger, and fought...
Miranda Richardson is joining Sam Neill and Michael Caton in Jeremy Sims’ Rams, a re-imagining of Icelandic drama Hrútar, which is now shooting in Mt Barker in Wa’s Great Southern region.
The Oscar-nominated and BAFTA-winning (Damage) actress is playing Kat, an expat Brit who works as the veterinarian in a sheep farming town that is overcome by a rare ovine disease.
Neill and Caton star as estranged brothers who live on adjoining farms but haven’t spoken to each other for 40 years. The brothers are forced to find a way to work together to save their flock and their family’s legacy when their sheep and their small town are threatened.
Sims said: “I am thrilled that Ms Richardson is able to join us in telling our version of this beautiful saga about warring brothers. I’ve been a fan forever, from Queenie to Stronger, and fought...
- 11/27/2018
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
Miranda Richardson has signed on for the English-language remake of Un Certain Regard winner “Rams.” The British star of stage and screen joins a cast that includes Sam Neill and Michael Caton on the movie, which is currently shooting in western Australia.
Richardson plays Kat, the local veterinarian of a sheep-farming town hit by a rare disease affecting the flocks of estranged brothers Colin and Les, played by Neill and Caton, respectively. The outbreak forces them to work together to save their livelihoods and family legacy. Charlotte Boving played the original character that Richardson has taken on in the re-imagining of Grimur Hakonarson’s well-received picture.
Richardson has a lengthy list of film, TV and stage credits including “Blackadder,” “The Crying Game,” and “Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.” Jeremy Sims directs the adaptation of the Icelandic film and said he was thrilled to have Richardson on board.
“I’ve been a fan forever,...
Richardson plays Kat, the local veterinarian of a sheep-farming town hit by a rare disease affecting the flocks of estranged brothers Colin and Les, played by Neill and Caton, respectively. The outbreak forces them to work together to save their livelihoods and family legacy. Charlotte Boving played the original character that Richardson has taken on in the re-imagining of Grimur Hakonarson’s well-received picture.
Richardson has a lengthy list of film, TV and stage credits including “Blackadder,” “The Crying Game,” and “Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.” Jeremy Sims directs the adaptation of the Icelandic film and said he was thrilled to have Richardson on board.
“I’ve been a fan forever,...
- 11/27/2018
- by Stewart Clarke
- Variety Film + TV
Sam Neill (“Hunt for the Wilderpeople”) and Michael Caton (“The Animal”) can be seen in-character in the eagerly-anticipated “Rams” in these exclusive first-look images from the shoot. The pair play sheep farmers and estranged brothers Colin (Neill) and Les (Caton).
They are a chalk and cheese pair – Colin is studious and introverted, while Les is hot-headed and crude. But they must reunite after a 40-year silence to save their flocks after the authorities order the slaughter of their sheep when a ram is found to be carrying a rare disease.
The film is a reimagining of Grimur Hakonarson’s earlier picture, which was set in Iceland and won the Un Certain Regard section at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival. The English-language version is being filmed in Western Australia’s Great Southern region.
“Rams” was adapted by screenwriter Jules Duncan and is being produced by Janelle Landers and Aidan O’Bryan from Australia-based Wbmc.
They are a chalk and cheese pair – Colin is studious and introverted, while Les is hot-headed and crude. But they must reunite after a 40-year silence to save their flocks after the authorities order the slaughter of their sheep when a ram is found to be carrying a rare disease.
The film is a reimagining of Grimur Hakonarson’s earlier picture, which was set in Iceland and won the Un Certain Regard section at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival. The English-language version is being filmed in Western Australia’s Great Southern region.
“Rams” was adapted by screenwriter Jules Duncan and is being produced by Janelle Landers and Aidan O’Bryan from Australia-based Wbmc.
- 11/2/2018
- by Stewart Clarke
- Variety Film + TV
Barbara Stephen.
Flying Bark managing director Barbara Stephen is the new vice president of the Screen Producers Australia Council, succeeding Tania Chambers who remains on as a councillor.
Fremantle’s head business and legal affairs Amy Noble also joins the council as a new member, while Janelle Landers, president Wbmc has departed.
Spa held its annual general meeting yesterday in Sydney.
“We’re pleased to announce the newly elected councillors who represent a significant cross section of the production industry in Australia across a wide range of genres, geographical areas and businesses structures,” said Spa CEO Matthew Deaner.
“Our councillors are well recognised through the breadth and depth of their experience, achievements and contributions. I particularly recognise and pay tribute to all our office bearers past and present and our over 500 members who ensure our organisation is successful and our industry co-ordinates its industrial and government policy work for maximum impact.
Flying Bark managing director Barbara Stephen is the new vice president of the Screen Producers Australia Council, succeeding Tania Chambers who remains on as a councillor.
Fremantle’s head business and legal affairs Amy Noble also joins the council as a new member, while Janelle Landers, president Wbmc has departed.
Spa held its annual general meeting yesterday in Sydney.
“We’re pleased to announce the newly elected councillors who represent a significant cross section of the production industry in Australia across a wide range of genres, geographical areas and businesses structures,” said Spa CEO Matthew Deaner.
“Our councillors are well recognised through the breadth and depth of their experience, achievements and contributions. I particularly recognise and pay tribute to all our office bearers past and present and our over 500 members who ensure our organisation is successful and our industry co-ordinates its industrial and government policy work for maximum impact.
- 10/31/2018
- by jkeast
- IF.com.au
Jeremy Sims (L) with Sam Neill on the set of ‘Rams’ (Photo credit: Merlyn Moon).
Jeremy Sims was promoting his drama Last Cab to Darwin on the international film festival circuit in 2015 when he noticed Icelandic film Hrútar featured in nearly every program.
His curiosity piqued, he watched writer-director Grímur Hákonarson’s film – the tale of two warring brothers, both sheep farmers – at the Busan festival in Korea, and was hugely impressed. The same year it won best film at Un Certain Regard in Cannes.
So it was a fortuitous coincidence when one of the producers, Wbmc’s Aidan O’Bryan rang his agent earlier this year to ask if he would direct a re-imagining of the film entitled Rams after acquiring the adaptation rights.
Sims loved the screenplay by Western Australian-born writer Jules Duncan, which is a complete reinterpretation of the original, and readily accepted the offer. Produced by O’Bryan and Janelle Landers,...
Jeremy Sims was promoting his drama Last Cab to Darwin on the international film festival circuit in 2015 when he noticed Icelandic film Hrútar featured in nearly every program.
His curiosity piqued, he watched writer-director Grímur Hákonarson’s film – the tale of two warring brothers, both sheep farmers – at the Busan festival in Korea, and was hugely impressed. The same year it won best film at Un Certain Regard in Cannes.
So it was a fortuitous coincidence when one of the producers, Wbmc’s Aidan O’Bryan rang his agent earlier this year to ask if he would direct a re-imagining of the film entitled Rams after acquiring the adaptation rights.
Sims loved the screenplay by Western Australian-born writer Jules Duncan, which is a complete reinterpretation of the original, and readily accepted the offer. Produced by O’Bryan and Janelle Landers,...
- 10/22/2018
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
Michael Caton and Sam Neill (Photo: Merlyn Moon).
Production is underway in Western Australia on Wbmc’s Rams, directed by Jeremy Sims – an adaptation of Icelandic film Hrútar.
Leading the cast are Sam Neill and Michael Caton, who play two estranged brothers who live on adjourning sheep farms yet haven’t spoken in 40 years. When a rare disease threatens their flock, they have to work together to save their flock, their small town and their family’s legacy.
Also set to star are Wayne Blair, Leon Ford, Travis McMahon, Asher Keddie, Hayley McElhinney, Kipan Rothbury and newcomers Asher Yasbincek and Will McNeill.
Hrútar, from writer-director Grímur Hákonarson, won the Un Certain Regard Award at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival. However Rams – adapted by Wa screenwriter Jules Duncan – is promised to be “far from a ‘remake’” and a fresh interpretation of the film from an Australian perspective. It is shooting in Wa...
Production is underway in Western Australia on Wbmc’s Rams, directed by Jeremy Sims – an adaptation of Icelandic film Hrútar.
Leading the cast are Sam Neill and Michael Caton, who play two estranged brothers who live on adjourning sheep farms yet haven’t spoken in 40 years. When a rare disease threatens their flock, they have to work together to save their flock, their small town and their family’s legacy.
Also set to star are Wayne Blair, Leon Ford, Travis McMahon, Asher Keddie, Hayley McElhinney, Kipan Rothbury and newcomers Asher Yasbincek and Will McNeill.
Hrútar, from writer-director Grímur Hákonarson, won the Un Certain Regard Award at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival. However Rams – adapted by Wa screenwriter Jules Duncan – is promised to be “far from a ‘remake’” and a fresh interpretation of the film from an Australian perspective. It is shooting in Wa...
- 10/2/2018
- by jkeast
- IF.com.au
Sam Neill and Michael Caton will play estranged brothers and farmers forced to work together after a crisis hits their farms in comedy drama “Rams.” The project is an English-language adaptation of the Icelandic movie of the same name that won best film in Un Certain Regard at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival. Jeremy Sims will helm the picture, reuniting him with Caton (“The Castle”) after the pair worked together on “Last Cab to Darwin.”
The original picture was written and directed by Grimur Hakonarson. It was set and filmed in his native Iceland. Production started Monday on the Australia-set version, which is shooting in Western Australia’s Great Southern region. Sims said he is “excited to have the chance to take this elegant and powerful tale and set it in the place that I spent my summers growing up.”
The film follows two brothers on adjoining sheep farms, played by Neill (“Jurassic Park”) and Caton.
The original picture was written and directed by Grimur Hakonarson. It was set and filmed in his native Iceland. Production started Monday on the Australia-set version, which is shooting in Western Australia’s Great Southern region. Sims said he is “excited to have the chance to take this elegant and powerful tale and set it in the place that I spent my summers growing up.”
The film follows two brothers on adjoining sheep farms, played by Neill (“Jurassic Park”) and Caton.
- 10/1/2018
- by Stewart Clarke
- Variety Film + TV
Stranger Than Fiction Films' 'Mountain'.
This year.s round of Screen Australia.s Enterprise funding program, designed to local allow companies to explore innovative new business models and cultivate the careers of emerging talent, will offer six companies and five individuals a share in $2.5 million.
Among successful industry proposals is a screenwriting development program from the Awg, Madman.s documentary VOD platform Docplay and giant cinema projects from Jennifer Peedom and Jo-anne McGowan.s Stranger Than Fiction Films.
Emerging talent will also receive placements with likes of Vicki Madden (The Kettering Incident) and Angie Fielder (Lion) through the People strand of the fudning.
.I would like to offer my congratulations to those who were successful, in an extremely competitive round of Enterprise funding, for presenting us with such distinctive and compelling business ideas,. said head of business and audience Richard Harris. .
The round marks the last of Enterprise.s intended three year cycle.
This year.s round of Screen Australia.s Enterprise funding program, designed to local allow companies to explore innovative new business models and cultivate the careers of emerging talent, will offer six companies and five individuals a share in $2.5 million.
Among successful industry proposals is a screenwriting development program from the Awg, Madman.s documentary VOD platform Docplay and giant cinema projects from Jennifer Peedom and Jo-anne McGowan.s Stranger Than Fiction Films.
Emerging talent will also receive placements with likes of Vicki Madden (The Kettering Incident) and Angie Fielder (Lion) through the People strand of the fudning.
.I would like to offer my congratulations to those who were successful, in an extremely competitive round of Enterprise funding, for presenting us with such distinctive and compelling business ideas,. said head of business and audience Richard Harris. .
The round marks the last of Enterprise.s intended three year cycle.
- 11/29/2016
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
Stranger Than Fiction Films' 'Mountain'.
This year.s round of Screen Australia.s Enterprise funding program, designed to local allow companies to explore innovative new business models and cultivate the careers of emerging talent, will offer six companies and five individuals a share in $2.5 million.
Among successful industry proposals is a screenwriting development program from the Awg, Madman.s documentary VOD platform Docplay and giant cinema projects from Jennifer Peedom and Jo-anne McGowan.s Stranger Than Fiction Films.
Emerging talent will also receive placements with likes of Vicki Madden (The Kettering Incident) and Angie Fielder (Lion) through the People strand of the fudning.
.I would like to offer my congratulations to those who were successful, in an extremely competitive round of Enterprise funding, for presenting us with such distinctive and compelling business ideas,. said head of business and audience Richard Harris. .
The round marks the last of Enterprise.s intended three year cycle.
This year.s round of Screen Australia.s Enterprise funding program, designed to local allow companies to explore innovative new business models and cultivate the careers of emerging talent, will offer six companies and five individuals a share in $2.5 million.
Among successful industry proposals is a screenwriting development program from the Awg, Madman.s documentary VOD platform Docplay and giant cinema projects from Jennifer Peedom and Jo-anne McGowan.s Stranger Than Fiction Films.
Emerging talent will also receive placements with likes of Vicki Madden (The Kettering Incident) and Angie Fielder (Lion) through the People strand of the fudning.
.I would like to offer my congratulations to those who were successful, in an extremely competitive round of Enterprise funding, for presenting us with such distinctive and compelling business ideas,. said head of business and audience Richard Harris. .
The round marks the last of Enterprise.s intended three year cycle.
- 11/29/2016
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
Matthew Deaner in conversation with Dana Brunetti at the 2015 Screen Forever Conference.
The Screen Producers Australia Council for 2016-17 has been unveiled.
.The Councillors are well recognized within the industry through the breadth and depth of their achievements and contribution to the industry,. said Screen Producers Australia CEO Matthew Deaner..
.I would like to thank the outgoing Council, with particular acknowledgement to Chris Oliver-Taylor who served as President and Ben Grant who was Vice President, and I look forward to working with Michael Tear and Tania Chambers in their newly elected roles as President and Vice-President respectively."
Tear, the CEO of WildBear Entertainment, said: .I am delighted to be elected President of Screen Producers Australia and am thrilled at the opportunity to work closely with Matt and his team. In an ever evolving production environment, the role of Screen Producers Australia is crucial and it is a great privilege to...
The Screen Producers Australia Council for 2016-17 has been unveiled.
.The Councillors are well recognized within the industry through the breadth and depth of their achievements and contribution to the industry,. said Screen Producers Australia CEO Matthew Deaner..
.I would like to thank the outgoing Council, with particular acknowledgement to Chris Oliver-Taylor who served as President and Ben Grant who was Vice President, and I look forward to working with Michael Tear and Tania Chambers in their newly elected roles as President and Vice-President respectively."
Tear, the CEO of WildBear Entertainment, said: .I am delighted to be elected President of Screen Producers Australia and am thrilled at the opportunity to work closely with Matt and his team. In an ever evolving production environment, the role of Screen Producers Australia is crucial and it is a great privilege to...
- 11/2/2016
- by Harry Windsor
- IF.com.au
Filming has started in Western Australia on the new Ben C. Lucas science fiction thriller, Other Life,.
The film, starring Jessica De Gouw, Thomas Cocquerel, and Tj Power, will be shot of five weeks, with Entertainment One taking care of the release in Australia and New Zealand.
This is the second feature for Lucas, whose debut, Wasted on the Young, was acquired by Paramount in Australia and nominated for an Aacta Award after a successful festival circuit including Sydney Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival, Pusan International Film Festival, South By Southwest Film Festival, and Torino Film Festival.
Otherlife will be produced by Jamie Hilton, Michael Pontin, Janelle Landers, Aidan O.Bryan, Marco Mehlitz,Tommaso Fiacchino, and Bo Hyde. Executive producers include Phil Hunt, Compton Ross, Kendal Morgan Rhodes,Josh Pomeranz, Viv Scanu, and Stephen Boyle.
OtherLife is based on the popular novel, Solitaire, by Kelley Eskridge. The screenplay has...
The film, starring Jessica De Gouw, Thomas Cocquerel, and Tj Power, will be shot of five weeks, with Entertainment One taking care of the release in Australia and New Zealand.
This is the second feature for Lucas, whose debut, Wasted on the Young, was acquired by Paramount in Australia and nominated for an Aacta Award after a successful festival circuit including Sydney Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival, Pusan International Film Festival, South By Southwest Film Festival, and Torino Film Festival.
Otherlife will be produced by Jamie Hilton, Michael Pontin, Janelle Landers, Aidan O.Bryan, Marco Mehlitz,Tommaso Fiacchino, and Bo Hyde. Executive producers include Phil Hunt, Compton Ross, Kendal Morgan Rhodes,Josh Pomeranz, Viv Scanu, and Stephen Boyle.
OtherLife is based on the popular novel, Solitaire, by Kelley Eskridge. The screenplay has...
- 8/23/2015
- by Brian Karlovsky
- IF.com.au
A high concept science fiction feature OtherLife will be made in in Western Australia, starting production in June. The project will be directed by expat Western Australian filmmaker Ben C. Lucas (Wasted on the Young) and produced by Jamie Hilton of See Pictures (The Little Death, The Waiting City) and Aidan O’Bryan and Janelle Landers from Western Australian based production company Wbmc (Son of a Gun, Wasted on the Young), alongside international producers Cherry Road Films. It is the third film confirmed to be shot in Western Australia with ScreenWest support this year (the others being Jasper Jones and Blue Dog), and Culture and the Arts Minister John Day has also confirmed a further three feature films are in the final stages of financing. ““This is positive news for the Western Australian screen industry,” he said in a statement issued to the media. “Western Australia is being recognised as...
- 5/4/2015
- by Emily Blatchford
- IF.com.au
Writer-director Julius Avery's debut feature Son of a Gun will have its international premiere in official competition at the BFI London Film Festival next month.
The heist thriller stars Ewan McGregor, rising star Brenton Thwaites (The Giver, Maleficent), Alicia Vikander, Matt Nable, Damon Herriman, Tom Budge, Nash Edgerton and Jacek Koman.
Timothy White at Southern Light Films produced the movie with co-producer Janelle Landers, backed by Screen Australia.
..It is such a proud and exciting moment for everyone involved in Son of a Gun to be in official competition at a festival as historic and respected as the BFI London Film Festival,. Avery said.
Thwaites plays 19-year-old Jr, who is drawn into the lawless world of a notorious criminal. Serving six months for a minor offence,. he quickly learns the harsh realities of prison life. After a chance encounter, he finds himself under the watchful eye of Brendan Lynch...
The heist thriller stars Ewan McGregor, rising star Brenton Thwaites (The Giver, Maleficent), Alicia Vikander, Matt Nable, Damon Herriman, Tom Budge, Nash Edgerton and Jacek Koman.
Timothy White at Southern Light Films produced the movie with co-producer Janelle Landers, backed by Screen Australia.
..It is such a proud and exciting moment for everyone involved in Son of a Gun to be in official competition at a festival as historic and respected as the BFI London Film Festival,. Avery said.
Thwaites plays 19-year-old Jr, who is drawn into the lawless world of a notorious criminal. Serving six months for a minor offence,. he quickly learns the harsh realities of prison life. After a chance encounter, he finds himself under the watchful eye of Brendan Lynch...
- 9/3/2014
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
A scene from winning film Paper Planes..
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Robert Connolly.s family feature Paper Planes has taken out Australia.s richest film prize of $100,000 at the seventh annual CinéfestOZ Film Festival on Saturday night..
Paper Planes follows 11-year old Dylan (Ed Oxenbould) whose life changes after winning a place in the regional paper planes competition in Sydney. This achievement takes him far from his country home and depressed father (Sam Worthington), all the way to the World Paper Plane Championships in Japan.
The film beat out five other contenders; Matt Saville.s Felony, Stephen Lance.s My Mistress, Julius Avery.s Son of a Gun, John V Soto.s The Reckoning and Russell Vines. documentary The Waler . Australia.s Great War Horse. (All finalist synopses listed below).
.I.m so, so happy,. Connolly said of his win. .I.m really excited because we are planning for a Christmas/January release and...
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Robert Connolly.s family feature Paper Planes has taken out Australia.s richest film prize of $100,000 at the seventh annual CinéfestOZ Film Festival on Saturday night..
Paper Planes follows 11-year old Dylan (Ed Oxenbould) whose life changes after winning a place in the regional paper planes competition in Sydney. This achievement takes him far from his country home and depressed father (Sam Worthington), all the way to the World Paper Plane Championships in Japan.
The film beat out five other contenders; Matt Saville.s Felony, Stephen Lance.s My Mistress, Julius Avery.s Son of a Gun, John V Soto.s The Reckoning and Russell Vines. documentary The Waler . Australia.s Great War Horse. (All finalist synopses listed below).
.I.m so, so happy,. Connolly said of his win. .I.m really excited because we are planning for a Christmas/January release and...
- 8/23/2014
- by Emily Blatchford
- IF.com.au
Writer/director Julius Avery.s debut feature Son of a Gun will be released in nearly every major territory worldwide.
Altitude Film Sales has clinched deals in in Europe, Asia and Latin America. In Cannes UTA Independent Film Group sold Us rights to A24 and Canadian rights to Mongrel Media.
EOne will launch the heist thriller starring Ewan McGregor, Brenton Thwaites and Alicia Vikander on October 16. Thwaites plays a young crim who is locked up for a minor crime. In jail he comes under the watchful eye of Australia.s most notorious criminal (McGregor), who wants to use the kid to engineer his escape. Among the latest deals are Benelux (Dutch Filmworks), France (TF1), Spain ( Flins & Piniculas), Hungary (Prorom), Cis (All Media), Poland (Kino Swiat), Scandinavia (Svensk), Japan (Kadokawa), South Korea (Korea Screen) and Thailand (Mono Group).
California Filmes took South and Central America. Earlier this year Ascot Elite bought...
Altitude Film Sales has clinched deals in in Europe, Asia and Latin America. In Cannes UTA Independent Film Group sold Us rights to A24 and Canadian rights to Mongrel Media.
EOne will launch the heist thriller starring Ewan McGregor, Brenton Thwaites and Alicia Vikander on October 16. Thwaites plays a young crim who is locked up for a minor crime. In jail he comes under the watchful eye of Australia.s most notorious criminal (McGregor), who wants to use the kid to engineer his escape. Among the latest deals are Benelux (Dutch Filmworks), France (TF1), Spain ( Flins & Piniculas), Hungary (Prorom), Cis (All Media), Poland (Kino Swiat), Scandinavia (Svensk), Japan (Kadokawa), South Korea (Korea Screen) and Thailand (Mono Group).
California Filmes took South and Central America. Earlier this year Ascot Elite bought...
- 7/22/2014
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Matt Saville.s Felony, Julius Avery.s Son of a Gun, Robert Connolly.s Paper Planes and John V. Soto.s The Reckoning are among the six finalists for CinéfestOZ.s inaugural $100,000 film prize, Australia.s richest.
The other two are Stephen Lance.s My Mistress and a potential wildcard, The Waler: Australia.s Great War Horse, Russell Vines. ScreenWest-funded documentary on the 135,000-plus horses sent from Australia to the Middle East in WW1.
There were more than 20 submissions for the prize, which is voted on by a jury of five headed by director Bruce Beresford and will be announced on August 23.
The Waler: Australia.s Great War Horse will have its world premiere at CinéfestOZ while Son of a Gun and The Reckoning will have their Australian premieres. Felony, My Mistress and Paper Planes are premiering at the Melbourne International Film Festival.
.When we introduced this prize we anticipated...
The other two are Stephen Lance.s My Mistress and a potential wildcard, The Waler: Australia.s Great War Horse, Russell Vines. ScreenWest-funded documentary on the 135,000-plus horses sent from Australia to the Middle East in WW1.
There were more than 20 submissions for the prize, which is voted on by a jury of five headed by director Bruce Beresford and will be announced on August 23.
The Waler: Australia.s Great War Horse will have its world premiere at CinéfestOZ while Son of a Gun and The Reckoning will have their Australian premieres. Felony, My Mistress and Paper Planes are premiering at the Melbourne International Film Festival.
.When we introduced this prize we anticipated...
- 7/13/2014
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Multi-platform projects from Ludo Studio and Hoodlum were among nine to receive funding from Screen Australia this week.
Fresh from winning a Digital Emmy® for #7 Days Later, Ludo Studio is producing Doodles, an animated comedy series which takes drawings sourced via social media and turns them into micro-movies with a touch of insanity. Daley Pearson is the director and the producers are Nick Boshier and Charlie Aspinwall. Another digital Emmy winner, Hoodlum (Secrets & Lies, The Stranger Calls) is collaborating with filmmakers Michael Cox and Paul Mayze on Illusion Five Sweeper Squad, a sci-fi comedy series about a dysfunctional team of cleaners tasked with mopping up after the super heroes.
Multiplattform comedy series Four Quarters tells the fictional story of a group of footy fans during the current, real-time Afl season, produced by Wbmc.s Aidan O.Bryan and Janelle Landers.
Katering is a parody of popular cooking shows written and...
Fresh from winning a Digital Emmy® for #7 Days Later, Ludo Studio is producing Doodles, an animated comedy series which takes drawings sourced via social media and turns them into micro-movies with a touch of insanity. Daley Pearson is the director and the producers are Nick Boshier and Charlie Aspinwall. Another digital Emmy winner, Hoodlum (Secrets & Lies, The Stranger Calls) is collaborating with filmmakers Michael Cox and Paul Mayze on Illusion Five Sweeper Squad, a sci-fi comedy series about a dysfunctional team of cleaners tasked with mopping up after the super heroes.
Multiplattform comedy series Four Quarters tells the fictional story of a group of footy fans during the current, real-time Afl season, produced by Wbmc.s Aidan O.Bryan and Janelle Landers.
Katering is a parody of popular cooking shows written and...
- 5/29/2014
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Two music-themed films and a love story from The Rocket director Kim Mordaunt are among the 15 features to secure new development money from Screen Australia.
The Musician, produced by Brian Rosen and Su Armstrong, is about how Richard Goldner, a violinist who arrived in Australia from Vienna as a refugee, set up Musica Viva, one of the largest presenters of chamber music in the world.
Clara, which is being developed by producer Sue Maslin and writer/director Jocelyn Moorhouse, tells of the deep bonds between Clara Schumann, one of the foremost classical pianists of the Romantic era, her husband, the composer Richard Schumann, and their protégé Johannes Brahams – and that included a love triangle.
“Jocelyn has wanted to tell this story for years,” Maslin told ScreenDaily, adding that the film is set in Austria and Germany.
“It is a very international film, with great music and a story that’s little known.”
Maslin and Moorhouse...
The Musician, produced by Brian Rosen and Su Armstrong, is about how Richard Goldner, a violinist who arrived in Australia from Vienna as a refugee, set up Musica Viva, one of the largest presenters of chamber music in the world.
Clara, which is being developed by producer Sue Maslin and writer/director Jocelyn Moorhouse, tells of the deep bonds between Clara Schumann, one of the foremost classical pianists of the Romantic era, her husband, the composer Richard Schumann, and their protégé Johannes Brahams – and that included a love triangle.
“Jocelyn has wanted to tell this story for years,” Maslin told ScreenDaily, adding that the film is set in Austria and Germany.
“It is a very international film, with great music and a story that’s little known.”
Maslin and Moorhouse...
- 12/12/2013
- by Sandy.George@me.com (Sandy George)
- ScreenDaily
Crime-thriller Son of a Gun, starring Ewan McGregor,.begins production in Perth this week, according to ScreenWest.
It marks the debut feature film of award-winning short filmmaker Julius Avery and tells the story of a young man's apprenticeship to public enemy number one.
Last week, McGregor posted photos of himself on.Instagram, apparently in character, complete with heavy beard, long hair.and tattoos..He is also giving the occassional update via his Twitter account.
As well as McGregor, the film stars Brenton Thwaites, Alicia Vikander, Jacek Koman, Alicia Vikander, Jacek Koman, and Tom Budge.
Son of a Gun received funding support from ScreenWest, Screen Australia and Screen Nsw. It is being produced by Timothy White, co-produced by Janelle Landers, and executive produced by Aaron L Gilbert, John Collee, Aidan O'Bryan, Michael Spiccia and Bryce Menzies.
Telstra and Event Cinemas are running a Facebook competition which will reward the winner with...
It marks the debut feature film of award-winning short filmmaker Julius Avery and tells the story of a young man's apprenticeship to public enemy number one.
Last week, McGregor posted photos of himself on.Instagram, apparently in character, complete with heavy beard, long hair.and tattoos..He is also giving the occassional update via his Twitter account.
As well as McGregor, the film stars Brenton Thwaites, Alicia Vikander, Jacek Koman, Alicia Vikander, Jacek Koman, and Tom Budge.
Son of a Gun received funding support from ScreenWest, Screen Australia and Screen Nsw. It is being produced by Timothy White, co-produced by Janelle Landers, and executive produced by Aaron L Gilbert, John Collee, Aidan O'Bryan, Michael Spiccia and Bryce Menzies.
Telstra and Event Cinemas are running a Facebook competition which will reward the winner with...
- 2/26/2013
- by Brendan Swift
- IF.com.au
Screen Australia says it has not mismanaged its finances by spending its annual production funding in just six months - a state of affairs which it says reflects the strength of the local film industry.
The government screen agency revealed in mid-December 2012 that it had spent its entire annual $42 million drama production allocation due to the unprecedented number of quality feature film and television projects seeking support. The shock announcement was reminiscent of the agency's abrupt decision to cut its investment cap in 2009 while several films were mid-financed. That decision.threw several major Australian productions into dissaray including The Tree and the biggest box office hit of.2010, Tomorrow When the War Began (Omnilab Media had to increase its investment at the last minute to ensure production).
Overspending on such a scale has never occurred before, even going back to the era of Screen Australia.s predecessor funding arm, the Film Finance Corporation.
The government screen agency revealed in mid-December 2012 that it had spent its entire annual $42 million drama production allocation due to the unprecedented number of quality feature film and television projects seeking support. The shock announcement was reminiscent of the agency's abrupt decision to cut its investment cap in 2009 while several films were mid-financed. That decision.threw several major Australian productions into dissaray including The Tree and the biggest box office hit of.2010, Tomorrow When the War Began (Omnilab Media had to increase its investment at the last minute to ensure production).
Overspending on such a scale has never occurred before, even going back to the era of Screen Australia.s predecessor funding arm, the Film Finance Corporation.
- 2/6/2013
- by Brendan Swift
- IF.com.au
Julius Avery’s Son of a Gun begins shooting late February
Principal photography will begin late February on Australian film-maker Julius Avery’s debut feature film Son of a Gun, starring Ewan McGregor.
The shoot will take place in Perth, Kalgoorlie and Melbourne.
Joining McGregor is Australian actor Brenton Thwaites, who recently finished production on Disney’s Maleficent alongside Angelina Jolie. Thwaites will play the protege to McGregor’s master criminal.
Swedish actress Alicia Vikander has been cast in the role of Tasha. Vikander was recently seen in Joe Wright’s Anna Karenina.
Australian actor Jacek Koman, previously in Romulus My Father, will play crime boss Sam.
Avery said of the cast: “Combining the exceptional calibre of Australian actors with award winning international talent is going to be a privilege.”
Avery wrote the script with script editor John Collee. Timothy White, producer of Two Hands is producing through Southern Light...
Principal photography will begin late February on Australian film-maker Julius Avery’s debut feature film Son of a Gun, starring Ewan McGregor.
The shoot will take place in Perth, Kalgoorlie and Melbourne.
Joining McGregor is Australian actor Brenton Thwaites, who recently finished production on Disney’s Maleficent alongside Angelina Jolie. Thwaites will play the protege to McGregor’s master criminal.
Swedish actress Alicia Vikander has been cast in the role of Tasha. Vikander was recently seen in Joe Wright’s Anna Karenina.
Australian actor Jacek Koman, previously in Romulus My Father, will play crime boss Sam.
Avery said of the cast: “Combining the exceptional calibre of Australian actors with award winning international talent is going to be a privilege.”
Avery wrote the script with script editor John Collee. Timothy White, producer of Two Hands is producing through Southern Light...
- 2/6/2013
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
Ben C. Lucas’ teenage thriller Wasted on the Young, which is set to screen this week at the Pusan International Film Festival in Korea, will be released in Australia on March 3, 2011.
An official Facebook page for the film has been launched by Paramount Pictures.
Wasted on the Young was produced by Janelle Landers and Aidan O’Bryan, and tells the story of a violent incident at a high school party and its effects on a group of friends – particularly two step-brothers.
It was funded by ScreenWest and Screen Australia. After its Sydney Film Festival and Toronto premieres, it has been acquired by Indomina Releasing and Momentum Pictures for a Us/UK release respectively.
An official Facebook page for the film has been launched by Paramount Pictures.
Wasted on the Young was produced by Janelle Landers and Aidan O’Bryan, and tells the story of a violent incident at a high school party and its effects on a group of friends – particularly two step-brothers.
It was funded by ScreenWest and Screen Australia. After its Sydney Film Festival and Toronto premieres, it has been acquired by Indomina Releasing and Momentum Pictures for a Us/UK release respectively.
- 10/10/2010
- by Miguel Gonzalez
- Encore Magazine
A total of six Australian feature films and one short will be heading to the 15th Pusan International Film Festival, which will be held from October 7 to 15.
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World Cinema
Dreamland
Production Company: Bunya Productions
Producer: David Jowsey
Director/Writer: Ivan Sen
Sales: Bunya Productions
Australian Distributor: PackScreen in association with Bunya Productions
Cast: Daniel Roberts, Tasma Walton
Synopsis: Dan Freeman, an obsessive UFO hunter, roams the Nevada desert around the border of Area 51 searching the skies for contact. But alone in the desert he awakens to a bigger mystery.
Oranges and Sunshine
Production Companies: See-Saw Films & Sixteen Films
Producers: Emile Sherman, Camilla Bray, Iain Canning
Director: Jim Loach
Writer: Rona Munro
Sales: Icon Entertainment
Australian Distributor: Icon Film Distribution
Cast: Emily Watson, David Wenham, Hugo Weaving
Synopsis: The story of Margaret Humphreys, a social worker who uncovered one of the most significant social scandals in recent times: the organised deportation of children from the UK.
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World Cinema
Dreamland
Production Company: Bunya Productions
Producer: David Jowsey
Director/Writer: Ivan Sen
Sales: Bunya Productions
Australian Distributor: PackScreen in association with Bunya Productions
Cast: Daniel Roberts, Tasma Walton
Synopsis: Dan Freeman, an obsessive UFO hunter, roams the Nevada desert around the border of Area 51 searching the skies for contact. But alone in the desert he awakens to a bigger mystery.
Oranges and Sunshine
Production Companies: See-Saw Films & Sixteen Films
Producers: Emile Sherman, Camilla Bray, Iain Canning
Director: Jim Loach
Writer: Rona Munro
Sales: Icon Entertainment
Australian Distributor: Icon Film Distribution
Cast: Emily Watson, David Wenham, Hugo Weaving
Synopsis: The story of Margaret Humphreys, a social worker who uncovered one of the most significant social scandals in recent times: the organised deportation of children from the UK.
- 9/15/2010
- by anhkhoido@hotmail.com (Anh Khoi Do)
- The Cultural Post
Ben C. Lucas’ Wasted on the Young is one of seven Australian films selected to screen at the Pusan International Film Festival in Korea next month. Young will be screened in the world cinema category along with Jim Loach’s Oranges and Sunshine, and Ivan Sen’s Dreamland.
Belinda Chayko’s Lou will screen in the flash forward section and The Kiss directed by Ashley Page, will be shown in the wide angle – short film showcase category.
Patrick Hughes’ Red Hill and Andrew Traucki’s The Reef have been selected to show in the midnight passion program – a diverse genre category, that recognises entertainment value.
Screen Australia’s Head of Production Investment Ross Matthews said: “It’s great to see such an exciting line-up of Australian films screening at Pusan, which has established itself as one of Asia’s most dynamic film events.”
Wasted on the Young tells the story...
Belinda Chayko’s Lou will screen in the flash forward section and The Kiss directed by Ashley Page, will be shown in the wide angle – short film showcase category.
Patrick Hughes’ Red Hill and Andrew Traucki’s The Reef have been selected to show in the midnight passion program – a diverse genre category, that recognises entertainment value.
Screen Australia’s Head of Production Investment Ross Matthews said: “It’s great to see such an exciting line-up of Australian films screening at Pusan, which has established itself as one of Asia’s most dynamic film events.”
Wasted on the Young tells the story...
- 9/14/2010
- by georginap
- Encore Magazine
Louise Alston’s ‘womantic’ comedy Jucy will be part of the Contemporary World Cinema program at the Toronto International Film Festival; Michael Henry’s Blame, Leon Ford’s Griff the Invisible and Ben C. Lucas’ Wasted on the Young will screen in the Discovery program.
Jucy is about best friends Jackie and Lucy, who spend all their time together, but not everyone approves of their “womance.” Accused of being weird and codependent, they set out to prove their maturity. Jackie gets the guy and Lucy gets the job, but can their friendship survive their newfound independence?
Produced by Kelly Chapman; written by Stephen Vagg. International sales handled by Odin’s Eye Entertainment.
Blame tells the story of a group of young vigilantes seeking revenge for a sexual betrayal fall far from grace. When the truth is out, they find themselves on the dark side of justice. PackScreen will release it in October.
Jucy is about best friends Jackie and Lucy, who spend all their time together, but not everyone approves of their “womance.” Accused of being weird and codependent, they set out to prove their maturity. Jackie gets the guy and Lucy gets the job, but can their friendship survive their newfound independence?
Produced by Kelly Chapman; written by Stephen Vagg. International sales handled by Odin’s Eye Entertainment.
Blame tells the story of a group of young vigilantes seeking revenge for a sexual betrayal fall far from grace. When the truth is out, they find themselves on the dark side of justice. PackScreen will release it in October.
- 8/25/2010
- by Miguel Gonzalez
- Encore Magazine
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