All Australia articles – Page 49
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A few dollars more
Australia may have scenic locations and world-class studios, infrastructure and facilities, but the exchange rate is deterring overseas shoots. Sandy George looks at what the industry is doing to end the drought.
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Happy together
Australian producers are looking to team up with foreign partners to exploit the benefits of the country’s co-production incentives. Sandy George reports.
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Producing results in Australia
Australia’s generous producer offset incentive is giving local film-makers a major boost, with a range of ambitious projects in the pipeline. But films with foreign elements are at the mercy of a shadowy discretionary system which is causing controversy, reports Sandy George.
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Australia: a brand new day?
Editor Mike Goodridge introduces Screen’s Australia territory focus.
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Stephan Elliott to direct Arclight sales title A Few Best Men
Stephan Elliott (Easy Virtue, The Adventures Of Priscilla, Queen Of The Desert) is getting ready to direct the comedy A Few Best Men back home in Australia, working with the producing and writing team behind Death At A Funeral.
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Fortissimo Films gets Wasted
Fortissimo Films has picked up Australian high school drama Wasted On The Young, the debut feature from hot up-and-coming director Ben C. Lucas.
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Summer Coda
A romantic drama about the story of Heidi, who meets Michael while returning home to a family she’s never known, and embarks on an unexpected adventure discovering that their secrets and lives are better shared.
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Burning Man
A reckless, romantic, irreverent and ultimately tear-jerkingly beautiful story of a father and son’s struggle to deal with the unimaginable.
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PSIFF launches Australian sidebar G'Day USA
The 2010 Palm Springs International Film Festival (PSIFF) has unveiled G’Day USA, a showcase of Australian cinema on January 9 that will kick off the nationwide G’Day USA Australia Week business and cultural initiative.Australia Film Day will launch with a screening of My Year Without Sex and the programme includes ...
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US-based financier Film Production Capital taps into Australia
Will French’s tax credit-based financier Film Production Capital (FPC) is opening offices in Australia to capitalise on growing government tax incentives behind the boom in Australian film and television production.
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Samson & Delilah continues winning streak at AFI Awards
Warwick Thornton’s Samson & Delilah has proved its critical prowess once again, this time at Australia’s most prestigious awards ceremony, the Australian Film Institute (AFI) Awards, held Dec 12 in Melbourne.