All articles by Sandy George – Page 16
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FeaturesPublic access
The Sydney Film Festival’s innovative attempts to make its programme easier to navigate is, the event says, having a real effect on attendance. Sandy George reports
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China and Australia step up film talks
A delegation of two dozen Australians head to Beijing this week in time for a four-day Australia-China film industry forum starting on December 8.
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NewsScreen Australia backs four new films, including new Rolf de Heer film
Rolf de Heer will be putting his directing boots back on and three directors, Tony Krawitz, Wayne Blair and Miro Bilbrough, will be making their debut features in 2011 thanks to investment decisions made this week by Screen Australia.
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FeaturesA bigger stage
The Asia Pacific Screen Awards (Dec 2), now in their fourth year, aim to boost the profile and earning potential of films from the region — on awards night and beyond. Sandy George reports
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NewsTransmission takes on Mad Bastards
Transmission has signed up to distribute Brendan Fletcher’s visceral feature debut Mad Bastards in Australia and New Zealand.
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NewsAustralian features in good shape, according to conference
More films of scale are emerging, thanks to the 40% producer offset, and they are making an impact locally and abroad, delegates were told at the SPAA conference, although the jury is still out on their profitability.
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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.