Eureka! Discovery Australia and UK have co-commissioned a seventh and eighth season of Electric Pictures’ Aussie Gold Hunters.
The 40-hour order will bring the series total to 124 episodes since it was first broadcast internationally in 2016.
Aussie Gold Hunters follows teams of gold prospectors as they risk it all to find their fortune on some of the richest gold bearing grounds in the world.
It is Discovery Channel Australia’s highest rating local series of all time, and has been the no. 1 factual series on Foxtel for four consecutive years (2017-2020). Season five was the best performing season yet, growing its audience by 8 per cent, and season six will launch in Australia on Thursday.
In the UK, where Aussie Gold Hunters airs on Discovery’s Quest, season five saw an audience increase of 31 per cent, reaching 7.94 million. It also screens on streamer discovery+.
Seasons seven and eight have been supported by...
The 40-hour order will bring the series total to 124 episodes since it was first broadcast internationally in 2016.
Aussie Gold Hunters follows teams of gold prospectors as they risk it all to find their fortune on some of the richest gold bearing grounds in the world.
It is Discovery Channel Australia’s highest rating local series of all time, and has been the no. 1 factual series on Foxtel for four consecutive years (2017-2020). Season five was the best performing season yet, growing its audience by 8 per cent, and season six will launch in Australia on Thursday.
In the UK, where Aussie Gold Hunters airs on Discovery’s Quest, season five saw an audience increase of 31 per cent, reaching 7.94 million. It also screens on streamer discovery+.
Seasons seven and eight have been supported by...
- 4/26/2021
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
‘Aussie Gold Hunters’.
Discovery Australia and UK have commissioned another 40 episodes, across two seasons, of Electric Pictures’ Aussie Gold Hunters.
The fifth season is currently underway, with shooting take place across in Western Australia and Victoria. The series follows teams of gold prospectors as they risk it all to find their fortune on some of the richest gold bearing grounds in the world.
In Australia, Aussie Gold Hunters is broadcast on Foxtel’s Discovery Channel, while in the UK it airs on Quest, Discovery’s free-to-air channel.
The new seasons were ordered by Discovery Inc’s VP original content, factual Victoria Noble. Oliver Wilson and Rob Holloway are the Ep for Quest, Darren Chau is director of content & channels, factual and Ep for Discovery Australia. Robin Shingleton is the series producer for Electric Pictures.
In addition to Discovery, the show is financed with the backing of distributor Dcd Rights, the Producer Offset,...
Discovery Australia and UK have commissioned another 40 episodes, across two seasons, of Electric Pictures’ Aussie Gold Hunters.
The fifth season is currently underway, with shooting take place across in Western Australia and Victoria. The series follows teams of gold prospectors as they risk it all to find their fortune on some of the richest gold bearing grounds in the world.
In Australia, Aussie Gold Hunters is broadcast on Foxtel’s Discovery Channel, while in the UK it airs on Quest, Discovery’s free-to-air channel.
The new seasons were ordered by Discovery Inc’s VP original content, factual Victoria Noble. Oliver Wilson and Rob Holloway are the Ep for Quest, Darren Chau is director of content & channels, factual and Ep for Discovery Australia. Robin Shingleton is the series producer for Electric Pictures.
In addition to Discovery, the show is financed with the backing of distributor Dcd Rights, the Producer Offset,...
- 10/2/2019
- by jkeast
- IF.com.au
‘Mary Magdalene’
Thirteen months after Mary Magdalene perished at Australian cinemas, the Biblical saga directed by Garth Davis probably did not have a prayer of getting a warmer reception in the Us.
So it proved last weekend as the See-Saw Films production starring Rooney Mara, Joaquin Phoenix and Chiwetel Ejiofor was released on 62 screens by IFC Films.
Meanwhile Anthony Maras’ Hotel Mumbai continues to earn tidy sums in the Us for Bleecker Street/ShivHans Pictures. The thriller starring Dev Patel, Armie Hammer, Nazanin Boniadi, Anupam Kher, Jason Isaacs and Tilda Cobham-Hervey collected $863,000 in its third weekend wide, playing on 617 screens.
The film produced by Basil Iwanyk, Gary Hamilton, Mike Gabrawy, Julie Ryan, Andrew Ogilvie and Jomon Thomas has generated $8 million in the Us, outperforming Australia’s $3.1 million after five weekends, never having recovered from opening on the same weekend as the Christchurch massacre.
Mary Magdalene fetched $62,436, a per screen average...
Thirteen months after Mary Magdalene perished at Australian cinemas, the Biblical saga directed by Garth Davis probably did not have a prayer of getting a warmer reception in the Us.
So it proved last weekend as the See-Saw Films production starring Rooney Mara, Joaquin Phoenix and Chiwetel Ejiofor was released on 62 screens by IFC Films.
Meanwhile Anthony Maras’ Hotel Mumbai continues to earn tidy sums in the Us for Bleecker Street/ShivHans Pictures. The thriller starring Dev Patel, Armie Hammer, Nazanin Boniadi, Anupam Kher, Jason Isaacs and Tilda Cobham-Hervey collected $863,000 in its third weekend wide, playing on 617 screens.
The film produced by Basil Iwanyk, Gary Hamilton, Mike Gabrawy, Julie Ryan, Andrew Ogilvie and Jomon Thomas has generated $8 million in the Us, outperforming Australia’s $3.1 million after five weekends, never having recovered from opening on the same weekend as the Christchurch massacre.
Mary Magdalene fetched $62,436, a per screen average...
- 4/14/2019
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
‘Storm Boy’
Us critics lauded Shawn Seet’s Storm Boy as a beautiful and contemporary retelling of Colin Thiele’s classic tale but the drama faced stiff competition in the specialty market last weekend.
Meanwhile Anthony Maras’ Hotel Mumbai climbed to $US6.4 million after ringing up $1.8 million on 940 screens in its second weekend wide in the Us.
The Bleecker Street/ShivHans Pictures release produced by Basil Iwanyk, Gary Hamilton, Mike Gabrawy, Julie Ryan, Andrew Ogilvie and Jomon Thomas had a decent per-screen average of $1,914, despite falling by 44 per cent.
The thriller starring Dev Patel, Armie Hammer, Nazanin Boniadi, Anupam Kher, Jason Isaacs and Tilda Cobham-Hervey collected $151,000 in its fourth weekend in Oz, to reach $2.9 million.
The Us distributor Good Deed Entertainment launched Storm Boy on 56 screens, grossing $46,676 for an average of $834.
The international sales agent Kathy Morgan told If last week the distributor had booked the film at premium locations...
Us critics lauded Shawn Seet’s Storm Boy as a beautiful and contemporary retelling of Colin Thiele’s classic tale but the drama faced stiff competition in the specialty market last weekend.
Meanwhile Anthony Maras’ Hotel Mumbai climbed to $US6.4 million after ringing up $1.8 million on 940 screens in its second weekend wide in the Us.
The Bleecker Street/ShivHans Pictures release produced by Basil Iwanyk, Gary Hamilton, Mike Gabrawy, Julie Ryan, Andrew Ogilvie and Jomon Thomas had a decent per-screen average of $1,914, despite falling by 44 per cent.
The thriller starring Dev Patel, Armie Hammer, Nazanin Boniadi, Anupam Kher, Jason Isaacs and Tilda Cobham-Hervey collected $151,000 in its fourth weekend in Oz, to reach $2.9 million.
The Us distributor Good Deed Entertainment launched Storm Boy on 56 screens, grossing $46,676 for an average of $834.
The international sales agent Kathy Morgan told If last week the distributor had booked the film at premium locations...
- 4/7/2019
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
‘Hotel Mumbai’
Anthony Maras’ Hotel Mumbai is performing well across the Us after platforming in Los Angeles and New York last weekend.
The thriller co-written by Maras and John Collee rolled out on 924 screens, generating $US3.2 million for Bleecker Street/ShivHans, a per-screen average of $3,459.
That brings the total for the movie starring Dev Patel, Armie Hammer, Nazanin Boniadi, Anupam Kher, Jason Isaacs and Tilda Cobham-Hervey to $3.3 million.
Exit surveys revealed a 77 per cent positive rating and a 50 per cent recommend. The gender split was 52 per cent female, of whom 63 per cent were under 35. The mix was 51 per cent Caucasian, 25 per cent Asian/other, 17 per cent Hispanic and 7 per cent African-American. Nine of the top 10 locations were on the East and West Coasts.
Produced by Basil Iwanyk, Gary Hamilton, Mike Gabrawy, Julie Ryan, Andrew Ogilvie and Jomon Thomas, the film ranked at No. 8 nationally, beating Harmony Korine’s The Beach Bum.
Anthony Maras’ Hotel Mumbai is performing well across the Us after platforming in Los Angeles and New York last weekend.
The thriller co-written by Maras and John Collee rolled out on 924 screens, generating $US3.2 million for Bleecker Street/ShivHans, a per-screen average of $3,459.
That brings the total for the movie starring Dev Patel, Armie Hammer, Nazanin Boniadi, Anupam Kher, Jason Isaacs and Tilda Cobham-Hervey to $3.3 million.
Exit surveys revealed a 77 per cent positive rating and a 50 per cent recommend. The gender split was 52 per cent female, of whom 63 per cent were under 35. The mix was 51 per cent Caucasian, 25 per cent Asian/other, 17 per cent Hispanic and 7 per cent African-American. Nine of the top 10 locations were on the East and West Coasts.
Produced by Basil Iwanyk, Gary Hamilton, Mike Gabrawy, Julie Ryan, Andrew Ogilvie and Jomon Thomas, the film ranked at No. 8 nationally, beating Harmony Korine’s The Beach Bum.
- 3/31/2019
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
‘Hotel Mumbai’
Hotel Mumbai‘s prospects in the Us look very promising after Anthony Maras’ thriller played to full houses in its platform release in Los Angeles and New York last weekend.
Bleecker Street launched the film co-written by Maras and John Collee, which stars Dev Patel, Armie Hammer, Nazanin Boniadi, Anupam Kher and Tilda Cobham-Hervey, at four cinemas, grossing $88,065 for a per-screen average of $22,016.
Hotel Mumbai was the No. 1 film at the Angelika and third at Lincoln Square in New York behind Jordan Peele’s Us (which rang up a superb $71.1 million nationwide in its debut) and Captain Marvel.
The thriller produced by Basil Iwanyk, Gary Hamilton, Mike Gabrawy, Julie Ryan, Andrew Ogilvie and Jomon Thomas ranked second behind Us at the Landmark and the Arclight in La.
Bleecker Street’s Jack Foley told Deadline there were sell-outs and near-sell outs at all four locations, from matinees through to evening sessions.
Hotel Mumbai‘s prospects in the Us look very promising after Anthony Maras’ thriller played to full houses in its platform release in Los Angeles and New York last weekend.
Bleecker Street launched the film co-written by Maras and John Collee, which stars Dev Patel, Armie Hammer, Nazanin Boniadi, Anupam Kher and Tilda Cobham-Hervey, at four cinemas, grossing $88,065 for a per-screen average of $22,016.
Hotel Mumbai was the No. 1 film at the Angelika and third at Lincoln Square in New York behind Jordan Peele’s Us (which rang up a superb $71.1 million nationwide in its debut) and Captain Marvel.
The thriller produced by Basil Iwanyk, Gary Hamilton, Mike Gabrawy, Julie Ryan, Andrew Ogilvie and Jomon Thomas ranked second behind Us at the Landmark and the Arclight in La.
Bleecker Street’s Jack Foley told Deadline there were sell-outs and near-sell outs at all four locations, from matinees through to evening sessions.
- 3/24/2019
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
Jason Isaacs and Nazanin Boniadi in ‘Hotel Mumbai.’
The timing could not have been worse: Hotel Mumbai opening in Australian cinemas the day before the horrific slaughter of innocents at two mosques in Christchurch.
Anthony Maras’ thriller based on the 2008 terrorist attacks in Mumbai is a superbly-made film but the subject was not something that many Australian cinemagoers wanted to experience amid the shock and grief over events in Christchurch.
Released by Icon, the film co-written by Maras and John Collee, starring Dev Patel, Armie Hammer, Nazanin Boniadi, Anupam Kher and Tilda Cobham-Hervey, opened in second spot, taking $979,000 on 268 screens and $1.06 million including previews.
To be fair to the producers, Basil Iwanyk, Gary Hamilton, Mike Gabrawy, Julie Ryan, Andrew Ogilvie and Jomon Thomas, that is not a bad result and receipts may well build on word of mouth – but my guess is the total would have been at least $500,000 higher...
The timing could not have been worse: Hotel Mumbai opening in Australian cinemas the day before the horrific slaughter of innocents at two mosques in Christchurch.
Anthony Maras’ thriller based on the 2008 terrorist attacks in Mumbai is a superbly-made film but the subject was not something that many Australian cinemagoers wanted to experience amid the shock and grief over events in Christchurch.
Released by Icon, the film co-written by Maras and John Collee, starring Dev Patel, Armie Hammer, Nazanin Boniadi, Anupam Kher and Tilda Cobham-Hervey, opened in second spot, taking $979,000 on 268 screens and $1.06 million including previews.
To be fair to the producers, Basil Iwanyk, Gary Hamilton, Mike Gabrawy, Julie Ryan, Andrew Ogilvie and Jomon Thomas, that is not a bad result and receipts may well build on word of mouth – but my guess is the total would have been at least $500,000 higher...
- 3/18/2019
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
Anthony Maras (centre) in Mumbai.
Anthony Maras has sat in on numerous screenings of his debut film Hotel Mumbai, including test screenings in Los Angeles, the world premiere in Toronto and the Adelaide Film Festival, and the responses have been uniform.
Some people say they want to go home and hug their children, some say it will take a while to process what they have seen, and some are moved to tears.
“It is an emotional experience,” the director, who co-wrote the thriller with John Collee, tells If. Asked how he feels as he awaits the 260-plus screen launch on Thursday, he says: “Relieved….and fingers’ crossed.”
It will be the widest ever release by Icon Film Distribution. “Exhibitor support has been amazing,” says Dendy Icon group head of marketing Scott Mota.
The Us distributor Bleecker Street, which acquired the rights in partnership with ShivHans Pictures after The Weinstein Co.
Anthony Maras has sat in on numerous screenings of his debut film Hotel Mumbai, including test screenings in Los Angeles, the world premiere in Toronto and the Adelaide Film Festival, and the responses have been uniform.
Some people say they want to go home and hug their children, some say it will take a while to process what they have seen, and some are moved to tears.
“It is an emotional experience,” the director, who co-wrote the thriller with John Collee, tells If. Asked how he feels as he awaits the 260-plus screen launch on Thursday, he says: “Relieved….and fingers’ crossed.”
It will be the widest ever release by Icon Film Distribution. “Exhibitor support has been amazing,” says Dendy Icon group head of marketing Scott Mota.
The Us distributor Bleecker Street, which acquired the rights in partnership with ShivHans Pictures after The Weinstein Co.
- 3/10/2019
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
Drama based on events of 2008 terror attack goes to Vvs for Canada, TF1 for France, among others.
Arclight Films has finalised a raft of prestige sales on thriller Hotel Mumbai starring Dev Patel and Armie Hammer heading into tomorrow’s (September 7) world premiere at Tiff.
Verve and Endeavor Content licensed rights to Vvs for Canada, while Arclight Films chairman Gary Hamilton and his team struck deals with eOne for Benelux, TF1 for France, SquareOne for Germany, Iif and M2 for Italy, Sandrew Metronome for Scandinavia, Italia Films for Middle East, and Imagem for Latin America.
Fresh sales on the film,...
Arclight Films has finalised a raft of prestige sales on thriller Hotel Mumbai starring Dev Patel and Armie Hammer heading into tomorrow’s (September 7) world premiere at Tiff.
Verve and Endeavor Content licensed rights to Vvs for Canada, while Arclight Films chairman Gary Hamilton and his team struck deals with eOne for Benelux, TF1 for France, SquareOne for Germany, Iif and M2 for Italy, Sandrew Metronome for Scandinavia, Italia Films for Middle East, and Imagem for Latin America.
Fresh sales on the film,...
- 9/6/2018
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
In today’s film news roundup, “Beyond the Sky” and “Hotel Mumbai” are acquired for distribution and seven-time Oscar nominee Lee Orloff is set for a career achievement award.
Aquisitions
Rlje Films has bought North American rights to sci-fi thriller “Beyond The Sky,” starring Ryan Carnes, Jordan Hinson, Martin Sensmeier, Don Stark and Peter Stormare, Variety has learned exclusively.
Fulvio Sestito directed from a story he wrote with Rebecca Berrih and Warren Thomas. The script was written by Thomas and Marc Porterfield. Rlje plans to release the film in theaters and on VOD and Digital HD on Sept. 21, 2018.
“The question of if we are alone in the universe is still talked about today,” said chief acquisitions officer Mark Ward for Rlje Films. “With its unique approach to the story of alien abduction and its great special effects, we are thrilled to be able to bring ‘Beyond The Sky’ to audiences.
Aquisitions
Rlje Films has bought North American rights to sci-fi thriller “Beyond The Sky,” starring Ryan Carnes, Jordan Hinson, Martin Sensmeier, Don Stark and Peter Stormare, Variety has learned exclusively.
Fulvio Sestito directed from a story he wrote with Rebecca Berrih and Warren Thomas. The script was written by Thomas and Marc Porterfield. Rlje plans to release the film in theaters and on VOD and Digital HD on Sept. 21, 2018.
“The question of if we are alone in the universe is still talked about today,” said chief acquisitions officer Mark Ward for Rlje Films. “With its unique approach to the story of alien abduction and its great special effects, we are thrilled to be able to bring ‘Beyond The Sky’ to audiences.
- 8/23/2018
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Following Weinstein Co.’s Kevin Hart-Bryan Cranston movie The Upside going to Stx in a distribution deal, another former TWC title is being rescued.
Bleecker Street and ShivHans Pictures are co-acquiring domestic rights to Australian director Anthony Maras’ Hotel Mumbai prior to the pic’s world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival. The deal was negotiated by Verve and Endeavor Content.
The pic, which reps Maras’ directorial debut, follows the victims and survivors in the Nov. 26, 2008 Jihadist terrorist attacks on the iconic Taj Mahal Palace Hotel, whose guests and staff became trapped in a heroic, days long fight for survival.
Armie Hammer, Dev Patel, Nazanin Boniadi, Tilda Cobham-Hervey, with Anupam Kher, and Jason Isaacs star. John Collee co-wrote with Maras. Basil Iwanyk, Gary Hamilton, Mike Gabrawy, Julie Ryan, Andrew Ogilvie, and Jomon Thomas produce.
We hear Hotel Mumbai is full acquisition by Bleecker and ShivHans and...
Bleecker Street and ShivHans Pictures are co-acquiring domestic rights to Australian director Anthony Maras’ Hotel Mumbai prior to the pic’s world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival. The deal was negotiated by Verve and Endeavor Content.
The pic, which reps Maras’ directorial debut, follows the victims and survivors in the Nov. 26, 2008 Jihadist terrorist attacks on the iconic Taj Mahal Palace Hotel, whose guests and staff became trapped in a heroic, days long fight for survival.
Armie Hammer, Dev Patel, Nazanin Boniadi, Tilda Cobham-Hervey, with Anupam Kher, and Jason Isaacs star. John Collee co-wrote with Maras. Basil Iwanyk, Gary Hamilton, Mike Gabrawy, Julie Ryan, Andrew Ogilvie, and Jomon Thomas produce.
We hear Hotel Mumbai is full acquisition by Bleecker and ShivHans and...
- 8/22/2018
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Arclight handles international sales on Tiff Special Presentations selection.
Bleecker Street and ShivHans Pictures have picked up Hotel Mumbai ahead of its world premiere in Toronto next month.
Anthony Maras directed the account of the attack on the Taj Mahal Palace Hotel in November 2008 by Lashkar-e-Taiba militants. Hotel staff were holed up in the hotel with guests for several days as they struggled to make it out alive. Arclight Films handles international sales.
Dev Patel stars alongside Armie Hammer, Nazanin Boniadi, Tilda Cobham-Hervey, Anupam Kher, and Jason Isaacs.
John Collee co-wrote the screenplay with Maras, and producers are Basil Iwanyk,...
Bleecker Street and ShivHans Pictures have picked up Hotel Mumbai ahead of its world premiere in Toronto next month.
Anthony Maras directed the account of the attack on the Taj Mahal Palace Hotel in November 2008 by Lashkar-e-Taiba militants. Hotel staff were holed up in the hotel with guests for several days as they struggled to make it out alive. Arclight Films handles international sales.
Dev Patel stars alongside Armie Hammer, Nazanin Boniadi, Tilda Cobham-Hervey, Anupam Kher, and Jason Isaacs.
John Collee co-wrote the screenplay with Maras, and producers are Basil Iwanyk,...
- 8/22/2018
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
The highly distinguished Anupam Kher is been one busy man these days. The reason? Well, he has been quietly shooting at Adelaide Studios in Australia for the upcoming film Hotel Mumbai, which also happens to be his 501st film as an actor. Kher's co-star in the film is none other than the renowned international star Jason Isaac. Anupam Kher will be seen playing the role of the well-known chef Hemant Oberoi in Hotel Mumbai which has been based on the 26/11 terror attacks in Mumbai.
Anupam said that Taj Mahal hotel has been recreated at Adelaide Studios. While he refrained from revealing anything about his character, he clarified that the film was not an autobiographical work, but, it was about the events that unfolded in the nerve wrecking 68 hours at the hotel during the attacks.
Hotel Mumbai is a co- production with Hollywood producers Basil Iwanyk, Gary Hamilton, Mike Gabrawy, Jomon Thomas,...
Anupam said that Taj Mahal hotel has been recreated at Adelaide Studios. While he refrained from revealing anything about his character, he clarified that the film was not an autobiographical work, but, it was about the events that unfolded in the nerve wrecking 68 hours at the hotel during the attacks.
Hotel Mumbai is a co- production with Hollywood producers Basil Iwanyk, Gary Hamilton, Mike Gabrawy, Jomon Thomas,...
- 8/19/2016
- by Bollywood Hungama News Network
- BollywoodHungama
Tilda Cobham-Hervey.
Tilda Cobham-Hervey is joining Dev Patel and Armie Hammer in Hotel Mumbai, a film about the 2008 attacks on the Taj Mahal hotel.
The script was co-written by Hopscotch's John Collee (Happy Feet, Master and Commander) and South Australian Anthony Maras, who will direct.
The four-day siege on the hotel killed 160 people, with many more injured.
As first reported by THR, Basil Iwanyk is producing through his Thunder Road banner alongside Arclight's Gary Hamilton and Mike Gabrawy..
Andrew Ogilvie and Julie Ryan will also act as producers, with Kent Kubena and Jonathan Fuhrman executive producing.
Cobham-Hervey broke out in Sophie Hyde's 2013 feature 52 Tuesdays, and had a small role in Rosemary Myers' Girl Asleep, which premiered at Adelaide Film Fest last year before world premiering at the Berlinale.
She's repped by CAA and Australia's United Management.
Tilda Cobham-Hervey is joining Dev Patel and Armie Hammer in Hotel Mumbai, a film about the 2008 attacks on the Taj Mahal hotel.
The script was co-written by Hopscotch's John Collee (Happy Feet, Master and Commander) and South Australian Anthony Maras, who will direct.
The four-day siege on the hotel killed 160 people, with many more injured.
As first reported by THR, Basil Iwanyk is producing through his Thunder Road banner alongside Arclight's Gary Hamilton and Mike Gabrawy..
Andrew Ogilvie and Julie Ryan will also act as producers, with Kent Kubena and Jonathan Fuhrman executive producing.
Cobham-Hervey broke out in Sophie Hyde's 2013 feature 52 Tuesdays, and had a small role in Rosemary Myers' Girl Asleep, which premiered at Adelaide Film Fest last year before world premiering at the Berlinale.
She's repped by CAA and Australia's United Management.
- 6/10/2016
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
Tilda Cobham-Hervey will join Dev Patel in the terror film Hotel Mumbai.
The Australian actress will also star alongside Armie Hammer. The film is based on the 2008 attack on the Taj Mahal hotel in India, where a four-day siege by Islamic militants left 160 people dead and dozens injured.
Anthony Maras will direct from a script he co-wrote with Master and Commander scribe John Collee.
Basil Iwanyk is producing through his Thunder Road banner alongside Arclight's Gary Hamilton and Mike Gabrawy. Andrew Ogilvie and Julie Ryan will also act as producers, with Kent Kubena and Jonathan Fuhrman ...
The Australian actress will also star alongside Armie Hammer. The film is based on the 2008 attack on the Taj Mahal hotel in India, where a four-day siege by Islamic militants left 160 people dead and dozens injured.
Anthony Maras will direct from a script he co-wrote with Master and Commander scribe John Collee.
Basil Iwanyk is producing through his Thunder Road banner alongside Arclight's Gary Hamilton and Mike Gabrawy. Andrew Ogilvie and Julie Ryan will also act as producers, with Kent Kubena and Jonathan Fuhrman ...
Tilda Cobham-Hervey will join Dev Patel in the terror film Hotel Mumbai.
The Australian actress will also star alongside Armie Hammer. The film is based on the 2008 attack on the Taj Mahal hotel in India, where a four-day siege by Islamic militants left 160 people dead and dozens injured.
Anthony Maras will direct from a script he co-wrote with Master and Commander scribe John Collee.
Basil Iwanyk is producing through his Thunder Road banner alongside Arclight's Gary Hamilton and Mike Gabrawy. Andrew Ogilvie and Julie Ryan will also act as producers, with Kent Kubena and Jonathan Fuhrman ...
The Australian actress will also star alongside Armie Hammer. The film is based on the 2008 attack on the Taj Mahal hotel in India, where a four-day siege by Islamic militants left 160 people dead and dozens injured.
Anthony Maras will direct from a script he co-wrote with Master and Commander scribe John Collee.
Basil Iwanyk is producing through his Thunder Road banner alongside Arclight's Gary Hamilton and Mike Gabrawy. Andrew Ogilvie and Julie Ryan will also act as producers, with Kent Kubena and Jonathan Fuhrman ...
Sonya Pemberton.s Uranium — Twisting the Dragon.s Tail won three prizes at the 2015 Atom Awards presented in Melbourne on Thursday night.
The Genepool Productions documentary, which chronicles the cultural, scientific and natural history of uranium, was lauded as best documentary- history, TV factual series and best documentary — science, technology and the environment.
Director Maya Newell and producer Charlotte Mars. Gayby Baby was named best documentary-general at the awards for tertiary and general/open categories held at Lux Melbourne on Chapel Street, hosted by Brian Nankervis from RocKwiz.
Best documentary- biography went to Remembering the Man, Nickolas Bird and Eleanor Sharpe.s. film on Tim Conigrave and John Caleo, whose story was told in Neil Armfield.s Holding the Man.
Gillian Armstrong.s Women He.s Undressed, produced by Damien Parer, was best documentary - arts.
Best docudrama was The War That Changed Us, which chronicled how WW1 impacted the soldiers and their families,...
The Genepool Productions documentary, which chronicles the cultural, scientific and natural history of uranium, was lauded as best documentary- history, TV factual series and best documentary — science, technology and the environment.
Director Maya Newell and producer Charlotte Mars. Gayby Baby was named best documentary-general at the awards for tertiary and general/open categories held at Lux Melbourne on Chapel Street, hosted by Brian Nankervis from RocKwiz.
Best documentary- biography went to Remembering the Man, Nickolas Bird and Eleanor Sharpe.s. film on Tim Conigrave and John Caleo, whose story was told in Neil Armfield.s Holding the Man.
Gillian Armstrong.s Women He.s Undressed, produced by Damien Parer, was best documentary - arts.
Best docudrama was The War That Changed Us, which chronicled how WW1 impacted the soldiers and their families,...
- 11/26/2015
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Screen Producers Australia has announced the appointment of its 2015 - 2016 councillors who were elected at the Agm last week.
The new councillors are Marcus Gillezeau, Ewan Burnett and Tania Chambers, succeeding Amanda Higgs, Morgan Jaffitt and Andrew Ogilvie.
Spa president Chris Oliver-Taylor said,. "Across the next 12 months council's focus will continue to be on ensuring that the production and funding environment is as strong as possible to enable Australian stories to be told.
"This includes increasing the various offsets and ensuring strong financial support for the ABC, Sbs, Screen Australia and the State funding bodies. We will also continue to encourage new players in Australia to commission Australian content..
Spa CEO Matt Deaner said the new councillors are well recognised. through the breadth and depth of their experience, achievements and contribution to the industry.
The 2015 - 2016 Screen Producers Australia council is represented by the following: President
Chris Oliver-Taylor, Managing Director,...
The new councillors are Marcus Gillezeau, Ewan Burnett and Tania Chambers, succeeding Amanda Higgs, Morgan Jaffitt and Andrew Ogilvie.
Spa president Chris Oliver-Taylor said,. "Across the next 12 months council's focus will continue to be on ensuring that the production and funding environment is as strong as possible to enable Australian stories to be told.
"This includes increasing the various offsets and ensuring strong financial support for the ABC, Sbs, Screen Australia and the State funding bodies. We will also continue to encourage new players in Australia to commission Australian content..
Spa CEO Matt Deaner said the new councillors are well recognised. through the breadth and depth of their experience, achievements and contribution to the industry.
The 2015 - 2016 Screen Producers Australia council is represented by the following: President
Chris Oliver-Taylor, Managing Director,...
- 11/10/2015
- by Staff writer
- IF.com.au
Documentary musical Prison Songs and animated TV series God Squad each won three trophies at the 27th annual Wa Screen Awards.
Writer-director Jeffory Asselin.s Pinch was the surprise winner of. best feature film . drama, edging out Kill Me Three Times,. Paper Planes and The Reckoning.
The film revolves around a light-fingered teen who attempts to rip off a major drug syndicate to pay for his mother's life saving surgery.
Producer/director Lauren Brunswick received the $5,000 McKenna Hampton Young Filmmaker of the Year award.
Presented by Fti, the awards were handed out at the Heath Ledger Theatre on June 29, hosted by comedian Joel Creasey.
The Beyond West-produced Prison Songs by Kelrick Martin and Harry Bardwell took the prizes for best TV production . factual, best long form editing and sound. Martin also won the award for best long form direction..
God Squad by Troy Zafer and Nicholas Kempt was named best animation,...
Writer-director Jeffory Asselin.s Pinch was the surprise winner of. best feature film . drama, edging out Kill Me Three Times,. Paper Planes and The Reckoning.
The film revolves around a light-fingered teen who attempts to rip off a major drug syndicate to pay for his mother's life saving surgery.
Producer/director Lauren Brunswick received the $5,000 McKenna Hampton Young Filmmaker of the Year award.
Presented by Fti, the awards were handed out at the Heath Ledger Theatre on June 29, hosted by comedian Joel Creasey.
The Beyond West-produced Prison Songs by Kelrick Martin and Harry Bardwell took the prizes for best TV production . factual, best long form editing and sound. Martin also won the award for best long form direction..
God Squad by Troy Zafer and Nicholas Kempt was named best animation,...
- 6/30/2015
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
The latest rounds from Screen Australia.s Documentary Production Broadcast and Producer programs have seen 16 documentaries receive close to $4.4 million in funding..
This investment is expected to generate a total production expenditure of close to $16.7 million.
In a statement released to the media, Screen Australia.s Senior Manager, Documentary, Liz Stevens, said, .In the second round of the Producer program we are pleased to see producers aiming at ambitious and multi-layered release plans for stories that will appeal. The documentaries coming through the Broadcast program offer audiences good insights and a few surprises into many compelling Australian stories..
The Producer program enables filmmakers the flexibility to find the best pathway to their audience, whatever and whoever they might be.
The Documentary Production Producer and Broadcast programs now accept applications through the Online Application Portal. The next deadline for the Producer program is 18 September 2015. From 1 July 2015, the Broadcast program will accept applications at any time.
This investment is expected to generate a total production expenditure of close to $16.7 million.
In a statement released to the media, Screen Australia.s Senior Manager, Documentary, Liz Stevens, said, .In the second round of the Producer program we are pleased to see producers aiming at ambitious and multi-layered release plans for stories that will appeal. The documentaries coming through the Broadcast program offer audiences good insights and a few surprises into many compelling Australian stories..
The Producer program enables filmmakers the flexibility to find the best pathway to their audience, whatever and whoever they might be.
The Documentary Production Producer and Broadcast programs now accept applications through the Online Application Portal. The next deadline for the Producer program is 18 September 2015. From 1 July 2015, the Broadcast program will accept applications at any time.
- 6/16/2015
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
The life of Australian artist Brett Whiteley will be brought to the screen with assistance from Screen Australia.s new Documentary Producer program.
Titled Whiteley, the film is a one-off documentary from Northern Pictures , aiming to provide audiences with a unique insight into the incredible life and legacy of the iconic Australian artist. The project will be produced by Sue Clothier and directed by James Bogle, who also co-wrote the script with Victor Gentile.
It is one of eight projects that have been selected to receive funding support in the first round of the program, with Screen Australia estimating the combined production expenditure will generate close to $9.3million.
Land Artists (working title) will delve into one of Australia.s leading (and controversial) architecture firms, Denton Corker Marshall, on their mission to create the Australian Pavilion for the Venice Biennale. Renegade Films will make the documentary with producers Lucy Maclaren, Joe Connor and Ken Connor.
Titled Whiteley, the film is a one-off documentary from Northern Pictures , aiming to provide audiences with a unique insight into the incredible life and legacy of the iconic Australian artist. The project will be produced by Sue Clothier and directed by James Bogle, who also co-wrote the script with Victor Gentile.
It is one of eight projects that have been selected to receive funding support in the first round of the program, with Screen Australia estimating the combined production expenditure will generate close to $9.3million.
Land Artists (working title) will delve into one of Australia.s leading (and controversial) architecture firms, Denton Corker Marshall, on their mission to create the Australian Pavilion for the Venice Biennale. Renegade Films will make the documentary with producers Lucy Maclaren, Joe Connor and Ken Connor.
- 5/12/2015
- by Inside Film Correspondent
- IF.com.au
Screen Australia has again rejected calls to cease funding projects from foreign-owned production companies but the aggrieved filmmakers are not giving up on their campaign.
.I expect that when the majority of screen producers understand what.s happening here (many still don.t) there will be considerable pressure brought to bear on Screen Australia to reconsider its current policy,. Andrew Ogilvie, Electric Pictures CEO and executive producer, tells If.
.Moreover I suspect the community's response will become only more vocal as the full effects of government cuts are felt across the industry. Whether this will be enough to affect change is to be seen. But I hope so for the sake of Australian screen culture..
Screen Australia CEO Graeme Mason responds, .Our main goal is to make great Australian screen content that reflects our culture and that resonates with audiences. We back projects that meet the Significant Australian Content test...
.I expect that when the majority of screen producers understand what.s happening here (many still don.t) there will be considerable pressure brought to bear on Screen Australia to reconsider its current policy,. Andrew Ogilvie, Electric Pictures CEO and executive producer, tells If.
.Moreover I suspect the community's response will become only more vocal as the full effects of government cuts are felt across the industry. Whether this will be enough to affect change is to be seen. But I hope so for the sake of Australian screen culture..
Screen Australia CEO Graeme Mason responds, .Our main goal is to make great Australian screen content that reflects our culture and that resonates with audiences. We back projects that meet the Significant Australian Content test...
- 12/18/2014
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Screen Australia invested more money in factual content than in TV drama and only slightly more in narrative features in the last financial year.
Yet the funding body recouped far less from documentaries than from drama and feature films.
That emerges from an analysis of Sa's annual report for 2013-2014 which was posted on its website in October but not widely disseminated.
In that period Screen Oz provided $74.5 million in direct funding in 196 projects with aggregate production budgets of $346 million.
Of that, $24 million was invested in 22 features with total budgets of $128.5 million. In TV, $11.8 million was invested in 11 dramas worth $92.6 million and $8.3 million in four children.s projects valued at $34 million. So the TV drama sector received $20.1 million.
Some $19.1 million was funnelled into 125 docs worth $57.8 million, including development and special initiatives such as Opening Shot and Think Big.
However of the money allocated to features, a total of $2.29 million went...
Yet the funding body recouped far less from documentaries than from drama and feature films.
That emerges from an analysis of Sa's annual report for 2013-2014 which was posted on its website in October but not widely disseminated.
In that period Screen Oz provided $74.5 million in direct funding in 196 projects with aggregate production budgets of $346 million.
Of that, $24 million was invested in 22 features with total budgets of $128.5 million. In TV, $11.8 million was invested in 11 dramas worth $92.6 million and $8.3 million in four children.s projects valued at $34 million. So the TV drama sector received $20.1 million.
Some $19.1 million was funnelled into 125 docs worth $57.8 million, including development and special initiatives such as Opening Shot and Think Big.
However of the money allocated to features, a total of $2.29 million went...
- 12/17/2014
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Touch and Anzac Girls have won key prizes at the 2014 Australian Cinematographers Society awards for South Australia and Western Australia.
Aaron Gully took the best cinema feature award for Touch, a mystery starring Leeanna Walsman, Matt Day and newcomer Onor Nottle, produced by Triptych Pictures. Julie Byrne and directed by Christopher Houghton.
The best telefeature, series, TV drama or comedy trophy went to Geoffrey Hall Acs for episode four of Screentime.s Anzac Girls. Hall also collected the Milton Ingerson award for best entry overall.
Jim Frater Acs took the dual prize for best dramatised documentary for The War That Changed Us episode 1 and for Desert War- Alamein, both produced by Electric Pictures. Andrew Ogilvie. Here is the full list of winners: Student Cinematography Gold: Jordan Agutter ~ The Crane Wife ~ Sa Silver: Caroline Fisher ~ Source to Sea ~ Sa Bronze: Molly O.Connor ~ Damsels ~ Sa Experimental & Specialised Gold: Malcolm Ludgate...
Aaron Gully took the best cinema feature award for Touch, a mystery starring Leeanna Walsman, Matt Day and newcomer Onor Nottle, produced by Triptych Pictures. Julie Byrne and directed by Christopher Houghton.
The best telefeature, series, TV drama or comedy trophy went to Geoffrey Hall Acs for episode four of Screentime.s Anzac Girls. Hall also collected the Milton Ingerson award for best entry overall.
Jim Frater Acs took the dual prize for best dramatised documentary for The War That Changed Us episode 1 and for Desert War- Alamein, both produced by Electric Pictures. Andrew Ogilvie. Here is the full list of winners: Student Cinematography Gold: Jordan Agutter ~ The Crane Wife ~ Sa Silver: Caroline Fisher ~ Source to Sea ~ Sa Bronze: Molly O.Connor ~ Damsels ~ Sa Experimental & Specialised Gold: Malcolm Ludgate...
- 11/4/2014
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Matchbox Pictures MD Chris Oliver-Taylor and Goalpost Pictures MD/partner Ben Grant have been elected as president and vice president of Screen Producers Australia.
They succeed outgoing president Brian Rosen and VP Sue Taylor.
Spa executive director Matt Deaner said the newly elected councillors represent a significant cross section of the screen production industry and bring a breadth and depth of experience and achievements.
Oliver-Taylor 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. The sector continues to evolve and at this crucial time of change, it is a great privilege to be able to work on behalf of the producers of Australia to ensure our wonderful creative industry remains strong and buoyant..
The 2014 - 2015 Screen Producers Australia Council comprises:
Chris Oliver-Taylor, Matchbox Pictures (president) Ben Grant, Goalpost Pictures (vice president) Donna Andrews,...
They succeed outgoing president Brian Rosen and VP Sue Taylor.
Spa executive director Matt Deaner said the newly elected councillors represent a significant cross section of the screen production industry and bring a breadth and depth of experience and achievements.
Oliver-Taylor 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. The sector continues to evolve and at this crucial time of change, it is a great privilege to be able to work on behalf of the producers of Australia to ensure our wonderful creative industry remains strong and buoyant..
The 2014 - 2015 Screen Producers Australia Council comprises:
Chris Oliver-Taylor, Matchbox Pictures (president) Ben Grant, Goalpost Pictures (vice president) Donna Andrews,...
- 10/8/2014
- by Staff writer
- IF.com.au
A scene from The Fan..
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Tim Winton.s The Turning was named best feature at the 26th annual Wa Screen Awards presented in Perth on Monday night.
Drift was recognised for best actor Myles Pollard, Tim Duffy.s screenplay and for Glenn Dillon.s sound.
Emily Rose Brennan.s performance in the online series The Legend of Gavin Tanner: Episode 5 - The Big Fight, earned her the best actress award. The comedy also took the People.s Choice Award for the Mad Kids team of writer/star Matt Lovkis, director Henry Inglis and producer Lauren Elliott.
Nicholas Dunlop was honoured as best director for Comic Book Heroes, the ABC documentary about the quest by Australian comic book creators Wolfgang Byslma and Skye Walker Ogden to penetrate the Us market by travelling to Comic-Con International in San Diego; it also won best factual TV production.
Antony Webb's The Fan...
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Tim Winton.s The Turning was named best feature at the 26th annual Wa Screen Awards presented in Perth on Monday night.
Drift was recognised for best actor Myles Pollard, Tim Duffy.s screenplay and for Glenn Dillon.s sound.
Emily Rose Brennan.s performance in the online series The Legend of Gavin Tanner: Episode 5 - The Big Fight, earned her the best actress award. The comedy also took the People.s Choice Award for the Mad Kids team of writer/star Matt Lovkis, director Henry Inglis and producer Lauren Elliott.
Nicholas Dunlop was honoured as best director for Comic Book Heroes, the ABC documentary about the quest by Australian comic book creators Wolfgang Byslma and Skye Walker Ogden to penetrate the Us market by travelling to Comic-Con International in San Diego; it also won best factual TV production.
Antony Webb's The Fan...
- 7/14/2014
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
The Great Gatsby dominated. Aacta.s technical and short films awards today, collecting gongs in all six craft categories for which it was nominated, plus the Aacta award for outstanding achievement in visual effects.
The co-production Top of the Lake bagged two TV trophies while Matchbox Pictures. Nowhere Boys, created by Tony Ayres, was named best children.s TV series.
The TV documentary prize went to Redesign My Brain, which explores the revolutionary new science of brain plasticity, written and directed by Paul Scott and produced by Isabel Perez and Scott for ABC TV.
Writer-director Nick Verso's The Last Time I Saw Richard, produced by John Molloy, was honoured as best short fiction film. Developed and funded through Screen Australia.s Springboard program, the short is a prequel to the upcoming feature film Boys In The Trees, tracing the friendship between two teenagers in a mental health clinic in...
The co-production Top of the Lake bagged two TV trophies while Matchbox Pictures. Nowhere Boys, created by Tony Ayres, was named best children.s TV series.
The TV documentary prize went to Redesign My Brain, which explores the revolutionary new science of brain plasticity, written and directed by Paul Scott and produced by Isabel Perez and Scott for ABC TV.
Writer-director Nick Verso's The Last Time I Saw Richard, produced by John Molloy, was honoured as best short fiction film. Developed and funded through Screen Australia.s Springboard program, the short is a prequel to the upcoming feature film Boys In The Trees, tracing the friendship between two teenagers in a mental health clinic in...
- 1/28/2014
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
First Footprints, Jabbed, Fallout and Once My Mother were among the winners of the 2013 Ipaf Atom awards presented in Melbourne on Thursday night.
Founded in 1982 and voted by members of the Australian Teachers of Media, the awards recognise film and media excellence in the education and screen industry sectors.
There were more than 600 entries from Australian and New Zealand media producers in 29 categories. The event was hosted by Brian Nankervis from RocKwiz. The Intellectual Property Awareness Foundation (Ipaf) was the naming sponsor this year.
Martin Butler and Bentley Dean.s First Footprints, which tells how the first Australians adapted, migrated, fought and created in dramatically changing environments, was named best documentary, general.
Sonya Pemberton.s Jabbed, which poses the questions how do you decide whether to vaccinate or not, and what are the risks?, took the award for best docu, science, technology and the environment.
Lawrence Johnston.s Fallout, which...
Founded in 1982 and voted by members of the Australian Teachers of Media, the awards recognise film and media excellence in the education and screen industry sectors.
There were more than 600 entries from Australian and New Zealand media producers in 29 categories. The event was hosted by Brian Nankervis from RocKwiz. The Intellectual Property Awareness Foundation (Ipaf) was the naming sponsor this year.
Martin Butler and Bentley Dean.s First Footprints, which tells how the first Australians adapted, migrated, fought and created in dramatically changing environments, was named best documentary, general.
Sonya Pemberton.s Jabbed, which poses the questions how do you decide whether to vaccinate or not, and what are the risks?, took the award for best docu, science, technology and the environment.
Lawrence Johnston.s Fallout, which...
- 11/29/2013
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
A 4-part ABC documentary will examine how the First World War changed the country, its soldiers and their families, nurses and people who opposed the war.
The producer of The War That Changed Us, Electric Pictures. Andrew Ogilvie, originally envisioned the program as an international co-production between the ABC, the BBC and PBS stations in the Us.
But Ogilvie says the ABC wanted a film which reflected a uniquely Australian perspective without having to comply with the demands of international broadcasters.
It.s now in production under the auspices of the ABC/Screen Australia National Documentary Program, supported by Screen West and the Department of Veterans. Affairs.
Director Don Featherstone (Kokoda, Singapore 1942 End of Empire) has filmed interviews with 10 Australian historians and .atmospheric. footage of battlefields in Europe including the Western Front, and Gallipoli.
In November co-director James Bogle will film dramatic re-enactments revolving around five individuals: a high-ranking officer,...
The producer of The War That Changed Us, Electric Pictures. Andrew Ogilvie, originally envisioned the program as an international co-production between the ABC, the BBC and PBS stations in the Us.
But Ogilvie says the ABC wanted a film which reflected a uniquely Australian perspective without having to comply with the demands of international broadcasters.
It.s now in production under the auspices of the ABC/Screen Australia National Documentary Program, supported by Screen West and the Department of Veterans. Affairs.
Director Don Featherstone (Kokoda, Singapore 1942 End of Empire) has filmed interviews with 10 Australian historians and .atmospheric. footage of battlefields in Europe including the Western Front, and Gallipoli.
In November co-director James Bogle will film dramatic re-enactments revolving around five individuals: a high-ranking officer,...
- 10/17/2013
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Tree Australia.s Brian Rosen and Taylor Media.s Sue Taylor have been re-elected for a third term as president and vice-president of the Screen Producers Association of Australia for 2013/2014.
Spaa is changing its constitution to elect future presidents for a two-year term, capped at a maximum of two terms. Rosen has indicated he will step down as president at the end of his third year.
Members of the 2013/14 Spaa Council are: Donna Andrews, Sticky Pictures; Mark Bamford, TressCox Lawyers; Ben Grant, Goalpost Pictures; Chris Hilton, Essential Media and Entertainment; Morgan Jaffit, Defiant Development; Linda Klejus, Circa Media; Nathan Mayfield, Hoodlum Entertainment; Alaric McAusland, Deluxe Australia; David Redman, Instinct Entertainment; Andrew Ogilvie, Electric Pictures; Chris Oliver-Taylor, Matchbox Pictures; and Joanna Werner, Werner Film Productions.
The outgoing councillors are Dan Pearce, Holding Redlich Lawyers; Ros Tatarka, CreatEve; and Jennifer Wilson, The Project Factory.
Of that trio Spaa says, .Together they have...
Spaa is changing its constitution to elect future presidents for a two-year term, capped at a maximum of two terms. Rosen has indicated he will step down as president at the end of his third year.
Members of the 2013/14 Spaa Council are: Donna Andrews, Sticky Pictures; Mark Bamford, TressCox Lawyers; Ben Grant, Goalpost Pictures; Chris Hilton, Essential Media and Entertainment; Morgan Jaffit, Defiant Development; Linda Klejus, Circa Media; Nathan Mayfield, Hoodlum Entertainment; Alaric McAusland, Deluxe Australia; David Redman, Instinct Entertainment; Andrew Ogilvie, Electric Pictures; Chris Oliver-Taylor, Matchbox Pictures; and Joanna Werner, Werner Film Productions.
The outgoing councillors are Dan Pearce, Holding Redlich Lawyers; Ros Tatarka, CreatEve; and Jennifer Wilson, The Project Factory.
Of that trio Spaa says, .Together they have...
- 10/3/2013
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Screen Australia today announced it will invest $5 million in 13 documentary projects. The National Documentary Program has given the green light to three series and a one-off documentary, Welcome to Puntland, which follows the plight of a group of Somali Australians who return to their homeland in hope of repairing the fractured state. Produced for the Sbs by Andrew Ogilvie and Claire Jager, the project comes from writer/director Victoria Pitt and director/camera operator Tim Wise. Once Upon a Time in Carlton comes after the success of Sbs.s Once Upon a Time in Cabramatta and, subsequently, Once Upon a Time in Punchbowl, which is currently in production. The series, produced by Sue Clothier, will delve into 70 years of Italian migrant history in Carlton, Melbourne. The second series of art + soul will build on its success, offering new insights into contemporary Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists, art and culture,...
- 12/12/2012
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
Joe Hildebrand will return to Australian TV screens in 2013 with a new factual series taking aim at Australia’s belief it is ‘the lucky country.”
The Daily Telegraph journo reunites with Cordell Jigsaw Zapruder, the team behind his previous series Dumb Drunk & Racist for a six part series to air on ABC2.
The series is one of 13 documentary projects announced to receive funding from Screen Australia. The $5m agency investment is expected to trigger nearly $15m worth of production.
Produced by Michael Cordell and Toni Malone, and directed by Ivan O’Mahoney, “The Daily Telegraph’s rebel-rousing columnist travels the lucky country, shattering our myths, bursting our bubbles and slaughtering some sacred Australian cows,” according to a press release.
Dumb Drunk & Racist delivered a decent audience for ABC2, it’s debut episode rating 266,000.
Cordell Jigsaw Zapruder has also received funding for Two Men in China, the continuing environmental buddy series...
The Daily Telegraph journo reunites with Cordell Jigsaw Zapruder, the team behind his previous series Dumb Drunk & Racist for a six part series to air on ABC2.
The series is one of 13 documentary projects announced to receive funding from Screen Australia. The $5m agency investment is expected to trigger nearly $15m worth of production.
Produced by Michael Cordell and Toni Malone, and directed by Ivan O’Mahoney, “The Daily Telegraph’s rebel-rousing columnist travels the lucky country, shattering our myths, bursting our bubbles and slaughtering some sacred Australian cows,” according to a press release.
Dumb Drunk & Racist delivered a decent audience for ABC2, it’s debut episode rating 266,000.
Cordell Jigsaw Zapruder has also received funding for Two Men in China, the continuing environmental buddy series...
- 12/12/2012
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
Hit musical drama The Sapphires has scored 12 nominations at the 2012 Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (Aacta) Awards including in the coveted best feature film category.
The Sapphires, which follows four indigenous singers during the Vietnam war, has grossed more than $14 million in Australia to become the biggest local film of the year.
Three other films will be also be vying for the best feature film award: Burning Man (10 nominations in total), Lore (eight nominations in total) and Wish You Were Here (eight nominations in total) at the main Aacta ceremony, which will be held on January 30, 2013, at The Star Event Centre. Last year's event was held at the iconic Sydney Opera House.
P.J. Hogan's Mental also scored eight nominations including Best Lead Actress (Toni Collette), Best Supporting Actor (Liev Schreiber) Best Young Actor (Lily Sullivan) and Best Supporting Actress for Rebecca Gibney and Deborah Mailman.
Not Suitable for Children...
The Sapphires, which follows four indigenous singers during the Vietnam war, has grossed more than $14 million in Australia to become the biggest local film of the year.
Three other films will be also be vying for the best feature film award: Burning Man (10 nominations in total), Lore (eight nominations in total) and Wish You Were Here (eight nominations in total) at the main Aacta ceremony, which will be held on January 30, 2013, at The Star Event Centre. Last year's event was held at the iconic Sydney Opera House.
P.J. Hogan's Mental also scored eight nominations including Best Lead Actress (Toni Collette), Best Supporting Actor (Liev Schreiber) Best Young Actor (Lily Sullivan) and Best Supporting Actress for Rebecca Gibney and Deborah Mailman.
Not Suitable for Children...
- 12/3/2012
- by Brendan Swift
- IF.com.au
The Sapphires has led the Academy of Australian Cinema and Television Arts Awards nominations being nominated in 12 categories.
Awards will be handed out over two events, with an awards luncheon, focused on craft categories on Monday January 28 and the main event on January 30. Both events will be held at the Star Event Centre, the first public events for the venue.
The Sapphires, distributed by Hopscotch/eOne has been nominated for Best Film, Best Direction and best adapted screenplay as well as Best Lead Actor and Actress for Chris O’Dowd and Deborah Mailman, and Best Supporting Actress for Jessica Mauboy.
Burning Man was not far behind on 10 nominations including best film and best direction as well as best lead actor for Matthre Goode and Best Supporting Actress for Essie Davis.
Three more films, Lore, Mental and Wish You Were Here received eight nominations while Not Suitable For Children received four.
Awards will be handed out over two events, with an awards luncheon, focused on craft categories on Monday January 28 and the main event on January 30. Both events will be held at the Star Event Centre, the first public events for the venue.
The Sapphires, distributed by Hopscotch/eOne has been nominated for Best Film, Best Direction and best adapted screenplay as well as Best Lead Actor and Actress for Chris O’Dowd and Deborah Mailman, and Best Supporting Actress for Jessica Mauboy.
Burning Man was not far behind on 10 nominations including best film and best direction as well as best lead actor for Matthre Goode and Best Supporting Actress for Essie Davis.
Three more films, Lore, Mental and Wish You Were Here received eight nominations while Not Suitable For Children received four.
- 12/3/2012
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
A documentary about Rupert Murdoch is to be funded by Screen Austraia, the organisation has revealed.
The taxpayer funded body said that the doco – titled Murdoch – will screen in Sbs and on the UK’s biggest commercial broadcaster ITV.
Produced by Electric Pictures, according to the synopsis, the two-part series will be “the definitive account of how one man changed the face of the media and became one of the wealthiest, most powerful and enigmatic figures in the world.”
Electric Pictures was the production company that won a best documentary Aacta award earlier this year for Jandamarra’s War.
Written and directed by Janice Sutherland, Electric’s Andrew Ogilvie and Dinah Lord are producing.
A spokesman for Electric Pictures told Encore: “We won’t be commenting.”
The series is one of six documentaries announced by Screen Australia.
Five of the six already have international sales behind them. Not only will Murdoch screen in the UK,...
The taxpayer funded body said that the doco – titled Murdoch – will screen in Sbs and on the UK’s biggest commercial broadcaster ITV.
Produced by Electric Pictures, according to the synopsis, the two-part series will be “the definitive account of how one man changed the face of the media and became one of the wealthiest, most powerful and enigmatic figures in the world.”
Electric Pictures was the production company that won a best documentary Aacta award earlier this year for Jandamarra’s War.
Written and directed by Janice Sutherland, Electric’s Andrew Ogilvie and Dinah Lord are producing.
A spokesman for Electric Pictures told Encore: “We won’t be commenting.”
The series is one of six documentaries announced by Screen Australia.
Five of the six already have international sales behind them. Not only will Murdoch screen in the UK,...
- 3/15/2012
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
Screen Australia will invest $1.9 million across six documentaries including programs which look at the life of media mogul Rupert Murdoch and Warumpi Band leader George Rrarramu.
The six programs, which include one from the National Documentary Program and five from the International Program funding programs, will generate $7.3 million in production, according to Screen Australia.
George Rrarramu, the single film chosen from the National Documentary Program, details the legendary Warumpi Band front man and his contribution to Indigenous music. The documentary is written by Lisa Watts and Steven McGregor, who will also direct.
From the International Program, a two-part Sbs and ITV documentary, Murdoch looks into the life of Rupert Murdoch, one of the most powerful figures in the world, and how he has radically impacted today.s media. The Murdoch empire grew from a small Adelaide home base to dominate the world but is currently under threat after a phone hacking scandal in the UK.
The six programs, which include one from the National Documentary Program and five from the International Program funding programs, will generate $7.3 million in production, according to Screen Australia.
George Rrarramu, the single film chosen from the National Documentary Program, details the legendary Warumpi Band front man and his contribution to Indigenous music. The documentary is written by Lisa Watts and Steven McGregor, who will also direct.
From the International Program, a two-part Sbs and ITV documentary, Murdoch looks into the life of Rupert Murdoch, one of the most powerful figures in the world, and how he has radically impacted today.s media. The Murdoch empire grew from a small Adelaide home base to dominate the world but is currently under threat after a phone hacking scandal in the UK.
- 3/15/2012
- by Matthew Worboys
- IF.com.au
It seems controversy leads to awards. The two big winners at last night.s inaugural Aacta Awards were thriller feature film Snowtown and TV drama series The Slap. Both renowned for their controversial nature, the film and TV series netted four and five gongs respectively.
Snowtown, about Australian serial killer John Bunting who befriends a 16-year-old, was honoured in the Best Direction (Justin Kurzel), Best Adapted Screenplay (Shaun Grant), Best Actor (Daniel Henshall) and Best Supporting Actress (Louise Harris) categories.
The last two awards were particularly impressive as neither actor had appeared in a feature film before. While Henshall had previously acted in such shows as Out of the Blue, it was Harris. first ever acting role.
The four gongs awarded last night at the Sydney Opera House brings the film.s tally to an impressive six Aacta Awards after receiving Best Editing (Veronika Jenet Ase) and Best Sound (Frank Lipson Mpse,...
Snowtown, about Australian serial killer John Bunting who befriends a 16-year-old, was honoured in the Best Direction (Justin Kurzel), Best Adapted Screenplay (Shaun Grant), Best Actor (Daniel Henshall) and Best Supporting Actress (Louise Harris) categories.
The last two awards were particularly impressive as neither actor had appeared in a feature film before. While Henshall had previously acted in such shows as Out of the Blue, it was Harris. first ever acting role.
The four gongs awarded last night at the Sydney Opera House brings the film.s tally to an impressive six Aacta Awards after receiving Best Editing (Veronika Jenet Ase) and Best Sound (Frank Lipson Mpse,...
- 1/31/2012
- by Sam Dallas
- IF.com.au
Australian cinematographer Don McAlpine (Acs/Asc) received two standing ovations after tributes from longtime colleagues Jack Thompson and Bruce Beresford at the inaugural Australian Academy Cinema Television Arts (Aacta) awards yesteryday.
McAlpine was awarded the coveted Raymond Longford Award for a lifetime achievement in cinema. McAlpine’s career spans over 50 films including Moulin Rouge and William Shakespeare’s Romeo + Juliet, Breaker Morant and most recently Mental.
The ceremony, hosted by Sigrid Thornton, was the first for the newly formed academy. The ceremony also included the announcement of the Australian academy’s international awards to recognise excellence in film. The announcements were made during a live cross to actress Jackie Weaver at the G’Day USA Gala in Los Angeles.
Further awards for both Australian cinema and TV and the international awards will be presented on January 31 at the Opera House.
The Winners
Raymond Longford Award
Don McAlpine
Byron Kennedy Award...
McAlpine was awarded the coveted Raymond Longford Award for a lifetime achievement in cinema. McAlpine’s career spans over 50 films including Moulin Rouge and William Shakespeare’s Romeo + Juliet, Breaker Morant and most recently Mental.
The ceremony, hosted by Sigrid Thornton, was the first for the newly formed academy. The ceremony also included the announcement of the Australian academy’s international awards to recognise excellence in film. The announcements were made during a live cross to actress Jackie Weaver at the G’Day USA Gala in Los Angeles.
Further awards for both Australian cinema and TV and the international awards will be presented on January 31 at the Opera House.
The Winners
Raymond Longford Award
Don McAlpine
Byron Kennedy Award...
- 1/15/2012
- by Brooke Hemphill
- Encore Magazine
Screen Australia has announced a second batch of documentary investment within a week.
The national screen agency today announced $2.6m investment in eight documentaries.
The investment is expected to result in over $8m in production.
Of the investment, Liz Stevens, Screen Australia’s documentary manager said: “The stories coming to our screens in this mix of science, history and social contemporary documentaries are incredibly exciting, reflecting the enormous talent and scope of the filmmakers.”
Last week Screen Australia invested in $1m in five documentaries.
Last week also saw Screen Australia invest $500,000 in feature script projects.
The various documentaries are scheduled to air on ABC, Sbs, Stvdio and Foxtel.
National Documentary Program
A History of Mining
3 x 54 mins
Renegade Films
Producer/Writer: Alex West
Series Producer: Jacob Hickey
Directors: Sara Tiefenbrun, Jacob Hickey
Broadcaster Sbs
I Can change your mind… about climate
60 mins
Smith & Nasht
Producer/Writer: Simon Nasht
Writer/Director:...
The national screen agency today announced $2.6m investment in eight documentaries.
The investment is expected to result in over $8m in production.
Of the investment, Liz Stevens, Screen Australia’s documentary manager said: “The stories coming to our screens in this mix of science, history and social contemporary documentaries are incredibly exciting, reflecting the enormous talent and scope of the filmmakers.”
Last week Screen Australia invested in $1m in five documentaries.
Last week also saw Screen Australia invest $500,000 in feature script projects.
The various documentaries are scheduled to air on ABC, Sbs, Stvdio and Foxtel.
National Documentary Program
A History of Mining
3 x 54 mins
Renegade Films
Producer/Writer: Alex West
Series Producer: Jacob Hickey
Directors: Sara Tiefenbrun, Jacob Hickey
Broadcaster Sbs
I Can change your mind… about climate
60 mins
Smith & Nasht
Producer/Writer: Simon Nasht
Writer/Director:...
- 12/20/2011
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
The Hunter has lead the Aacta Awards with 14 nominations including best film.
The film, by Daniel Nettheim, is also up for best direction, adapted screenplay, cinematography, sound, production design, costume, original music score, and visual effects. Meanwhile, Willem Dafoe, Frances O’Connor, Sam Neill and Morgana Davies are all up for acting awards.
The film has currently made just over $1m at the local box office.
It’s the first year for the re-launched AACTAs, formerly the AFI awards.
The technical awards will be given out at a luncheon on 15 January at the Sydney Opera House, with an evening ceremony for the more ‘public-friendly’ awards held at the Opera House on 31 January.
Running against The Hunter for best film is Red Dog, Mad Bastards, The Eye of the Storm, Snowtown and Oranges and Sunshine.
The Eye of the Storm, was second in the nominations race with 12, of which six are...
The film, by Daniel Nettheim, is also up for best direction, adapted screenplay, cinematography, sound, production design, costume, original music score, and visual effects. Meanwhile, Willem Dafoe, Frances O’Connor, Sam Neill and Morgana Davies are all up for acting awards.
The film has currently made just over $1m at the local box office.
It’s the first year for the re-launched AACTAs, formerly the AFI awards.
The technical awards will be given out at a luncheon on 15 January at the Sydney Opera House, with an evening ceremony for the more ‘public-friendly’ awards held at the Opera House on 31 January.
Running against The Hunter for best film is Red Dog, Mad Bastards, The Eye of the Storm, Snowtown and Oranges and Sunshine.
The Eye of the Storm, was second in the nominations race with 12, of which six are...
- 11/30/2011
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
Ben Grant of Goalpost Pictures and David Redman of Instinct Entertainment join new President Brian Rosen and Vice President Sue Taylor on the Spaa Council for 2011/12.
The full list of elected Spaa councillors are as follows:
Brian Rosen moves from Feature Film councillor to President as Antony I Ginnane (Ifm Film) steps down. Bob Campbell (Screentime) will be replaced by Sue Taylor (Taylor Media) formerly the television councillor.
Ben Grant (Goalpost Pictures) and David Redman (Instinct Entertainment) step into the Feature Film councillors roles with Daniel Scharf (Profile Creative) an outgoing office holder.
Paul Barron (Great Western Entertainment) replaces Sue Taylor as Ros Tatarka (CreatEve) fills the spot of outgoing Jenny Lalor (entertainment lawyer) for the Television department. Chris Hilton (Essential Media & Entertainment) and Andrew Ogilvie (Electric Pictures) remain documentary councillors, so too does Jennifer Wilson (The Project Factory) in the role of Animation and New Media councillor while Services...
The full list of elected Spaa councillors are as follows:
Brian Rosen moves from Feature Film councillor to President as Antony I Ginnane (Ifm Film) steps down. Bob Campbell (Screentime) will be replaced by Sue Taylor (Taylor Media) formerly the television councillor.
Ben Grant (Goalpost Pictures) and David Redman (Instinct Entertainment) step into the Feature Film councillors roles with Daniel Scharf (Profile Creative) an outgoing office holder.
Paul Barron (Great Western Entertainment) replaces Sue Taylor as Ros Tatarka (CreatEve) fills the spot of outgoing Jenny Lalor (entertainment lawyer) for the Television department. Chris Hilton (Essential Media & Entertainment) and Andrew Ogilvie (Electric Pictures) remain documentary councillors, so too does Jennifer Wilson (The Project Factory) in the role of Animation and New Media councillor while Services...
- 9/16/2011
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
Screen Australia have announced $2.7million in investment across eight documentaries which will trigger nearly $10million worth of production.
In the announcement, Sbs’s popular Who Do You Think You Are? series will return for a fifth series while Academy Award winner Eva Orner will go behind the scenes of a TV network.
Under the General Documentary Program, Who Do You Think You Are?, produced by Artemis and Serendipity Productions and ABC’s Family Confidential – which enters homes of some of Australia’s most significant households – have received funding.
First Footprints, directed/produced by Martin Butler and Bentley Dean for Abctv, about the peopling of Australia over e three-part series received funding through the National Documentary Program.
The International Documentary Program has invested in five new documentaries:
The Network, by Eva Orner (written/directed/produced) is a documentary set behind the scenes at a fledgling television network in one of the...
In the announcement, Sbs’s popular Who Do You Think You Are? series will return for a fifth series while Academy Award winner Eva Orner will go behind the scenes of a TV network.
Under the General Documentary Program, Who Do You Think You Are?, produced by Artemis and Serendipity Productions and ABC’s Family Confidential – which enters homes of some of Australia’s most significant households – have received funding.
First Footprints, directed/produced by Martin Butler and Bentley Dean for Abctv, about the peopling of Australia over e three-part series received funding through the National Documentary Program.
The International Documentary Program has invested in five new documentaries:
The Network, by Eva Orner (written/directed/produced) is a documentary set behind the scenes at a fledgling television network in one of the...
- 8/8/2011
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
Screen Australia has invested $9 in 15 projects, including a film adaptation of the TV comedy hit Kath and Kim, entitled The Kath and Kim Filum – produced by Rick McKenna, Jane Turner and Gina Riley, and directed by Ted Emery.
In the film, Kath and Kim will head overseas “on a whirlwind tour of love, lust and revolution”.
The investment round supports a production slate worth almost $29m. It also includes the feature The Last Great Apes, The 20-Something Survival Guide, and a theatrical doco for IMAX, as well as 10 documentaries.
The projects are:
Features
The 20-something Survival Guide
Eddie Wong Films Pty Ltd
Producer Jodi Matterson
Executive Producers Bruna Papandrea, Simon Bosanquet, Mark Huffam
Writer Michael Lucas
Director Peter Templeman
International Sales Marble Hill/Sc Films International
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Synopsis A freewheeling 20-something guy learns he will be infertile in a month, so he has to find someone to conceive...
In the film, Kath and Kim will head overseas “on a whirlwind tour of love, lust and revolution”.
The investment round supports a production slate worth almost $29m. It also includes the feature The Last Great Apes, The 20-Something Survival Guide, and a theatrical doco for IMAX, as well as 10 documentaries.
The projects are:
Features
The 20-something Survival Guide
Eddie Wong Films Pty Ltd
Producer Jodi Matterson
Executive Producers Bruna Papandrea, Simon Bosanquet, Mark Huffam
Writer Michael Lucas
Director Peter Templeman
International Sales Marble Hill/Sc Films International
Australian Distributor Icon
Synopsis A freewheeling 20-something guy learns he will be infertile in a month, so he has to find someone to conceive...
- 3/8/2011
- by Miguel Gonzalez
- Encore Magazine
Remember that one year (2001) when the list-happy AFI (American Film Institute) decided to compete with the Globes and the Oscars in year end prizes? No, that didn't last long. But there's another AFI, The Australian Film Institute, that has been around for a long time and is in no such danger of being a one-off. This year, they're all about the amazing family crime drama Animal Kingdom which they awarded with a record breaking 18 nominations. Sure, the film is in danger of being way overhyped for people who are coming to it late (which is just about everyone given the sorry state of international distribution for dramas of virtually any kind) but for those who can slough off the "omg" raves, I guarantee you'll think it at least an insinuating and well executed crime drama.
AFI Favorites with multiple nominations
Its main competition for the coveted prizes, if you go by nomination counts,...
AFI Favorites with multiple nominations
Its main competition for the coveted prizes, if you go by nomination counts,...
- 10/29/2010
- by NATHANIEL R
- FilmExperience
Animal Kingdom received 18 nominations for this year’s Australian Film Institute Awards, followed by Beneath Hill 60 (12), Bright Star (11), Tomorrow, When the War Began (8), The Tree, Bran Nue Dae (7 each) and The Boys Are Back (4)
The Best Film category will see Animal Kingdom competing against Beneath Hill 60, Bright Star, Bran Nue Dae, The Tree and Tomorrow, When the War Began.
Australia’s top rated drama productions – Packed to the Rafters and Underbellly: The Golden Mile – were both absent from the main Television categories (except for Underbelly‘s two acting nods).
The winners will be revealed on December 10 (Industry Awards) and 11 (main Awards Ceremony) in Melbourne.
This is the full list of nominees:
AFI Members’ Choice Award
Animal Kingdom. Liz Watts. Beneath Hill 60. Bill Leimbach. Bran Nue Dae. Robyn Kershaw, Graeme Isaac. Bright Star. Jan Chapman, Caroline Hewitt. The Boys Are Back. Greg Brenman, Tim White. Tomorrow When The War Began.
The Best Film category will see Animal Kingdom competing against Beneath Hill 60, Bright Star, Bran Nue Dae, The Tree and Tomorrow, When the War Began.
Australia’s top rated drama productions – Packed to the Rafters and Underbellly: The Golden Mile – were both absent from the main Television categories (except for Underbelly‘s two acting nods).
The winners will be revealed on December 10 (Industry Awards) and 11 (main Awards Ceremony) in Melbourne.
This is the full list of nominees:
AFI Members’ Choice Award
Animal Kingdom. Liz Watts. Beneath Hill 60. Bill Leimbach. Bran Nue Dae. Robyn Kershaw, Graeme Isaac. Bright Star. Jan Chapman, Caroline Hewitt. The Boys Are Back. Greg Brenman, Tim White. Tomorrow When The War Began.
- 10/27/2010
- by Miguel Gonzalez
- Encore Magazine
Blackfella Films, Electric Pictures, Great Wight Productions, Playmaker Media and Wild Fury are the latest recipients of Screen Australia’s Enterprise program. These production companies will receive $3m in support over three years. Blackfella Films (Rachel Perkins, Darren Dale), Electric Pictures (Andrew Ogilvie), Great Wight Productions (Andrew Wight, Peter Robinson, Monica Wight), Playmaker Media (David Maher, David Taylor) and Wild Fury (Tina Dalton, Veronica Fury, Hugh Marks) were chosen because their business plans showed “a strong vision for how they can build capacity and achieve ongoing business viability”, according to Screen Australia CEO Ruth Harley. The companies’ plans incorporate strategies for growth including diversification, new partnerships and alliances, marketing and innovative distribution, and expansion across state borders and into international markets. This funding will enable Blackfella Films to recruit Miranda Dear, previously head of drama at the ABC, as creative producer to oversee development of a varied slate of documentary,...
- 10/25/2010
- by Miguel Gonzalez
- Encore Magazine
Screen Australia has invested $4.5m in 20 documentaries, with a production volume worth $15m.
The agency said the demands on this month’s round of the domestic documentary program were high, with ABC, Sbs and pay TV “using close to their full allocation for the financial year”. Therefore, Screen Australia will pool its funds across the domestic and international programs for a total alloction of $7.5m.
The next two rounds in the 2010/11 year will be worth $1.8m each.
The approved projects are:
Wide Open Road
Bombora Films and Music Producer/Director Paul Clarke Broadcaster ABC TV Sales & Distribution ABC Commercial, Roadshow Synopsis An Australian social history of the 20th century – viewed through the windscreen of the cars that we so cherished.
Arthouse
Paalma Pty Ltd Producer/Writer Marian Bartsch Director Britt Arthur Broadcaster ABC Sales & Distribution ABC Content Sales Synopsis ArtHouse looks at the changing face of architecture, innovation and design...
The agency said the demands on this month’s round of the domestic documentary program were high, with ABC, Sbs and pay TV “using close to their full allocation for the financial year”. Therefore, Screen Australia will pool its funds across the domestic and international programs for a total alloction of $7.5m.
The next two rounds in the 2010/11 year will be worth $1.8m each.
The approved projects are:
Wide Open Road
Bombora Films and Music Producer/Director Paul Clarke Broadcaster ABC TV Sales & Distribution ABC Commercial, Roadshow Synopsis An Australian social history of the 20th century – viewed through the windscreen of the cars that we so cherished.
Arthouse
Paalma Pty Ltd Producer/Writer Marian Bartsch Director Britt Arthur Broadcaster ABC Sales & Distribution ABC Content Sales Synopsis ArtHouse looks at the changing face of architecture, innovation and design...
- 7/27/2010
- by Miguel Gonzalez
- Encore Magazine
'Addicted to Money', a new three-part series starting Tuesday 6 October on RTÉ, is set to explore the causes of the financial meltdown, what lies ahead, and what we all need to do now to create a sustainable economy. The series is co-written/presented by economist and social commentator David McWilliams (In Search of the Pope's Children). The co-writer and director of the project is Simon Nasht (Tasmanian Devil – The Fast and Furious Life of Errol Flynn, Constructing Australia: The Bridge) and the series is produced by Andrew Ogilvie and Andrea Quesnelle. The series will run over three x one hour episodes. 'Addicted to Money' is produced by Australian production company Electric Pictures, in association with the ABC Australia, RTÉ Ireland and S4C UK.
- 10/5/2009
- IFTN
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