Exclusive: Superstore star Ben Feldman will lead Australian comedy crime caper Population 11.
Lionsgate, streamer Stan and Phil Lloyd and Trent O’Donnell from No Activity producer Jungle Entertainment have teamed for the 12-part series ahead of a March 14 launch in Australia.
The series, which Jungle produces Entertainment in association with Factor 30 Films, has been quietly shooting in Western Australia’s Kimberley Region. We’ve now got full cast details, a trailer (see below) and first-look images.
Based on true events, the series is based around a man, Hugo, who goes missing from a tiny outback town of only 12 residents. His son, Andy Pruden (Feldman), a suburban Ohio bank teller, has journeyed across the world to visit and is alarmed when he discovers he is missing. Andy teams with another outsider Cassie (Perry Mooney) on a quest to find his father, and the pair find themselves in increasing danger as they...
Lionsgate, streamer Stan and Phil Lloyd and Trent O’Donnell from No Activity producer Jungle Entertainment have teamed for the 12-part series ahead of a March 14 launch in Australia.
The series, which Jungle produces Entertainment in association with Factor 30 Films, has been quietly shooting in Western Australia’s Kimberley Region. We’ve now got full cast details, a trailer (see below) and first-look images.
Based on true events, the series is based around a man, Hugo, who goes missing from a tiny outback town of only 12 residents. His son, Andy Pruden (Feldman), a suburban Ohio bank teller, has journeyed across the world to visit and is alarmed when he discovers he is missing. Andy teams with another outsider Cassie (Perry Mooney) on a quest to find his father, and the pair find themselves in increasing danger as they...
- 1/30/2024
- by Jesse Whittock
- Deadline Film + TV
Studiocanal handles international sales.
Jai Courtney, Celeste Barber, Deborah Mailman, Matt Day, Tom Budge, Genevieve Lemon and Jack Thompson have been cast in director John Sheedy’s second feature Runt, with cameras rolling on Monday (October 23) in Western Australia.
However it is Lily Latorre, who plays 11-year-old Annie, and adopted stray dog Squid in the title role of Runt, who will be the stand-out stars as their characters make up the champion dog agility double-act that might just save the family’s sheep farm. Latorre’s brother Jack is also in the cast.
Prolific author Craig Silvey wrote the script...
Jai Courtney, Celeste Barber, Deborah Mailman, Matt Day, Tom Budge, Genevieve Lemon and Jack Thompson have been cast in director John Sheedy’s second feature Runt, with cameras rolling on Monday (October 23) in Western Australia.
However it is Lily Latorre, who plays 11-year-old Annie, and adopted stray dog Squid in the title role of Runt, who will be the stand-out stars as their characters make up the champion dog agility double-act that might just save the family’s sheep farm. Latorre’s brother Jack is also in the cast.
Prolific author Craig Silvey wrote the script...
- 10/22/2023
- by Sandy George
- ScreenDaily
Greta Scacchi, daughter Leila George and Sam Corlett will next week start production on “He Ain’t Heavy” a West Australia-set drama by first time feature director David Vincent Smith.
Inspired by true events, “He Ain’t Heavy” follows a desperate sister who kidnaps her beloved brother to save him from addiction.
George is a fast-rising star. With credits already including “Animal Kingdom,” “The Kid” and “Mortal Engines,” she is now coming off the back of Patricia Arquette’s upcoming directorial debut “Gonzo Girl” and recently starred alongside Cate Blanchett, Kevin Klein and Lesley Manville in Alfonso Cuaron’s new thriller “Disclaimer” for Apple TV. She is the central figure in “He Ain’t Heavy” playing daughter to Scacchi’s character and sister to Corlett’s.
Corlett assumes the role of Max, a troubled son and brother at the centre of the tense family drama. He can be seen in...
Inspired by true events, “He Ain’t Heavy” follows a desperate sister who kidnaps her beloved brother to save him from addiction.
George is a fast-rising star. With credits already including “Animal Kingdom,” “The Kid” and “Mortal Engines,” she is now coming off the back of Patricia Arquette’s upcoming directorial debut “Gonzo Girl” and recently starred alongside Cate Blanchett, Kevin Klein and Lesley Manville in Alfonso Cuaron’s new thriller “Disclaimer” for Apple TV. She is the central figure in “He Ain’t Heavy” playing daughter to Scacchi’s character and sister to Corlett’s.
Corlett assumes the role of Max, a troubled son and brother at the centre of the tense family drama. He can be seen in...
- 1/16/2023
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
Midnight Moves
Korean film sales agent Finecut has struck several deals for action thriller “Project Wolf Hunting” ahead of its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival’s Midnight Madness section. In Asia, the film has been licensed to Moviecloud for Taiwan, Multivision Multimedia for India, Sahamongkolfilm International for Thailand, The Klockworx for Japan. Finecut also closed a deal with A Contracorriente Films for Spain, Prime Time Media for Cis and Well Go USA for Canada and the U.S. The film set on board a cargo ship which is being used to transport dangerous criminals from the Philippines to Busan, Korea. An escape attempt leads to a riot which in turn unleashes a sinister force. The film is directed by Kim Hongsun and will have a theatrical release in Korea from Sept. 21.
Three Out Of Five Ain’T Bad
Western Australia recently launched a A20 million (13.4 million) production attraction incentive scheme.
Korean film sales agent Finecut has struck several deals for action thriller “Project Wolf Hunting” ahead of its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival’s Midnight Madness section. In Asia, the film has been licensed to Moviecloud for Taiwan, Multivision Multimedia for India, Sahamongkolfilm International for Thailand, The Klockworx for Japan. Finecut also closed a deal with A Contracorriente Films for Spain, Prime Time Media for Cis and Well Go USA for Canada and the U.S. The film set on board a cargo ship which is being used to transport dangerous criminals from the Philippines to Busan, Korea. An escape attempt leads to a riot which in turn unleashes a sinister force. The film is directed by Kim Hongsun and will have a theatrical release in Korea from Sept. 21.
Three Out Of Five Ain’T Bad
Western Australia recently launched a A20 million (13.4 million) production attraction incentive scheme.
- 9/8/2022
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
Richard Roxburgh named this year’s CinefestOZ Screen Legend.
Goran Stolevski’s Australian drama Of An Age has won the CinefestOZ Film Prize of nearly 70,000.
The prize, awarded on Saturday (August 27) at the 15th CinefestOZ Film Festival in Western Australia, is open to new Australian-made films and considered one of the richest in the country.
Of An Age marks the second feature of Macedonia-born, Australia-based writer-director Stolevski and depicts a romance between two young men – played by Elias Anton and Thom Green – in the suburbs of Melbourne over one hot summer’s day in 1999.
It was acquired by Focus Features...
Goran Stolevski’s Australian drama Of An Age has won the CinefestOZ Film Prize of nearly 70,000.
The prize, awarded on Saturday (August 27) at the 15th CinefestOZ Film Festival in Western Australia, is open to new Australian-made films and considered one of the richest in the country.
Of An Age marks the second feature of Macedonia-born, Australia-based writer-director Stolevski and depicts a romance between two young men – played by Elias Anton and Thom Green – in the suburbs of Melbourne over one hot summer’s day in 1999.
It was acquired by Focus Features...
- 8/30/2022
- by Sandy George
- ScreenDaily
Balancing production with border uncertainty will be a key challenge for Western Australia’s screen industry heading into 2022, according to Screenwest CEO Rikki Lea Bestall.
The separation of Wa from the other states due to the Delta outbreak on the east coast has proven to be an early test of Bestall’s tenure, with Wa Premier Mark McGowan yet to set a border reopening date.
Bestall succeeded Willie Rowe as CEO in May, three months after Screenwest outlined a stretch target of $150 million in production expenditure across 2021-2024, while also announcing development funding for six new features under the Brighter Ideas program.
A strategic plan – ‘Leading the Way: A Growing and More Sustainable Wa Screen Industry’ – detailed how the industry could triple in size provided the supporting infrastructure and crew are available.
Speaking to Screen Producers Australia CEO Matthew Deaner in a webinar earlier this week, Bestall said seeking assurances...
The separation of Wa from the other states due to the Delta outbreak on the east coast has proven to be an early test of Bestall’s tenure, with Wa Premier Mark McGowan yet to set a border reopening date.
Bestall succeeded Willie Rowe as CEO in May, three months after Screenwest outlined a stretch target of $150 million in production expenditure across 2021-2024, while also announcing development funding for six new features under the Brighter Ideas program.
A strategic plan – ‘Leading the Way: A Growing and More Sustainable Wa Screen Industry’ – detailed how the industry could triple in size provided the supporting infrastructure and crew are available.
Speaking to Screen Producers Australia CEO Matthew Deaner in a webinar earlier this week, Bestall said seeking assurances...
- 11/18/2021
- by Sean Slatter
- IF.com.au
Three Western Australian Lgbtqia+ web series will begin production next year after each receiving $100,000 funding via Screenwest and Screen Australia’s Out Now initiative.
Out of Here, The Curse of Baba Yaga and Yokai were selected from the six projects shortlisted for development earlier this year.
Produced by Sophia Armstrong, Out of Here will be written by Tina Fielding and directed by Jacqueline Pelczar, the pair behind CinefestOZ-selected short film, Sparkles.
Producer Brooke Batka and writer/director Christopher Colley will produce The Curse of Baba Yaga, which follows a gay high school student from a family with a magical twist.
Ramu Productions producer Jodie Bell, writer/producer Brooke Collard and director Ngaire Pigram will explore the life of a Noongar teen who finds herself through her connection to cosplay in Yokai.
Tina Fielding, Jacqueline Pelczar, and Gary Cooper on the set of ‘Sparkles’. (Image: Liang Xu)
It comes after the...
Out of Here, The Curse of Baba Yaga and Yokai were selected from the six projects shortlisted for development earlier this year.
Produced by Sophia Armstrong, Out of Here will be written by Tina Fielding and directed by Jacqueline Pelczar, the pair behind CinefestOZ-selected short film, Sparkles.
Producer Brooke Batka and writer/director Christopher Colley will produce The Curse of Baba Yaga, which follows a gay high school student from a family with a magical twist.
Ramu Productions producer Jodie Bell, writer/producer Brooke Collard and director Ngaire Pigram will explore the life of a Noongar teen who finds herself through her connection to cosplay in Yokai.
Tina Fielding, Jacqueline Pelczar, and Gary Cooper on the set of ‘Sparkles’. (Image: Liang Xu)
It comes after the...
- 9/9/2021
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
Animal Logic group head of legal and business affairs Emma Drummond and Kojo Studios managing director Dale Roberts have been announced as new members of the Ausfilm board.
It comes following the departure of deputy chair Zareh Nalbandian, CEO of Animal Logic, after nine years of service, and Tony Clark, Rising Sun Pictures managing director, who was on the board for 12 years.
Drummond has experience across a variety of different sectors in Australia and the UK, including international film and TV financing, animation and visual effects, intellectual property, media and technology, banking and finance, and commercial law.
She said she was honoured to have the opportunity to use her knowledge and experience in supporting the work of Ausfilm and its members.
“Ausfilm’s work is culturally and economically important to the ongoing sustainability of Australia’s creative industries in a competitive global marketplace,” she said.
Roberts has been a director...
It comes following the departure of deputy chair Zareh Nalbandian, CEO of Animal Logic, after nine years of service, and Tony Clark, Rising Sun Pictures managing director, who was on the board for 12 years.
Drummond has experience across a variety of different sectors in Australia and the UK, including international film and TV financing, animation and visual effects, intellectual property, media and technology, banking and finance, and commercial law.
She said she was honoured to have the opportunity to use her knowledge and experience in supporting the work of Ausfilm and its members.
“Ausfilm’s work is culturally and economically important to the ongoing sustainability of Australia’s creative industries in a competitive global marketplace,” she said.
Roberts has been a director...
- 9/8/2021
- by Sean Slatter
- IF.com.au
Kate Separovich, Cody Greenwood, Kate Neylon, and Hannah Ngo are the successful recipients of Screenwest’s Breaking the Celluloid Ceiling initiative.
They will each be connected with industry mentors as part of the bespoke program, which is designed specifically for emerging producers of female or non-binary orientation.
Separovich is engaging with executive coach Ellenor Cox and media and communication specialist Karen Eck of eckfactor; Greenwood will be mentored by Liz Watts; Ngo has commenced working with Tess Novak of Lingo Pictures (The Secrets She Keeps); and Neylon will work closely with a soon-to-be-announced experienced producer.
Screenwest CEO Rikki Lea Bestall said the program would assist with the development of their respective slates.
“Kate, Cody, Kate and Hannah are four of our brightest producers and I look forward to seeing these professional mentorships equip them with vital industry knowledge and propel them to take on that next big project,” she said.
They will each be connected with industry mentors as part of the bespoke program, which is designed specifically for emerging producers of female or non-binary orientation.
Separovich is engaging with executive coach Ellenor Cox and media and communication specialist Karen Eck of eckfactor; Greenwood will be mentored by Liz Watts; Ngo has commenced working with Tess Novak of Lingo Pictures (The Secrets She Keeps); and Neylon will work closely with a soon-to-be-announced experienced producer.
Screenwest CEO Rikki Lea Bestall said the program would assist with the development of their respective slates.
“Kate, Cody, Kate and Hannah are four of our brightest producers and I look forward to seeing these professional mentorships equip them with vital industry knowledge and propel them to take on that next big project,” she said.
- 8/13/2021
- by Sean Slatter
- IF.com.au
Writer-director David Vincent Smith is poised to make his feature debut, with his project Burden awarded $750,000 in production funding via Screenwest’s West Coast Visions initiative.
Burden, produced by No Labels Media, is described as tense family drama about ordinary people dealing with extraordinary circumstances.
The film explores themes of mental health and addiction as it challenges audiences to ponder the question; “How far would you go to save someone you love?”
Smith has worked on swathe of short films and music videos over the last decade, including We Were Here which won four Wa Screen Awards, and is a former recipient of Screenwest’s Feature Navigator program.
His script The Jesus Machine was shortlisted for the Australian Writers’ Guild’s John Hinde Award in 2019.
“I feel incredibly honoured to receive West Coast Visions from Screenwest, who have always been so supportive of my filmmaking. I’m so proud to...
Burden, produced by No Labels Media, is described as tense family drama about ordinary people dealing with extraordinary circumstances.
The film explores themes of mental health and addiction as it challenges audiences to ponder the question; “How far would you go to save someone you love?”
Smith has worked on swathe of short films and music videos over the last decade, including We Were Here which won four Wa Screen Awards, and is a former recipient of Screenwest’s Feature Navigator program.
His script The Jesus Machine was shortlisted for the Australian Writers’ Guild’s John Hinde Award in 2019.
“I feel incredibly honoured to receive West Coast Visions from Screenwest, who have always been so supportive of my filmmaking. I’m so proud to...
- 7/22/2021
- by Jackie Keast
- IF.com.au
In today’s Global Bulletin, “Minari” star Han Yeri signs with Echo Lake Entertainment in the U.S.; Beijing and Cairo announce hopeful in-person festival details; AMC Plus snags Berlin-set Cold War drama “Spy City”; Cineflix Rights will distribute Israeli cop drama “Manayek”; Deepika Padukone steps down as head of Mumbai Academy of the Moving Image; Australia’s Screenwest unveils Rikki Lea Bestall as its new CEO; “The Last Five Years” gets a West End run; Harry Collet to star in mental health short “Why Wouldn’t I Be?”; and biopic “Banking on Mr. Toad” shifts to Rebellion Film Studios.
Talent
South Korean actor Han Yeri, who stars as Monica in Oscar-nominated “Minari,” has signed with Echo Lake Entertainment for U.S. representation. Han is well established in Korea, thanks to films including “Sea Fog” and “As One,” for which she won the best new actress prize at the Baeksang...
Talent
South Korean actor Han Yeri, who stars as Monica in Oscar-nominated “Minari,” has signed with Echo Lake Entertainment for U.S. representation. Han is well established in Korea, thanks to films including “Sea Fog” and “As One,” for which she won the best new actress prize at the Baeksang...
- 4/12/2021
- by Jamie Lang and Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
Former Screenwest head of development and production Rikki Lea Bestall will return to the organisation as its new CEO, succeeding Willie Rowe.
A graduate of the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (Waapa), Bestall spent more than eight years at Screenwest – during which she also worked as director of development and development manager – before leaving in 2018.
Prior to joining the organisation, she was the VP for features at Kransnoff/Foster Entertainment and worked in multiple production roles, both domestically and overseas.
Bestall told If the timing of her appointment presented an opportunity to work with the industry and key stakeholders to develop new areas of growth, fuelled by the government’s “unprecedented” commitment to the industry.
“I am thrilled to be returning to Screenwest to drive the strategic priorities for the organisation, and play an integral role in supporting the growth of the Wa Sector and its economic and cultural contribution to the state,...
A graduate of the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (Waapa), Bestall spent more than eight years at Screenwest – during which she also worked as director of development and development manager – before leaving in 2018.
Prior to joining the organisation, she was the VP for features at Kransnoff/Foster Entertainment and worked in multiple production roles, both domestically and overseas.
Bestall told If the timing of her appointment presented an opportunity to work with the industry and key stakeholders to develop new areas of growth, fuelled by the government’s “unprecedented” commitment to the industry.
“I am thrilled to be returning to Screenwest to drive the strategic priorities for the organisation, and play an integral role in supporting the growth of the Wa Sector and its economic and cultural contribution to the state,...
- 4/12/2021
- by Sean Slatter
- IF.com.au
Screenwest will help fund the development of six new features from creatives including Alison James, Roderick MacKay, Zak Hilditch, Ben Young, Martin Wilson and Stephen McCallum.
The projects have been funded via the Brighter Ideas program, which was launched to bolster internationally successful Wa talent who have either returned to, or been confined to the state, due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
James said of her new project, A Haven for Strays: “I’m thrilled to be one of the recipients of the Brighter Ideas fund and to now have the opportunity to work with a script editor on this screenplay.
“We’re at a unique point where many mid-level and experienced writer/directors have returned to Perth from overseas due to Covid-19 and for a state that has long suffered from brain drain to the Eastern States and the US, I think it’s a great idea to focus their...
The projects have been funded via the Brighter Ideas program, which was launched to bolster internationally successful Wa talent who have either returned to, or been confined to the state, due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
James said of her new project, A Haven for Strays: “I’m thrilled to be one of the recipients of the Brighter Ideas fund and to now have the opportunity to work with a script editor on this screenplay.
“We’re at a unique point where many mid-level and experienced writer/directors have returned to Perth from overseas due to Covid-19 and for a state that has long suffered from brain drain to the Eastern States and the US, I think it’s a great idea to focus their...
- 2/8/2021
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
Jub Clerc.
Two weeks ago Jub Clerc was scheduled to go into a writers’ room on the webseries Shady Ladeez in the remote community of Ngukurr in East Arnhem Land.
But knowing that the elderly and people with pre-disposed illnesses – “all my mob” – are most vulnerable to the coronavirus, the filmmaker cancelled the trip and instead took part via Skype for a much lower fee.
Two days later she got an email from Bunya Productions advising the inaugural Bunya Talent Indigenous Hub in Los Angeles, to which she and 12 other Indigenous practitioners had been invited, had been postponed.
“The opportunity to pitch a feature film idea to Netflix was super exciting but my decision to cancel on Ngukurr made it an easier pill to swallow,” Clerc, who made her TV directing debut on season 2 of the ABC’s The Heights, she tells If.
“I feel like one of the lucky ones though.
Two weeks ago Jub Clerc was scheduled to go into a writers’ room on the webseries Shady Ladeez in the remote community of Ngukurr in East Arnhem Land.
But knowing that the elderly and people with pre-disposed illnesses – “all my mob” – are most vulnerable to the coronavirus, the filmmaker cancelled the trip and instead took part via Skype for a much lower fee.
Two days later she got an email from Bunya Productions advising the inaugural Bunya Talent Indigenous Hub in Los Angeles, to which she and 12 other Indigenous practitioners had been invited, had been postponed.
“The opportunity to pitch a feature film idea to Netflix was super exciting but my decision to cancel on Ngukurr made it an easier pill to swallow,” Clerc, who made her TV directing debut on season 2 of the ABC’s The Heights, she tells If.
“I feel like one of the lucky ones though.
- 3/18/2020
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
Top row (l-r) Polly Staniford, Sarah Shaw, Tania Chambers, Clayton Jacobson; middle: Jason Byrne, Rikki Lea Bestall, Dena Curtis, Liz Watts, Vincent Sheehan, Anna Vincent; bottom: Steve Jaggi, Scott Corfield, Kristian Moliere.
Polly Staniford, Sarah Shaw, Tania Chambers, Kristian Moliere, Liz Watts and Vincent Sheehan are among a delegation of 13 film and television producers who will travel to Los Angeles to meet with more than 30 development companies and streaming services next month.
The mission is led by Ausfilm as part of its annual Partner with Australia producer connection program. The goal is to provide strategic opportunities for Australian producers with commercially viable feature and TV projects that hold international appeal.
The initiative also supports Ausfilm’s corporate membership of screen services businesses by connecting these companies to Us film and television executives and Australian producers. The program runs from April 14-17.
Supported by Create Nsw, Film Victoria, Screen Queensland, the...
Polly Staniford, Sarah Shaw, Tania Chambers, Kristian Moliere, Liz Watts and Vincent Sheehan are among a delegation of 13 film and television producers who will travel to Los Angeles to meet with more than 30 development companies and streaming services next month.
The mission is led by Ausfilm as part of its annual Partner with Australia producer connection program. The goal is to provide strategic opportunities for Australian producers with commercially viable feature and TV projects that hold international appeal.
The initiative also supports Ausfilm’s corporate membership of screen services businesses by connecting these companies to Us film and television executives and Australian producers. The program runs from April 14-17.
Supported by Create Nsw, Film Victoria, Screen Queensland, the...
- 3/14/2019
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
Miley Tunnecliffe and Aaron Moss..
Screenwest has chosen Miley Tunnecliffe and Aaron Moss to participate in the 2017 Bill Warnock Writers Initiative.
The year-long initative has been designed to offer professional development for emerging screenwriters working towards their first commercial credit and may include industry mentorships, attachments, workshops, project development and travel.
Screenwest director of development Rikki Lea Bestall said the number of quality applications received made for a competitive assessment process.
.Both Miley and Aaron are charismatic, passionate and talented writers at a pivotal point in their respective careers,. she said. .
.Screenwest looks forward to seeing both writers progress over the course of the year, learning from the best in the industry and building their profiles and developing their projects..
Tunnecliffe has written, directed and produced several shorts and web series. Her romantic drama Lola & Luis.was nominated for Best Film and won Best Actor at the 2016 Western Australian Screen Awards.
Screenwest has chosen Miley Tunnecliffe and Aaron Moss to participate in the 2017 Bill Warnock Writers Initiative.
The year-long initative has been designed to offer professional development for emerging screenwriters working towards their first commercial credit and may include industry mentorships, attachments, workshops, project development and travel.
Screenwest director of development Rikki Lea Bestall said the number of quality applications received made for a competitive assessment process.
.Both Miley and Aaron are charismatic, passionate and talented writers at a pivotal point in their respective careers,. she said. .
.Screenwest looks forward to seeing both writers progress over the course of the year, learning from the best in the industry and building their profiles and developing their projects..
Tunnecliffe has written, directed and produced several shorts and web series. Her romantic drama Lola & Luis.was nominated for Best Film and won Best Actor at the 2016 Western Australian Screen Awards.
- 1/19/2017
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
ScreenWest has issued a national and international call for scripts to be developed as a debut feature for Western Australian directors.
The aim is to find well-developed projects for each of three directors in the agency.s 2014-15 Feature Navigator initiative.
Mike Hoath, Maziar Lahooti and Robert Forsyth will participate in the innovative development program designed to progress the careers of Wa directors through skills development and identifying and developing a debut feature film project.
Agents, managers, distributors and credited producers are invited to submit scripts to the Feature Navigator directors for their consideration.
.Mike, Maziar and Robert have each shown a huge amount of talent in their short films and other work to date, and have a stand-out command of the directing craft that will certainly lead to a strong debut feature film and ongoing career in the screen industry,. said ScreenWest acting CEO . development, Rikki Lea Bestall.
.It...
The aim is to find well-developed projects for each of three directors in the agency.s 2014-15 Feature Navigator initiative.
Mike Hoath, Maziar Lahooti and Robert Forsyth will participate in the innovative development program designed to progress the careers of Wa directors through skills development and identifying and developing a debut feature film project.
Agents, managers, distributors and credited producers are invited to submit scripts to the Feature Navigator directors for their consideration.
.Mike, Maziar and Robert have each shown a huge amount of talent in their short films and other work to date, and have a stand-out command of the directing craft that will certainly lead to a strong debut feature film and ongoing career in the screen industry,. said ScreenWest acting CEO . development, Rikki Lea Bestall.
.It...
- 10/16/2014
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
ScreenWest.s first crowdfunding initiative, 3 to 1, has filled its $250,000 funding allocation within hours of its launch.
The Wa funding agency selected 28 screen projects to take part in the scheme, with ScreenWest set to triple funds pledged to the successful projects.
ScreenWest digital project manager Michelle Glaser said the public had pledged $100,000 within seven hours of the scheme.s launch on December 12 and ScreenWest was now completing final checks on the successful projects.
.Even though so many projects have reached their targets, the other projects will all go forward in some way if they reach their goals even without ScreenWest money. So it.s not over yet!.
Eight projects have already reached their funding targets: short film Tango Underpants, stop-motion animation Edison: Adventures in Power, web comedy series Zac and Me, YouTube adventure ChinChilla Hunt, short film FACTORY293, short drama Man The Movie, web series Greenfield, and digital documentary Punjab to Perth.
The Wa funding agency selected 28 screen projects to take part in the scheme, with ScreenWest set to triple funds pledged to the successful projects.
ScreenWest digital project manager Michelle Glaser said the public had pledged $100,000 within seven hours of the scheme.s launch on December 12 and ScreenWest was now completing final checks on the successful projects.
.Even though so many projects have reached their targets, the other projects will all go forward in some way if they reach their goals even without ScreenWest money. So it.s not over yet!.
Eight projects have already reached their funding targets: short film Tango Underpants, stop-motion animation Edison: Adventures in Power, web comedy series Zac and Me, YouTube adventure ChinChilla Hunt, short film FACTORY293, short drama Man The Movie, web series Greenfield, and digital documentary Punjab to Perth.
- 12/13/2012
- by Brendan Swift
- IF.com.au
ScreenWest is to invest $750,000 in The Children, writer/director Claire McCarthy.s follow-up to the debut film The Waiting City.
The drama is adapted from a novel of the same by Charlotte Wood and it.s focus is a character called Mandy Connelly, a war correspondent who returns from Afghanistan to a small country town to join her siblings at their father.s bedside.
Dark family secrets are uncovered but the tone is light heartedly similar to that of The Descendants says Melissa Kelly, who is producing alongside McCarthy and cinematographer Denson Baker.
.It is about the love, joy and friction that occurs in all families,. says Kelly.
The film is the fifth to have received an injection of money from the West Coast Visions scheme, which aims to develop distinctive, creative projects by Western Australians.
The producers Robyn Kershaw (Bran Nue Dae) and Nelson Woss (Red Dog), and ScreenWest...
The drama is adapted from a novel of the same by Charlotte Wood and it.s focus is a character called Mandy Connelly, a war correspondent who returns from Afghanistan to a small country town to join her siblings at their father.s bedside.
Dark family secrets are uncovered but the tone is light heartedly similar to that of The Descendants says Melissa Kelly, who is producing alongside McCarthy and cinematographer Denson Baker.
.It is about the love, joy and friction that occurs in all families,. says Kelly.
The film is the fifth to have received an injection of money from the West Coast Visions scheme, which aims to develop distinctive, creative projects by Western Australians.
The producers Robyn Kershaw (Bran Nue Dae) and Nelson Woss (Red Dog), and ScreenWest...
- 7/17/2012
- by Sandy George
- IF.com.au
Western Australian producer Mike Searle has been chosen to spend the next six months working as a development intern on the TV series Community with Krasnoff/Foster Entertainment at Paramount Studios in Los Angeles.
“He will receive first-hand exposure to the international industry and market. His duties will include television and feature script development, talent development, assessing material, and working with the staff to support the creative development of projects,” said Screen Australia head of development Martha Coleman.
The opportunity is part of a program for emerging to mid-career producers, created by the federal agency and the state agency ScreenWest.
“This could be the most important thing Mike does for his career. He will get to spend time on the set of Community, a television series starring Chevy Chase that the company is producing for NBC. Most importantly, he has the opportunity to set up relationships that can take him...
“He will receive first-hand exposure to the international industry and market. His duties will include television and feature script development, talent development, assessing material, and working with the staff to support the creative development of projects,” said Screen Australia head of development Martha Coleman.
The opportunity is part of a program for emerging to mid-career producers, created by the federal agency and the state agency ScreenWest.
“This could be the most important thing Mike does for his career. He will get to spend time on the set of Community, a television series starring Chevy Chase that the company is producing for NBC. Most importantly, he has the opportunity to set up relationships that can take him...
- 3/9/2011
- by Miguel Gonzalez
- Encore Magazine
Josh Duhamel and Jon Heder have joined the cast of When in Rome, a Kristen Bell romantic comedy that Mark Steven Johnson is directing for Disney.
Anjelica Huston and Dax Shepard also are making the trip to Rome.
Written by David Diamond and David Weissman, the story centers on a love-starved New York curator (Bell) who steals magical coins from the Trevi Fountain in Rome but soon finds herself in a bizarre situation when she is pursued back to New York by a band of aggressive suitors whose coins she took.
Heder will play a street magician and one of Bell's suitors. Duhamel is the Rome's romantic lead. Shepard will play an aspiring model. Huston will play Bell's boss, the curator of the Guggenheim.
Gary Foster, Rikki Bestall and Andrew Panay are producing the movie, which is scheduled to begin shooting in April.
Duhamel (Transformers) is repped by Gersh and John Carrabino Management.
Heder, repped by CAA and Mosaic Media, next stars in Mama's Boy, while Shepard, also repped by CAA and Mosaic Media, will be seen in the upcoming Baby Mama.
Huston is coming off a stint on NBC's Medium.
Anjelica Huston and Dax Shepard also are making the trip to Rome.
Written by David Diamond and David Weissman, the story centers on a love-starved New York curator (Bell) who steals magical coins from the Trevi Fountain in Rome but soon finds herself in a bizarre situation when she is pursued back to New York by a band of aggressive suitors whose coins she took.
Heder will play a street magician and one of Bell's suitors. Duhamel is the Rome's romantic lead. Shepard will play an aspiring model. Huston will play Bell's boss, the curator of the Guggenheim.
Gary Foster, Rikki Bestall and Andrew Panay are producing the movie, which is scheduled to begin shooting in April.
Duhamel (Transformers) is repped by Gersh and John Carrabino Management.
Heder, repped by CAA and Mosaic Media, next stars in Mama's Boy, while Shepard, also repped by CAA and Mosaic Media, will be seen in the upcoming Baby Mama.
Huston is coming off a stint on NBC's Medium.
- 3/23/2008
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Kristen Bell has signed on to star in When in Rome, a romantic comedy that Mark Steven Johnson will direct for Disney.
Gary Foster, Rikki Bestall and Andrew Panay are producing.
Written by David Diamond and David Weissman, the story centers on a love-starved New York curator (Bell) who steals magical coins from a famous Roman fountain but soon finds herself in a bizarre situation when she is pursued back to New York by a band of aggressive suitors -- the very people whose coins she took.
The studio is looking at a mid- to late-April start.
Disney's Kristin Burr and Todd Murata are overseeing.
Rome marks a new genre for CAA-repped Johnson, who has of late been focusing on such comic book movies as Ghost Rider and Daredevil.
For Bell (Veronica Mars), Rome continues her push into comedy; the actress will next been seen starring in Forgetting Sarah Marshall. She is repped by CAA and Brookside Management.
Borys Kit reported from Berlin; Carolyn Giardina reported from Los Angeles....
Gary Foster, Rikki Bestall and Andrew Panay are producing.
Written by David Diamond and David Weissman, the story centers on a love-starved New York curator (Bell) who steals magical coins from a famous Roman fountain but soon finds herself in a bizarre situation when she is pursued back to New York by a band of aggressive suitors -- the very people whose coins she took.
The studio is looking at a mid- to late-April start.
Disney's Kristin Burr and Todd Murata are overseeing.
Rome marks a new genre for CAA-repped Johnson, who has of late been focusing on such comic book movies as Ghost Rider and Daredevil.
For Bell (Veronica Mars), Rome continues her push into comedy; the actress will next been seen starring in Forgetting Sarah Marshall. She is repped by CAA and Brookside Management.
Borys Kit reported from Berlin; Carolyn Giardina reported from Los Angeles....
- 2/11/2008
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Jamie Foxx is returning to the genre that won him an Oscar. The Ray star has signed on to topline the musical biopic The Soloist for DreamWorks.
Joe Wright, who recently wrapped the James McAvoy-Keira Knightley starrer Atonement, is on board to direct the project, which is based on a 12-part series of articles by Los Angeles Times columnist Steve Lopez.
The story centers on a homeless musician with schizophrenia who dreams of playing at Walt Disney Concert Hall. Susannah Grant (Erin Brockovich) adapted the screenplay.
Gary Foster (Ghost Rider, Elektra) and Russ Krasnoff are producing, while Working Title's Tim Bevan is executive producing. Rikki Lea Bestall will serve as co-producer.
DreamWorks' Mark Sourian is shepherding the project for the studio.
Lopez's articles, From Skid Row to Disney Hall, were published in 2005 and will serve as the basis for an upcoming book by Putnam.
Foxx, who won the best actor Academy Award for playing Ray Charles in Ray, teamed with DreamWorks for the Motown musical Dreamgirls. His upcoming credits include the Middle East-set thriller The Kingdom. He is repped by CAA, King Management and attorney Nina Shaw.
Joe Wright, who recently wrapped the James McAvoy-Keira Knightley starrer Atonement, is on board to direct the project, which is based on a 12-part series of articles by Los Angeles Times columnist Steve Lopez.
The story centers on a homeless musician with schizophrenia who dreams of playing at Walt Disney Concert Hall. Susannah Grant (Erin Brockovich) adapted the screenplay.
Gary Foster (Ghost Rider, Elektra) and Russ Krasnoff are producing, while Working Title's Tim Bevan is executive producing. Rikki Lea Bestall will serve as co-producer.
DreamWorks' Mark Sourian is shepherding the project for the studio.
Lopez's articles, From Skid Row to Disney Hall, were published in 2005 and will serve as the basis for an upcoming book by Putnam.
Foxx, who won the best actor Academy Award for playing Ray Charles in Ray, teamed with DreamWorks for the Motown musical Dreamgirls. His upcoming credits include the Middle East-set thriller The Kingdom. He is repped by CAA, King Management and attorney Nina Shaw.
- 8/17/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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