Storm Boy.
Screen Australia has unveiled the recipients of its last production investment funding round of 2016. $15 million is shared between seven films and eight television projects, including anticipated titles such as Fred Schepisi.s Andorra and the Shawn Seet remake of Storm Boy..
.We are delighted to be supporting TV projects from so many of the major players all in one round including Foxtel, Channel Seven, Network Ten, the ABC and Sbs," CEO Graeme Mason said. "And in film we look forward to seeing the latest from acclaimed talents Fred Schepisi, Jonathan Teplitzky and John Maynard."
The successful feature film projects are:.
– A contemporary re-imagining of 1976 classic Storm Boy from writer Justin Monjo (The Secret Daughter, Spear), director Shawn Seet (Deep Water, The Code) and Ambience Entertainment producers Michael Boughen and Matthew Street (Tomorrow When the War Began). This time around we meet Mike .Storm Boy. Kingley as a grandfather...
Screen Australia has unveiled the recipients of its last production investment funding round of 2016. $15 million is shared between seven films and eight television projects, including anticipated titles such as Fred Schepisi.s Andorra and the Shawn Seet remake of Storm Boy..
.We are delighted to be supporting TV projects from so many of the major players all in one round including Foxtel, Channel Seven, Network Ten, the ABC and Sbs," CEO Graeme Mason said. "And in film we look forward to seeing the latest from acclaimed talents Fred Schepisi, Jonathan Teplitzky and John Maynard."
The successful feature film projects are:.
– A contemporary re-imagining of 1976 classic Storm Boy from writer Justin Monjo (The Secret Daughter, Spear), director Shawn Seet (Deep Water, The Code) and Ambience Entertainment producers Michael Boughen and Matthew Street (Tomorrow When the War Began). This time around we meet Mike .Storm Boy. Kingley as a grandfather...
- 11/29/2016
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
Director/writer Bentley Dean and his family lived for six months in a remote Melanesian village earlier year.
Far from an extended holiday, Dean devoted his time to researching, casting and preparing to shoot Taboo, a novel romantic drama set on the island of Tanna near Vanuatu.
The screenplay by Dean, his co-director/co-writer Martin Butler and John Collee, will follow two teenage lovers who risk their lives for marriage, forcing the village to choose between traditional duty and individual freedom.
Screen Nsw funded development, Screen Australia has approved production investment and filming will starting next month, with Dean doubling as the DoP and Butler handling the sound. Dean and Butler will produce with Carolyn Johnson (Son of a Lion).
Dean has already filmed rehearsals with the cast, all locals, and says he is ..constantly floored. by the performances.
He showed the cast Rolf de Heer.s Ten Canoes on...
Far from an extended holiday, Dean devoted his time to researching, casting and preparing to shoot Taboo, a novel romantic drama set on the island of Tanna near Vanuatu.
The screenplay by Dean, his co-director/co-writer Martin Butler and John Collee, will follow two teenage lovers who risk their lives for marriage, forcing the village to choose between traditional duty and individual freedom.
Screen Nsw funded development, Screen Australia has approved production investment and filming will starting next month, with Dean doubling as the DoP and Butler handling the sound. Dean and Butler will produce with Carolyn Johnson (Son of a Lion).
Dean has already filmed rehearsals with the cast, all locals, and says he is ..constantly floored. by the performances.
He showed the cast Rolf de Heer.s Ten Canoes on...
- 11/26/2014
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Cate Shortland and Tony Krawitz, who are married to each other, both have films among the 12 titles in competition at next month.s Sydney Film Festival.
Lore, a drama set during World War II and based on the novel The Dark Room by Rachel Seiffert, is Shortland.s feature film follow-up to Somersault, while Dead Europe, also set in Europe but a contemporary story adapted from a novel by Christos Tsiolkas, is Krawitz.s first dramatic feature film after his acclaimed short Jewboy and the recent documentary The Tall Man. Tsiolkas also wrote The Slap, on which the acclaimed television series was based.
The other debuts in the competition line-up include Korean filmmaker Yuen Sang-Ho.s The King Of Pigs, Us director Benh Zeitlin.s Beasts of the Southern Wild and Brazilian Kleber Mendonca Filho.s Neighbouring Sounds.
The veterans in the program include Paolo and Vittorio Taviani, with their...
Lore, a drama set during World War II and based on the novel The Dark Room by Rachel Seiffert, is Shortland.s feature film follow-up to Somersault, while Dead Europe, also set in Europe but a contemporary story adapted from a novel by Christos Tsiolkas, is Krawitz.s first dramatic feature film after his acclaimed short Jewboy and the recent documentary The Tall Man. Tsiolkas also wrote The Slap, on which the acclaimed television series was based.
The other debuts in the competition line-up include Korean filmmaker Yuen Sang-Ho.s The King Of Pigs, Us director Benh Zeitlin.s Beasts of the Southern Wild and Brazilian Kleber Mendonca Filho.s Neighbouring Sounds.
The veterans in the program include Paolo and Vittorio Taviani, with their...
- 5/8/2012
- by Sandy George
- IF.com.au
Crowd-funding is the new buzzword of indie cinema. Whether it's The Tunnel or Senses of Cinema -- or even the 1,000 pound crowd-funding gorilla that is Iron Sky -- new movie-related projects seeking funding from fans are being unearthed every day. The latest to have come across my desk is Paramedico, a documentary filmed by Benjamin Gilmour while he was researching and writing a book of the same name. Gilmour first came on my radar with his excellent drama Son of a Lion, which he secretly filmed in Pakistan's remote tribal region bordering Afghanistan, in a town famous for manufacturing guns and weapons. Now he's returned with Paramedico, which follows paramedics in Mexico, Pakistan, Hawaii and Venice, doing their daily job saving lives.Paramedico seems to come from the same place...
- 11/1/2011
- Screen Anarchy
Sydney nurse Benjamin Gilmour had to win the trust of local tribesmen to make his film, Son of a Lion, about Pashtun identity
If one of the plethora of film award ceremonies had a category for the most insane attempt to make a movie, then those behind Son of a Lion would be the hot favourite to win. The subject matter is difficult enough; a story set in the so-called crucible of terror, on the border area between Pakistan and Afghanistan, focusing on the Pashtun community, requiring the trust of that community to make the film.
On top of that, it was made for less money than some films spend on catering in a day, and by a nurse from Sydney, Benjamin Gilmour, who had never made a movie before. The film has just started a limited run in Britain, at a time when the country is agonising over its...
If one of the plethora of film award ceremonies had a category for the most insane attempt to make a movie, then those behind Son of a Lion would be the hot favourite to win. The subject matter is difficult enough; a story set in the so-called crucible of terror, on the border area between Pakistan and Afghanistan, focusing on the Pashtun community, requiring the trust of that community to make the film.
On top of that, it was made for less money than some films spend on catering in a day, and by a nurse from Sydney, Benjamin Gilmour, who had never made a movie before. The film has just started a limited run in Britain, at a time when the country is agonising over its...
- 11/19/2009
- by Vikram Dodd
- The Guardian - Film News
Sales may be bad, but they're not that bad for Fortissimo. Wouter Barendrecht recognizes that business continues to be down since AFM last year, but rather than drive distributors out of business, he has sold six titles. Food, Inc. went to Golden Village for Singapore, Cafe Groove for Japan, A-Film for Benelux, United King Films for Israel and Deltamac for Hong Kong and Taiwan. Todd Solondz's Forgiveness went to Israel's Shani Films and Russia's Maywin Media. Paul Schrader's 1985 cult favorite Mishima went to NonStop Entertainment for Scandinavia, Wild Side for France, Avalon for Spain. The tipped for Cannes title Face went to Maywin Media for Russia and to Switzerland's Columbus Film. The Song of Sparrows was acquired by Taiwan's Cineplex Entertainment and Germany's ARD Degeto, which also acquired Son of a Lion.
- 3/25/2009
- Sydney's Buzz
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