All articles by Sandy George – Page 10
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Screen Australia invests in Avery, Lance debuts
Screen Australia has invested in two debut features - Julius Avery’s Son Of A Gun and Stephen Lance’s My Mistress - and provided two years of working capital to four producers: Jessica Brentnall, Angie Fielder, Nicole O’Donohue and Nelson Woss.
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Oz filmmakers spend $66m on filming overseas
New research shows that Australian filmmakers are being much more outward looking than in the past: nearly half of the 28 Australian features that went into production during the 12 months up to June 30, and were made for more than $519,000 (A$500,000), were wholly or partly filmed abroad.
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Workshop of the world
Renowned for its facilities, locations and film-making skill, New Zealand is a major international draw. And its inward investment success is benefiting local production. Sandy George reports
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Taking the bait
Studio shoots may have slowed but Australia’s hot film-making talent and incentives are ensuring the territory is a sought-after international partner. By Sandy George
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Balinale aims to attract production as well as patrons
Indonesian feature Lovely Man [pictured], directed by Teddy Soeriaatmadja, has been voted the most popular film overall by audiences at the 6th Balinale International Film Festival.
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7 Boxes wins best feature at inaugural Cockatoo fest
A fast-moving action film from Paraguay, 7 Boxes, directed by Juan Carlos Maneglia and Tania Chembori, has won the Golden Feather Award for best dramatic feature at Sydney’s inaugural Cockatoo Island Film Festival.
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Balinese industry talks about government support
Two seminars on the subject held as part of Balinale Film Festival.
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On the horizon
The latest project from the producers of The King’s Speech and a sequel to Wolf Creek are among the enticing new films from Australia and New Zealand. By Sandy George
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Jaws dropped at budget of Bali opening night film
Indonesian producer Lavesh M Samtani [pictured] reveals budget of Jakarti Hati as it opened Balinale Film Festival.
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Guttentag to shoot French Concession in China
Film is billed as being the first entirely financed out of China and shot by a Hollywood director.
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Australia’s SPAAMart unveils line-up of seven projects
The Diary Of Jimmy Porterfrom veteran director Nadia Tass, Hard Option from Paul Goldman and supernatural thriller The Fear Of Darkness, which sees Chris Fitchett back in the directors’ chair after several decades, are among the seven features to be presented at SPAAMart.
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Ai Weiwei, Henkel world premieres to screen at BIFFDOCS
Ai Weiwei’s Ping’an Yueqing and Show Me The Magic [pictured], Cathy Henkel’s homegrown film about cinematographer Don McAlpine, are the two world premiere’s among the 15 films in the running to win BIFFDOCS, Australia’s richest documentary prize.
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Beyond the Hill leads the pack at the Asia Pacific Screen Awards
Five pictures have a chance of winning best film at the sixth Asia Pacific Film Awards (APSAs): Beyond The Hill (Turkey/Greece), with three nominations, and Bear (Iran) The Horde (Russia), Nameless Gangster: Rules Of The Time (Republic of Korea) and Wu Xia (China),with two each.
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Million Dollar Crocodile to take a bite of North America
Sales company Odin’s Eye has sold North American rights to the Chinese film Million Dollar Crocodile to Screen Media Films, which will now begin planning for a release in the first quarter of next year.
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Fifteen countries in inaugural Cockatoo Island film competition
Ten of the 15 feature films in competition at Sydney’s Cockatoo Island Film Festival are debut films, which fits the competition aim of giving attention to emerging directors.
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Oz crowd-funding platform starts to see results
Pozible, Australia’s first and largest crowd-funding platform, has helped filmmakers raise $1.37m (A$1.3m) since its May 2010 launch, while total pledges have quadrupled in the past year.
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The Sapphires stays strong at Oz box office
After six weeks in cinemas, home-grown musical The Sapphires is about $1m away from becoming one of Australia’s top 15 local films of all time.
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Rolf de Heer to direct fourteenth feature
de Heer’s Charlie’s Country is one of a number of projects to receive Screen Australia backing, also including Wolf Creek 2 and Predestination.
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Deaner appointed executive director of SPAA
Australia’s independent film and television producers have a new chief advocate in the form of Matthew Deaner, who is currently manager of strategy and research at government agency Screen Australia.
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Sydney-based Fuel VFX in financial strife
One of Australia’s few world-class visual effects and animation companies, Sydney-based Fuel VFX, has placed itself into voluntary administration due to financial difficulties.
