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Jul 04, 2008 |
The New Zealand Film Commission today welcomed news that funds from the Screen Production Incentive Fund (SPIF) will be available to New Zealand film and television producers from next week.
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Jun 26, 2008 |
Chris Nyst, the criminal lawyer turned crime writer who won an IF Award for his Getting’ Square script in 2003, has resurfaced with a new crime film called Crooked Business, which he directed as well as wrote.
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Jun 20, 2008 |
The Hollywood Chamber of Commerce has announced the 2009 Walk of Fame recipients, which includes Australia's Hugh Jackman.
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Jun 19, 2008 |
After screening in the UK, Poland, Mexico and Malaysia, croc thriller Black Water will finally make its debut in the filmmakers’ home city of Sydney in a special screening presented by the Australian Writers’ Guild.
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Jun 16, 2008 |
Bindi Irwin, daughter of the late Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin, has won a Daytime Emmy award for her show Bindi: The Jungle Girl.
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Jun 13, 2008 |
Australian filmmakers have received some measure of comfort after research released yesterday by the Film Finance Corporation revealed audiences are not biased against Australian films when it comes to watching them in cinemas.
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Jun 11, 2008 |
Breakout 2007 hit and IF Award winning film The Jammed has proven to have even longer legs, securing a New Zealand theatrical opening across six screens next week.
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Jun 11, 2008 |
The Film Finance Corporation will announce the results of a national survey tomorrow morning, which identifies the key factors required to achieve audiences for Australian films.
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Jun 06, 2008 |
Despite unrelenting showers, the SFF opened to a glamorous and brisk evening with a surprise animated short and world premier of Mike Leigh's Happy-Go-Lucky.
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Jun 04, 2008 |
Despite not getting much of a theatrical run on Australian screens, Kriv Stenders’ raw domestic drama Boxing Day is currently screening in the United States for Directors Guild of America members.
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Jun 01, 2008 |
The Australian Cinematographers Society's (ACS) 50th Anniversary Annual Awards Dinner was an illustrious evening full of laughter, tears and intense pride.
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May 28, 2008 |
Five top the line cinematic cameras were put to the test by seven cinematographers, and the results rolled in at today's session at the ACS50.
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May 28, 2008 |
The ACS50 has reportedly been a box office hit even before it opened at the Overseas Passenger Terminal in Circular Quay, Sydney this morning, but people were still pouring in to register.
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May 26, 2008 |
Jonathan Ogilvie’s new film, The Tender Hook, has been announced as the third film to have its Australian premiere at the Dungog Film Festival this weekend, with key cast such as Pia Miranda and Rose Byrne invited to attend the Friday night screening at the town’s historic James Theatre.
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May 23, 2008 |
The New Zealand Film Commission has welcomed the increased funding for medium-scale films with approved New Zealand content, which was announced in the country’s 2008 Federal Budget yesterday.
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May 20, 2008 |
Dr George Miller and Dean Semler will be amongst top DOPs and filmmakers speaking at the free industry panel sessions at the ACS50.
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May 19, 2008 |
A teaser trailer of the epic romance Australia is now available exclusively at BigPond movies.
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May 19, 2008 |
The New Zealand Screen Council have begun discussions with Film Victoria and the NSW FTO to lobby for financial support.
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May 15, 2008 |
Peter Jackson and Guillermo del Toro will hold a live chat online with fans at the end of this month.
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May 14, 2008 |
The new super agency for the film industry, Screen Australia, will receive $103 million for its first year of operation.
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May 14, 2008 |
UK VFX company Sparkle Media decided to open a Sydney office by 2009 after having shot a film with Cate Blanchett in Sydney.
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May 09, 2008 |
Omnilab Media has announced that it is co-financing W, the biopic about President George W. Bush directed by Academy Award winner Oliver Stone.
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May 09, 2008 |
Despite being shunned by exhibitors, low budget thriller Black Water has had a strong second week at the box office, while the Bryan Brown produced Cactus struggled to take $66,000 on 40 screens.
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May 09, 2008 |
In her second year of programming the Sydney Film Festival, Clare Stewart is seeing a redefinition of what it means to be Australian, with yesterday’s festival launch revealing a broad range of local films in the program.
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May 07, 2008 |
Media Funds Management has announced the first successful independent funding of the Australian Producers Offset for the motion picture Prime Mover.
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May 07, 2008 |
A short film by Queensland director Dennis Tupicoff won the Grand Prize at the 54th Oberhausen International Short Film Festival yesterday.
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May 05, 2008 |
An Indian media conglomerate has put a bid in for EM Entertainment, Flying Bark's parent company.
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May 05, 2008 |
Icon Film Distribution's office is now officially at Dendy's Newtown premises.
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May 01, 2008 |
The Sydney Film Festival announces its inaugural official competition lineup, with Edgerton's The Square among the 12 finalists.
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Apr 30, 2008 |
Despite a lack of support from exhibitors, low budget croc thriller Black Water has had a strong opening, taking just over $17,000 on three Darwin screens last weekend.
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Apr 28, 2008 |
Oscar nominated filmmaker Anthony Lucas is on the road to Cannes again, after the short film he made with his two children in his backyard was accepted into the festival.
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Apr 28, 2008 |
Bra Boys director Sunny Abberton has confirmed the feature adaptation of the successful documentary is set to begin production in July.
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Apr 23, 2008 |
Australian genre director and composer Jamie Blanks will score $2m thriller Crush, fresh from shooting the remake of Long Weekend with Claudia Karvan and Jim Caviezel.
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Apr 21, 2008 |
The Emerging Doco-makers Network of Australia is calling for entries for an inaugural workshop, which will see an industry panel headed by Australian filmmaker Tom Zubrycki give advice on five selected documentaries.
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Apr 21, 2008 |
After screening in London, Ireland, Copenhagen and Singapore, Australian feature All My Friends Are Leaving Brisbane has finally secured a short cinema release in Sydney.
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Apr 21, 2008 |
Wolf Creek producer David Lightfoot has been attached to executive produce Storage, a new feature set to commence filming in Brisbane in May.
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Apr 18, 2008 |
Australian filmmaker Baz Luhrmann and Twentieth Century Fox have launched a landmark series of podcasts which aim to teach high school and university filmmakers about every aspect of filmmaking.
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Apr 18, 2008 |
Gabriel director Shane Abbess has shelved plans to make a second Australian feature, with Universal Pictures announcing he will direct a sci-fi thriller produced by Saving Private Ryan producer Mark Gordon.
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Apr 17, 2008 |
YouTube has launched a program to give preferred users the chance to make money by making content. Inside Film speaks with the man behind hughsnews, one of the most subscribed channels in Australia, about what this all means.
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Apr 16, 2008 |
NSW Premier Morris Iemma has put taxpayers’ money where his mouth is by providing Sydney based effects company Animal Logic with an incentive package that will help boost the company’s staff to 600 people.
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