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Jul 04, 2008 |
ABC-TV announced today it has commissioned a second series of The Gruen Transfer from Zapruder’s other films.
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Jul 04, 2008 |
The NSW Film and Television Office has acted on the recent introduction of the Film Friendly legislation by developing a plain English version of the Local Government Filming Protocol.
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Jul 04, 2008 |
Production on a four-part documentary series for SBS television entitled Taxi School will begin in Sydney on July 14.
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Jul 01, 2008 |
Western Australia Premier announced that the new performing arts centre in Northbridge named the Heath Ledger Theatre in honour of the late actor.
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Jul 01, 2008 |
Film Victoria has announced $2mil worth of funding to be awarded to thirteen projects.
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Jun 30, 2008 |
The world premier of 12 Canoes will be screened on July 1 to celebrate the National Film and Sound Archive of Australia as a statutory body.
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Jun 30, 2008 |
The National Film and Sound Archive of Australia has begun its exciting future as an independent statutory authority, with the aim of increasing Australian public access to preserved moving images and sound recordings.
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Jun 30, 2008 |
Melbourne International Film Festival has announced that it will hold an advanced screening of The Bank Job with actor Jason Statham in attendance, in collaboration with Paramount Pictures and Omnilab Media.
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Jun 30, 2008 |
Dennis Tupicoff has won a Grand Prix and Critics Prize at the Huesca International film Festival in Spain.
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Jun 30, 2008 |
Reportage Festival has announced an overview of its 2008 program of Australian and international photojournalism.
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Jun 30, 2008 |
Sydney filmmaker Craig Boreham’s short film Love Bite has sunk its teeth into the international film festival circuit with much success.
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Jun 30, 2008 |
The PFTC has announced that a Queensland Screen Industry Development Council is being established to foster a productive relationship between government and industry.
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Jun 30, 2008 |
Sydney’s Hayden Orpheum Picture Palace has signed on to become the official Sydney venue joining 150 cinemas in 150 cities across four continents to host the 11th Annual Manhattan Short Film Festival in September.
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Jun 27, 2008 |
Brisbane animation company FARMkids proudly announced today that its new show will premiere on Australia’s national broadcaster on Tuesday 1 July 2008.
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Jun 27, 2008 |
Sydney Film Festival has appointed a new CEO, Mark Sarfaty, following the resignation of general manager Fiona Cameron, who resigned to take up the position of executive director (Strategy and Operations) at Screen Australia.
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Jun 27, 2008 |
The highly anticipated producer offset scheme has proved to be a positive incentive to producers with more than 100 certificates being issued to features, documentaries and television, since its inception in November 2007.
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Jun 27, 2008 |
The National Film and Sound Archive of Australia (NFSA) will be hosting the world premiere of 12 Canoes to celebrate the creation of the NFSA as a statutory authority on 1 July 2008.
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Jun 27, 2008 |
ScreenWest has announced it will host two special events as part of the 11th Revelation Perth International Film Festival, this year being hosted in and around the Astor Cinema, Mt Lawley.
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Jun 27, 2008 |
ScreenWest and ABC will launch the ScreenWest ABC Matched Prime Time Television Production Fund next Friday July 4.
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Jun 27, 2008 |
Lockie Leonard and Dogstar are among four new Western Australian film and television productions to share in more than $1million in State Government funding through ScreenWest.
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Jun 26, 2008 |
True-to-life political thriller, Balibo, to be directed by Robert Connolly, will begin principal photography June 30 with Anthony LaPaglia heading the cast.
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Jun 26, 2008 |
Palace Films has announced a box office success for Unfinished Sky in its opening week, having ranked number 10 at the box office.
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Jun 26, 2008 |
Film Australia has announced its last approved commissioning and production investments for eight production titles.
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Jun 25, 2008 |
DigiSPAA, the creative project of the Screen Producers Association of Australia, has announced that filmmakers have three months to get their entries in for the 2008 DigiSPAA Competition and the prestigious SPAARTAN Award.
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Jun 25, 2008 |
The 2008 Bayside Film Festival will celebrate the achievements of Australian short filmmakers at the Cannes Film Festival in two specially curated sessions.
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Jun 25, 2008 |
The Cut, a new six-part ABC TV drama exploring the sometimes murky world of sports management commenced filming today with Gold Logie award-winning actor John Wood starring as rogue sports agent, Bill Telford.
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Jun 25, 2008 |
Stacey Testro International congratulates long-time client, director Dean Francis, on his first feature film Road Train being greenlit through the AFC’s Indivision program.
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Jun 25, 2008 |
If you’re even remotely entertaining the idea of entering the REELmad 24 hour film-making festival this year, then make sure you come along to the REELmad workshop on Saturday 5 July.
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Jun 24, 2008 |
Along with the announcement of the new Screen Australia board, Peter Garrett has also announced last week the appointment of the new Board of the National Film and Sound Archive (NFSA).
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Jun 23, 2008 |
Triangle, a UK/Australian co-production starring Melissa George, started principal photography on Friday 6th June, filming at Queensland’s Warner Roadshow Studios and at various locations on the Gold Coast and Brisbane.
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Jun 23, 2008 |
The Lab Sydney’s Commercial Studio today announced details of their involvement with the TVC for Milo’s new ‘B-Smart’ drink showing how their new collaborative approach is paying real dividends.
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Jun 23, 2008 |
A scout from the Pusan International Film Festival will be in Australia in July to view recent Australian feature films and feature documentaries.
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Jun 23, 2008 |
The Australian Directors Guild has issued a statement welcoming the new board of Screen Australia, announced last week by the Minister for the Arts Peter Garrett.
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Jun 23, 2008 |
Bonfire, a new 20-minute short film, recently completed through the NSW FTO’s Young Filmmakers Fund, has been selected to screen in competition at the Budapest Short Film Festival in Hungary.
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Jun 23, 2008 |
A 60-second movie, filmed entirely on a mobile phone, has scooped the pool at the Sydney Film Festival ‘Telstra MobileMovie Awards’ last weekend.
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Jun 20, 2008 |
Arts Minister Peter Garrett has today announced the appointments for the first board of the government’s new film agency, Screen Australia, which includes filmmakers Robert Connolly and Rachel Perkins.
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Jun 19, 2008 |
Videocraft has released details of the HDCAM SR production system that was used to shoot the recent Australian feature film Dying Breed.
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Jun 19, 2008 |
Ten familiar tunes has been announced by Arts Minister Peter Garrett as the 2008 entries for the National Film and Sound Archive’s (NFSA) Sounds of Australia National Registry of Recorded Sound.
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Jun 19, 2008 |
Former Recorded Sound Industry Executive Michael Smellie has offered ideas to boost the Australian Music Industry on Wednesday at the National Film and Sound Archive in Canberra.
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Jun 18, 2008 |
The NSW Film and Television Office (FTO) and Sydney Film Festival has launched an annual scholarship in honour of the life and work of the late Sydney filmmaker Peter Rasmussen
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