Leading Australian producers Cathy Rodda (“Unfinished Sky”) and Lisa Duff (“Last Cab to Darwin”) are joining Anupam Sharma’s English and Hindi-language “Honour” as the film project heads for Film Bazaar in Goa, India.
“Honour” is a social thriller based on true events and is the story of a bride who goes to Australia with a million dreams which soon turn into a nightmare of dowry and domestic abuse. Trapped in a web of deceit, greed, visa regulations, and pressures to protect the honour of her family, herself and the Indian community in Australia, the woman decides to run when she gets pregnant and is forced to abort
The film is currently in final stages of development. It is expected to shoot in Victoria state.
Forum Films has acquired distribution rights for Australia, New Zealand, Fiji Islands and Papua New Guinea with Janine Barnes also serving as producer. Rodda will...
“Honour” is a social thriller based on true events and is the story of a bride who goes to Australia with a million dreams which soon turn into a nightmare of dowry and domestic abuse. Trapped in a web of deceit, greed, visa regulations, and pressures to protect the honour of her family, herself and the Indian community in Australia, the woman decides to run when she gets pregnant and is forced to abort
The film is currently in final stages of development. It is expected to shoot in Victoria state.
Forum Films has acquired distribution rights for Australia, New Zealand, Fiji Islands and Papua New Guinea with Janine Barnes also serving as producer. Rodda will...
- 11/2/2022
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
Anupam Sharma, former Safc CEO Helen Leake and supervising Dop Casimir Dickson filming ‘Bollywood Downunder’.
Travel bans have shut the door to offshore feature films, TVCs and other productions, with a devastating impact on companies and crews who relied on that work.
One of the companies hardest hit by the shutdown is Anupam Sharma’s Fox Studios-based Films and Casting Temple, which this year had serviced only one Tvc for an Indian client when the bans were imposed.
“Financially and in the short term it is a major blow for my team and many of my colleagues who work predominantly with overseas markets,” Sharma tells If.
“We were gearing up for a great 2020 and now all our projects from abroad are cancelled. I wish I could say postponed, but unfortunately they are cancelled as TVCs need to be on air by a certain time.”
Among the work his firm...
Travel bans have shut the door to offshore feature films, TVCs and other productions, with a devastating impact on companies and crews who relied on that work.
One of the companies hardest hit by the shutdown is Anupam Sharma’s Fox Studios-based Films and Casting Temple, which this year had serviced only one Tvc for an Indian client when the bans were imposed.
“Financially and in the short term it is a major blow for my team and many of my colleagues who work predominantly with overseas markets,” Sharma tells If.
“We were gearing up for a great 2020 and now all our projects from abroad are cancelled. I wish I could say postponed, but unfortunately they are cancelled as TVCs need to be on air by a certain time.”
Among the work his firm...
- 3/19/2020
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
. Grant Scicluna.. . Happening Films. Chantou is the only Australian project to be selected for this year.s Hong Kong — Asia Film Financing Forum. . Chantou follows a Melbourne-based gay couple who find out their adopted Cambodian daughter is a victim of human trafficking. . Developed by Film Victoria, the screenplay is based on an idea by actor-director Ben Pfeiffer, and will be directed by Grant Scicluna. . The project.would be Scicluna's second feature after Downriver, which premiered at Miff in 2015, before going on to screen at the Toronto International Film Festival. . .Chantou is a very affirming project born out of real human tragedy," said Scicluna. "Bridging Australia with Cambodia, it explores modern ideas of non-traditional families and universal themes of parenting. I am excited to find partners from the Asia Pacific region to work together to bring this lovely story to the screen." . Haf connects filmmakers with international film financiers, producers, bankers,...
- 1/30/2017
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
This year’s event features an unprecedented increase in women directors and a new work-in-progress lab.
The Hong Kong-Asia Film Financing Forum (Mar 13-15), which has its 15th edition this year, has revealed its lineup of 25 projects.
Unprecedentedly, nearly half of the projects are from female directors, about a third are by first-time directors and two rarely seen genres at Haf are included - science fiction and gothic thriller.
As with previous editions, Hong Kong has a strong presence with five projects, including Derek Chiu’s No.1 Chung Ying Street, a drama about the 1967 riots in Hong Kong; Sobel Chan’s The Goddess, a tribute to classic 1930s Chinese films; new director Sunny Chan’s Man On The Dragon, a comedy-drama about five middle-aged men who take part in a dragon boat competition; new director Tom Chung-sing’s Impossible Split, about a bowling athlete who becomes a world champion despite a fatal disease, produced by She...
The Hong Kong-Asia Film Financing Forum (Mar 13-15), which has its 15th edition this year, has revealed its lineup of 25 projects.
Unprecedentedly, nearly half of the projects are from female directors, about a third are by first-time directors and two rarely seen genres at Haf are included - science fiction and gothic thriller.
As with previous editions, Hong Kong has a strong presence with five projects, including Derek Chiu’s No.1 Chung Ying Street, a drama about the 1967 riots in Hong Kong; Sobel Chan’s The Goddess, a tribute to classic 1930s Chinese films; new director Sunny Chan’s Man On The Dragon, a comedy-drama about five middle-aged men who take part in a dragon boat competition; new director Tom Chung-sing’s Impossible Split, about a bowling athlete who becomes a world champion despite a fatal disease, produced by She...
- 1/18/2017
- by screenasia@yahoo.com (Silvia Wong)
- ScreenDaily
Delegates have been participating in producer collaboration sessions
Fourteen Australians from across the film and television industry have headed to Hollywood this week to participate in Ausfilm.s annual Partner with Australia Week. The selected delegation features Australian producers and creative teams who will be connected to 34 leading Us development companies and internet television networks such as HBO, Pacific Standard, Amazon, Voltage and Netflix. Attendees will engage in targeted 1-2-1 producer collaboration sessions over two days, providing opportunities for the group to showcase their slate of film and television projects and attract interest from Us film and television production companies. .The group is garnering excellent interest from our Us friends. There.s a diversity of feature and high-end TV drama projects which are very creative opportunities for development with Us partners. We.re two days in and there is great buzz from both sides of the table,. said Ausfilm CEO Debra Richards. The Ausfilm Partner with Australia program was established nine years ago to showcase Australia.s film and television producing talent and creative teams and to help them to foster international business relationships and partnerships with the aim to drive production and post-production to Australia. Australian attendees — Ausfilm Partner with Australia 2016:
Stephen Lance —. Antihero Films Sense Leanne Tonkes— Sense and Centsability Cecilia Ritchie and Polly Staniford — Aquarius Films Sarah Shaw and Anna McLeish — Carver Films Jodi Matterson— Wild Eddie Rosemary Blight —. Goalpost Pictures Jannine Barnes — Happening Films Lauren Elliott — Mad Kids Josh Tanner —. Perception Pictures Claudia Karvan —. Rhubarb Rhubarb Productions Anna Vincent —. Southern Light Alliance Kristian Moliere —. Triptych Pictures .
Fourteen Australians from across the film and television industry have headed to Hollywood this week to participate in Ausfilm.s annual Partner with Australia Week. The selected delegation features Australian producers and creative teams who will be connected to 34 leading Us development companies and internet television networks such as HBO, Pacific Standard, Amazon, Voltage and Netflix. Attendees will engage in targeted 1-2-1 producer collaboration sessions over two days, providing opportunities for the group to showcase their slate of film and television projects and attract interest from Us film and television production companies. .The group is garnering excellent interest from our Us friends. There.s a diversity of feature and high-end TV drama projects which are very creative opportunities for development with Us partners. We.re two days in and there is great buzz from both sides of the table,. said Ausfilm CEO Debra Richards. The Ausfilm Partner with Australia program was established nine years ago to showcase Australia.s film and television producing talent and creative teams and to help them to foster international business relationships and partnerships with the aim to drive production and post-production to Australia. Australian attendees — Ausfilm Partner with Australia 2016:
Stephen Lance —. Antihero Films Sense Leanne Tonkes— Sense and Centsability Cecilia Ritchie and Polly Staniford — Aquarius Films Sarah Shaw and Anna McLeish — Carver Films Jodi Matterson— Wild Eddie Rosemary Blight —. Goalpost Pictures Jannine Barnes — Happening Films Lauren Elliott — Mad Kids Josh Tanner —. Perception Pictures Claudia Karvan —. Rhubarb Rhubarb Productions Anna Vincent —. Southern Light Alliance Kristian Moliere —. Triptych Pictures .
- 6/16/2016
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
St Kilda Film Festival.
The St Kilda Film Festival has revealed its 2016 lineup with films including Perry, Whoever was Using This Bed and Young Labor leading the pack.
The Festival will kick off at the Palais Theatre with about 3,000 industry guests and film-lovers on the red carpet to sample a selection of the best shorts from the 2016 program..
For the second year, the St Kilda Town Hall will be transformed into a cinema to host Australia.s top 100 short films, music videos, archival footage, international programs, youth screenings and an extensive filmmaker development program.
Festival Director Paul Harris said he was delighted to announce a world-class line up of short films created by some of Australia.s most talented filmmakers..
Highlights from Australia.s Top 100 short film program include the world premiere of the Matt Day directed, Perry, starring Toby Schmitz, Ryan Johnson, Adrienne Pickering.
Perry tells the story of...
The St Kilda Film Festival has revealed its 2016 lineup with films including Perry, Whoever was Using This Bed and Young Labor leading the pack.
The Festival will kick off at the Palais Theatre with about 3,000 industry guests and film-lovers on the red carpet to sample a selection of the best shorts from the 2016 program..
For the second year, the St Kilda Town Hall will be transformed into a cinema to host Australia.s top 100 short films, music videos, archival footage, international programs, youth screenings and an extensive filmmaker development program.
Festival Director Paul Harris said he was delighted to announce a world-class line up of short films created by some of Australia.s most talented filmmakers..
Highlights from Australia.s Top 100 short film program include the world premiere of the Matt Day directed, Perry, starring Toby Schmitz, Ryan Johnson, Adrienne Pickering.
Perry tells the story of...
- 4/27/2016
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
First-time director Grant Scicluna has mined the depths of darkness in his new feature,.Downriver.
The film was inspired by a question over a few drinks with a friend.
Scicluna was aiming for the most explosive beginning he could find.
.I went home and had drinks with a friend and we were talking about things and stories and trying to find the most dramatic explosive type of set and we inevitably stumbled upon murder, and then the murder of the child at the hands of another child seemed the most explosive place to start a story,. Scicluna said..
.I started developing it from there and it took a long time. We have been writing it for over seven or eight years, so it has changed a lot since then. That.s really where it began, that.s where ideas often do just out of a conversation and a question. .
Despite the darkness of the film,...
The film was inspired by a question over a few drinks with a friend.
Scicluna was aiming for the most explosive beginning he could find.
.I went home and had drinks with a friend and we were talking about things and stories and trying to find the most dramatic explosive type of set and we inevitably stumbled upon murder, and then the murder of the child at the hands of another child seemed the most explosive place to start a story,. Scicluna said..
.I started developing it from there and it took a long time. We have been writing it for over seven or eight years, so it has changed a lot since then. That.s really where it began, that.s where ideas often do just out of a conversation and a question. .
Despite the darkness of the film,...
- 4/15/2016
- by Brian Karlovsky
- IF.com.au
The Sessions writer-director Ben Lewin is attached to helm Blue Rose, a biopic about the self-described .sex crazed. Australian composer and pianist Percy Grainger.
La-based Jeffrey Walker will return to Oz a to direct Dance Academy: The Comeback., a spin-off of Werner Film Productions. popular TV series, which will follow a young ballerina who dreams of being a star.
Following Ruin and Hail, Amiel Courtin-Wilson is to write, produce and direct Hawkwood, a thriller set in the backwaters of Africa which tells of ageing mercenary.s journey from chaos to grace.
These are among 16 feature projects which are receiving more than $620,000 in development funding from Screen Australia.
Lewin will write Blue Rose with Wain Fimeri for producers Chryssy Tintner, Jan Eymann, Judi Levine and Arclight.s Mark Lazarus and Gary Hamilton. His next film is Us indie romantic drama Purple Hearts, which will star Jane the Virgin's Gina Rodriguez...
La-based Jeffrey Walker will return to Oz a to direct Dance Academy: The Comeback., a spin-off of Werner Film Productions. popular TV series, which will follow a young ballerina who dreams of being a star.
Following Ruin and Hail, Amiel Courtin-Wilson is to write, produce and direct Hawkwood, a thriller set in the backwaters of Africa which tells of ageing mercenary.s journey from chaos to grace.
These are among 16 feature projects which are receiving more than $620,000 in development funding from Screen Australia.
Lewin will write Blue Rose with Wain Fimeri for producers Chryssy Tintner, Jan Eymann, Judi Levine and Arclight.s Mark Lazarus and Gary Hamilton. His next film is Us indie romantic drama Purple Hearts, which will star Jane the Virgin's Gina Rodriguez...
- 4/21/2015
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Deluxe Australia today launched the Deluxe Heartbeat Fund, which encompasses and extends the company.s industry support programs.
One of the key aims of the Heartbeat Fund is help filmmakers articulate a clear vision of their target audience at the outset, and execute accordingly.
.Australian films are facing specific challenges in cutting through to audiences,. Deluxe MD Alaric McAusland told If. .We want to work with filmmakers on features where they have a clear vision of audience engagement and that.s built in as an integral part of the budget at the start, not as an after-thought.
.The Australian film label is a disincentive for some audiences; our films used to be cool. We are at a tipping point..
McAusland said Deluxe intends to collaborate with industry guilds and other stakeholders to develop programs to engage Australian audiences.
He sees an obvious need for an aggregated site which will enable...
One of the key aims of the Heartbeat Fund is help filmmakers articulate a clear vision of their target audience at the outset, and execute accordingly.
.Australian films are facing specific challenges in cutting through to audiences,. Deluxe MD Alaric McAusland told If. .We want to work with filmmakers on features where they have a clear vision of audience engagement and that.s built in as an integral part of the budget at the start, not as an after-thought.
.The Australian film label is a disincentive for some audiences; our films used to be cool. We are at a tipping point..
McAusland said Deluxe intends to collaborate with industry guilds and other stakeholders to develop programs to engage Australian audiences.
He sees an obvious need for an aggregated site which will enable...
- 10/14/2014
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Helen Morse and Robert Taylor will join Reef Ireland and Kerry Fox in Downriver, an Australian mystery drama that aims to court controversy.
The feature debut of writer-director Grant Scicluna, the film is due to start shooting in Victoria on November 5.
Ireland (Puberty Blues, Wentworth, Blessed) will play James, a teenager who is sent to prison for drowning a little boy when he was a child, although the body was never found.
In an attempt to uncover the truth, he takes dangerous risks to find redemption and return the missing body to the grieving mother.
Fox plays his mother. Taylor, who stars in Us TV.s Longmire, is cast as her new boyfriend who is unaware she has a son. Morse is a reclusive dog lover who holds the key to the mystery.
It.s a rare screen role for Morse, who has worked almost exclusively on the stage since...
The feature debut of writer-director Grant Scicluna, the film is due to start shooting in Victoria on November 5.
Ireland (Puberty Blues, Wentworth, Blessed) will play James, a teenager who is sent to prison for drowning a little boy when he was a child, although the body was never found.
In an attempt to uncover the truth, he takes dangerous risks to find redemption and return the missing body to the grieving mother.
Fox plays his mother. Taylor, who stars in Us TV.s Longmire, is cast as her new boyfriend who is unaware she has a son. Morse is a reclusive dog lover who holds the key to the mystery.
It.s a rare screen role for Morse, who has worked almost exclusively on the stage since...
- 10/7/2014
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Film Victoria is investing $1.14 million in three features and five TV projects through its new assigned production investment program.
Combined these projects will create employment for around 400 creatives, cast and crew and generate an estimated $11.8 million in production expenditure in the State, according to CEO Jenni Tosi.
.Under our assigned production investment program, which came into effect in July, Film Victoria.s equity, copyright and recoupment position is assigned to the producer, giving screen production businesses access to an increased level of returns and a greater financial capacity to develop new ideas and expand their output,. she said.
.The diversity of projects in this round reflects the significant production activity taking place in Victoria right now . activity that is being driven by our talented local screen practitioners." The projects are: Downriver, Happening Films Jannine Barnes, producer Grant Scicluna, writer/director
The plot follows a teenager, James (Reef Ireland) who serves...
Combined these projects will create employment for around 400 creatives, cast and crew and generate an estimated $11.8 million in production expenditure in the State, according to CEO Jenni Tosi.
.Under our assigned production investment program, which came into effect in July, Film Victoria.s equity, copyright and recoupment position is assigned to the producer, giving screen production businesses access to an increased level of returns and a greater financial capacity to develop new ideas and expand their output,. she said.
.The diversity of projects in this round reflects the significant production activity taking place in Victoria right now . activity that is being driven by our talented local screen practitioners." The projects are: Downriver, Happening Films Jannine Barnes, producer Grant Scicluna, writer/director
The plot follows a teenager, James (Reef Ireland) who serves...
- 8/27/2014
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Sequel to local box office hit Red Dog wins Screen Australia backing alongside a thriller starring Kerry Fox.
Government agency Screen Australia is to back Blue Dog, the second in a planned trilogy that began with Red Dog, which grossed $21m on its 2011 release to become the country’s fourth biggest independently-financed local film in the territory.
Termed an “origin film”, rather than a prequel, Blue Dog will see director Kriv Stenders return for the sequel, which will be written by Saniel Taplitz and produced by Nelson Woss. Cast have yet to be attached.
It will follow the early events leading up to Red Dog’s discovery on the road to Dampier and his ultimate rise from ordinary dog to Australian legend.
Produced by Woss Group Film Productions, domestic and international sales will be handled by both Roadshow Films and new player Good Dog Enterprises. Executive producers are Su Armstrong, Joel Pearlman and [link...
Government agency Screen Australia is to back Blue Dog, the second in a planned trilogy that began with Red Dog, which grossed $21m on its 2011 release to become the country’s fourth biggest independently-financed local film in the territory.
Termed an “origin film”, rather than a prequel, Blue Dog will see director Kriv Stenders return for the sequel, which will be written by Saniel Taplitz and produced by Nelson Woss. Cast have yet to be attached.
It will follow the early events leading up to Red Dog’s discovery on the road to Dampier and his ultimate rise from ordinary dog to Australian legend.
Produced by Woss Group Film Productions, domestic and international sales will be handled by both Roadshow Films and new player Good Dog Enterprises. Executive producers are Su Armstrong, Joel Pearlman and [link...
- 5/30/2014
- by Sandy.George@me.com (Sandy George)
- ScreenDaily
The creative team behind Red Dog is reuniting for Blue Dog, an origin story which will serve as a stand-alone film and form part of the franchise that will continue with Yellow Dog.
The canine caper was one of two features, TV drama Glitch and nine multi-platform projects that secured the final round of funding from Screen Australia in the current financial year.
The other film is Downriver, a mystery inspired by real events that will mark the feature directing debut of writer- director Grant Scicluna.
Screen Australia is investing more than $4.5 million in these 12 projects, triggering production worth more than $25 million. CEO Graeme Mason noted the value of Australian stories was reaffirmed at Cannes with Australian film sales to international territories more than doubling the volume of sales made there last year.
Nelson Woss, producer of the Dog franchise, has formed Good Dog Enterprises, a distribution company that will...
The canine caper was one of two features, TV drama Glitch and nine multi-platform projects that secured the final round of funding from Screen Australia in the current financial year.
The other film is Downriver, a mystery inspired by real events that will mark the feature directing debut of writer- director Grant Scicluna.
Screen Australia is investing more than $4.5 million in these 12 projects, triggering production worth more than $25 million. CEO Graeme Mason noted the value of Australian stories was reaffirmed at Cannes with Australian film sales to international territories more than doubling the volume of sales made there last year.
Nelson Woss, producer of the Dog franchise, has formed Good Dog Enterprises, a distribution company that will...
- 5/29/2014
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Screen Australia has committed almost $360,000 in funding to assist 15 filmmaking teams and three new internships.
The announcement, made earlier today, confirmed eight new projects will receive Screen Australia support while another seven teams will benefit from continued funding..
The new projects to receive support include I Am Jack, Confessions of a Super Man, Long Tan, Mulan, Common Foe, and Soundtrack..
Three internships, developed through Screen Australia.s Talent Escalator Project, will send Australian filmmakers overseas to further develop their chosen crafts..
Writer/director Alex Murawski will work alongside Bruce Beresford in Los Angeles for three months on Beresford.s latest production Bonnie and Clyde.
Natalie Lindwall will gain six months experience in the UK working with Ecosse Flims as a development producer, and producer Raquelle David will spend six months in Toronto working with Niv Fichman at Rhombus Media..
Also through the Talent Escalator Program, Screen Australia will assist directors Cris Jones,...
The announcement, made earlier today, confirmed eight new projects will receive Screen Australia support while another seven teams will benefit from continued funding..
The new projects to receive support include I Am Jack, Confessions of a Super Man, Long Tan, Mulan, Common Foe, and Soundtrack..
Three internships, developed through Screen Australia.s Talent Escalator Project, will send Australian filmmakers overseas to further develop their chosen crafts..
Writer/director Alex Murawski will work alongside Bruce Beresford in Los Angeles for three months on Beresford.s latest production Bonnie and Clyde.
Natalie Lindwall will gain six months experience in the UK working with Ecosse Flims as a development producer, and producer Raquelle David will spend six months in Toronto working with Niv Fichman at Rhombus Media..
Also through the Talent Escalator Program, Screen Australia will assist directors Cris Jones,...
- 5/20/2013
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
Zak Hilditch's short film Transmission took out the prize for Best Short Film at the St Kilda Film Festival overnight.
Hilditch and producer Liz Kearney were presented with a $10,000 cheque City of Port Phillip Mayor Rachel Powning at the St Kilda Town Hall.
The film, which tells the story of a deadly pandemic and its impact on a father-daughter relationship, also picked up awards for Best Director (for Hilditch), Best Actor (Angourie Rice) and Best Achievement in Editing (for Merlin Cornish).
Screen Australia supported the production of Transmission via its Springboard program. The short was made to support upcoming feature film These Final Hours, which is set to shoot in and around Perth in the second half of this year.
Seven minute documentary The Globe Collector took out Best Documentary for director Summer DeRoche and producer Andrea Distefano.
Any Questions for Ben? actor Josh Lawson won Best Achievement in Screenplay for After Credits,...
Hilditch and producer Liz Kearney were presented with a $10,000 cheque City of Port Phillip Mayor Rachel Powning at the St Kilda Town Hall.
The film, which tells the story of a deadly pandemic and its impact on a father-daughter relationship, also picked up awards for Best Director (for Hilditch), Best Actor (Angourie Rice) and Best Achievement in Editing (for Merlin Cornish).
Screen Australia supported the production of Transmission via its Springboard program. The short was made to support upcoming feature film These Final Hours, which is set to shoot in and around Perth in the second half of this year.
Seven minute documentary The Globe Collector took out Best Documentary for director Summer DeRoche and producer Andrea Distefano.
Any Questions for Ben? actor Josh Lawson won Best Achievement in Screenplay for After Credits,...
- 5/28/2012
- by Amanda Diaz
- IF.com.au
Post-apocalyptic feature film Transmission dominated the St Kilda Film Festival Awards last night.
The short feature, about a deadly pandemic and its impact on a father-daughter relationship, won top prize of Best Short Film at the awards plus a $10,000 cash prize.
Of the nominees in the Best Short Film category, Transmission beat out Anthony Maras’s The Palace, Peekaboo directed by Damien Power and At The Formal directed by Andrew Kavanagh.
Produced by Liz Kearney and written and directed by Zak Hilditch it was a big night for Transmission with Hilditch winning Best Director and Angourie Rice who plays the daughter winning Best Actor while editor Merlin Cornish won Best Achievement in Editing.
The film was one of three recipients of Screen Australia’s 2011 Springboard Short Film Course. The course mentors creative duos to produce a short film which will be the grounding for a feature film idea.
The win...
The short feature, about a deadly pandemic and its impact on a father-daughter relationship, won top prize of Best Short Film at the awards plus a $10,000 cash prize.
Of the nominees in the Best Short Film category, Transmission beat out Anthony Maras’s The Palace, Peekaboo directed by Damien Power and At The Formal directed by Andrew Kavanagh.
Produced by Liz Kearney and written and directed by Zak Hilditch it was a big night for Transmission with Hilditch winning Best Director and Angourie Rice who plays the daughter winning Best Actor while editor Merlin Cornish won Best Achievement in Editing.
The film was one of three recipients of Screen Australia’s 2011 Springboard Short Film Course. The course mentors creative duos to produce a short film which will be the grounding for a feature film idea.
The win...
- 5/28/2012
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
Short film fest, The St Kilda Film Festival has announced its award nominees across 18 categories. Winners will be announced on Sunday 27 May
The announcement:
Now in its 29th year the St Kilda Film Festival’s (Skff) Top 100 competition recognises and awards local filmmakers of all levels of experience who excel in creative and craft and who show potential for growth within the industry.
From an increasingly competitive field of entrants, 62 nominees are in the running for 18 prestigious awards and their share of $40,000 of cash and in-kind prizes, with the winner of the Best Film being awarded $10,000 cash.
The nominations for the 2012 Best Short Film include: At The Formal (Directed by Andrew Kavanagh & Produced by Ramona Telecican). Peekaboo (Directed by Damien Power & Produced by Joe Weatherstone) The Palace (Directed by Anthony Maras & Produced by Anthony Maras, Kate Croser, Andros Achilleos) and Transmission (Directed by Zak Hilditch & Produced by Liz Kearney)
Nominees...
The announcement:
Now in its 29th year the St Kilda Film Festival’s (Skff) Top 100 competition recognises and awards local filmmakers of all levels of experience who excel in creative and craft and who show potential for growth within the industry.
From an increasingly competitive field of entrants, 62 nominees are in the running for 18 prestigious awards and their share of $40,000 of cash and in-kind prizes, with the winner of the Best Film being awarded $10,000 cash.
The nominations for the 2012 Best Short Film include: At The Formal (Directed by Andrew Kavanagh & Produced by Ramona Telecican). Peekaboo (Directed by Damien Power & Produced by Joe Weatherstone) The Palace (Directed by Anthony Maras & Produced by Anthony Maras, Kate Croser, Andros Achilleos) and Transmission (Directed by Zak Hilditch & Produced by Liz Kearney)
Nominees...
- 5/24/2012
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
Screen Australia has announced a new round of funding for 18 filmmaking teams to develop feature projects including teams led by producer Emile Sherman (The King’s Speech), director Kriv Stenders (Red Dog) and director Gillian Armstrong.
The funding totals $500,000.
Sherman is working with Clayton Jacobsen (Kenny) to develop crime film The Docks with writers Jamie Browne and Kris Mrksa.
Auteur director and cancer sufferer Paul Cox is working with executive producer Shaun Miller and producer Maggie Miles to develop his own memoir Tales from the Cancer Ward into drama script Force of Destiny.
Screen Australia also continues its investment in producer Marian Macgowan’s The Great, with writer Tony McNamara and director Gillian Armstrong on the adaptation of McNamara’s play of the same name.
Red Dog director Kriv Stenders works with his Lucky Country writer Andy Cox to develop their comic romance script F*****! A Romance.
Screen Australia has...
The funding totals $500,000.
Sherman is working with Clayton Jacobsen (Kenny) to develop crime film The Docks with writers Jamie Browne and Kris Mrksa.
Auteur director and cancer sufferer Paul Cox is working with executive producer Shaun Miller and producer Maggie Miles to develop his own memoir Tales from the Cancer Ward into drama script Force of Destiny.
Screen Australia also continues its investment in producer Marian Macgowan’s The Great, with writer Tony McNamara and director Gillian Armstrong on the adaptation of McNamara’s play of the same name.
Red Dog director Kriv Stenders works with his Lucky Country writer Andy Cox to develop their comic romance script F*****! A Romance.
Screen Australia has...
- 12/12/2011
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
Screen Australia is calling on applications for their Springboard: Short Film Initiative.
The short film development and production opportunity is designed to help filmmaking teams one step away from making their first professional feature film.
A three part workshop to take place between December 2011 and February 2012, it will see five teams of writer, director and producer, develop a short film to be a talent showcase for festivals and act as a calling card for a proposed feature film. As such, teams will be required to submit two short film ideas as well as their feature film idea.
“Springboard is about career building for the long term and Screen Australia recognises the way short films can provide an essential stepping stone in a professional career for an emerging filmmaker,” said Head of Development, Martha Coleman. “This Springboard workshop maintains the strategic vision while focusing more acutely on the broader creative process...
The short film development and production opportunity is designed to help filmmaking teams one step away from making their first professional feature film.
A three part workshop to take place between December 2011 and February 2012, it will see five teams of writer, director and producer, develop a short film to be a talent showcase for festivals and act as a calling card for a proposed feature film. As such, teams will be required to submit two short film ideas as well as their feature film idea.
“Springboard is about career building for the long term and Screen Australia recognises the way short films can provide an essential stepping stone in a professional career for an emerging filmmaker,” said Head of Development, Martha Coleman. “This Springboard workshop maintains the strategic vision while focusing more acutely on the broader creative process...
- 9/20/2011
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
Screen Australia has invested on the development of features Remarkable Creatures (written by Jan Sardi), A Murder of Crows, Black Echoes, Sibling and Worms.
The investment round includes three short films from the Springboard Program, meant to act as ‘calling cards’ to feature film proposals.
The features in development are:
Black Echoes
Producers Michael Robertson, Murray Pope
Writers Shayne Armstrong, Shane Krause
A group of international tourists are taken off the beaten path to an isolated village deep in the Vietnamese countryside. They are promised a Viet Cong tunnel crawl experience that makes the famous Cu Chi Tunnels seem like a playground… Tighter, more claustrophobic, scarier – they get their money’s worth and then some.
A Murder of Crows
Producers Murray Pope, Michael Robertson
Writers Shayne Armstrong, Shane Krause
Director Nick Robertson
Lost love brought him there, cold-blooded murder kept him there, now dark vengeance takes flight.
Remarkable Creatures
Producer...
The investment round includes three short films from the Springboard Program, meant to act as ‘calling cards’ to feature film proposals.
The features in development are:
Black Echoes
Producers Michael Robertson, Murray Pope
Writers Shayne Armstrong, Shane Krause
A group of international tourists are taken off the beaten path to an isolated village deep in the Vietnamese countryside. They are promised a Viet Cong tunnel crawl experience that makes the famous Cu Chi Tunnels seem like a playground… Tighter, more claustrophobic, scarier – they get their money’s worth and then some.
A Murder of Crows
Producers Murray Pope, Michael Robertson
Writers Shayne Armstrong, Shane Krause
Director Nick Robertson
Lost love brought him there, cold-blooded murder kept him there, now dark vengeance takes flight.
Remarkable Creatures
Producer...
- 3/25/2011
- by Miguel Gonzalez
- Encore Magazine
Six teams have been accepted into Screen Australia’s Springboard short development initiative, with the projects Please Explain, Bon Scott, The Last Hurrah, Scratch the Surface, Cat Night Morning and Dieback.
The teams will participate in two workshops to develop their short and revisit their feature script. Three projects will go into production, with a budget of up to $150,000.
Springboard will be run by screenwriting teachers and script consultants Simon van der Borgh and Jonathan Rawlinson.
The six teams are:
Leanne Tonkes (p), Steve Kearney (p), Anna Broinowski (w/d) with political satire Please Explain Lizzette Atkins (p), Sophie Edelstein (w), Eddie Martin (d) with biopic Bon Scott Sheila Jayadev (p), Matthew Zeremes (w), Oliver Torr (w), Martha Goddard (d) with drama The Last Hurrah Jannine Barnes (p), Grant Scicluna (w/d) with psychological thriller Scratch the Surface · Annmaree Bell (p), Cj Johnson (w/d) with caper Cat Night Morning...
The teams will participate in two workshops to develop their short and revisit their feature script. Three projects will go into production, with a budget of up to $150,000.
Springboard will be run by screenwriting teachers and script consultants Simon van der Borgh and Jonathan Rawlinson.
The six teams are:
Leanne Tonkes (p), Steve Kearney (p), Anna Broinowski (w/d) with political satire Please Explain Lizzette Atkins (p), Sophie Edelstein (w), Eddie Martin (d) with biopic Bon Scott Sheila Jayadev (p), Matthew Zeremes (w), Oliver Torr (w), Martha Goddard (d) with drama The Last Hurrah Jannine Barnes (p), Grant Scicluna (w/d) with psychological thriller Scratch the Surface · Annmaree Bell (p), Cj Johnson (w/d) with caper Cat Night Morning...
- 11/4/2010
- by Miguel Gonzalez
- Encore Magazine
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