SYDNEY -- Director Jane Campion's latest feature, Bright Star, received the green light for funding from the Film Finance Corp. Australia on Thursday. It's part of an eclectic slate that will usher in the final year of the agency's operations.
Bright Star, an Australian-British co-production that charts the ill-fated love affair between 18-year-old Fanny Brawne and the English romantic poet John Keats, will see Campion reignite her partnership with producer Jan Chapman, with whom she won the 1993 Palme d'Or with The Piano.
Co-producing Bright Star is U.K. producer Caroline Hewitt, while Hopscotch Films and Pathe Films are distributing.
The new FFC slate, which marks the beginning of the final year before it merges with the Australian Film Commission and Film Australia in July 2008, includes four other features, five adult TV dramas, three children's dramas and nine documentaries.
Among those receiving funding is Two Fists, One Heart, a biopic about boxer Rai Fazio, who has co-written the screenplay with Jan Sardi. David Elfick is producing through his Palm Beach Pictures shingle, hiring helmer Shawn Seet for his debut feature.
Bright Star, an Australian-British co-production that charts the ill-fated love affair between 18-year-old Fanny Brawne and the English romantic poet John Keats, will see Campion reignite her partnership with producer Jan Chapman, with whom she won the 1993 Palme d'Or with The Piano.
Co-producing Bright Star is U.K. producer Caroline Hewitt, while Hopscotch Films and Pathe Films are distributing.
The new FFC slate, which marks the beginning of the final year before it merges with the Australian Film Commission and Film Australia in July 2008, includes four other features, five adult TV dramas, three children's dramas and nine documentaries.
Among those receiving funding is Two Fists, One Heart, a biopic about boxer Rai Fazio, who has co-written the screenplay with Jan Sardi. David Elfick is producing through his Palm Beach Pictures shingle, hiring helmer Shawn Seet for his debut feature.
- 7/27/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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