‘The Furnace.’
Most independent Australian distributors are doing it tough, forced to postpone releases while the exhibition business languishes with Victorian cinemas closed and seating capacity restricted in the rest of the country.
They fear the Federal Government’s media reforms, which will lower the Producer Offset for films to 30 per cent and double the minimum qualifying Australian production expenditure (Qape) threshold for features to $1 million, will lead to fewer narrative features and feature documentaries.
Another concern is that removing the obligation to release films in cinemas will further deplete the number of titles available to distributors next year.
However most are confident the cinema business will rebound from Boxing Day onwards with the launches of Warner Bros’ Wonder Woman 1984, Universal/DreamWorks Animation’s The Croods: A New Age and Sony’s Peter Rabbit 2, and that 2021 will be a strong year.
“Business is not what it used to be...
Most independent Australian distributors are doing it tough, forced to postpone releases while the exhibition business languishes with Victorian cinemas closed and seating capacity restricted in the rest of the country.
They fear the Federal Government’s media reforms, which will lower the Producer Offset for films to 30 per cent and double the minimum qualifying Australian production expenditure (Qape) threshold for features to $1 million, will lead to fewer narrative features and feature documentaries.
Another concern is that removing the obligation to release films in cinemas will further deplete the number of titles available to distributors next year.
However most are confident the cinema business will rebound from Boxing Day onwards with the launches of Warner Bros’ Wonder Woman 1984, Universal/DreamWorks Animation’s The Croods: A New Age and Sony’s Peter Rabbit 2, and that 2021 will be a strong year.
“Business is not what it used to be...
- 10/14/2020
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
‘The Furnace.’
Most independent Australian distributors are doing it tough, forced to postpone releases while the exhibition business languishes with Victorian cinemas closed and seating capacity restricted in the rest of the country.
They fear the Federal Government’s media reforms, which will lower the Producer Offset for films to 30 per cent and double the minimum qualifying Australian production expenditure (Qape) threshold for features to $1 million, will lead to fewer narrative features and feature documentaries.
Another concern is that removing the obligation to release films in cinemas will further deplete the number of titles available to distributors next year.
However most are confident the cinema business will rebound from Boxing Day onwards with the launches of Warner Bros’ Wonder Woman 1984, Universal/DreamWorks Animation’s The Croods: A New Age and Sony’s Peter Rabbit 2, and that 2021 will be a strong year.
“Business is not what it used to be...
Most independent Australian distributors are doing it tough, forced to postpone releases while the exhibition business languishes with Victorian cinemas closed and seating capacity restricted in the rest of the country.
They fear the Federal Government’s media reforms, which will lower the Producer Offset for films to 30 per cent and double the minimum qualifying Australian production expenditure (Qape) threshold for features to $1 million, will lead to fewer narrative features and feature documentaries.
Another concern is that removing the obligation to release films in cinemas will further deplete the number of titles available to distributors next year.
However most are confident the cinema business will rebound from Boxing Day onwards with the launches of Warner Bros’ Wonder Woman 1984, Universal/DreamWorks Animation’s The Croods: A New Age and Sony’s Peter Rabbit 2, and that 2021 will be a strong year.
“Business is not what it used to be...
- 10/14/2020
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
Kate Fox.
After serving as location coordinator on Stan’s The Gloaming and location manager on season 4 of the ABC’s Rosehaven, Kate Fox aims to take her career to the next level with two comedy webseries.
Screen Tasmania is funding the development of Gasp, with Rosehaven’s Shaun Wilson attached to direct, and Papped.
Fox, a former journalist at Pacific Magazines, has written a rough Bible/series outline for Gasp (6 x 8′), which stands for Grammar and Spelling Police.
The plot centres on a a fictional task force within the real police, who enforce the correct use of the English language. Wilson will also be part of the writing team together with Ben Morton, Emesha Rudolf and Pip Kennedy.
Papped (6 x 5′) will star Jane Hamilton-Foster as Jane, a paparazzi photographer in a male-dominated industry. She’s also an actor waiting for her big break.
Post-covid-19, Tasmania becomes a bucket list travel destination,...
After serving as location coordinator on Stan’s The Gloaming and location manager on season 4 of the ABC’s Rosehaven, Kate Fox aims to take her career to the next level with two comedy webseries.
Screen Tasmania is funding the development of Gasp, with Rosehaven’s Shaun Wilson attached to direct, and Papped.
Fox, a former journalist at Pacific Magazines, has written a rough Bible/series outline for Gasp (6 x 8′), which stands for Grammar and Spelling Police.
The plot centres on a a fictional task force within the real police, who enforce the correct use of the English language. Wilson will also be part of the writing team together with Ben Morton, Emesha Rudolf and Pip Kennedy.
Papped (6 x 5′) will star Jane Hamilton-Foster as Jane, a paparazzi photographer in a male-dominated industry. She’s also an actor waiting for her big break.
Post-covid-19, Tasmania becomes a bucket list travel destination,...
- 6/22/2020
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
‘McLeod’s Daughters’ (Photo credit: Millennium Pictures).
Posie Graeme-Evans, co-creator of the Nine Network drama McLeod’s Daughters, is working on a feature film spin-off with producer Sue Clothier and screenwriter Emma Jensen.
Screen Tasmania is funding the early development of McLeods of Drovers Run, scripted by Jensen and produced by Graeme-Evans and Clothier.
Based on an origin story by Graeme-Evans, the plot sees tragic, unfinished business that begins in 1850s Scotland at the ancestral home of the McLeods return to haunt the present day family.
The logline reads: “In the end, family is all we have when the past will not die. That’s a good thing. Right?”
Graeme-Evans is convinced there is still a huge appetite for the McLeod’s franchise. Currently screening on Stan, the series won the Meaa’s The Great Australian Binge vote for Australia’s most favourite show.
A McLeod’s Daughters reunion attended by cast members Bridie Carter,...
Posie Graeme-Evans, co-creator of the Nine Network drama McLeod’s Daughters, is working on a feature film spin-off with producer Sue Clothier and screenwriter Emma Jensen.
Screen Tasmania is funding the early development of McLeods of Drovers Run, scripted by Jensen and produced by Graeme-Evans and Clothier.
Based on an origin story by Graeme-Evans, the plot sees tragic, unfinished business that begins in 1850s Scotland at the ancestral home of the McLeods return to haunt the present day family.
The logline reads: “In the end, family is all we have when the past will not die. That’s a good thing. Right?”
Graeme-Evans is convinced there is still a huge appetite for the McLeod’s franchise. Currently screening on Stan, the series won the Meaa’s The Great Australian Binge vote for Australia’s most favourite show.
A McLeod’s Daughters reunion attended by cast members Bridie Carter,...
- 6/21/2020
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
Pete Davidson in ‘The King of Staten Island’ (Photo credit: Universal Pictures).
The closure of cinemas in Australia, the Us and many other markets is resulting in a steady stream of movies going straight to digital platforms.
Among the latest titles that are bypassing cinemas are Universal’s comedy The King of Staten Island in the Us (although its status in Australia is unclear) and, worldwide, Warner Bros’ animated title Scoob! and Paramount’s comedy The Lovebirds.
Meanwhile Universal Pictures’ intention to release films in cinemas and on Premium VOD when cinemas re-open in the Us has aroused the ire of AMC Theatres, which operates 1,000 cinemas in the Us, Europe and the Middle East.
Touting the success of Universal/DreamWorks Animation’s Trolls World Tour, which raked in $US95 million in online rentals after bypassing cinemas, NBCUniversal CEO Jeff Shell told the Wall Street Journal: “As soon as theaters reopen,...
The closure of cinemas in Australia, the Us and many other markets is resulting in a steady stream of movies going straight to digital platforms.
Among the latest titles that are bypassing cinemas are Universal’s comedy The King of Staten Island in the Us (although its status in Australia is unclear) and, worldwide, Warner Bros’ animated title Scoob! and Paramount’s comedy The Lovebirds.
Meanwhile Universal Pictures’ intention to release films in cinemas and on Premium VOD when cinemas re-open in the Us has aroused the ire of AMC Theatres, which operates 1,000 cinemas in the Us, Europe and the Middle East.
Touting the success of Universal/DreamWorks Animation’s Trolls World Tour, which raked in $US95 million in online rentals after bypassing cinemas, NBCUniversal CEO Jeff Shell told the Wall Street Journal: “As soon as theaters reopen,...
- 4/29/2020
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
IFC Films are planning an autumn theatrical release in the Us.
IFC Films has added the UK-set thriller Six Minutes To Midnight starring Eddie Izzard and Judi Dench to its distribution pipeline after snapping up Us rights and plans an autumn theatrical release.
Andy Goddard, who directed multiple episodes of the Downton Abbey TV series, directed from a screenplay by his Set Fire To The Stars writer Celyn Jones, Izzard and Goddard.
IFC negotiated the deal with CAA and international rights-holder Lionsgate International on behalf of the filmmakers.
Based on actual events from 1939, Izzard plays a teacher to the daughters...
IFC Films has added the UK-set thriller Six Minutes To Midnight starring Eddie Izzard and Judi Dench to its distribution pipeline after snapping up Us rights and plans an autumn theatrical release.
Andy Goddard, who directed multiple episodes of the Downton Abbey TV series, directed from a screenplay by his Set Fire To The Stars writer Celyn Jones, Izzard and Goddard.
IFC negotiated the deal with CAA and international rights-holder Lionsgate International on behalf of the filmmakers.
Based on actual events from 1939, Izzard plays a teacher to the daughters...
- 2/22/2020
- by 36¦Jeremy Kay¦54¦
- ScreenDaily
Tilda Cobham-Hervey and Unjoo Moon at the Tiff premiere of ‘I Am Woman.’
In a sign of the times for independent distributors, Transmission Films expects to release approximately nine films in cinemas this year, down from 13 in 2019.
The more selective, cautious approach to acquisitions is Transmission’s response to the tightening market across-the-board for indie films, which co-founder Andrew Mackie estimates has dropped by 10-20 per cent.
That said, Mackie and co-founder Richard Payten are very confident about the 2020 slate, not least Unjoo Moon’s I Am Woman and Dean Murphy’s Paul Hogan comeback comedy The Very Excellent Mr Dundee.
Transmission has dated Moon’s Helen Reddy biopic starring Tilda Cobham-Hervey as the pioneering Australian feminist singer, which premiered at Toronto, on May 21.
Mackie says the release date for the film produced by Goalpost Pictures’ Rosemary Blight and scripted by Emma Jensen avoids the “post-Oscar season crush and allows...
In a sign of the times for independent distributors, Transmission Films expects to release approximately nine films in cinemas this year, down from 13 in 2019.
The more selective, cautious approach to acquisitions is Transmission’s response to the tightening market across-the-board for indie films, which co-founder Andrew Mackie estimates has dropped by 10-20 per cent.
That said, Mackie and co-founder Richard Payten are very confident about the 2020 slate, not least Unjoo Moon’s I Am Woman and Dean Murphy’s Paul Hogan comeback comedy The Very Excellent Mr Dundee.
Transmission has dated Moon’s Helen Reddy biopic starring Tilda Cobham-Hervey as the pioneering Australian feminist singer, which premiered at Toronto, on May 21.
Mackie says the release date for the film produced by Goalpost Pictures’ Rosemary Blight and scripted by Emma Jensen avoids the “post-Oscar season crush and allows...
- 2/2/2020
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
‘Ride Like A Girl’
Watching the 2015 Melbourne Cup, Rachel Griffiths didn’t initially know there was a female jockey in the race.
When the commentator first mentioned Michelle Payne’s name, her ears pricked up. When Payne then crossed the line – the first female jockey to ever win the Cup – the room full of women she was in erupted in cheers.
Griffiths continued to be captivated as Michelle’s brother and strapper Stevie Payne ran out to put the sash on horse Prince of Penzance, and the jockey told her naysayers to “get stuffed” in her first interview after dismounting.
She jumped on Google straight away to find out more about her, and within minutes she knew Michelle was the youngest of 10 children, eight of whom were jockeys. Her mother had died when she was six months old – “which officially makes her a Disney princess, because she has an unexpected...
Watching the 2015 Melbourne Cup, Rachel Griffiths didn’t initially know there was a female jockey in the race.
When the commentator first mentioned Michelle Payne’s name, her ears pricked up. When Payne then crossed the line – the first female jockey to ever win the Cup – the room full of women she was in erupted in cheers.
Griffiths continued to be captivated as Michelle’s brother and strapper Stevie Payne ran out to put the sash on horse Prince of Penzance, and the jockey told her naysayers to “get stuffed” in her first interview after dismounting.
She jumped on Google straight away to find out more about her, and within minutes she knew Michelle was the youngest of 10 children, eight of whom were jockeys. Her mother had died when she was six months old – “which officially makes her a Disney princess, because she has an unexpected...
- 9/24/2019
- by jkeast
- IF.com.au
‘Danger Close: The Battle of Long Tan.’
Most Australian films are caught in a catch-22: Independent distributors are constrained in how much they can spend on P&a. The upshot: Films suffer from lack of visibility and find it tough, if not impossible, to achieve their box office potential.
That’s according to Red Dune Productions’ Martin Walsh, who produced Kriv Stenders’ Danger Close: The Battle of Long Tan with Deeper Water Films’ Michael and John Schwarz.
The Vietnam War movie starring Travis Fimmel, Luke Bracey, Richard Roxburgh, Daniel Webber, Nicholas Hamilton, Aaron Glenane and Anthony Hayes has grossed $1.75 million in 13 days on 235 screens.
Walsh has no quarrel with the distributor Transmission Films, telling If: “They have done a sterling job with the resources they have, we love working with them and they were the only distributor willing to support our film.
“There would be no Danger Close without...
Most Australian films are caught in a catch-22: Independent distributors are constrained in how much they can spend on P&a. The upshot: Films suffer from lack of visibility and find it tough, if not impossible, to achieve their box office potential.
That’s according to Red Dune Productions’ Martin Walsh, who produced Kriv Stenders’ Danger Close: The Battle of Long Tan with Deeper Water Films’ Michael and John Schwarz.
The Vietnam War movie starring Travis Fimmel, Luke Bracey, Richard Roxburgh, Daniel Webber, Nicholas Hamilton, Aaron Glenane and Anthony Hayes has grossed $1.75 million in 13 days on 235 screens.
Walsh has no quarrel with the distributor Transmission Films, telling If: “They have done a sterling job with the resources they have, we love working with them and they were the only distributor willing to support our film.
“There would be no Danger Close without...
- 8/21/2019
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
‘Danger Close: The Battle of Long Tan.’
The box office results for the Australian films and feature docs released in cinemas this year underline yet again the deep polarisation in the indie film market between the higher earners and the also-rans.
The top five titles – Wayne Blair’s Top End Wedding, Shawn Seet’s Storm Boy, Anthony Marais’ Hotel Mumbai, Damon Gameau’s 2040 and Richard Lowenstein’s Mystify: Michael Hutchence – accounted for $15.8 million or 93 per cent of the Oz releases’ takings.
The Aussie films plus holdovers racked up nearly $17 million through the end of July, according to the Motion Picture Distributors Association of Australia.
That’s a long way below the $40.6 million generated in the same period last year, led by Peter Rabbit’s $26.6 million, Breath’s $4.4 million (finishing with $4.6 million) and Sweet Country’s $2 million.
Surveying the challenges facing the indie film business, Transmission Films’ Andrew Mackie tells If:...
The box office results for the Australian films and feature docs released in cinemas this year underline yet again the deep polarisation in the indie film market between the higher earners and the also-rans.
The top five titles – Wayne Blair’s Top End Wedding, Shawn Seet’s Storm Boy, Anthony Marais’ Hotel Mumbai, Damon Gameau’s 2040 and Richard Lowenstein’s Mystify: Michael Hutchence – accounted for $15.8 million or 93 per cent of the Oz releases’ takings.
The Aussie films plus holdovers racked up nearly $17 million through the end of July, according to the Motion Picture Distributors Association of Australia.
That’s a long way below the $40.6 million generated in the same period last year, led by Peter Rabbit’s $26.6 million, Breath’s $4.4 million (finishing with $4.6 million) and Sweet Country’s $2 million.
Surveying the challenges facing the indie film business, Transmission Films’ Andrew Mackie tells If:...
- 8/2/2019
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
‘Top End Wedding.’
The disappearance of eOne from the theatrical distribution landscape in Australia/New Zealand is being lamented by exhibitors, producers, former staffers and even rival distributors.
The demise of the distributor known for its sharp commercial tastes marks the end of an era dating back to 2002 with the founding of Hopscotch Films by Troy Lum, Frank Cox and Sandie Don.
Despite the parent company’s assurances, eOne’s exit almost certainly means there is one less avenue for Australian producers seeking finance and distribution.
Goalpost Pictures’ Rosemary Blight, who collaborated with the firm on Wayne Blair’s The Sapphires and Blair’s upcoming Top End Wedding, describes eOne’s withdrawal from the Australian market as a great loss.
“From the days of Hopscotch to transforming into eOne, Sandie Don, Troy Lum and their incredible team have bought passion and intelligence to the distribution landscape,” she tells If.
“Australian...
The disappearance of eOne from the theatrical distribution landscape in Australia/New Zealand is being lamented by exhibitors, producers, former staffers and even rival distributors.
The demise of the distributor known for its sharp commercial tastes marks the end of an era dating back to 2002 with the founding of Hopscotch Films by Troy Lum, Frank Cox and Sandie Don.
Despite the parent company’s assurances, eOne’s exit almost certainly means there is one less avenue for Australian producers seeking finance and distribution.
Goalpost Pictures’ Rosemary Blight, who collaborated with the firm on Wayne Blair’s The Sapphires and Blair’s upcoming Top End Wedding, describes eOne’s withdrawal from the Australian market as a great loss.
“From the days of Hopscotch to transforming into eOne, Sandie Don, Troy Lum and their incredible team have bought passion and intelligence to the distribution landscape,” she tells If.
“Australian...
- 3/19/2019
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
Jelena Dokic.
Screen Australia today announced $3.5 million worth of funding for 18 documentaries, including a feature-length project from Cjz about tennis star Jelena Dokic; a portrait of Lion and Beautiful Boy screenwriter Luke Davies; and a 10-part series that will see lawyer and advocate Julian Burnside in conversation with human rights leaders.
In total $1,385,000 in production funding was allocated through the Producer program, and $2,165,000 through the Commissioned program. An additional $140,000 was provided in development funding to 10 documentaries.
“We continue to be blown away by the ability of Australian documentary makers to connect and move audiences with complex human stories and issues of the moment. These latest projects will share the stories of remarkable Australians from those with neuro-diverse conditions looking for love, to the life of Oscar-nominated screenwriter Luke Davies,” said Screen Australia head of documentary Bernadine Lim. “I’m also pleased to see Australian documentary makers continue to tackle international stories,...
Screen Australia today announced $3.5 million worth of funding for 18 documentaries, including a feature-length project from Cjz about tennis star Jelena Dokic; a portrait of Lion and Beautiful Boy screenwriter Luke Davies; and a 10-part series that will see lawyer and advocate Julian Burnside in conversation with human rights leaders.
In total $1,385,000 in production funding was allocated through the Producer program, and $2,165,000 through the Commissioned program. An additional $140,000 was provided in development funding to 10 documentaries.
“We continue to be blown away by the ability of Australian documentary makers to connect and move audiences with complex human stories and issues of the moment. These latest projects will share the stories of remarkable Australians from those with neuro-diverse conditions looking for love, to the life of Oscar-nominated screenwriter Luke Davies,” said Screen Australia head of documentary Bernadine Lim. “I’m also pleased to see Australian documentary makers continue to tackle international stories,...
- 12/17/2018
- by jkeast
- IF.com.au
Baykali Ganambarr.
Jennifer Kent’s The Nightingale will open in Australian cinemas on January 24, the Australia Day weekend, as distributor Transmission Films aims to cash in on the film’s two prizes and glowing reviews at the Venice International Film Festival.
“Obviously screens are at a premium over summer but our plan is to emulate the Sweet Country release pattern,” Transmission joint MD Andrew Mackie tells If.
Produced by Kristina Ceyton of Causeway Films and Bruna Papandrea and Steve Hutensky of Made Up Stories, the revenge thriller won the special jury prize in Venice and Baykali Ganambarr received the Marcello Mastroianni award for best new young performer.
Critics lauded the film, which will premiere at the Adelaide Film Festival on October 13, as gripping and gut-wrenching yet also touching, leavened with laugh-out-loud moments.
In his screen debut Ganambarr plays an Aboriginal tracker named Billy who accompanies young Irish convict Clare (Aisling Franciosi...
Jennifer Kent’s The Nightingale will open in Australian cinemas on January 24, the Australia Day weekend, as distributor Transmission Films aims to cash in on the film’s two prizes and glowing reviews at the Venice International Film Festival.
“Obviously screens are at a premium over summer but our plan is to emulate the Sweet Country release pattern,” Transmission joint MD Andrew Mackie tells If.
Produced by Kristina Ceyton of Causeway Films and Bruna Papandrea and Steve Hutensky of Made Up Stories, the revenge thriller won the special jury prize in Venice and Baykali Ganambarr received the Marcello Mastroianni award for best new young performer.
Critics lauded the film, which will premiere at the Adelaide Film Festival on October 13, as gripping and gut-wrenching yet also touching, leavened with laugh-out-loud moments.
In his screen debut Ganambarr plays an Aboriginal tracker named Billy who accompanies young Irish convict Clare (Aisling Franciosi...
- 9/20/2018
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
Tributes are flowing for Chris Chamberlin, one of the media and entertainment industry.s most popular and respected publicists who died yesterday, 10 days before his 40th birthday.
A senior national publicist for the ABC since 2014, Chamberlin was on holidays in India. The cause of death has not been revealed.
.Chris was highly regarded and respected by everyone who was lucky enough to have known him,. Leisa Bacon, the ABC.s director of audiences, said in an email to staff.
.Chris has managed campaigns for projects across all TV genres - news, factual, entertainment and children.s programs. The list of credits is enormous and Chris knew everything there was to know about developing publicity opportunities for marketing campaigns. He built strong relationships with on-air talent, through to production teams and key media outlets.
.Chris was incredibly committed, working tirelessly to ensure the best possible outcome on every single program and project he was involved with.
A senior national publicist for the ABC since 2014, Chamberlin was on holidays in India. The cause of death has not been revealed.
.Chris was highly regarded and respected by everyone who was lucky enough to have known him,. Leisa Bacon, the ABC.s director of audiences, said in an email to staff.
.Chris has managed campaigns for projects across all TV genres - news, factual, entertainment and children.s programs. The list of credits is enormous and Chris knew everything there was to know about developing publicity opportunities for marketing campaigns. He built strong relationships with on-air talent, through to production teams and key media outlets.
.Chris was incredibly committed, working tirelessly to ensure the best possible outcome on every single program and project he was involved with.
- 6/26/2017
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Wendy Whiteley will appear at preview screenings of Transmission's new feature doc Whiteley in Sydney, Melbourne and Canberra ahead of the film's national release on May 11.
Tonight, May 1, Wendy will introduce a preview screening at Palace Norton St in Sydney, before participating in a special event Q&A at Hayden Orpheum tomorrow, May 2..
Wendy Whiteley will also appear at screenings in Melbourne on May 4 and in Canberra on May 5..
Transmission Films Joint Managing Directors Andrew Mackie and Richard Payten called the film, directed by James Bogle, "a striking and insightful documentary about one of the most influential artists to ever come out of Australia.".
"The opportunity to host Wendy and have her speak first-hand about her life with Brett is a rare opportunity for art and film lovers."
If is giving away 10 double passes to the film courtesy of Transmission. To win, email hwindsor@if.com.au with your name and address.
Tonight, May 1, Wendy will introduce a preview screening at Palace Norton St in Sydney, before participating in a special event Q&A at Hayden Orpheum tomorrow, May 2..
Wendy Whiteley will also appear at screenings in Melbourne on May 4 and in Canberra on May 5..
Transmission Films Joint Managing Directors Andrew Mackie and Richard Payten called the film, directed by James Bogle, "a striking and insightful documentary about one of the most influential artists to ever come out of Australia.".
"The opportunity to host Wendy and have her speak first-hand about her life with Brett is a rare opportunity for art and film lovers."
If is giving away 10 double passes to the film courtesy of Transmission. To win, email hwindsor@if.com.au with your name and address.
- 5/1/2017
- by Harry Windsor
- IF.com.au
David and Margaret are set to reunite at the Sydney premiere screening of Transmission's new feature doc David Stratton: A Cinematic Life..
The premiere will take place at the Hayden Orpheum Picture Palace in Cremorne next Tuesday, February 28, followed by Pomeranz and Stratton in conversation after the film.
The documentary, directed by Sally Aitken and executive produced by Sherpa's Jen Peedom, features the likes of Gillian Armstrong, Eric Bana, Bryan Brown, Russell Crowe, Judy Davis, Nicole Kidman, George Miller, Sam Neill, Geoffrey Rush, Fred Schepisi, Warwick Thornton, Jacki Weaver and Hugo Weaving.
.The documentary provides insight to a side of David the Australian public haven.t seen before," said Transmission Films Joint Managing Directors Richard Payten and Andrew Mackie in a statement. "The chance to have David attend these screenings and speak personally about his life is a privilege...
Another Sydney Q&A will take place on...
The premiere will take place at the Hayden Orpheum Picture Palace in Cremorne next Tuesday, February 28, followed by Pomeranz and Stratton in conversation after the film.
The documentary, directed by Sally Aitken and executive produced by Sherpa's Jen Peedom, features the likes of Gillian Armstrong, Eric Bana, Bryan Brown, Russell Crowe, Judy Davis, Nicole Kidman, George Miller, Sam Neill, Geoffrey Rush, Fred Schepisi, Warwick Thornton, Jacki Weaver and Hugo Weaving.
.The documentary provides insight to a side of David the Australian public haven.t seen before," said Transmission Films Joint Managing Directors Richard Payten and Andrew Mackie in a statement. "The chance to have David attend these screenings and speak personally about his life is a privilege...
Another Sydney Q&A will take place on...
- 2/20/2017
- by Harry Windsor
- IF.com.au
David Stratton's much-anticipated documentary on Australian film (previously known as David Stratton: Stories of Australian Cinema) has been given a new title to go with its new-look trailer..
Transmission Films will release David Stratton: A Cinematic Life on March 9, and the new trailer promises a film with a biographical bent, as much about Stratton himself as the films that have inspired him.
When I spoke to him at last year's Australian International Movie Convention, Stratton described the project as "very personal".
"Without wanting to sound too pretentious about it, it.s sort of my journey coming to Australia from England, running the Sydney Film Festival for eighteen years, fighting censorship, [and] being at the Sydney Film Festival just as the Australian New Wave was happening with the Peter Weirs and the Gillian Armstrongs and the Fred Schepisis."
Besides Armstrong and Schepisi, the doc features Eric Bana, Bryan Brown,...
Transmission Films will release David Stratton: A Cinematic Life on March 9, and the new trailer promises a film with a biographical bent, as much about Stratton himself as the films that have inspired him.
When I spoke to him at last year's Australian International Movie Convention, Stratton described the project as "very personal".
"Without wanting to sound too pretentious about it, it.s sort of my journey coming to Australia from England, running the Sydney Film Festival for eighteen years, fighting censorship, [and] being at the Sydney Film Festival just as the Australian New Wave was happening with the Peter Weirs and the Gillian Armstrongs and the Fred Schepisis."
Besides Armstrong and Schepisi, the doc features Eric Bana, Bryan Brown,...
- 1/24/2017
- by Harry Windsor
- IF.com.au
Transmission's body-image documentary Embrace has received an M rating on appeal after initially garnering an Ma 15+ classification. Taryn Brumfitt's film can now be seen by audiences under the age of 15 without parental guidance.
The Classification Board originally found that a sequence in the film contrasting the representation of women.s vulvas in close-up photographs as part of a discussion around body acceptance warranted a MA15+ classification with consumer advice of .strong nudity.. .
After earlier noting that some of the genital detail included .protruding labia., The Classification Review Board this week subsequently revised the rating to Mature (M) with a consumer advice of .nudity..
.I am thrilled that the right decision has been made," Taryn Brumfitt said..
"With rates of labiaplasty on the rise, particularly in teens, I knew how important it was to include the educational and informative vulva section in the film. Since the film's release I...
The Classification Board originally found that a sequence in the film contrasting the representation of women.s vulvas in close-up photographs as part of a discussion around body acceptance warranted a MA15+ classification with consumer advice of .strong nudity.. .
After earlier noting that some of the genital detail included .protruding labia., The Classification Review Board this week subsequently revised the rating to Mature (M) with a consumer advice of .nudity..
.I am thrilled that the right decision has been made," Taryn Brumfitt said..
"With rates of labiaplasty on the rise, particularly in teens, I knew how important it was to include the educational and informative vulva section in the film. Since the film's release I...
- 10/16/2016
- by Harry Windsor
- IF.com.au
Lion.
Saroo and Sue Brierley, whose story is at the heart of Garth Davis.s first feature Lion, will attend the Aimc premiere of the film.
The Brierleys will be be special guests at the red carpet event presented by Screen Australia and Transmission Films on October 12.
The film is adapted from the true story A Long Way Home, written by Saroo.
Saroo was five when he found himself on a train bound the wrong direction from his home in northern India. Frightened and bewildered, he ended up forced to live on the streets of Kolkata, thousands of kilometres away. He was then adopted by an Australian couple and brought up in Tasmania wondering if he would ever see his Indian family again. Using memories and Google Earth, he tracked down his birth mother and her family.
Lion was lauded at the recent Toronto Film Festival, named as first runner-up...
Saroo and Sue Brierley, whose story is at the heart of Garth Davis.s first feature Lion, will attend the Aimc premiere of the film.
The Brierleys will be be special guests at the red carpet event presented by Screen Australia and Transmission Films on October 12.
The film is adapted from the true story A Long Way Home, written by Saroo.
Saroo was five when he found himself on a train bound the wrong direction from his home in northern India. Frightened and bewildered, he ended up forced to live on the streets of Kolkata, thousands of kilometres away. He was then adopted by an Australian couple and brought up in Tasmania wondering if he would ever see his Indian family again. Using memories and Google Earth, he tracked down his birth mother and her family.
Lion was lauded at the recent Toronto Film Festival, named as first runner-up...
- 10/3/2016
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
Transmission Films has nabbed all Australian and New Zealand rights to The Queen of Ireland.
The documentary, directed by Conor Horgan and produced by Blinder Films. Katie Holly and Ailish Bracken, tells the story of of Panti Bliss, the drag queen sensation who is credited with helping to make Ireland the first country in the world to approve gay marriage by popular vote.
The Queen of Ireland had a theatrical release in the UK and Ireland earlier this year through Universal Pictures, where it had the highest opening ever for an Irish documentary..
The film will have its Australian premiere next month at the 63rd Sydney Film Festival. Director Conor Horgan, and Rory O'Neill are official guests of the festival and will present the screenings..
.I'm thrilled to be working with Transmission Films on the release of The Queen of Ireland", producer Katie Holly said..
"They have the passion and...
The documentary, directed by Conor Horgan and produced by Blinder Films. Katie Holly and Ailish Bracken, tells the story of of Panti Bliss, the drag queen sensation who is credited with helping to make Ireland the first country in the world to approve gay marriage by popular vote.
The Queen of Ireland had a theatrical release in the UK and Ireland earlier this year through Universal Pictures, where it had the highest opening ever for an Irish documentary..
The film will have its Australian premiere next month at the 63rd Sydney Film Festival. Director Conor Horgan, and Rory O'Neill are official guests of the festival and will present the screenings..
.I'm thrilled to be working with Transmission Films on the release of The Queen of Ireland", producer Katie Holly said..
"They have the passion and...
- 5/23/2016
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
Australian independent distributors are facing problems with the requirement to delay the release of some films until after their Us or UK premieres.
Compounding the issue is the increasing trend in the Us to launch films simultaneously in cinemas and on demand.
In those cases, if the films opens theatrically in Australia on the same day as the Us, the distributor has to wait 120 days for the home entertainment window.
Transmission Films co-founder Andrew Mackie tells If, .The biggest pressure on our business is from international holdbacks and VOD release patterns, which hamper localised strategies and often create an unavoidable piracy issue.
.It's a complex issue unique to independents. The territory-by-territory model of indie film financing creates its own set of release date issues, with the Us inevitably dictating what the rest can do, even on local productions.
.We are often held back to the Us theatrical, which is sometimes...
Compounding the issue is the increasing trend in the Us to launch films simultaneously in cinemas and on demand.
In those cases, if the films opens theatrically in Australia on the same day as the Us, the distributor has to wait 120 days for the home entertainment window.
Transmission Films co-founder Andrew Mackie tells If, .The biggest pressure on our business is from international holdbacks and VOD release patterns, which hamper localised strategies and often create an unavoidable piracy issue.
.It's a complex issue unique to independents. The territory-by-territory model of indie film financing creates its own set of release date issues, with the Us inevitably dictating what the rest can do, even on local productions.
.We are often held back to the Us theatrical, which is sometimes...
- 7/26/2015
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
The gambit of launching Kim Farrant.s Strangerland and John Maclean.s Slow West in a limited number of cinemas immediately following their Sydney Film Festival premieres looks like paying off.
In a joint marketing exercise between the festival and Transmission Films dubbed Sff Presents, Farrant.s feature debut starring Nicole Kidman, Hugo Weaving and Joseph Fiennes opened on about 25 screens on June 11.
.To date we've grossed approximately $100,000 and averaged around $2,000 for each session, which we are very happy with,. Transmission.s co-founder Andrew Mackie tells If.
.We played very limited festival sessions at each location, rather than traditional seasons. We've had numerous sell-outs, which is why many locations carried the film over. It continues this week..
As a mini-festival release the mystery drama produced by Naomi Wenck and Macdara Kelleher is not subject to the usual 120-day home entertainment holdback, so the title will be available on DVD and...
In a joint marketing exercise between the festival and Transmission Films dubbed Sff Presents, Farrant.s feature debut starring Nicole Kidman, Hugo Weaving and Joseph Fiennes opened on about 25 screens on June 11.
.To date we've grossed approximately $100,000 and averaged around $2,000 for each session, which we are very happy with,. Transmission.s co-founder Andrew Mackie tells If.
.We played very limited festival sessions at each location, rather than traditional seasons. We've had numerous sell-outs, which is why many locations carried the film over. It continues this week..
As a mini-festival release the mystery drama produced by Naomi Wenck and Macdara Kelleher is not subject to the usual 120-day home entertainment holdback, so the title will be available on DVD and...
- 6/28/2015
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
John Maclean.s Slow West and Kim Farrant.s Strangerland will debut in Palace cinemas and in select regional locations in June immediately after being launched at the Sydney Film Festival.
The Sff is partnering with Transmission Films on the initiative dubbed Sff Presents. Both films had their world premieres in January at the Sundance Film Festival where Slow West, a fresh take on the Western genre, won the World Cinema Grand Jury Prize (Dramatic).
.Sff Presents will be at the forefront of a new approach to reaching fans of cinema,. said festival director Nashen Moodley.
.Slow West and Strangerland are both great festival-quality films wider audiences will enjoy. Holding screenings across Australian capital cities immediately following Sydney Film Festival.s premiere is a wonderful new way of sharing the excitement for these films around the country..
Transmission.s Richard Payten and Andrew Mackie said, .We are pleased to be...
The Sff is partnering with Transmission Films on the initiative dubbed Sff Presents. Both films had their world premieres in January at the Sundance Film Festival where Slow West, a fresh take on the Western genre, won the World Cinema Grand Jury Prize (Dramatic).
.Sff Presents will be at the forefront of a new approach to reaching fans of cinema,. said festival director Nashen Moodley.
.Slow West and Strangerland are both great festival-quality films wider audiences will enjoy. Holding screenings across Australian capital cities immediately following Sydney Film Festival.s premiere is a wonderful new way of sharing the excitement for these films around the country..
Transmission.s Richard Payten and Andrew Mackie said, .We are pleased to be...
- 4/28/2015
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Michael Fassbender in Slow West.
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Slow West, writer-director John Maclean.s Western starring Michael Fassbender, Kodi Smit-McPhee and Ben Mendelsohn, has won more critical plaudits in the Us after its weekend screening at the Tribeca Film Festival.
Shot in Scotland and New Zealand and produced by See-Saw Films, Fassbender and Conor McCaughan.s Dmc and Rachel Gardiner, the film will get an innovative release in Australia by Transmission Films.
The distributor will announce the launch date and strategy later this week. .We're doing something a bit different with this one,. co-founder Andrew Mackie tells If...
The debut feature from Scot Maclean, who directed the BAFTA award-winning short film Pitch Black Heist, which starred Fassbender, the film will premiere at the Sydney Film Festival in June..
Set at the end of the 19thCentury, Slow West follows 16-year-old Jay Cavendish ( Smit-McPhee) as he journeys across the American frontier in search of the woman he loves,...
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Slow West, writer-director John Maclean.s Western starring Michael Fassbender, Kodi Smit-McPhee and Ben Mendelsohn, has won more critical plaudits in the Us after its weekend screening at the Tribeca Film Festival.
Shot in Scotland and New Zealand and produced by See-Saw Films, Fassbender and Conor McCaughan.s Dmc and Rachel Gardiner, the film will get an innovative release in Australia by Transmission Films.
The distributor will announce the launch date and strategy later this week. .We're doing something a bit different with this one,. co-founder Andrew Mackie tells If...
The debut feature from Scot Maclean, who directed the BAFTA award-winning short film Pitch Black Heist, which starred Fassbender, the film will premiere at the Sydney Film Festival in June..
Set at the end of the 19thCentury, Slow West follows 16-year-old Jay Cavendish ( Smit-McPhee) as he journeys across the American frontier in search of the woman he loves,...
- 4/19/2015
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
The Australian screen industry should set up a scheme to share information on local films. global revenues modelled on the Sundance Transparency Project.
The scheme would enable Australian filmmakers to compare their work to similar films, identify all potential revenue streams and the distribution costs involved, and to guage how B.O. grosses co-relate to VOD and other online platforms.
The proposal has been floated by David Court, founding head of the Aftrs Centre for Screen Business, and producer Andrea Buck, a recent Aftrs Masters graduate.
The idea is being received enthusiastically by producers, directors,. distributors and federal and state agencies polled by If, with some caveats.
In the Us nearly 100 films, all budgeted below $US7 million and released from 2012 onwards, have submitted data to the Transparency Project website, a non-profit unit which launched in January.
.Filmmakers have few past films to guide them and limited capacity to gather the...
The scheme would enable Australian filmmakers to compare their work to similar films, identify all potential revenue streams and the distribution costs involved, and to guage how B.O. grosses co-relate to VOD and other online platforms.
The proposal has been floated by David Court, founding head of the Aftrs Centre for Screen Business, and producer Andrea Buck, a recent Aftrs Masters graduate.
The idea is being received enthusiastically by producers, directors,. distributors and federal and state agencies polled by If, with some caveats.
In the Us nearly 100 films, all budgeted below $US7 million and released from 2012 onwards, have submitted data to the Transparency Project website, a non-profit unit which launched in January.
.Filmmakers have few past films to guide them and limited capacity to gather the...
- 3/19/2015
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Shooting on Australian feature film Lion will commence in Kolkata, India, this week.
Starring Nicole Kidman (The Railway Man, Paddington) and Dev Patel (The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, Slumdog Millionaire), Lion follows the story of Saroo Brierley, a five-year-old boy who, after taking a wrong train, gets lots in Northern India and can.t find his way home. Eventually ending up in an orphanage, he is adopted by a Tasmanian couple and goes on to enjoy a happy childhood growing up in Hobart. However, as a young adult he develops a passion to relocate his Indian family, and sets out to do so using the help of a new technology . Google Earth.
The true story is adapted from Brierley.s memoir A Long Way Home and will be directed by Garth Davis (Top of the Lake). The screenplay is written by Luke Davies (Candy, Life) and is being produced by...
Starring Nicole Kidman (The Railway Man, Paddington) and Dev Patel (The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, Slumdog Millionaire), Lion follows the story of Saroo Brierley, a five-year-old boy who, after taking a wrong train, gets lots in Northern India and can.t find his way home. Eventually ending up in an orphanage, he is adopted by a Tasmanian couple and goes on to enjoy a happy childhood growing up in Hobart. However, as a young adult he develops a passion to relocate his Indian family, and sets out to do so using the help of a new technology . Google Earth.
The true story is adapted from Brierley.s memoir A Long Way Home and will be directed by Garth Davis (Top of the Lake). The screenplay is written by Luke Davies (Candy, Life) and is being produced by...
- 1/15/2015
- by Emily Blatchford
- IF.com.au
A total of six Australian projects have been invited to screen at the prestigious Sundance Film Festival next year.
The South Australian project Sam Klemke's Time Machine will have its world premiere in the New Frontier Film section while Oscar Raby.s Assent will screen in the New Frontier Installations section.
In the Sundance Shorts Competition, Kitty Green.s The Face of Ukraine: Casting Oksana Baiul will have its world premiere as well as Tim Marshall.s Followers.
This adds to the previously announced screenings of Kim Kim Farrant.s Strangerland, starring Nicole Kidman, Joseph Fiennes and Hugo Weaving, and Ariel Kleiman.s Partisan, starring Vincent Cassel, which will screen in competition in the World Cinema Dramatic program.
In a statement released to the media, CEO of Screen Australia, Graeme Mason, said, .It is a great honour to have six of our skilful filmmakers recognised by the leading indie film festival in the world.
The South Australian project Sam Klemke's Time Machine will have its world premiere in the New Frontier Film section while Oscar Raby.s Assent will screen in the New Frontier Installations section.
In the Sundance Shorts Competition, Kitty Green.s The Face of Ukraine: Casting Oksana Baiul will have its world premiere as well as Tim Marshall.s Followers.
This adds to the previously announced screenings of Kim Kim Farrant.s Strangerland, starring Nicole Kidman, Joseph Fiennes and Hugo Weaving, and Ariel Kleiman.s Partisan, starring Vincent Cassel, which will screen in competition in the World Cinema Dramatic program.
In a statement released to the media, CEO of Screen Australia, Graeme Mason, said, .It is a great honour to have six of our skilful filmmakers recognised by the leading indie film festival in the world.
- 12/12/2014
- by Emily Blatchford
- IF.com.au
Paul Fenech has built up quite a cult following with his movies and TV series in the past 14 years but Fenech fans must have had other distractions last weekend.
How else to explain the relatively tame opening of the director-actor-writer.s latest opus, Fat Pizza vs Housos?
The comedic battle of thongs, chainsaws, bikies and pizzas, which stars Fenech, Johnny Boxer, Maria Venuti and Elle Dawe, with cameos from Nick Giannopoulos, Kyle Sandilands and Angry Anderson, rang up $280,000 on 121 screens and $296,000 with previews.
Minus previews, that.s 46% below the 2012 debut of Housos vs Authority, which grabbed $526,000 on 151 screens and wound up earning $1.35 million.
It.s dubious whether anyone chose to go to the second weekend of The Hunger Games: Mockingjay- Part 1, rather than the caper set in the infamous housing commission suburb of Sunnyvale.
But Transmission Films. Andrew Mackie tells If, .We were on fewer screens this time and...
How else to explain the relatively tame opening of the director-actor-writer.s latest opus, Fat Pizza vs Housos?
The comedic battle of thongs, chainsaws, bikies and pizzas, which stars Fenech, Johnny Boxer, Maria Venuti and Elle Dawe, with cameos from Nick Giannopoulos, Kyle Sandilands and Angry Anderson, rang up $280,000 on 121 screens and $296,000 with previews.
Minus previews, that.s 46% below the 2012 debut of Housos vs Authority, which grabbed $526,000 on 151 screens and wound up earning $1.35 million.
It.s dubious whether anyone chose to go to the second weekend of The Hunger Games: Mockingjay- Part 1, rather than the caper set in the infamous housing commission suburb of Sunnyvale.
But Transmission Films. Andrew Mackie tells If, .We were on fewer screens this time and...
- 12/1/2014
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Rosewater, a true-life drama about a journalist who was imprisoned in Iran, written and directed by The Daily Show.s Jon Stewart, will open in Australian cinemas in January.
Transmission Films, which bought the rights after seeing the film at the Cannes Film Festival market, is planning a release on around 10 screens.
.It.s a powerful and timely film,. said Transmission co-founder Andrew Mackie, who had been tracking the project since meeting Stewart at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2013. .Also we.re big fans of Jon Stewart, so couldn't resist..
Gael García Bernal plays Tehran-born Newsweek journalist Maziar Bahari, who returned to Iran in 2009 to interview Mir-Hossein Mousavi, the prime challenger to president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. As Mousavi's supporters rose to protest Ahmadinejad's victory declaration hours before the polls closed, Bahari took a huge personal risk by sending footage of the street riots to the BBC.
Bahari was arrested by police,...
Transmission Films, which bought the rights after seeing the film at the Cannes Film Festival market, is planning a release on around 10 screens.
.It.s a powerful and timely film,. said Transmission co-founder Andrew Mackie, who had been tracking the project since meeting Stewart at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2013. .Also we.re big fans of Jon Stewart, so couldn't resist..
Gael García Bernal plays Tehran-born Newsweek journalist Maziar Bahari, who returned to Iran in 2009 to interview Mir-Hossein Mousavi, the prime challenger to president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. As Mousavi's supporters rose to protest Ahmadinejad's victory declaration hours before the polls closed, Bahari took a huge personal risk by sending footage of the street riots to the BBC.
Bahari was arrested by police,...
- 10/12/2014
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
A Martin Luther King biopic, a French drama about the world.s worst soprano and the follow-up to Joshua Oppenheimer.s documentary on the Indonesian genocide are heading to Australian cinemas next year.
These were among the titles pre-bought by distributors at the Toronto International Film Festival. From the Oz viewpoint it was a .solid, not spectacular market," according to Transmission Films co-founder Andrew Mackie, whose acquisition reps were in Toronto.
.As usual there was a lot more on offer for the Us market, with many key titles that were already spoken for here in Australia still open for the Us,. Mackie said.
In light of the contraction of the independent/specialty market in Australia and worldwide, Mackie said he is taking a cautious approach to the smaller art house titles that are struggling to find a foothold theatrically and don't have much ancillary value.
Transmission pre-bought Xavier Giannoli's Marguerite,...
These were among the titles pre-bought by distributors at the Toronto International Film Festival. From the Oz viewpoint it was a .solid, not spectacular market," according to Transmission Films co-founder Andrew Mackie, whose acquisition reps were in Toronto.
.As usual there was a lot more on offer for the Us market, with many key titles that were already spoken for here in Australia still open for the Us,. Mackie said.
In light of the contraction of the independent/specialty market in Australia and worldwide, Mackie said he is taking a cautious approach to the smaller art house titles that are struggling to find a foothold theatrically and don't have much ancillary value.
Transmission pre-bought Xavier Giannoli's Marguerite,...
- 9/24/2014
- by Inside Film Correspondent
- IF.com.au
Ryan Corr, Craig Stott, Anthony Lapaglia, Guy Pearce and Kerry Fox head the cast in Holding the Man, Neil Armfield.s love story/drama based on Tommy Murphy.s acclaimed stage play.
Corr and Stott will portray Timothy Conigrave and John Caleo, who met and fell in love while teenagers at their all-boys high school.
John was captain of the football team, Tim an aspiring actor playing a minor part in Romeo and Juliet. Their romance endured for 15 years despite separations, discrimination, temptations, jealousies and losses. It ended with both men's deaths from AIDS-related complications.
Shooting starts in Melbourne next week, produced by Goalpost Pictures. Kylie du Fresne (The Sapphires). Murphy adapted Tim.s book for the screen.
Lapaglia and Camilla Ah Kin are cast as John.s parents Bob and Lois and Guy Pearce and Kerry Fox are Tim.s parents Dick and Mary-Gert.
Corr recently worked in Russell Crowe...
Corr and Stott will portray Timothy Conigrave and John Caleo, who met and fell in love while teenagers at their all-boys high school.
John was captain of the football team, Tim an aspiring actor playing a minor part in Romeo and Juliet. Their romance endured for 15 years despite separations, discrimination, temptations, jealousies and losses. It ended with both men's deaths from AIDS-related complications.
Shooting starts in Melbourne next week, produced by Goalpost Pictures. Kylie du Fresne (The Sapphires). Murphy adapted Tim.s book for the screen.
Lapaglia and Camilla Ah Kin are cast as John.s parents Bob and Lois and Guy Pearce and Kerry Fox are Tim.s parents Dick and Mary-Gert.
Corr recently worked in Russell Crowe...
- 9/4/2014
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Australian distributors have returned from Cannes lamenting the scarcity of .buzz. titles but happy to have bought a handful of Us, UK and foreign films.
According to some buyers, international sales agents are finding it tough to package films with marketable talent because many of the actors they want are working in high-end TV.
.I heard many times from sales agents that access to bankable talent is becoming harder as the film industry is facing tougher competition from the world of TV,. Icon CEO Greg Hughes tells If.
That quandary is confirmed by Natalie Brenner, head of sales at UK .based Metro International Entertainment. .There seem to be a lot of films struggling to attract meaningful names and as shooting dates get pushed back or projects put on hold,. says Brenner, who had a fruitful Cannes with Nina, the biopic of tortured singer Nina Simone starring Zoe Saldana, which Entertainment One will release in Australia,...
According to some buyers, international sales agents are finding it tough to package films with marketable talent because many of the actors they want are working in high-end TV.
.I heard many times from sales agents that access to bankable talent is becoming harder as the film industry is facing tougher competition from the world of TV,. Icon CEO Greg Hughes tells If.
That quandary is confirmed by Natalie Brenner, head of sales at UK .based Metro International Entertainment. .There seem to be a lot of films struggling to attract meaningful names and as shooting dates get pushed back or projects put on hold,. says Brenner, who had a fruitful Cannes with Nina, the biopic of tortured singer Nina Simone starring Zoe Saldana, which Entertainment One will release in Australia,...
- 5/25/2014
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Candy director Neil Armfield will adapt gay memoir Holding The Man, one of five projects backed in Screen Australia’s latest funding round.
Screen Australia will invest in Holding The Man, an adaptation of a popular gay memoir from director Neil Armfield (Candy), and A Long Way Home, from Garth Davis, Jane Campion’s co-director on the series Top Of The Lake.
The government agency also decided this week to put finishing funds into Infini, a follow-up to debut film Gabriel for writer/director/producer Shane Abbess, and into two feature-length documentaries.
“It is ultimately a love story about gay soulmates and we haven’t seen much of that in cinema,” Holding The Man producer Kylie du Fresne (The Sapphires) told ScreenDaily. “We think it’s good timing because of the worldwide debate on gay marriage. It’s not what the film is about but it is part of why Tim (Conigrave) wrote his memoir.”
That memoir...
Screen Australia will invest in Holding The Man, an adaptation of a popular gay memoir from director Neil Armfield (Candy), and A Long Way Home, from Garth Davis, Jane Campion’s co-director on the series Top Of The Lake.
The government agency also decided this week to put finishing funds into Infini, a follow-up to debut film Gabriel for writer/director/producer Shane Abbess, and into two feature-length documentaries.
“It is ultimately a love story about gay soulmates and we haven’t seen much of that in cinema,” Holding The Man producer Kylie du Fresne (The Sapphires) told ScreenDaily. “We think it’s good timing because of the worldwide debate on gay marriage. It’s not what the film is about but it is part of why Tim (Conigrave) wrote his memoir.”
That memoir...
- 3/28/2014
- by Sandy.George@me.com (Sandy George)
- ScreenDaily
Candy director Neil Armfield will adapt gay memoir Holding The Man, one of five projects backed in Screen Australia’s latest funding round.
Screen Australia will invest in Holding The Man, an adaptation of a popular gay memoir from director Neil Armfield (Candy), and A Long Way Home, from Garth Davis, Jane Campion’s co-director on the series Top Of The Lake.
The government agency also decided this week to put finishing funds into Infini, a follow-up to debut film Gabriel for writer/director/producer Shane Abbess, and into two feature-length documentaries.
“It is ultimately a love story about gay soulmates and we haven’t seen much of that in cinema,” Holding The Man producer Kylie du Fresne (The Sapphires) told ScreenDaily. “We think it’s good timing because of the worldwide debate on gay marriage. It’s not what the film is about but it is part of why Tim (Conigrave) wrote his memoir.”
That memoir...
Screen Australia will invest in Holding The Man, an adaptation of a popular gay memoir from director Neil Armfield (Candy), and A Long Way Home, from Garth Davis, Jane Campion’s co-director on the series Top Of The Lake.
The government agency also decided this week to put finishing funds into Infini, a follow-up to debut film Gabriel for writer/director/producer Shane Abbess, and into two feature-length documentaries.
“It is ultimately a love story about gay soulmates and we haven’t seen much of that in cinema,” Holding The Man producer Kylie du Fresne (The Sapphires) told ScreenDaily. “We think it’s good timing because of the worldwide debate on gay marriage. It’s not what the film is about but it is part of why Tim (Conigrave) wrote his memoir.”
That memoir...
- 3/28/2014
- by Sandy.George@me.com (Sandy George)
- ScreenDaily
Outback Australian film stars Nicole Kidman, Joseph Fiennes and Hugo Weaving.
Us company Worldview Entertainment is a key financier of debut director Kim Farrant’s outback children-missing mystery drama Strangerland, an unofficial Irish/Australian co-production starring Nicole Kidman, Joseph Fiennes and Hugo Weaving.
“We had Screen Australia and the Irish Film Board and Screen Nsw and (Australian distributor) Transmission and (sales agent) Wild Bunch and were looking for an international financier and executive producer,” Naomi Wenck, from Australian company Dragonfly Pictures, told Screen. She and Irish producer Macdara Kelleher of Fastnet Films are producing.
“We noticed that Worldview Entertainment was supporting such interesting directors as Atom Egoyan and Andrew Dominik and John Hillcoat – a few of them Australians making films in the Us – and a slate of interesting films that were making it into the top five festivals.”
Kidman and Fiennes play the on-screen parents of two missing teenagers (Nicholas Hamilton and model Maddison Brown) and Weaving...
Us company Worldview Entertainment is a key financier of debut director Kim Farrant’s outback children-missing mystery drama Strangerland, an unofficial Irish/Australian co-production starring Nicole Kidman, Joseph Fiennes and Hugo Weaving.
“We had Screen Australia and the Irish Film Board and Screen Nsw and (Australian distributor) Transmission and (sales agent) Wild Bunch and were looking for an international financier and executive producer,” Naomi Wenck, from Australian company Dragonfly Pictures, told Screen. She and Irish producer Macdara Kelleher of Fastnet Films are producing.
“We noticed that Worldview Entertainment was supporting such interesting directors as Atom Egoyan and Andrew Dominik and John Hillcoat – a few of them Australians making films in the Us – and a slate of interesting films that were making it into the top five festivals.”
Kidman and Fiennes play the on-screen parents of two missing teenagers (Nicholas Hamilton and model Maddison Brown) and Weaving...
- 3/27/2014
- by Sandy.George@me.com (Sandy George)
- ScreenDaily
Outback Australian film stars Nicole Kidman, Joseph Fiennes and Hugo Weaving.
Us company Worldview Entertainment is a key financier of debut director Kim Farrant’s outback children-missing mystery drama Strangerland, an unofficial Irish/Australian co-production starring Nicole Kidman, Joseph Fiennes and Hugo Weaving.
“We had Screen Australia and the Irish Film Board and Screen Nsw and (Australian distributor) Transmission and (sales agent) Wild Bunch and were looking for an international financier and executive producer,” Naomi Wenck, from Australian company Dragonfly Pictures, told Screen. She and Irish producer Macdara Kelleher of Fastnet Films are producing.
“We noticed that Worldview Entertainment was supporting such interesting directors as Atom Egoyan and Andrew Dominik and John Hillcoat – a few of them Australians making films in the Us – and a slate of interesting films that were making it into the top five festivals.”
Kidman and Fiennes play the on-screen parents of two missing teenagers (Nicholas Hamilton and model Maddison Brown) and Weaving...
Us company Worldview Entertainment is a key financier of debut director Kim Farrant’s outback children-missing mystery drama Strangerland, an unofficial Irish/Australian co-production starring Nicole Kidman, Joseph Fiennes and Hugo Weaving.
“We had Screen Australia and the Irish Film Board and Screen Nsw and (Australian distributor) Transmission and (sales agent) Wild Bunch and were looking for an international financier and executive producer,” Naomi Wenck, from Australian company Dragonfly Pictures, told Screen. She and Irish producer Macdara Kelleher of Fastnet Films are producing.
“We noticed that Worldview Entertainment was supporting such interesting directors as Atom Egoyan and Andrew Dominik and John Hillcoat – a few of them Australians making films in the Us – and a slate of interesting films that were making it into the top five festivals.”
Kidman and Fiennes play the on-screen parents of two missing teenagers (Nicholas Hamilton and model Maddison Brown) and Weaving...
- 3/27/2014
- by Sandy.George@me.com (Sandy George)
- ScreenDaily
Teenage Australian model Maddison Brown makes her acting debut in Strangerland, the Kim Farrant-directed mystery drama which has started shooting in Sydney. Nicole Kidman and Joseph Fiennes play a couple whose lives unravel after their two teenage children go missing in the Australian desert. Hugo Weaving plays the cop who leads the investigation. Brown and Nicholas Hamilton (Mako: Island of Secrets) play the missing kids. Lisa Flanagan (The Gods of Wheat Street, Redfern Now) portrays an Indigenous woman who is having an affair with Weaving's character and Meyne Wyatt (The Sapphires, Redfern Now) is a handyman who works for the couple. Fiona Seres and Michael Kinirons wrote the screenplay. The producers are Dragonfly Pictures. Naomi Wenck and Fastnet Films. Macdara Kelleher. An Australian/Irish co-production, it.s the first feature directed by Farrant, whose credits include TV.s Rush and the documentary Naked on the Inside. Kidman said, .I...
- 3/26/2014
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
The 300 prequel/sequel easily conquered the Australian box-office last weekend while in its debut Tracks posted decent figures.
It was a generally listless trading session with only two titles surpassing $1 million despite post-Oscars bounces for 12 Years a Slave and Dallas Buyers Club.
Sullivan Stapleton, Callan Mulvey, Lena Headey, Rodrigo Santoro and Eva Green star in 300: Rise of an Empire, which raked in $3.17 million, and $3.2 million with sneaks.
That.s impressive but not as muscular, pro-rata, as the Us where the saga of Greek general Themistokles (Stapleton) leading the charge against invading Persian forces racked up an estimated $US45 million. The Australian opening is well below that of the original 300, which took $5.2 million in 2007.
John Curran.s Tracks fetched $556,000 on 201 screens after making $292,400 from previews and festival screenings, for a total of $855,000. Mia Wasikowska stars as Robyn Davidson in the drama based on the true story of Davidson.s 2,700 km...
It was a generally listless trading session with only two titles surpassing $1 million despite post-Oscars bounces for 12 Years a Slave and Dallas Buyers Club.
Sullivan Stapleton, Callan Mulvey, Lena Headey, Rodrigo Santoro and Eva Green star in 300: Rise of an Empire, which raked in $3.17 million, and $3.2 million with sneaks.
That.s impressive but not as muscular, pro-rata, as the Us where the saga of Greek general Themistokles (Stapleton) leading the charge against invading Persian forces racked up an estimated $US45 million. The Australian opening is well below that of the original 300, which took $5.2 million in 2007.
John Curran.s Tracks fetched $556,000 on 201 screens after making $292,400 from previews and festival screenings, for a total of $855,000. Mia Wasikowska stars as Robyn Davidson in the drama based on the true story of Davidson.s 2,700 km...
- 3/10/2014
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Lars von Trier's provocative drama Nymphomaniac has been creating headlines for its explicit sex scenes, the marathon running time and the director.s refusal to discuss the film.
Australian cinemagoers will get their first chance to see the steamy two-part film when it opens on March 20, but it will be a limited release.
Distributor Transmission Films hasn.t booked cinemas yet but co-founder Andrew Mackie tells If it will play on about six screens. The two-parts will screen back-to-back, meaning a running time of about four hours. The Danish writer-director.s original cut was 5½ hours.. The Dendy Newtown is one confirmed location.
In Part 1, an elderly bachelor (Stellan Skarsgård), discovers Joe (Charlotte Gainsbourg), a self-diagnosed nymphomaniac, badly beaten up in an alley. He takes her to his home and tends to her wounds, while she recounts the erotic story of her adolescence and young adulthood.
UK actress Stacy Martin plays her as a teenager.
Australian cinemagoers will get their first chance to see the steamy two-part film when it opens on March 20, but it will be a limited release.
Distributor Transmission Films hasn.t booked cinemas yet but co-founder Andrew Mackie tells If it will play on about six screens. The two-parts will screen back-to-back, meaning a running time of about four hours. The Danish writer-director.s original cut was 5½ hours.. The Dendy Newtown is one confirmed location.
In Part 1, an elderly bachelor (Stellan Skarsgård), discovers Joe (Charlotte Gainsbourg), a self-diagnosed nymphomaniac, badly beaten up in an alley. He takes her to his home and tends to her wounds, while she recounts the erotic story of her adolescence and young adulthood.
UK actress Stacy Martin plays her as a teenager.
- 2/4/2014
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
The gamble of launching The Railway Man in the ultra-competitive Boxing Day slot has paid off for the producers and distributor Transmission Films.
Directed by Jonathan Teplitzky, the drama starring Colin Firth, Nicole Kidman, Stellan Skarsgård, Jeremy Irvine, Tanroh Ishida and Hiroyuki Sanada rang up $1.186 million in four days on 114 screens. Inclluding a handful of paid previews, the total is $1.22 million.
That's the second biggest debut for an Australian film this year behind Baz Luhrmann's The Great Gatsby,. which took $6.8 million.
.We're delighted, particularly to see it play equally well across art houses and multiplexes,. Transmission.s Andrew Mackie tells If. .It has exceeded expectations in a highly competitive market..
The film is based a memoir by Eric Lomax, who, as a prisoner-of-war was forced to work on the construction of the Thai/Burma railway during WW2. Years later he confronted the Japanese soldier/translator who tormented him.
The...
Directed by Jonathan Teplitzky, the drama starring Colin Firth, Nicole Kidman, Stellan Skarsgård, Jeremy Irvine, Tanroh Ishida and Hiroyuki Sanada rang up $1.186 million in four days on 114 screens. Inclluding a handful of paid previews, the total is $1.22 million.
That's the second biggest debut for an Australian film this year behind Baz Luhrmann's The Great Gatsby,. which took $6.8 million.
.We're delighted, particularly to see it play equally well across art houses and multiplexes,. Transmission.s Andrew Mackie tells If. .It has exceeded expectations in a highly competitive market..
The film is based a memoir by Eric Lomax, who, as a prisoner-of-war was forced to work on the construction of the Thai/Burma railway during WW2. Years later he confronted the Japanese soldier/translator who tormented him.
The...
- 12/29/2013
- by Inside Film Correspondent
- IF.com.au
The American Film Market was hardly a hive of activity for Australian distributors but a reasonable number of deals were signed or are about to close.
.There were quite a few pre-buy projects but not a lot to get intensely enthusiastic about,. Transmission Films co-founder Andrew Mackie told If.
Mackie did get out his cheque book for Brooklyn, a 1950s-set drama about a young immigrant who struggles to leave behind her tranquil existence in Ireland for life in New York, starring Saoirse Ronan, Domhnall Gleeson and Jim Broadbent.
.Brooklyn was a real find for us - a brilliant script by Nick Hornby. Beyond that there was very little in our sweet spot,. Mackie said. Hornby.s screenplay is adapted from Colm Tóibín's 2009 novel. The director is John Crowley, whose credits include Boy A, Is Anybody There? and the Eric Bana thriller Closed Circuit, which Bana and Rob Connolly.s...
.There were quite a few pre-buy projects but not a lot to get intensely enthusiastic about,. Transmission Films co-founder Andrew Mackie told If.
Mackie did get out his cheque book for Brooklyn, a 1950s-set drama about a young immigrant who struggles to leave behind her tranquil existence in Ireland for life in New York, starring Saoirse Ronan, Domhnall Gleeson and Jim Broadbent.
.Brooklyn was a real find for us - a brilliant script by Nick Hornby. Beyond that there was very little in our sweet spot,. Mackie said. Hornby.s screenplay is adapted from Colm Tóibín's 2009 novel. The director is John Crowley, whose credits include Boy A, Is Anybody There? and the Eric Bana thriller Closed Circuit, which Bana and Rob Connolly.s...
- 11/14/2013
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Exclusive: The Exchange CEO Brian O’Shea announced that the distributor has acquired Australia and New Zealand for the documentary about Jay Z’s benefit concert.
Ron Howard directed Made In America, which premiered in Toronto and is produced by Imagine Entertainment, Marcy Media and Radical Media in association with Participant Media.
Andrew Mackie of Transmission Films brokered the deal with O’Shea.
Made In America follows rap superstar Jay Z as he curates and plans The Budweiser Made In America Festival benefit concert in aid of the Philadelphia economy.
The film features live footage and backstage interviews with luminaries such as Drake, Pearl Jam, Run Dmc, The Hive, Passion Pit, Calvin Harris, Janelle Monáe and Skrillex.
Nearly 80,000 people attended the event, which took place from September 1-2 2012 and raised $5m in ticket sales and injected more than $10m into the Philadelphia economy.
Ron Howard directed Made In America, which premiered in Toronto and is produced by Imagine Entertainment, Marcy Media and Radical Media in association with Participant Media.
Andrew Mackie of Transmission Films brokered the deal with O’Shea.
Made In America follows rap superstar Jay Z as he curates and plans The Budweiser Made In America Festival benefit concert in aid of the Philadelphia economy.
The film features live footage and backstage interviews with luminaries such as Drake, Pearl Jam, Run Dmc, The Hive, Passion Pit, Calvin Harris, Janelle Monáe and Skrillex.
Nearly 80,000 people attended the event, which took place from September 1-2 2012 and raised $5m in ticket sales and injected more than $10m into the Philadelphia economy.
- 10/31/2013
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Screen Australia is investing $5.4 million in six feature films from directors Gillian Armstrong,. Jeremy Sims and Paul Cox and rising filmmakers Kim Farrant, Mark Grentell and Alexs Stadermann.
Nicole Kidman, Guy Pearce and Hugo Weaving will star in Farrant.s Strangerland, a mystery drama about a couple whose lives unravel after their two teenage children go missing in the harsh Australian desert.
Michael Caton and Jacki Weaver are attached to star in Sims. Last Cab to Darwin, a comedy-drama about a dying man.s final journey based on Reg Cribb's play Last Cab to Darwin.
Caton will play Rex, a terminally ill cab driver who drove 3,000 km from his home in Broken Hill to Darwin in the early 1990s in hopes of taking advantage of the Northern Territory's voluntary euthanasia laws. Ningali Lawford has been cast as Polly, an Aboriginal woman who is Rex.s next door neighbour and occasional lover,...
Nicole Kidman, Guy Pearce and Hugo Weaving will star in Farrant.s Strangerland, a mystery drama about a couple whose lives unravel after their two teenage children go missing in the harsh Australian desert.
Michael Caton and Jacki Weaver are attached to star in Sims. Last Cab to Darwin, a comedy-drama about a dying man.s final journey based on Reg Cribb's play Last Cab to Darwin.
Caton will play Rex, a terminally ill cab driver who drove 3,000 km from his home in Broken Hill to Darwin in the early 1990s in hopes of taking advantage of the Northern Territory's voluntary euthanasia laws. Ningali Lawford has been cast as Polly, an Aboriginal woman who is Rex.s next door neighbour and occasional lover,...
- 10/20/2013
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
The clamour from Australian producers and some distributors for a new model for releasing Australian films is getting louder.
They contend the four-month window between theatrical launch and DVD/Video-on-Demand release makes no sense for most Australian films. Shortening the gap would not harm the box-office potential of those films, they say.
The major cinema chains are implacably opposed to a reduction in the window for films of any origin but there are signs that some independent exhibitors may be amenable to screening indie films which have a shorter holdback if they can negotiate different terms.
.The traditional model for financing and releasing films no longer works as it once did,. Screen Production Association of Australia president Brian Rosen told If.
.Most Australian films play in cinemas for four-to-six weeks. To have to wait for up to three months to release them on DVD and VoD is a waste of energy and money.
They contend the four-month window between theatrical launch and DVD/Video-on-Demand release makes no sense for most Australian films. Shortening the gap would not harm the box-office potential of those films, they say.
The major cinema chains are implacably opposed to a reduction in the window for films of any origin but there are signs that some independent exhibitors may be amenable to screening indie films which have a shorter holdback if they can negotiate different terms.
.The traditional model for financing and releasing films no longer works as it once did,. Screen Production Association of Australia president Brian Rosen told If.
.Most Australian films play in cinemas for four-to-six weeks. To have to wait for up to three months to release them on DVD and VoD is a waste of energy and money.
- 8/8/2013
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
The producers and distributors of The Railway Man are showing great faith in the drama starring Colin Firth and Nicole Kidman by scheduling it for December 26, arguably the most competitive date in the calendar.
Directed by Jonathan Teplitzky, the film is based on a memoir by Eric Lomax, who, as a prisoner-of-war was forced to work on the construction of the Thai/Burma railway during WW2. Years later he confronted the Japanese soldier who tormented him.
The Australia/UK co-production had been due to open on October 24. Transmission Films announced the new release date today, which means it will compete with a raft of other openers including The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, Ben Stiller.s comedy/drama The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, Alexander Payne.s Nebraska, Stephen Frears. Philomena, Steve McQueen.s 12 Years a Slave and Chilean director Sebastián Lelio.s Gloria.
On January 2 the competition will further...
Directed by Jonathan Teplitzky, the film is based on a memoir by Eric Lomax, who, as a prisoner-of-war was forced to work on the construction of the Thai/Burma railway during WW2. Years later he confronted the Japanese soldier who tormented him.
The Australia/UK co-production had been due to open on October 24. Transmission Films announced the new release date today, which means it will compete with a raft of other openers including The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, Ben Stiller.s comedy/drama The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, Alexander Payne.s Nebraska, Stephen Frears. Philomena, Steve McQueen.s 12 Years a Slave and Chilean director Sebastián Lelio.s Gloria.
On January 2 the competition will further...
- 7/18/2013
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Transmission Films collared Australian rights to Blue Is The Warmest Color (La Vie D.Adele . Chapitre 1 & 2), the French film that won the top prize at the Cannes Film Festival on Sunday.
Directed by Abdellatif Kechiche, the 3-hour, sexually explicit drama about a teen.s lesbian love affair was only the second French film to win the coveted Palme d.Or in 46 years (the most recent was The Class in 2008).
Transmission Films joint managing director Andrew Mackie told If he expects the film to get an R rating, at most. .We're very happy with our acquisitions,. he said, reflecting the general feeling among Aussie distributors who were very active in the Cannes market.
Among the other titles in Transmission.s shopping bag are The Silence, Martin Scorsese.s passion project that he.s been working on since 1989, adapted from Shusaku Endo.s novel about Jesuits and the dawn of Christianity in...
Directed by Abdellatif Kechiche, the 3-hour, sexually explicit drama about a teen.s lesbian love affair was only the second French film to win the coveted Palme d.Or in 46 years (the most recent was The Class in 2008).
Transmission Films joint managing director Andrew Mackie told If he expects the film to get an R rating, at most. .We're very happy with our acquisitions,. he said, reflecting the general feeling among Aussie distributors who were very active in the Cannes market.
Among the other titles in Transmission.s shopping bag are The Silence, Martin Scorsese.s passion project that he.s been working on since 1989, adapted from Shusaku Endo.s novel about Jesuits and the dawn of Christianity in...
- 5/27/2013
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
French actress Emmanuelle Béart has been added to the cast of Australian film My Mistress alongside Harrison Gilbertson and Rachael Blake ahead of shooting later this month on the Gold Coast.
The film received Screen Australia funding in November. It’s directed by Stephen Lance and written by Top of the Lake’s Gerard Lee with production by Bran Nue Dae’s Robyn Kershaw and distributed by Transmission Films.
The announcement:
Internationally acclaimed French actress Emmanuelle Béart (A Heart in Winter, Nathalie, Manon of the Spring, Mission: Impossible) will join one of Australia’s rising international stars, AFI Award‐winning Harrison Gilbertson (U.S. independent film Haunt – in the title role opposite Jacki Weaver, Accidents Happen, Blessed, Beneath Hill 60, Conspiracy 365) and AFI Award‐winning actress Rachael Blake (Sleeping Beauty, Lantana, Hawke) in the seductive and touching new film My Mistress.
What starts as a beautiful and strangely innocent...
The film received Screen Australia funding in November. It’s directed by Stephen Lance and written by Top of the Lake’s Gerard Lee with production by Bran Nue Dae’s Robyn Kershaw and distributed by Transmission Films.
The announcement:
Internationally acclaimed French actress Emmanuelle Béart (A Heart in Winter, Nathalie, Manon of the Spring, Mission: Impossible) will join one of Australia’s rising international stars, AFI Award‐winning Harrison Gilbertson (U.S. independent film Haunt – in the title role opposite Jacki Weaver, Accidents Happen, Blessed, Beneath Hill 60, Conspiracy 365) and AFI Award‐winning actress Rachael Blake (Sleeping Beauty, Lantana, Hawke) in the seductive and touching new film My Mistress.
What starts as a beautiful and strangely innocent...
- 1/10/2013
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
Australian film Lore has won the audience award at Switzerland’s Locaro Film Festival over the weekend.
Directed by Cate Shortland, and distributed locally by Transmission, the film’s winning of the Piazza Grande Prix du Public award precedes its screening at the Toronto International Film Festival.
The film, produced by Liz Watts, adapted from Rachel Seiffert’s The Dark Room, revolves around a teenage girl in the final days of WWII in Nazi Germany.
Shortland said: “I am really excited by the way the film has been received in Europe – and proud of all our young actors. Locarno was a magical screening for 8000 people under the stars. It started to rain about three quarters of the way through but people stood under the eaves and waited to see the end. I’ll never forget it.”
Andrew Mackie, MD of Transmission Films said: “Cate Shortland is, without a doubt, one...
Directed by Cate Shortland, and distributed locally by Transmission, the film’s winning of the Piazza Grande Prix du Public award precedes its screening at the Toronto International Film Festival.
The film, produced by Liz Watts, adapted from Rachel Seiffert’s The Dark Room, revolves around a teenage girl in the final days of WWII in Nazi Germany.
Shortland said: “I am really excited by the way the film has been received in Europe – and proud of all our young actors. Locarno was a magical screening for 8000 people under the stars. It started to rain about three quarters of the way through but people stood under the eaves and waited to see the end. I’ll never forget it.”
Andrew Mackie, MD of Transmission Films said: “Cate Shortland is, without a doubt, one...
- 8/13/2012
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
Australian audiences that rush in to see the Paramount Pictures film The Dictator when it opens this week in cinemas will get their first taste of Housos vs Authority, the new feature based on the TV series Housos.
That.s because a teaser trailer for Paul Fenech.s latest local comedy will be shown before the latest, similarly politically incorrect feature starring Sacha Baron Cohen.
Housos broadcaster Sbs has described the series as doing to bogans what Kath and Kim did to lower, middle-class Australia. In the big-screen version a bunch of bludgers go on a trip to Uluru to scatter Shazza.s mum.s ashes on top of Australia.s most famous icon.
Housos vs Authority is being ushered into cinemas in early November by Transmission Films, which channels all its films through Paramount.s booking system.
The film does not have a sales agent.
.Paul Fenech is a...
That.s because a teaser trailer for Paul Fenech.s latest local comedy will be shown before the latest, similarly politically incorrect feature starring Sacha Baron Cohen.
Housos broadcaster Sbs has described the series as doing to bogans what Kath and Kim did to lower, middle-class Australia. In the big-screen version a bunch of bludgers go on a trip to Uluru to scatter Shazza.s mum.s ashes on top of Australia.s most famous icon.
Housos vs Authority is being ushered into cinemas in early November by Transmission Films, which channels all its films through Paramount.s booking system.
The film does not have a sales agent.
.Paul Fenech is a...
- 5/13/2012
- by Sandy George
- IF.com.au
Australian film-makers and actress Nicole Kidman are involved in a new feature film which begins shooting in Scotland today.
The Railway Man sees Aussie director Jonathan Teplitzky reunite with his Burning Man producer Andy Paterson as well as The Proposition’s Chris Brown and Bill Curbishley, producer of Quadrophenia.
Casting is led by Colin Firth with Nicole Kidman and War Horse’s Jeremy Irvine.
The ten-week shoot will also take place in Thailand and Queensland as an Australian/UK co-production, between Brown’s Australian Pictures in Paradise and Paterson’s British Archer Street.
The Railway Man is an adaptation by Frank Cottrell Boyce and Paterson of Eric Lomax’s autobiographical story as an Allied prisoner of war, played by Firth, forced construct the Thai/Burma Railway in WW2 and later convinced by a beautiful woman, played by Kidman, he met on a train to confront his Japanese tormentor, played by Hiroyuki Sanada,...
The Railway Man sees Aussie director Jonathan Teplitzky reunite with his Burning Man producer Andy Paterson as well as The Proposition’s Chris Brown and Bill Curbishley, producer of Quadrophenia.
Casting is led by Colin Firth with Nicole Kidman and War Horse’s Jeremy Irvine.
The ten-week shoot will also take place in Thailand and Queensland as an Australian/UK co-production, between Brown’s Australian Pictures in Paradise and Paterson’s British Archer Street.
The Railway Man is an adaptation by Frank Cottrell Boyce and Paterson of Eric Lomax’s autobiographical story as an Allied prisoner of war, played by Firth, forced construct the Thai/Burma Railway in WW2 and later convinced by a beautiful woman, played by Kidman, he met on a train to confront his Japanese tormentor, played by Hiroyuki Sanada,...
- 4/30/2012
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
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