All articles by Sandy George – Page 8 11s1y
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Bankside MD backs Australian finance outfit 2t5r2n
Phil Hunt, a managing director at UK sales company Bankside Films, is backing a new Australian financing entity dedicated to low budget features.
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Melbourne’s 37º South selects best pitches 486p3g
A new project from the producer of Whale Rider, an adaptation of a US book and a Chinese-Australian co-production are to be pitched in the UK after being selected by Melbourne’s 37º South Market.
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Mason to head Screen Australia 3l1358
Australia is abuzz with long-awaited news: Graeme Mason is the new chief executive of government agency Screen Australia.
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Tracks to open Adelaide FF 1z55n
John Curran’s Tracks, from The King’s Speech producer See-Saw Films, will have its world premiere as the opening night film of the Adelaide Film Festival on October 10.
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Melbourne boosts world premiere tally 3j4x63
Six of the 10 homegrown feature-length films that will have their world premieres at the Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF) have been ed by the MIFF Premiere Fund, including anthology drama The Turning and Anna Broinowski’s documentary Aim High In Creation!.
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Screen Australia investments include overseas shoots 11j4t
Three features promised production investment from Screen Australia are to be partly filmed outside of the country.
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Only God Forgives wins in Sydney o6p3v
Nicolas Winding Refn’s violent thriller, starring Ryan Gosling, wins top prize at the Sydney Film Festival.
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Hugo Weaving agrees to ride Mule 5jg51
One of Australia’s most internationally recognised character actors, Hugo Weaving (The Lord Of The Rings, The Matrix), is to star in comedy The Mule, which recently went into production in Melbourne.
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Screen Australia backs dozen k6m5w
Kriv Stenders, director of Red Dog, the eighth biggest Australian hit of all time in its home market, is attached to two of the 12 projects that have just received development money from Screen Australia.
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Sydney unveils competition line-up s1d1w
Cannes titles Grigris and Borgman are among the 12 titles selected for the 60th Sydney Film Festival’s competition line-up.
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Filmart: Film adaptations help integrate cultures 5o453u
Indian investment banker-turned-novelist Chetan Bhagat said the Indian film industry is only recently becoming more active in adapting books for screen, but that shoudl grow as India’s independent film production sector grows.He noted that in India, commerical films are driven by the audience’s desire for escapism, formulaic stories and stars, ...
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Fear spreads for StudioCanal 1j2gj
EXCLUSIVE: StudioCanal has sold Sundance Film Festival title In Fear to Umbrella for Australia and New Zealand at Filmart.
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Australia’s movie convention moves to October 1t5j48
Move will highlight Christmas line-up and is hoped to attract new international delegates.
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Dutch thriller Taped sells to Japan 5a6e58
EXCLUSIVE: New Select has acquired Japanese rights to the Dutch thriller Taped from Australian sales agent Odin’s Eye Entertainment at Filmart.
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A new animal kingdom 2ag5o
One family-friendly title at Filmart features Gregory Popovich sharing the spotlight with dozens of rescued cats and dogs.
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Jim Gillespie to direct Take Down 2c5e50
Radiant Films International has signed on to represent the teen thriller Take Down, to be directed in the UK later in the year by I Know What You Did Last Summer director Jim Gillespie, from a script by Ransom writer Alexander Ignon.
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EXCLUSIVE: Company also strikes deals for Berthe Morisot, Tenderness, Violette.
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Chinese hits may have trouble travelling ta36
Filmart explores selling and branding of Chinese-language films.
