Screen Australia finds money for ghost thriller

Screen Australia finds money for ghost thriller

Writer and director Michael Petroni gets the green light. By Karl Quinn Defying earlier media reports it had spent its full allocation for drama production investment for the financial year before the end of 2012, Screen Australia has today announced funding support...
Robust Aussie dollar sends Hollywood packing

Robust Aussie dollar sends Hollywood packing

Spending by foreign film productions in Australia has dropped to almost nothing in the past two years as the strong Australian dollar continues to deter Hollywood from our shores, increasing pressure on the federal government to boost incentives to the sector through...
More movies: Wolverine and Disney pave way

More movies: Wolverine and Disney pave way

Steve Dow Arts writer-smh The National Cultural Policy on March 13 likely to offer international filmmakers greater incentives. Special deal … The Wolverine star Hugh Jackman with Prime Minister Julia Gillard on the movie set at Fox Studios last year. Photo:...
48 Hours Eco Challenge

48 Hours Eco Challenge

48 EcoFilm Challenge Tasks Filmmakers to “Green Your Ride”
Return of 48-hour film competition explores the future of transportation The 48 EcoFilm Challenge is a national short film competition designed to showcase how film can play a role in encouraging action...
Australian film-maker banned from talking to Screen Australia

Australian film-maker banned from talking to Screen Australia

by mumbrella.com.au An Australian film-maker who has been conducting a one man crusade against the management of government funding body Screen Australia says the organisation has now banned him from talking to it. In 1993 Ricketson won an AFI for Best Adapted...
Jack Thompson in Under Milk Wood

Jack Thompson in Under Milk Wood

By Renee Krosch (for Richard Glover) Jack Thompson delights 702Sydney with a reading from the world’s most famous radio play – Under Milk Wood! The World’s most famous radio play – Dylan Thomas’s ‘Under Milk Wood’ is playing...