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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
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
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: Tamara...
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
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
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 in Sydney. And it stars the great Jack...
Prelude to a hit
Forget watching trailers before a feature film - previews are now the main event. The online video touted an epic unveiling from one of Hollywood's most revered filmmakers: ''In three days, Ridley Scott returns to the genre he redefined.'' For the next two days,...
Virtual cash to bankroll young filmmakers in Brazil
A new "virtual" fund has been set up in São Paulo to fund educational and cultural projects, including several film productions, Carolina Matos reports for Folha De S.Paulo. At the University of São Paulo, a project has been launched to develop so-called “creative...
Martin Scorsese & 3-D
By CRISTINA SILVA LAS VEGAS — Martin Scorsese has become so enamored with 3-D filmmaking that he expects to use the technology in all his future projects. The Academy Award-winning director of "The Departed" told a crowd of theater owners at the CinemaCon convention...