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Steal This Film 2
These are strange times indeed. While they continue to command so much attention in the mainstream media, the 'battles' between old and new modes of distribution, between the pirate and the institution of copyright, seem to many of us already lost and won. We know who...
Mad Max 4
The new Mad Max film will no longer be shooting in the outback city of Broken Hill. Director George Miller has said that the landscape is too green for a Mad Max film. The film's crew and equipment are currently preparing to move to an overseas location most likely...
Bollywood film called From Sydney …
Evelyn Yamine The Daily Telegraph SYDNEY is the star of a new Bollywood film. Prateek Chakravorty loved the time he spent as a student in Sydney so much that he wrote a movie script set in the heart of the city. Drawing on his own experiences here, he created a story...
Victorian delegation announced for India’s FICCI Frames conference
From Encore Online A new screen industry initiative announced today will see the Victorian and Indian industries draw closer together. The announcement was made by the innovation, services and small business minister, Louise Asher. The initiative will see 10 Victorian...
Aussie Screenwriter Strikes Gold
by Scott Gilbert | October 28, 2011 14:26 | Edited October 28, 2011 14:26 Young Australian writer/director receives the Nicholl Fellowship in Screenwriting, earning $30,000 for his script ‘Guns and Saris’. For a guy who has just won $30,000, Chris Bessounian is pretty...
48Hr Film Festival NSW Winners 2011
Best Film: "A Little Bit Behind" by The Magnificent The Magnificent winners of this years 48 Hour Film Project 2011. Receive $8,000 and trophy from Councillor Lorraine Wearne, Lord Mayor of Parramatta. Prize also includes trip to USA at the International Film...
Sydney Calls for New Film Centre
Sydney's city authorities have agreed to provide A$30,000 for a feasibility study that will evaluate the creation of a film centre. A film centre could be expected to stage major exhibitions and events, provide a venue for the screening of classic films and archived...
Hollywood Rule Means Audiences Lose
Film lovers today have never had it so good, with more movies from a greater range of countries being made than ever before. Yet for any viewer who judges the state of contemporary cinema by what is released in Australia, it is a very different story. Yearning to see...
Bruce Beresford to Judge NSW 48 Hour Film Project
Bruce Beresford, one of Australia’s finest directors will join the judging panel for Nsw’s 48 Hour Film Project. Tom Papas, Producer/CEO of 48 Hour Festival Inc said “legendary Filmmaker Bruce Beresford will be this year’s guest judge, so you better make it good, you...