Maple Syrup Massacre is an editorial series where Joe Lipsett dissects the themes, conventions and contributions of new and classic Canadian horror films. Spoilers follow…
William Fruet is one of Canada’s most important directors. He’s renowned for not only his contributions to ‘realist social dramas’ such as 1970’s Goin’ Down The Road (one of Canada’s first English language fiction feature films) and 1972’s Wedding in White, but also for his Canuxploitation films of the 70s.
Death Weekend – or The House by the Lake as it was known in the United States – was made in 1976 in an effort to capitalize on a unique Canadian funding model at the time.
As previously explored in this editorial series, as well as my David Cronenberg podcast Sexy & Surreal, Canadian films are funded by the public via governmental organizations. In the 1970s, the government created the Canadian Film Development Council (Cfdc) in...
William Fruet is one of Canada’s most important directors. He’s renowned for not only his contributions to ‘realist social dramas’ such as 1970’s Goin’ Down The Road (one of Canada’s first English language fiction feature films) and 1972’s Wedding in White, but also for his Canuxploitation films of the 70s.
Death Weekend – or The House by the Lake as it was known in the United States – was made in 1976 in an effort to capitalize on a unique Canadian funding model at the time.
As previously explored in this editorial series, as well as my David Cronenberg podcast Sexy & Surreal, Canadian films are funded by the public via governmental organizations. In the 1970s, the government created the Canadian Film Development Council (Cfdc) in...
- 7/25/2023
- by Joe Lipsett
- bloody-disgusting.com
George R. Robertson, the Canadian actor who portrayed the police chief and later police commissioner Henry Hurst in the first six Police Academy films, has died. He was 89.
Robertson died Sunday at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre in Toronto, his family announced.
Robertson also showed up in small roles in three films that were nominated for the best picture Oscar — Airport (1970), Norma Rae (1979) and JFK (1991) — and portrayed vice president Dick Cheney in the 2006 ABC miniseries The Path to 9/11.
Robertson appeared as Hurst in 1994 in the first Police Academy movie, directed by Hugh Wilson, and stuck around through Police Academy 6: City Under Siege (1989). His character grows more tolerant of the wacky recruits led by Commandant Lassard (George Gaynes) as the franchise moves along.
The actor did not make the trip to Moscow for the 1994 installment but was on one episode of the 1997-98 Police Academy series at CTV.
George Ross Robertson...
Robertson died Sunday at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre in Toronto, his family announced.
Robertson also showed up in small roles in three films that were nominated for the best picture Oscar — Airport (1970), Norma Rae (1979) and JFK (1991) — and portrayed vice president Dick Cheney in the 2006 ABC miniseries The Path to 9/11.
Robertson appeared as Hurst in 1994 in the first Police Academy movie, directed by Hugh Wilson, and stuck around through Police Academy 6: City Under Siege (1989). His character grows more tolerant of the wacky recruits led by Commandant Lassard (George Gaynes) as the franchise moves along.
The actor did not make the trip to Moscow for the 1994 installment but was on one episode of the 1997-98 Police Academy series at CTV.
George Ross Robertson...
- 2/3/2023
- by Mike Barnes and Etan Vlessing
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Isabella Rossellini. (Photo: Wexner Center)
Isabella Rossellini and Jeanie Drynan will topline writer-director Antony J. Bowman’s Arrivederci, due to shoot across central Nsw and southern Greece early next year.
Billed as a “gut-wrenching but ultimately heart-lifting story”, the film will see Drynan star as Izzy Davies, a farmer’s wife who loses her husband to cancer. Knowing that it’s time to hand over the farm to her son and his family, she refuses to consider their plan to move her into a local retirement home.
Following a lifelong desire to go to Greece, she heads off on her “last adventure” and meets Francesca, an Italian opera diva (Rossellini) who will change her life forever.
Drynan (Muriel’s Wedding) also starred in Bowman’s 1999 film Paperback Hero, starring Hugh Jackman.
Arrivederci will be produced by Michael Robertson and Neal Kingston via their Thrills & Spills banner with production services in Greece by Argonauts Productions Sa.
Isabella Rossellini and Jeanie Drynan will topline writer-director Antony J. Bowman’s Arrivederci, due to shoot across central Nsw and southern Greece early next year.
Billed as a “gut-wrenching but ultimately heart-lifting story”, the film will see Drynan star as Izzy Davies, a farmer’s wife who loses her husband to cancer. Knowing that it’s time to hand over the farm to her son and his family, she refuses to consider their plan to move her into a local retirement home.
Following a lifelong desire to go to Greece, she heads off on her “last adventure” and meets Francesca, an Italian opera diva (Rossellini) who will change her life forever.
Drynan (Muriel’s Wedding) also starred in Bowman’s 1999 film Paperback Hero, starring Hugh Jackman.
Arrivederci will be produced by Michael Robertson and Neal Kingston via their Thrills & Spills banner with production services in Greece by Argonauts Productions Sa.
- 10/9/2020
- by jkeast
- IF.com.au
Brian Lenz and Julian Ogrin.
Since launching in May, Foxtel’s streaming service Binge has signed up more than 217,000 subscribers, primarily targeting the younger generation who never subscribed to Foxtel.
The low-cost, independently-operated platform has beefed up local content and is adding a raft of US series over the next two months.
Binge CEO Julian Ogrin and chief product officer Brian Lenz discuss the service’s growth, the most watched shows and upcoming content.
Q: Last week News Corp reported Binge had 217,000 subscribers as of August 4. How would you describe the uptake?
Julian Ogrin: We are very happy with how Binge is performing. What’s pleasing is how people are enjoying some of the binge-worthy best shows either for the first time, or all over again. Shows like Game of Thrones, Sex and the City, Modern Family and The Walking Dead.
Q: You were confident Binge would appeal to the...
Since launching in May, Foxtel’s streaming service Binge has signed up more than 217,000 subscribers, primarily targeting the younger generation who never subscribed to Foxtel.
The low-cost, independently-operated platform has beefed up local content and is adding a raft of US series over the next two months.
Binge CEO Julian Ogrin and chief product officer Brian Lenz discuss the service’s growth, the most watched shows and upcoming content.
Q: Last week News Corp reported Binge had 217,000 subscribers as of August 4. How would you describe the uptake?
Julian Ogrin: We are very happy with how Binge is performing. What’s pleasing is how people are enjoying some of the binge-worthy best shows either for the first time, or all over again. Shows like Game of Thrones, Sex and the City, Modern Family and The Walking Dead.
Q: You were confident Binge would appeal to the...
- 8/9/2020
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
Sony has released the poster for Spin Out, its romantic comedy directed by Tim Ferguson and Marc Gracie slated for a domestic release on September 15 this year.
In a scenario not dissimilar to 1999's Paperback Hero, starring Hugh Jackman and Claudia Karvan, Spin Out is about Billy (played by Xavier Samuel) and Lucy (Morgan Griffin), two friends who have grown up together in a small country town..
The pair form one of the town's most formidable Ute driving teams, but when Billy takes one risky car stunt too far, Lucy declares she is moving to the city - sending Billy into a spin..
Amid the mayhem of the town.s annual "Bachelors and Spinsters" party, Billy only has one night to wake up to his true feelings for his best friend - or lose her forever..
Samuel and Griffin (who have just started shooting another film together, Sa thriller Bad Blood...
In a scenario not dissimilar to 1999's Paperback Hero, starring Hugh Jackman and Claudia Karvan, Spin Out is about Billy (played by Xavier Samuel) and Lucy (Morgan Griffin), two friends who have grown up together in a small country town..
The pair form one of the town's most formidable Ute driving teams, but when Billy takes one risky car stunt too far, Lucy declares she is moving to the city - sending Billy into a spin..
Amid the mayhem of the town.s annual "Bachelors and Spinsters" party, Billy only has one night to wake up to his true feelings for his best friend - or lose her forever..
Samuel and Griffin (who have just started shooting another film together, Sa thriller Bad Blood...
- 6/29/2016
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
Unindian, the first feature from the Australia India Film Fund (Aiff), will go into production in October in Sydney.
The romantic comedy, which looks at the complexities of the Indian diaspora and the issue of cross-cultural relationships, will star Australian cricketer Brett Lee in his first lead role and Tannishtha Chatterjee, who gained international acclaim in the. feature Brick Lane.
Scripted by Thushy Saathi, the plot follows Meera (Chatterjee), a beautiful divorcee and single mother of one who has settled in Sydney and has a successful career. When she meets the charismatic Will (Lee), love is the last thing on her mind.
Her family encourages her to marry 'a nice Indian man,' which raises the questions:. Does she do as her family wishes?Or does she follow her heart and live her life the way she wants to?.
The director/producer is Anupam Sharma, Aiff's head of films and...
The romantic comedy, which looks at the complexities of the Indian diaspora and the issue of cross-cultural relationships, will star Australian cricketer Brett Lee in his first lead role and Tannishtha Chatterjee, who gained international acclaim in the. feature Brick Lane.
Scripted by Thushy Saathi, the plot follows Meera (Chatterjee), a beautiful divorcee and single mother of one who has settled in Sydney and has a successful career. When she meets the charismatic Will (Lee), love is the last thing on her mind.
Her family encourages her to marry 'a nice Indian man,' which raises the questions:. Does she do as her family wishes?Or does she follow her heart and live her life the way she wants to?.
The director/producer is Anupam Sharma, Aiff's head of films and...
- 9/4/2014
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Antony J. Bowman is attached to direct Silent Fear, a London-set thriller which will star Kevin Sorbo.
It.s the first feature from New Zealand producers Ronel Schodt, managing director of Shotz Productions, and Brent Macpherson, director/producer of Stretch Productions, through their Stretch Motion Pictures.
In an unusual twist, the female protagonist is fluent in sign language, and Macpherson is a Deaf director.
The plot revolves around Valerie Crowther (yet to be cast), a Scotland Yard detective whose mother was Deaf. Valerie is assigned to investigate the murder of a student at London.s Wandsworth University, a learning institution for the Deaf.
Sorbo will play Detective Chief Superintendent Mark Bennett, who is her ex-husband, meaning they have a difficult working relationship. Valerie's arrival at Wandsworth University coincides with the death of a student from a deadly flu virus as the government closes the borders to prevent the entry of...
It.s the first feature from New Zealand producers Ronel Schodt, managing director of Shotz Productions, and Brent Macpherson, director/producer of Stretch Productions, through their Stretch Motion Pictures.
In an unusual twist, the female protagonist is fluent in sign language, and Macpherson is a Deaf director.
The plot revolves around Valerie Crowther (yet to be cast), a Scotland Yard detective whose mother was Deaf. Valerie is assigned to investigate the murder of a student at London.s Wandsworth University, a learning institution for the Deaf.
Sorbo will play Detective Chief Superintendent Mark Bennett, who is her ex-husband, meaning they have a difficult working relationship. Valerie's arrival at Wandsworth University coincides with the death of a student from a deadly flu virus as the government closes the borders to prevent the entry of...
- 7/18/2014
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Robin Clifton.
Robin Clifton, one of Australia.s most respected and successful location managers, died last Friday after a long illness. She was 71.
Born in New Zealand, Clifton worked as location manager on dozens of films and TV dramas in Australia, New Zealand, the Solomon Islands and China.
Clifton entered the industry in the early 1980s, working initially on TVCs. Her first feature was Bliss (1985), produced by Tony Buckley and directed by Ray Lawrence. She later collaborated with Buckley on Poor Man.s Orange (1987), the miniseries adapted from a Ruth Park novel, and the telemovie Heroes. Mountain (2002), the saga of Stuart Driver, who survived the 1997 Thredbo tragedy.
.Robin knew how to read a script from a director's point of view,. Buckley tells If. .No mean feat. A true professional with class. She is going to be very sadly missed..
Buckley hailed her as a .location manager par excellence. Difficult location?...
Robin Clifton, one of Australia.s most respected and successful location managers, died last Friday after a long illness. She was 71.
Born in New Zealand, Clifton worked as location manager on dozens of films and TV dramas in Australia, New Zealand, the Solomon Islands and China.
Clifton entered the industry in the early 1980s, working initially on TVCs. Her first feature was Bliss (1985), produced by Tony Buckley and directed by Ray Lawrence. She later collaborated with Buckley on Poor Man.s Orange (1987), the miniseries adapted from a Ruth Park novel, and the telemovie Heroes. Mountain (2002), the saga of Stuart Driver, who survived the 1997 Thredbo tragedy.
.Robin knew how to read a script from a director's point of view,. Buckley tells If. .No mean feat. A true professional with class. She is going to be very sadly missed..
Buckley hailed her as a .location manager par excellence. Difficult location?...
- 11/2/2013
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Hugh Jackman and Jake Gyllenhaal as Keller Dover and Detective Loki in Denis Villeneuve's Prisoners. Hugh Jackman will receive a Donostia Award at the San Sebastian Film Festival. The actor - whose diverse career includes everything from muscial Les Misérables to comic book adaptation Wolverine - will receive the Award on September 27 prior to the special screening of his latest film, Prisoners.
The Australian actor is an Oscar-nominated, Golden Globe and Tony award-winning performer, who has forged a career on both stage and screen, and even turned his hand to presenting at the 2009 Academy Awards.
Jackman's career began in Australia in the independent films Paperback Hero and Erskineville Kings. His performance in the latter earned him an Australian Film Critics' Circle Best Actor award and The Australian Film Institute Best Actor nomination. In 1999, he was named Australian Star of the Year at the Australian Movie Convention.
His additional film...
The Australian actor is an Oscar-nominated, Golden Globe and Tony award-winning performer, who has forged a career on both stage and screen, and even turned his hand to presenting at the 2009 Academy Awards.
Jackman's career began in Australia in the independent films Paperback Hero and Erskineville Kings. His performance in the latter earned him an Australian Film Critics' Circle Best Actor award and The Australian Film Institute Best Actor nomination. In 1999, he was named Australian Star of the Year at the Australian Movie Convention.
His additional film...
- 9/2/2013
- by Amber Wilkinson
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Claudia Karvan has been appointed patron of the Natalie Miller Fellowship. The fellowship awards an annual grant to one woman working in the screen industry and has a development proposal that would assist her to further her career.
The announcement:
The Natalie Miller Fellowship is proud to announce Claudia Karvan as an official Patron for the association. The Fellowship was founded in recognition of the unique contribution of Natalie Miller Oam, an inspiring mentor and role model who continues to make an enormous contribution to film distribution, exhibition and production.
Claudia exemplifies the core philosophy of the Fellowship having significantly contributed to the Australian screen industry through her outstanding achievements across Australian & International film and television productions.
Claudia’s extensive filmography includes exceptional performances in Australian feature films such as Paperback Hero, The Heartbreak Kid and Dating the Enemy, along with the prolific characters she brought to life in beloved television series Love My Way,...
The announcement:
The Natalie Miller Fellowship is proud to announce Claudia Karvan as an official Patron for the association. The Fellowship was founded in recognition of the unique contribution of Natalie Miller Oam, an inspiring mentor and role model who continues to make an enormous contribution to film distribution, exhibition and production.
Claudia exemplifies the core philosophy of the Fellowship having significantly contributed to the Australian screen industry through her outstanding achievements across Australian & International film and television productions.
Claudia’s extensive filmography includes exceptional performances in Australian feature films such as Paperback Hero, The Heartbreak Kid and Dating the Enemy, along with the prolific characters she brought to life in beloved television series Love My Way,...
- 8/21/2012
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
Shoreline Entertainment has acquired all international rights to producer John Winter.s self-financed directorial debut Black & White & Sex.
Eight actors play one sex worker being interviewed by a filmmaker in the drama, which has also just been selected along with eleven other films in the new talent competition of next month's Taipei Film Festival.
Black & White & Sex producer Melissa Beauford and distributor Titan View took an usual approach to the film.s Sydney theatrical release: they screened it only on Friday evenings at Hoyts Paris.
That said, there is a final Sydney screening at 7pm tonight, being May 21, before it moves to other venues including the Nfsa Arc Cinema in Canberra (July 6 and 7) and the Deckchair Cinema in Darwin (July 23 and 28).
Black & White & Sex challenges audience members to leave their preconceptions about the kind of women who are sex workers at the door of the cinema, and has had a...
Eight actors play one sex worker being interviewed by a filmmaker in the drama, which has also just been selected along with eleven other films in the new talent competition of next month's Taipei Film Festival.
Black & White & Sex producer Melissa Beauford and distributor Titan View took an usual approach to the film.s Sydney theatrical release: they screened it only on Friday evenings at Hoyts Paris.
That said, there is a final Sydney screening at 7pm tonight, being May 21, before it moves to other venues including the Nfsa Arc Cinema in Canberra (July 6 and 7) and the Deckchair Cinema in Darwin (July 23 and 28).
Black & White & Sex challenges audience members to leave their preconceptions about the kind of women who are sex workers at the door of the cinema, and has had a...
- 5/21/2012
- by Sandy George
- IF.com.au
Shoreline Entertainment has acquired all international rights to producer John Winter.s self-financed directorial debut Black & White & Sex.
Eight actors play one sex worker being interviewed by a filmmaker in the drama, which has also just been selected along with eleven other films in the new talent competition of next month's Taipei Film Festival.
Black & White & Sex producer Melissa Beauford and distributor Titan View took an usual approach to the film.s Sydney theatrical release: they screened it only on Friday evenings at Hoyts Paris.
That said, there is a final Sydney screening at 7pm tonight, being May 21, before it moves to other venues including the Nfsa Arc Cinema in Canberra (July 6 and 7) and the Deckchair Cinema in Darwin (July 23 and 28).
Black & White & Sex challenges audience members to leave their preconceptions about the kind of women who are sex workers at the door of the cinema, and has had a...
Eight actors play one sex worker being interviewed by a filmmaker in the drama, which has also just been selected along with eleven other films in the new talent competition of next month's Taipei Film Festival.
Black & White & Sex producer Melissa Beauford and distributor Titan View took an usual approach to the film.s Sydney theatrical release: they screened it only on Friday evenings at Hoyts Paris.
That said, there is a final Sydney screening at 7pm tonight, being May 21, before it moves to other venues including the Nfsa Arc Cinema in Canberra (July 6 and 7) and the Deckchair Cinema in Darwin (July 23 and 28).
Black & White & Sex challenges audience members to leave their preconceptions about the kind of women who are sex workers at the door of the cinema, and has had a...
- 5/21/2012
- by Sandy George
- IF.com.au
The ghost-themed independent feature Muirhouse, written and directed by first-time feature filmmaker Tanzeal Rahim from The Media Collective, is one of the Australian films that will be screening in the market at the upcoming Cannes Film Festival.
Muirhouse feels like a film made from "found-footage": shot on location by cinematographer Dan Freene (Wasted on the Young), the film actualizes the real-life horror themes of one of. the most haunted -- reportedly -- homesteads in Australia, The Monte Cristo in Junee, Nsw.
The history of the house is littered with stories of foul play, murder and painful death, all of which are explored with a hand-held camera style reminiscent of The Blair Witch Project.
The small cast and crew shot the entire film on-site over a two-year period beginning in May 2010.
.The feeling in the house is something else," said Muirhouse leading man Iain Pf McDonald. "You immediately feel like...
Muirhouse feels like a film made from "found-footage": shot on location by cinematographer Dan Freene (Wasted on the Young), the film actualizes the real-life horror themes of one of. the most haunted -- reportedly -- homesteads in Australia, The Monte Cristo in Junee, Nsw.
The history of the house is littered with stories of foul play, murder and painful death, all of which are explored with a hand-held camera style reminiscent of The Blair Witch Project.
The small cast and crew shot the entire film on-site over a two-year period beginning in May 2010.
.The feeling in the house is something else," said Muirhouse leading man Iain Pf McDonald. "You immediately feel like...
- 5/2/2012
- by Milana Vulovic
- IF.com.au
A new production by an Australian writer, director and producer is underway in Los Angeles.
Almost Broadway is written and directed by Antony J Bowman, director of Paperback Hero, and produced by Bowman and Paloma Felisberto Bilson for Tigertail Films, has just finished its first week of production.
The film also features an Australian cast that including Cameron Daddo, Ella Bowman and Bernard Curry as well as American actors Taryn Manning, Dov Davidoff, and Canadian actor Currie Graham.
Almost Broadway follows the story of a group of struggling actors who in New York who capitalise on their friend’s unexpected possession of an incriminating sex tape.
Bowman is also in the works of bringing a trilogy to the screen, Stealing Sam, Hunting Sam and Killing Sam with Goodfella’s Ray Liotta and Boardwalk Empire’s Jack Huston attached.
Paperback Hero was Hugh Jackman’s first film.
Almost Broadway is written and directed by Antony J Bowman, director of Paperback Hero, and produced by Bowman and Paloma Felisberto Bilson for Tigertail Films, has just finished its first week of production.
The film also features an Australian cast that including Cameron Daddo, Ella Bowman and Bernard Curry as well as American actors Taryn Manning, Dov Davidoff, and Canadian actor Currie Graham.
Almost Broadway follows the story of a group of struggling actors who in New York who capitalise on their friend’s unexpected possession of an incriminating sex tape.
Bowman is also in the works of bringing a trilogy to the screen, Stealing Sam, Hunting Sam and Killing Sam with Goodfella’s Ray Liotta and Boardwalk Empire’s Jack Huston attached.
Paperback Hero was Hugh Jackman’s first film.
- 5/1/2012
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
Hugh Jackman has signed on to host Tropfest’s New York City event.
The announcement:
Tropfest, the world’s largest short film festival, announced today that Hugh Jackman will host the main event when Tropfest takes over New York City June 21-23.
Tropfest began twenty years ago when Director John Polson (Hide & Seek, Tenderness) showed a six-minute film he made for under $100 at his local café in Sydney, Australia, for 200 guests. Today the annual free festival in Sydney receives thousands of submissions, is attended by more than 150,000 people and watched live via satellite by hundreds of thousands more. This summer Tropfest arrives in the U.S. beginning with a weekend of activities at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas, June 1-3, celebrating Tropfest’s 20th birthday and featuring an “All Star Competition” hosted by Rob Corddry.
Three weeks later, Tropfest New York will present a short film competition as the centerpiece for a weekend long event.
The announcement:
Tropfest, the world’s largest short film festival, announced today that Hugh Jackman will host the main event when Tropfest takes over New York City June 21-23.
Tropfest began twenty years ago when Director John Polson (Hide & Seek, Tenderness) showed a six-minute film he made for under $100 at his local café in Sydney, Australia, for 200 guests. Today the annual free festival in Sydney receives thousands of submissions, is attended by more than 150,000 people and watched live via satellite by hundreds of thousands more. This summer Tropfest arrives in the U.S. beginning with a weekend of activities at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas, June 1-3, celebrating Tropfest’s 20th birthday and featuring an “All Star Competition” hosted by Rob Corddry.
Three weeks later, Tropfest New York will present a short film competition as the centerpiece for a weekend long event.
- 4/26/2012
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
Black White and Sex, the debut feature from John Winter, producer of Rabbit-Proof Fence and Paperback Hero will return to the cinema for one night, on Friday 27 April at Hoyts Entertainment Quarter.
The announcement:
Internationally acclaimed indie feature Black & White & Sex is coming back for an additional and final public screening at 7pm, Friday 27th April at Hoyts Entertainment Quarter.
Black & White & Sex recently enjoyed a season at the Classic Cinema, Elsternwick in Melbourne, and ran for four weeks at Hoyts Eq in Sydney.
Black & White & Sex is the directorial debut of acclaimed Producer John Winter (Rabbit-Proof Fence, Doing Time for Patsy Cline, Paperback Hero). The film has been applauded by film lovers and the sex industry for the way it debunks myths about sex and sex workers, and the thrilling way it explores sexual politics between men and women.
Black & White & Sex has generated a cult following, particularly with...
The announcement:
Internationally acclaimed indie feature Black & White & Sex is coming back for an additional and final public screening at 7pm, Friday 27th April at Hoyts Entertainment Quarter.
Black & White & Sex recently enjoyed a season at the Classic Cinema, Elsternwick in Melbourne, and ran for four weeks at Hoyts Eq in Sydney.
Black & White & Sex is the directorial debut of acclaimed Producer John Winter (Rabbit-Proof Fence, Doing Time for Patsy Cline, Paperback Hero). The film has been applauded by film lovers and the sex industry for the way it debunks myths about sex and sex workers, and the thrilling way it explores sexual politics between men and women.
Black & White & Sex has generated a cult following, particularly with...
- 4/24/2012
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
Bondi’s Flickerfest has announced its Australian program with both World and local premieres on its list of 45 films.
The festival is in its 21st year, and is an Oscar-accredited festival for short films, with world and Australian premieres from the likes of Antony J Bowman, Nash Edgerton, Matthew Jenkin, Mike Hoath, Zak Hilditch and more.
Bronwyn Kidd, Flickerfest’s festival director said: “It’s fantastic to discover and celebrate such great Australian short film making talent in the festival again this year. Flickerfest is proud to be a platform for bold compelling stories told by fresh new storytellers with new perspectives on cinema and the telling of Australian stories on the screen. We look forward to sharing these amazing stories with audiences both over our ten day festival in Bondi and across Australia on our 37 venue national tour.”
Having it’s world premiere is Three Sixty, written and produced...
The festival is in its 21st year, and is an Oscar-accredited festival for short films, with world and Australian premieres from the likes of Antony J Bowman, Nash Edgerton, Matthew Jenkin, Mike Hoath, Zak Hilditch and more.
Bronwyn Kidd, Flickerfest’s festival director said: “It’s fantastic to discover and celebrate such great Australian short film making talent in the festival again this year. Flickerfest is proud to be a platform for bold compelling stories told by fresh new storytellers with new perspectives on cinema and the telling of Australian stories on the screen. We look forward to sharing these amazing stories with audiences both over our ten day festival in Bondi and across Australia on our 37 venue national tour.”
Having it’s world premiere is Three Sixty, written and produced...
- 12/13/2011
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
The Australian producer of a planned film trilogy has told Encore that his decision to take the production overseas was in part because Screen Australia was asking for too many changes.
Antony J Bowman, who previously directed Paperback Hero, told Encore that Stealing Sam – whose cast include Goodfellas star Ray Liotta and Boardwalk Empire’s Jack Huston – will now be shot in Louisiana in the USA. The decision was also driven by the rise of the Australian dollar making the Us a cheaper option.
Bowman said that early conversations with Screen Australia sent him in other directions. He said: “I did begin speaking with them at the beginning. But in those early days there was talk about, ‘what if you change this and that’ and I thought – I don’t need that.”
“It was developed as a full on Australian film, as part of a trilogy, Stealing Sam, Hunting Sam and Killing Sam.
Antony J Bowman, who previously directed Paperback Hero, told Encore that Stealing Sam – whose cast include Goodfellas star Ray Liotta and Boardwalk Empire’s Jack Huston – will now be shot in Louisiana in the USA. The decision was also driven by the rise of the Australian dollar making the Us a cheaper option.
Bowman said that early conversations with Screen Australia sent him in other directions. He said: “I did begin speaking with them at the beginning. But in those early days there was talk about, ‘what if you change this and that’ and I thought – I don’t need that.”
“It was developed as a full on Australian film, as part of a trilogy, Stealing Sam, Hunting Sam and Killing Sam.
- 11/16/2011
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
Viacom 18 Motion Pictures has partnered with Film and Casting Temple to make two Australian/Indian co-productions.
The first has the working title Project 18, to be directed by Abhinav Kashyap and set to shoot primarily in Australia. The second will the a thriller directed by Australia’s Bill Bennett, which will shoot in India.
India’s Business of Cinema reported that the two companies have “joined hands to utilise Australian funding and grants as well as to invest in Indo-Australian projects”.
Although there have been negotiations supported by Spaa, there is currently no official co-production treaty between the two countries. Unless a treaty is signed before the projects go into production, these films would have to utilise either the Location Offset (Project 18) or the Producer Offset (Bill Bennett’s film).
Sydney-based Film and Casting Temple is a production, casting, and consultancy company that specialises in Indian/Australian works. It was founded by Anupam Sharma,...
The first has the working title Project 18, to be directed by Abhinav Kashyap and set to shoot primarily in Australia. The second will the a thriller directed by Australia’s Bill Bennett, which will shoot in India.
India’s Business of Cinema reported that the two companies have “joined hands to utilise Australian funding and grants as well as to invest in Indo-Australian projects”.
Although there have been negotiations supported by Spaa, there is currently no official co-production treaty between the two countries. Unless a treaty is signed before the projects go into production, these films would have to utilise either the Location Offset (Project 18) or the Producer Offset (Bill Bennett’s film).
Sydney-based Film and Casting Temple is a production, casting, and consultancy company that specialises in Indian/Australian works. It was founded by Anupam Sharma,...
- 3/31/2011
- by Miguel Gonzalez
- Encore Magazine
Program for first and only Australian Film Festival of India has been announced. Being held in collaboration with Frames 2011 (www.ficci-frames.com), the 5 day Aussie film festival in Mumbai comes packed with invitation only roundtables on investment and distribution, Australian speakers at various sessions, a Bill Bennett retrospective; some of the best recent Australian features including premieres; a selection of graduate shorts from Aftrs and Vca; and a much needed platform in India for Australian film industry to effectively promote itself in the worlds film industry. Media and Australian film industry representatives alike turned up in force to Fox Studios Australia this afternoon for the much anticipated program announcement for the first ever Australian Film Festival in India. Among the speakers was acclaimed film director Bill Bennett who's retrospective of films was announced as being part of the festival in Mumbai later this month. In addition recent Australian feature films...
- 3/17/2011
- by Bollywood Hungama News Network
- BollywoodHungama
Program for first and only Australian Film Festival of India has been announced. Being held in collaboration with Frames 2011 (www.ficci-frames.com), the 5 day Aussie film festival in Mumbai comes packed with invitation only roundtables on investment and distribution, Australian speakers at various sessions, a Bill Bennett retrospective; some of the best recent Australian features including premieres; a selection of graduate shorts from Aftrs and Vca; and a much needed platform in India for Australian film industry to effectively promote itself in the worlds film industry. Media and Australian film industry representatives alike turned up in force to Fox Studios Australia this afternoon for the much anticipated program announcement for the first ever Australian Film Festival in India. Among the speakers was acclaimed film director Bill Bennett who's retrospective of films was announced as being part of the festival in Mumbai later this month. In addition recent Australian feature films...
- 3/17/2011
- by Bollywood Hungama News Network
- BollywoodHungama
According to the founders of the upcoming Australian Film Festival in India, Australia is yet to benefit from a relationship with non-traditional markets such as India, the Middle East and Latin America.
“I believe Australia is yet to properly benefit from its relationship with the world’s biggest film industry –India – and other non-traditional markest. This was the fundamental principle behind an Australian Film Initiative and it has been most encouraging to see the Australian Film Festival in India receive support from Australian government and industry alike within hours and days of the announcement. I hope this initiative grows in the coming years providing loads of commercial and creative benefit to our film industry in Australia,” said festival co-director Anupam Sharma.
The festival will feature an industry element, with invitation-only roundtables on investment and distribution and industry speakers at various sessions. It’s been conceived as a “much needed platform...
“I believe Australia is yet to properly benefit from its relationship with the world’s biggest film industry –India – and other non-traditional markest. This was the fundamental principle behind an Australian Film Initiative and it has been most encouraging to see the Australian Film Festival in India receive support from Australian government and industry alike within hours and days of the announcement. I hope this initiative grows in the coming years providing loads of commercial and creative benefit to our film industry in Australia,” said festival co-director Anupam Sharma.
The festival will feature an industry element, with invitation-only roundtables on investment and distribution and industry speakers at various sessions. It’s been conceived as a “much needed platform...
- 3/15/2011
- by Miguel Gonzalez
- Encore Magazine
To celebrate Valentine’s Day, DVD rental company Quickflix has published its list of Australia’s favourite romance films, in which Muriel’s Wedding is the highest ranked local title, sitting in the 108th position.
“Perhaps [the fact that the favourite Australian romance is a film from 1994] is evidence that Australian audiences are craving more romantic fare in local films. The Australian film industry no longer needs to prove it can produce world-class drama, but it might be time for us to show off our sincere, comic, and romantic side once again,” Quickflix online editor and film critic Simon Miraudo told Encore.
“Although recent pictures like Samson & Delilah, Somersault and Unfinished Sky are all popular, our members seem to have a soft spot for the lighthearted romances of the 1990s,” added Miraudo.
In terms of films added to subscribers’ rental lists, the most popular local title was Baz Luhrman’s Australia (2008), which also ranked 22nd on the overall list of movie romances added to users’ queues.
“Perhaps [the fact that the favourite Australian romance is a film from 1994] is evidence that Australian audiences are craving more romantic fare in local films. The Australian film industry no longer needs to prove it can produce world-class drama, but it might be time for us to show off our sincere, comic, and romantic side once again,” Quickflix online editor and film critic Simon Miraudo told Encore.
“Although recent pictures like Samson & Delilah, Somersault and Unfinished Sky are all popular, our members seem to have a soft spot for the lighthearted romances of the 1990s,” added Miraudo.
In terms of films added to subscribers’ rental lists, the most popular local title was Baz Luhrman’s Australia (2008), which also ranked 22nd on the overall list of movie romances added to users’ queues.
- 2/14/2011
- by Miguel Gonzalez
- Encore Magazine
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