Writer/director Christina Andreef has joined the New Zealand Film Commission as development executive.
In other appointments at the Nzfc, Marc Ashton takes the newly created role of production executive and Diana Byrne has joined as talent development and relationships co-ordinator.
Andreef grew up in Whakatane and studied film in Ireland and Sydney, where she lived for 30 years. Her director training began when she worked for Jane Campion for five years, starting with Sweetie through to The Piano.
She wrote and directed three shorts, Excursion To The Bridge of Friendship, The Gap and Shooting The Breeze, before making her feature debut in 1999 on Soft Fruit, which screened in Critics. Week in Cannes.
She was a partner in production company Toi-Toi Films for 16 years and taught screenwriting and direction at the Sydney Film School, Sydney University and Uts. Ashton began his film career in the early 1990s at Hoyts Corp, involved...
In other appointments at the Nzfc, Marc Ashton takes the newly created role of production executive and Diana Byrne has joined as talent development and relationships co-ordinator.
Andreef grew up in Whakatane and studied film in Ireland and Sydney, where she lived for 30 years. Her director training began when she worked for Jane Campion for five years, starting with Sweetie through to The Piano.
She wrote and directed three shorts, Excursion To The Bridge of Friendship, The Gap and Shooting The Breeze, before making her feature debut in 1999 on Soft Fruit, which screened in Critics. Week in Cannes.
She was a partner in production company Toi-Toi Films for 16 years and taught screenwriting and direction at the Sydney Film School, Sydney University and Uts. Ashton began his film career in the early 1990s at Hoyts Corp, involved...
- 8/24/2014
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
The Mami committee led by Chairman Mr. Shyam Benegal and trustees Mr. Yash Chopra, Mr. Ashutosh Gowarikar, Mr. Amit Khanna, unveiled the line-up for the 12th annual Mumbai Film Festival (Mff), which consists of 200 films from 58 countries. This forms the largest number of films at any Film Festival ever. All the international films to be screened in the main sections of this year's festival will be Indian, Asian or world premieres. Mumbai Film Festival is a Reliance Big Entertainment initiative and has the distinction of being the only international film festival in India to be organized by an independent body of practicing film professionals. This year the festival films will be screened at Chandan Cinema (Juhu) and the adjacent five screens of PVR Juhu which will function as the Main Festival Complex, two screens in Metro Big Cinemas (Marine Lines) & one screen in Big Cinemas R City (Ghatkopar). The films...
- 9/30/2010
- by Bollywood Hungama News Network
- BollywoodHungama
The Mami committee led by Chairman Mr. Shyam Benegal and trustees Mr. Yash Chopra, Mr. Ashutosh Gowarikar, Mr. Amit Khanna, unveiled the line-up for the 12th annual Mumbai Film Festival (Mff), which consists of 200 films from 58 countries. This forms the largest number of films at any Film Festival ever. All the international films to be screened in the main sections of this year's festival will be Indian, Asian or world premieres. Mumbai Film Festival is a Reliance Big Entertainment initiative and has the distinction of being the only international film festival in India to be organized by an independent body of practicing film professionals. This year the festival films will be screened at Chandan Cinema (Juhu) and the adjacent five screens of PVR Juhu which will function as the Main Festival Complex, two screens in Metro Big Cinemas (Marine Lines) & one screen in Big Cinemas R City (Ghatkopar). The films...
- 9/30/2010
- by Bollywood Hungama News Network
- BollywoodHungama
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