Sam Neill, the actor who portrayed Alan Grant in the Jurassic Park franchise, announced seven months ago that he is being treated for stage-three blood cancer.
The actor had been experiencing swollen glands while promoting Jurassic World Dominion before eventually being diagnosed with angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma.
Neill recently revealed in an interview with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation’s Australian Story that he had been undergoing chemotherapy, which only worked for three months.
The actor explained that he had been in remission for a year as a result of taking a rare anti-cancer drug. This specific drug requires infusions every two weeks.
However, his doctors told him that the drug would, as time went on, cease to be effective.
He has considered his bodily responses to the infusions as “very grim and depressing” but still accepts that the treatment is “keeping him alive.”
Neill stated that he is not “remotely afraid...
The actor had been experiencing swollen glands while promoting Jurassic World Dominion before eventually being diagnosed with angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma.
Neill recently revealed in an interview with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation’s Australian Story that he had been undergoing chemotherapy, which only worked for three months.
The actor explained that he had been in remission for a year as a result of taking a rare anti-cancer drug. This specific drug requires infusions every two weeks.
However, his doctors told him that the drug would, as time went on, cease to be effective.
He has considered his bodily responses to the infusions as “very grim and depressing” but still accepts that the treatment is “keeping him alive.”
Neill stated that he is not “remotely afraid...
- 10/24/2023
- by Alessio Atria
- Uinterview
Update (10/17/2023): Sam Neill has taken to Instagram to assure fans that he’s doing well and that his comments about his cancer battle in an interview with Australian Story have caused unnecessary alarm. “All Is Well. I Am Well!!” Neill wrote in the caption of an Instagram video shared on October 17. “Please ignore conflated stories in the press today. A passing remark on the program last night has been taken out of context. Please be assured that I am firmly in remission, and plan to remain so for years to come. All is well, beautiful day here in Western Australia, and tomorrow it’ll be too.” “I made a passing remark [in the Australian Story interview] that the treatment I’m on, which has me in remission, will inevitably fail one day. Well, that’s what happens. It’s nothing to worry about,” Neill says in the video. “I am in remission.
- 10/17/2023
- TV Insider
Sam Neill, who’s faced cloned dinosaurs and the literal antichrist in his movies, is not merely afraid of dying from blood cancer as he is of retirement in real life.
In a new interview with Australian Story, the celebrated actor spoke about his battle with non-Hodgkin blood cancer, which he was diagnosed with last year. Neill is currently in remission thanks to a drug he started taking after his chemotherapy treatments stopped working. But despite the success, Neill’s doctors have warned him the drug will stop working at some point.
In a new interview with Australian Story, the celebrated actor spoke about his battle with non-Hodgkin blood cancer, which he was diagnosed with last year. Neill is currently in remission thanks to a drug he started taking after his chemotherapy treatments stopped working. But despite the success, Neill’s doctors have warned him the drug will stop working at some point.
- 10/16/2023
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
Sam Neill has revealed that his year-long remission from stage three blood cancer is likely temporary, as the chemotherapy drug he is currently receiving will eventually stop working.
In an interview with Australian Story, the actor shared that he’s made peace with his mortality because it’s out of his control. Instead, Neill is more concerned about making the most of the time he does have left.
“I’m not in any way frightened of dying,” he said. “That’s never worried me from the beginning. But I would be annoyed because there are things I still want to do.”
This past March, Neill revealed his initial attempts at chemotherapy for angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma were unsuccessful, but switching to his current treatment caused his cancer to go into remission.
Australian Story described Neill’s treatments as like going “10 rounds with a boxer,” making the few days after feel “very grim and depressing.
In an interview with Australian Story, the actor shared that he’s made peace with his mortality because it’s out of his control. Instead, Neill is more concerned about making the most of the time he does have left.
“I’m not in any way frightened of dying,” he said. “That’s never worried me from the beginning. But I would be annoyed because there are things I still want to do.”
This past March, Neill revealed his initial attempts at chemotherapy for angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma were unsuccessful, but switching to his current treatment caused his cancer to go into remission.
Australian Story described Neill’s treatments as like going “10 rounds with a boxer,” making the few days after feel “very grim and depressing.
- 10/16/2023
- by Eddie Fu
- Consequence - Film News
Sam Neill, the Jurassic Park star and the grown-up Damian in the Omen franchise, has revealed that the treatment that sent him into a year-long remission from the rare blood cancer angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma will eventually stop working.
“I’m prepared for that,” Neill told the Australian Story tv program, adding that he is not “remotely afraid” but finds the whole matter “annoying.”
Neill also said that despite his health challenges, which include treatments that feel like going “10 rounds with a boxer,” retirement, the actor says, is “completely out of the question.”
The 76-year-old actor revealed in May 2022 that he had been diagnosed with the blood cancer and was undergoing chemotherapy, a treatment that did not work for Neil. After switching to another type of treatment, Neill’s cancer has been in remission for about a year, but the actor says the remission is not permanent.
Neill said he is...
“I’m prepared for that,” Neill told the Australian Story tv program, adding that he is not “remotely afraid” but finds the whole matter “annoying.”
Neill also said that despite his health challenges, which include treatments that feel like going “10 rounds with a boxer,” retirement, the actor says, is “completely out of the question.”
The 76-year-old actor revealed in May 2022 that he had been diagnosed with the blood cancer and was undergoing chemotherapy, a treatment that did not work for Neil. After switching to another type of treatment, Neill’s cancer has been in remission for about a year, but the actor says the remission is not permanent.
Neill said he is...
- 10/16/2023
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Logies Load Up On ‘The Twelve’, ‘Colin From Accounts’
Australia’s annual celebration of TV this weekend named Sam Neill as the country’s most popular actor for his role in courtroom drama series “The Twelve.” The Foxtel and Binge show was the numerical winner on the evening in a tie with Binge’s “Colin From Accounts.” Both shows picked up a trio of awards. Sonia Kruger was named Australia’s most popular TV personality for her roles on “The Voice,” “Dancing With the Stars” and “The Masked Singer.”
2023 Logies Winners List
Gold Logie for most popular personality on Australian TV: Sonia Kruger, “The Voice,” “Dancing with the Star” and “Big Brother,” Seven Network
Bert Newton Award for most popular presenter: Tony Armstrong, “A Dog’s World” with Tony Armstrong, ABC
Silver Logie: Most popular Australian actor: Sam Neill, “The Twelve,” Foxtel & Binge
Silver Logie: Most popular Australian actress: Kitty Flanagan,...
Australia’s annual celebration of TV this weekend named Sam Neill as the country’s most popular actor for his role in courtroom drama series “The Twelve.” The Foxtel and Binge show was the numerical winner on the evening in a tie with Binge’s “Colin From Accounts.” Both shows picked up a trio of awards. Sonia Kruger was named Australia’s most popular TV personality for her roles on “The Voice,” “Dancing With the Stars” and “The Masked Singer.”
2023 Logies Winners List
Gold Logie for most popular personality on Australian TV: Sonia Kruger, “The Voice,” “Dancing with the Star” and “Big Brother,” Seven Network
Bert Newton Award for most popular presenter: Tony Armstrong, “A Dog’s World” with Tony Armstrong, ABC
Silver Logie: Most popular Australian actor: Sam Neill, “The Twelve,” Foxtel & Binge
Silver Logie: Most popular Australian actress: Kitty Flanagan,...
- 7/31/2023
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
The editors behind Nitram, I Met A Girl, The Furnace and June Again will compete for this year’s Ellie Award for Best Editing in Feature Drama, while the television drama category will be a contest between those who cut Wakefield, The Tailings, Jack Irish, Eden and Bump.
The annual awards of the Australian Screen Editors (Ase) will be held in early February with the hope that travel restrictions between states will have eased.
“It’s been a tough two years and we think we all deserve to be together in person to celebrate these fine achievements in editing, and the results of everybody’s hard work during such difficult times,” Ase president Danielle Boesenberg tells If.
In addition to the feature film prize, I Met A Girl editor Melanie Annan will also be in contention for Best Editing in Documentary and Series for Three Songs for Benazir, shared with Christoph Wermke.
The annual awards of the Australian Screen Editors (Ase) will be held in early February with the hope that travel restrictions between states will have eased.
“It’s been a tough two years and we think we all deserve to be together in person to celebrate these fine achievements in editing, and the results of everybody’s hard work during such difficult times,” Ase president Danielle Boesenberg tells If.
In addition to the feature film prize, I Met A Girl editor Melanie Annan will also be in contention for Best Editing in Documentary and Series for Three Songs for Benazir, shared with Christoph Wermke.
- 11/1/2021
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
Adg CEO Kingston Anderson..
Just as films like Lion and TV series such as Rake, The Kettering Incident, Top of the Lake and Cleverman are commanding the attention of the world, the Australian screen industry is in danger of losing its greatest set of assets — our directors.
Australian film and television directors are fleeing to Hollywood in ever-greater numbers; some of them vowing never to return. While their talent is applauded around the world, here at home our directors are battling for the respect and remuneration they deserve.
Late last year it was revealed that the television production company behind the remake of the iconic Australian story Picnic at Hanging Rock had decided to use a Canadian director for the series. When challenged by the Australian Directors Guild (Adg) about why this occurred, the producers said they could not find a suitable Australian candidate. This slap in the face to...
Just as films like Lion and TV series such as Rake, The Kettering Incident, Top of the Lake and Cleverman are commanding the attention of the world, the Australian screen industry is in danger of losing its greatest set of assets — our directors.
Australian film and television directors are fleeing to Hollywood in ever-greater numbers; some of them vowing never to return. While their talent is applauded around the world, here at home our directors are battling for the respect and remuneration they deserve.
Late last year it was revealed that the television production company behind the remake of the iconic Australian story Picnic at Hanging Rock had decided to use a Canadian director for the series. When challenged by the Australian Directors Guild (Adg) about why this occurred, the producers said they could not find a suitable Australian candidate. This slap in the face to...
- 6/12/2017
- by Kingston Anderson
- IF.com.au
Tim Minchin in last year's 'Matilda and Me'.
On March 5, a fresh post on Tim Minchin.s blog offered an ominous introduction to the man himself:.
.Composer and lyricist of musicals Groundhog Day and Matilda, Tim is also a pianist, singer, comedian, actor, and — until 2 days ago — a director..
In a personal message, Minchin went on: .I.ve recently been working in three different continents, missing my kids a lot, sleeping too little and not playing piano enough. And then a couple of days ago, the animated film to which I.ve dedicated the last four years of my life was shut down by the new studio execs..
That film was Larrikins, the outback-set feature Minchin joined as composer and lyricist in 2013 after sparking to a script from Harry Cripps (Paws, The Magic Pudding)..
The film.s icing comes in the wake of layoffs at Dreamworks, which was bought...
On March 5, a fresh post on Tim Minchin.s blog offered an ominous introduction to the man himself:.
.Composer and lyricist of musicals Groundhog Day and Matilda, Tim is also a pianist, singer, comedian, actor, and — until 2 days ago — a director..
In a personal message, Minchin went on: .I.ve recently been working in three different continents, missing my kids a lot, sleeping too little and not playing piano enough. And then a couple of days ago, the animated film to which I.ve dedicated the last four years of my life was shut down by the new studio execs..
That film was Larrikins, the outback-set feature Minchin joined as composer and lyricist in 2013 after sparking to a script from Harry Cripps (Paws, The Magic Pudding)..
The film.s icing comes in the wake of layoffs at Dreamworks, which was bought...
- 3/8/2017
- by Harry Windsor
- IF.com.au
. Criticism over the hire of a Canadian director to shoot the.Picnic at Hanging Rock mini continues to mount, with Wift Nsw and the Adg staging a joint protest in front of Fremantle Media.s office in Sydney today. . Adg first levelled criticisms over Fremantle's decision to hire Canadian director Larysa Kondracki last week, with CEO Kingston Anderson stating.that Australian directors were .amazed and astonished at the choice of a foreign director to work on a classic.". . Kondracki, whose credits include The Whistleblower and eps of Better Call Saul, The Americans and Rogue, will shoot half of the series alongside Aussie Michael Rymer. . The guild has disputed that Kondracki.s 420 visa met the required Net Employment Test and said it understood no female television directors currently working in Australia were approached. . Today's protesters sat on a picnic rug in front of FremantleMedia's office, dressed in white period dresses and...
- 12/15/2016
- by Jackie Keast
- IF.com.au
When filmmaker Mel Gibson decided to tell the World War II story of Desmond Doss, a brave soldier who saved 75 of his company at the battle of Hacksaw Ridge in Okinawa, Japan, he made the choice to return home to Australia to do it. In doing so, he also ended up hiring some of Australia’s finest talent, including Hugo Weaving and Rachel Griffiths.
Another one of the film’s Australian cast is actress Teresa Palmer, who was able to break into Hollywood earlier in her career with roles in Disney’s The Sorcerer’s Apprentice and the young adult films I Am Number Four and Warm Bodies.
In Hacksaw Ridge, she plays Dorothy Schutte, the eventual wife of Andrew Garfield’s Desmond Doss. She’s a nurse Desmond meets and falls for, and whose work inspires him to go to war as a combat medic, while sticking to his...
Another one of the film’s Australian cast is actress Teresa Palmer, who was able to break into Hollywood earlier in her career with roles in Disney’s The Sorcerer’s Apprentice and the young adult films I Am Number Four and Warm Bodies.
In Hacksaw Ridge, she plays Dorothy Schutte, the eventual wife of Andrew Garfield’s Desmond Doss. She’s a nurse Desmond meets and falls for, and whose work inspires him to go to war as a combat medic, while sticking to his...
- 11/3/2016
- by Edward Douglas
- LRMonline.com
Peter Weir's Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975)
Foxtel has commissioned what it has called a .trailblazing re-imagining. of Picnic at Hanging Rock as a TV series.
Like Peter Weir's classic film, the six-part drama will be based on the 1967 novel by Joan Lindsay, following the mysterious disappearances of three schoolgirls and their governess on Valentine.s Day 1900 and the far-reaching aftermath.
FremantleMedia Australia is set to produce, with funding secured through Screen Australia.
Foxtel head of drama Penny Win said Foxtel was .very proud. to bring the series to viewers.
.Like many others, I am a fan of the 1975 Australian film which was pivotal in establishing the modern Australian film industry. This series, based on the classic novel, will take viewers on a new and in depth journey into this incredibly iconic Australian story.
.Our aim is to provide a rich and diverse slate of Australian drama for our...
Foxtel has commissioned what it has called a .trailblazing re-imagining. of Picnic at Hanging Rock as a TV series.
Like Peter Weir's classic film, the six-part drama will be based on the 1967 novel by Joan Lindsay, following the mysterious disappearances of three schoolgirls and their governess on Valentine.s Day 1900 and the far-reaching aftermath.
FremantleMedia Australia is set to produce, with funding secured through Screen Australia.
Foxtel head of drama Penny Win said Foxtel was .very proud. to bring the series to viewers.
.Like many others, I am a fan of the 1975 Australian film which was pivotal in establishing the modern Australian film industry. This series, based on the classic novel, will take viewers on a new and in depth journey into this incredibly iconic Australian story.
.Our aim is to provide a rich and diverse slate of Australian drama for our...
- 9/7/2016
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
Penny Win.
As commissioning editor of Drama for Foxtel Networks, Penny Win developed hits like Wentworth, now Foxtel.s longest running drama. Elevated to Head of Drama in 2014, Win now oversees the entire slate, including this year.s much-hyped The Kettering Incident. If catches up with her to talk about the state of Aussie TV and what she.s got in development.
The general quality of Aussie TV drama seems a lot better than it was ten years ago. Why?
First off, television.s cyclical. Ten years ago drama was over and reality was king and people were weeping into their cups. And then comedy was dead a while ago and that came back. The truth of it is that television.s changed so much in the last ten years and even five years. Even the last twelve months. There.s a lot more scripted drama because there.s a...
As commissioning editor of Drama for Foxtel Networks, Penny Win developed hits like Wentworth, now Foxtel.s longest running drama. Elevated to Head of Drama in 2014, Win now oversees the entire slate, including this year.s much-hyped The Kettering Incident. If catches up with her to talk about the state of Aussie TV and what she.s got in development.
The general quality of Aussie TV drama seems a lot better than it was ten years ago. Why?
First off, television.s cyclical. Ten years ago drama was over and reality was king and people were weeping into their cups. And then comedy was dead a while ago and that came back. The truth of it is that television.s changed so much in the last ten years and even five years. Even the last twelve months. There.s a lot more scripted drama because there.s a...
- 8/31/2016
- by Harry Windsor
- IF.com.au
Aftrs CEO Neil Peplow.
Aftrs' new five-year strategy was shaped by what the school calls the most comprehensive and up-to-date national industry skills survey ever undertaken. The report was supplied by Screen Audience Research Australia (Sara) who undertook nationwide research, consulting with more than 500 Australian practitioners.
The survey found skills gaps in the areas of screen business, new technologies, and script coverage, among others. Sara CEO Peter Drinkwater pointed out that "the industry is rapidly changing: tighter budgets and greater time pressures mean less acceptance of failure. The role of training is therefore paramount, with 90 percent of the industry wanting access to more training opportunities in the future..
On the eve of the report's unveiling earlier this month, If sat down with Aftrs CEO Neil Peplow to discuss the school.s five year strategic plan and its focus on outreach, talent development and industry training.
Coming in to Aftrs around nine months ago,...
Aftrs' new five-year strategy was shaped by what the school calls the most comprehensive and up-to-date national industry skills survey ever undertaken. The report was supplied by Screen Audience Research Australia (Sara) who undertook nationwide research, consulting with more than 500 Australian practitioners.
The survey found skills gaps in the areas of screen business, new technologies, and script coverage, among others. Sara CEO Peter Drinkwater pointed out that "the industry is rapidly changing: tighter budgets and greater time pressures mean less acceptance of failure. The role of training is therefore paramount, with 90 percent of the industry wanting access to more training opportunities in the future..
On the eve of the report's unveiling earlier this month, If sat down with Aftrs CEO Neil Peplow to discuss the school.s five year strategic plan and its focus on outreach, talent development and industry training.
Coming in to Aftrs around nine months ago,...
- 8/25/2016
- by Harry Windsor
- IF.com.au
Jacki Weaver and Ivan Sen on the Goldstone set.
Ivan Sen.s.Goldstone opened the 2016 Sydney Film Festival before Transmisison released it nationally on July 7, and will make its international premiere at Tiff next month.
The film reunites Sen and his longtime producing partner David Jowsey with actor Aaron Pederson, who reprises the role of Outback detective Jay Swan, first seen in Sen.s 2013 feature Mystery Road.
.He.s a guy from an Indigenous background who.s defending and upholding white law, which has been in conflict with the white establishment for such a long time,. says Sen.
.He.s very divisive, no matter where he goes. He.s loaded with all kinds of political, social connotations. The situations you could put him in and have something quite deep and meaningful come out [of] his experiences are endless..
Goldstone revisits Swan after the loss of his daughter, whose death occurred at...
Ivan Sen.s.Goldstone opened the 2016 Sydney Film Festival before Transmisison released it nationally on July 7, and will make its international premiere at Tiff next month.
The film reunites Sen and his longtime producing partner David Jowsey with actor Aaron Pederson, who reprises the role of Outback detective Jay Swan, first seen in Sen.s 2013 feature Mystery Road.
.He.s a guy from an Indigenous background who.s defending and upholding white law, which has been in conflict with the white establishment for such a long time,. says Sen.
.He.s very divisive, no matter where he goes. He.s loaded with all kinds of political, social connotations. The situations you could put him in and have something quite deep and meaningful come out [of] his experiences are endless..
Goldstone revisits Swan after the loss of his daughter, whose death occurred at...
- 8/12/2016
- by Alice McCredie-Dando
- IF.com.au
Kriv Stenders.
Kriv Stenders is set to direct new feature Australia Day, produced by Foxtel and Hoodlum, led by Bryan Brown and written by Stephen M. Irwin (Secrets & Lies).
Due to start shooting in Brisbane on August 22, the film will also star Shari Sebbens (The Sapphires, The Gods of Wheat Street), Sean Keenan (Lockie Leonard, Glitch), Matthew Le Nevez (The Kettering Incident, Offspring), Jenny Wu, Daniel Webber, Elias Anton, Isabelle Cornish and Phoenix Raei..
Speaking to If, Foxtel's Head of Drama Penny Win described the feature, set in Brisbane over 12 hours, as "the other side of Australia Day".
"It.s been with us for two or three years, long before the current topical discussion of racism in Australia. It.s showing Australia Day from the other side. It.s about an Australian farmer, a Chinese illegal immigrant, a Persian family and an Indigenous girl. The structure of it is very like [2004 Oscar winner] Crash.
Kriv Stenders is set to direct new feature Australia Day, produced by Foxtel and Hoodlum, led by Bryan Brown and written by Stephen M. Irwin (Secrets & Lies).
Due to start shooting in Brisbane on August 22, the film will also star Shari Sebbens (The Sapphires, The Gods of Wheat Street), Sean Keenan (Lockie Leonard, Glitch), Matthew Le Nevez (The Kettering Incident, Offspring), Jenny Wu, Daniel Webber, Elias Anton, Isabelle Cornish and Phoenix Raei..
Speaking to If, Foxtel's Head of Drama Penny Win described the feature, set in Brisbane over 12 hours, as "the other side of Australia Day".
"It.s been with us for two or three years, long before the current topical discussion of racism in Australia. It.s showing Australia Day from the other side. It.s about an Australian farmer, a Chinese illegal immigrant, a Persian family and an Indigenous girl. The structure of it is very like [2004 Oscar winner] Crash.
- 8/11/2016
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
Media Stockade's 2015 documentary The Surgery Ship.
Screen Australia has allocated more than $1.4 million to four projects under its Documentary Broadcast Program..
.We.re really pleased to support this strong slate of projects from high quality Australian story tellers,. said Screen Australia's Senior Manager for Documentary Liz Stevens.
.Most of these documentaries come with solid international finance attached which gives both Australian and international audiences a chance to broaden their understanding of the world through this diverse group of programs..
Funded projects include Media Stockade.s The Surgery Ship Series, an eight-parter for National Geographic and Sbs, based on Media Stockade founder Madeleine Hetherton's 2015 doc The Surgery Ship.
Also for National Geographic is Jade.s Quest from Jade Productions and executive producer Daryl Talbot, a journey to the top of the world with a 14-year-old who sets out to inspire young girls to chase their dreams.
Northern Pictures. Outback is...
Screen Australia has allocated more than $1.4 million to four projects under its Documentary Broadcast Program..
.We.re really pleased to support this strong slate of projects from high quality Australian story tellers,. said Screen Australia's Senior Manager for Documentary Liz Stevens.
.Most of these documentaries come with solid international finance attached which gives both Australian and international audiences a chance to broaden their understanding of the world through this diverse group of programs..
Funded projects include Media Stockade.s The Surgery Ship Series, an eight-parter for National Geographic and Sbs, based on Media Stockade founder Madeleine Hetherton's 2015 doc The Surgery Ship.
Also for National Geographic is Jade.s Quest from Jade Productions and executive producer Daryl Talbot, a journey to the top of the world with a 14-year-old who sets out to inspire young girls to chase their dreams.
Northern Pictures. Outback is...
- 4/21/2016
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
Jessica Mauboy.
Channel Seven's The Secret Daughter, starring Jessica Mauboy, has begun filming in Sydney and country Nsw.
Mauboy leads the cast as Billie Carter, a part-time country pub singer whose life changes forever after a chance meeting with wealthy city hotelier Jack Norton, played by Colin Friels.
The drama will also star Bonnie Sveen (Home and Away), Matthew Levett (A Place To Call Home, Devil.s Playground), David Field (Catching Milat, No Activity), Rachel Gordon (Winter, The Moodys, Blue Heelers), Salvatore Coco (The Principal, Catching Milat) and Jared Turner (The Almighty Johnsons, The Shannara Chronicles).
Supporting cast members include former Miss World Australia Erin Holland, Jr Reyne (Neighbours), Libby Asciak (Here Come The Habibs), Johnny Boxer (Fat Pizza vs Housos), Terry Serio (Janet King), Waapa graduate Harriet Gordon-Anderson, Jeremy Ambrum (Cleverman, Mabo) and Amanda Muggleton (City Homicide, Prisoner).
.Seven is the home of Australian drama and we.re immensely...
Channel Seven's The Secret Daughter, starring Jessica Mauboy, has begun filming in Sydney and country Nsw.
Mauboy leads the cast as Billie Carter, a part-time country pub singer whose life changes forever after a chance meeting with wealthy city hotelier Jack Norton, played by Colin Friels.
The drama will also star Bonnie Sveen (Home and Away), Matthew Levett (A Place To Call Home, Devil.s Playground), David Field (Catching Milat, No Activity), Rachel Gordon (Winter, The Moodys, Blue Heelers), Salvatore Coco (The Principal, Catching Milat) and Jared Turner (The Almighty Johnsons, The Shannara Chronicles).
Supporting cast members include former Miss World Australia Erin Holland, Jr Reyne (Neighbours), Libby Asciak (Here Come The Habibs), Johnny Boxer (Fat Pizza vs Housos), Terry Serio (Janet King), Waapa graduate Harriet Gordon-Anderson, Jeremy Ambrum (Cleverman, Mabo) and Amanda Muggleton (City Homicide, Prisoner).
.Seven is the home of Australian drama and we.re immensely...
- 4/18/2016
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
At Screen Australia's Family Film Forum at Sydney's Uts, screenwriter Harry Cripps discussed writing feature animation Larrikins for Dreamworks.
The studio was looking for an Australian story - to do for Australia what Kung Fu Panda.had done for China, according to Cripps.
The scribe came onboard after six of his pilot scipts for the American marketplace had gone nowhere.
Cripps started work on Larrikins in 2011. The film's third in-progress screening will take place in June, and the finished product will be released in 2018.
In the video above, he talks about his writing approach, his early experiences in the Australian film industry on features such as Paws, and the pitching system that exists in the American system - which has "nothing to do with how good a writer you are".
Cripps discusses his work on Kung Fu Panda 3, which was brief and left him in tears, and teases what we can expect in Larrikins.
The studio was looking for an Australian story - to do for Australia what Kung Fu Panda.had done for China, according to Cripps.
The scribe came onboard after six of his pilot scipts for the American marketplace had gone nowhere.
Cripps started work on Larrikins in 2011. The film's third in-progress screening will take place in June, and the finished product will be released in 2018.
In the video above, he talks about his writing approach, his early experiences in the Australian film industry on features such as Paws, and the pitching system that exists in the American system - which has "nothing to do with how good a writer you are".
Cripps discusses his work on Kung Fu Panda 3, which was brief and left him in tears, and teases what we can expect in Larrikins.
- 4/5/2016
- by Harry Windsor
- IF.com.au
Essie Davis as.Miss Fisher.
ABC TV has received a record thirty-three nominations — the most of any network — for this year.s Logie Awards, to be held May 8.
Essie Davis, star of Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries, is in the running for big prize, the Gold Logie.
Davis is also nominated for the Best Actress and Most Outstanding Actress awards.
The Doctor Blake Mysteries star Craig McLachlan is up against Please Like Me's Josh Thomas for the Best Actor award.
Other ABC acting nominees include Patrick Brammall (Glitch), Sarah Snook (The Beautiful Lie), Deborah Mailman (Redfern Now: Promise Me), Tim Minchin (The Secret River), Emily Barclay (Glitch) and Rarriwuy Hick (Redfern Now: Promise Me).
In the entertainment and comedy categories, The Weekly with Charlie Pickering, Utopia, Shaun Micallef's Mad as Hell, Please Like Me and Gruen all picked up nominations..
Sarah Ferguson's Hitting Home and The Killing Season will...
ABC TV has received a record thirty-three nominations — the most of any network — for this year.s Logie Awards, to be held May 8.
Essie Davis, star of Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries, is in the running for big prize, the Gold Logie.
Davis is also nominated for the Best Actress and Most Outstanding Actress awards.
The Doctor Blake Mysteries star Craig McLachlan is up against Please Like Me's Josh Thomas for the Best Actor award.
Other ABC acting nominees include Patrick Brammall (Glitch), Sarah Snook (The Beautiful Lie), Deborah Mailman (Redfern Now: Promise Me), Tim Minchin (The Secret River), Emily Barclay (Glitch) and Rarriwuy Hick (Redfern Now: Promise Me).
In the entertainment and comedy categories, The Weekly with Charlie Pickering, Utopia, Shaun Micallef's Mad as Hell, Please Like Me and Gruen all picked up nominations..
Sarah Ferguson's Hitting Home and The Killing Season will...
- 4/4/2016
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
Producer Mark Johnson.
American producer Mark Johnson.has landed in Wa and is in the thick of pre-production on the film adaptation of Tim Winton's Breath, to be directed by Simon Baker.
"I've now done three films in Australia - one on the Gold Coast, one in Cairns and one in Melbourne, but I'd never been to Western Australia, and I actually got to know it through the works of Tim Winton", Johnson said..
"Winton describes it with such love and respect and is so protective of the land that I felt like I had already known it"..
The vast majority of the shoot will take place in the coastal town of Denmark, which Johnson is "in awe of", and the producer is already excited about the communal atmosphere.
"I have to say, and it's been a long time since I've experienced this - the entire town is behind this film.
American producer Mark Johnson.has landed in Wa and is in the thick of pre-production on the film adaptation of Tim Winton's Breath, to be directed by Simon Baker.
"I've now done three films in Australia - one on the Gold Coast, one in Cairns and one in Melbourne, but I'd never been to Western Australia, and I actually got to know it through the works of Tim Winton", Johnson said..
"Winton describes it with such love and respect and is so protective of the land that I felt like I had already known it"..
The vast majority of the shoot will take place in the coastal town of Denmark, which Johnson is "in awe of", and the producer is already excited about the communal atmosphere.
"I have to say, and it's been a long time since I've experienced this - the entire town is behind this film.
- 3/23/2016
- by Harry Windsor
- IF.com.au
Producer Mark Johnson.
American producer Mark Johnson.has landed in Wa and is in the thick of pre-production on the film adaptation of Tim Winton's Breath, to be directed by Simon Baker.
"I've now done three films in Australia - one on the Gold Coast, one in Cairns and one in Melbourne, but I'd never been to Western Australia, and I actually got to know it through the works of Tim Winton", Johnson said..
"Winton describes it with such love and respect and is so protective of the land that I felt like I had already known it"..
The vast majority of the shoot will take place in the coastal town of Denmark, which Johnson is "in awe of", and the producer is already excited about the communal atmosphere.
"I have to say, and it's been a long time since I've experienced this - the entire town is behind this film.
American producer Mark Johnson.has landed in Wa and is in the thick of pre-production on the film adaptation of Tim Winton's Breath, to be directed by Simon Baker.
"I've now done three films in Australia - one on the Gold Coast, one in Cairns and one in Melbourne, but I'd never been to Western Australia, and I actually got to know it through the works of Tim Winton", Johnson said..
"Winton describes it with such love and respect and is so protective of the land that I felt like I had already known it"..
The vast majority of the shoot will take place in the coastal town of Denmark, which Johnson is "in awe of", and the producer is already excited about the communal atmosphere.
"I have to say, and it's been a long time since I've experienced this - the entire town is behind this film.
- 3/23/2016
- by Harry Windsor
- IF.com.au
Producer Mark Johnson.
American producer Mark Johnson.has landed in Wa and is in the thick of pre-production on the film adaptation of Tim Winton's Breath, to be directed by Simon Baker.
"I've now done three films in Australia - one on the Gold Coast, one in Cairns and one in Melbourne, but I'd never been to Western Australia, and I actually got to know it through the works of Tim Winton", Johnson said..
"Winton describes it with such love and respect and is so protective of the land that I felt like I had already known it"..
The vast majority of the shoot will take place in the coastal town of Denmark, which Johnson is "in awe of", and the producer is already excited about the communal atmosphere.
"I have to say, and it's been a long time since I've experienced this - the entire town is behind this film.
American producer Mark Johnson.has landed in Wa and is in the thick of pre-production on the film adaptation of Tim Winton's Breath, to be directed by Simon Baker.
"I've now done three films in Australia - one on the Gold Coast, one in Cairns and one in Melbourne, but I'd never been to Western Australia, and I actually got to know it through the works of Tim Winton", Johnson said..
"Winton describes it with such love and respect and is so protective of the land that I felt like I had already known it"..
The vast majority of the shoot will take place in the coastal town of Denmark, which Johnson is "in awe of", and the producer is already excited about the communal atmosphere.
"I have to say, and it's been a long time since I've experienced this - the entire town is behind this film.
- 3/23/2016
- by Harry Windsor
- IF.com.au
Rising stars Mark Coles Smith and Genna Hayes will screen their short film, Wurinyan, as part of Cannes' Festival Corner..
Shot entirely in Sydney's Eastern Suburbs, the short, which runs at 34 minutes, also stars Christine Anu, Rarriwuy Hick and Peter Mochrie.
Wurinyan was directed by Hayes, executive produced by John McGrath and Paul Ralph and shot by Dop Rupert Brown.
Hayes, who has just returned from South America after starring in Venezuelan thriller Infection, said she was excited to share this Australian story with an international audience..
.This was a passion project for many of us involved, and to access a global audience at the most prestigious film festival in the world and spread awareness about these issues is incredible,. she said..
Last Cab to Darwin's Coles Smith said he was drawn to the project "as it not only raises awareness about important social issues, but also offers hope...
Shot entirely in Sydney's Eastern Suburbs, the short, which runs at 34 minutes, also stars Christine Anu, Rarriwuy Hick and Peter Mochrie.
Wurinyan was directed by Hayes, executive produced by John McGrath and Paul Ralph and shot by Dop Rupert Brown.
Hayes, who has just returned from South America after starring in Venezuelan thriller Infection, said she was excited to share this Australian story with an international audience..
.This was a passion project for many of us involved, and to access a global audience at the most prestigious film festival in the world and spread awareness about these issues is incredible,. she said..
Last Cab to Darwin's Coles Smith said he was drawn to the project "as it not only raises awareness about important social issues, but also offers hope...
- 3/14/2016
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
Aaron Glenane and Aaron Pedersen in Killing Ground.
Writer-director Damien Power describes the writing process on his thriller, Killing Ground, in one word: "long".
"I was working with producer Joe Weatherstone on another script. With that project we went to the then-afc's IndiVision lab, which was a workshop for low-budget features: a million or less. It's a workshop so we kind of pulled it apart, and I don't think we ever really put those pieces back together again"..
"But while I was in that process I had an idea for something that I thought we could make quickly and cheaply. And then eight years later, I got to make it" (laughs)..
Power's debut feature stars Aaron Pedersen, Harriet Dyer, Ian Meadows, Aaron Glenane, Maya Strange, and Tiarnie Coupland, and was inspired by an image that floated into the filmmaker's head: of an orange tent in the bush, abandoned.
The production...
Writer-director Damien Power describes the writing process on his thriller, Killing Ground, in one word: "long".
"I was working with producer Joe Weatherstone on another script. With that project we went to the then-afc's IndiVision lab, which was a workshop for low-budget features: a million or less. It's a workshop so we kind of pulled it apart, and I don't think we ever really put those pieces back together again"..
"But while I was in that process I had an idea for something that I thought we could make quickly and cheaply. And then eight years later, I got to make it" (laughs)..
Power's debut feature stars Aaron Pedersen, Harriet Dyer, Ian Meadows, Aaron Glenane, Maya Strange, and Tiarnie Coupland, and was inspired by an image that floated into the filmmaker's head: of an orange tent in the bush, abandoned.
The production...
- 1/29/2016
- by Harry Windsor
- IF.com.au
ABC iview has maintained its pole position as the most used free-to-air internet TV site in 2015..
ABC iview hit a new record in November with more than 40 million program plays (which is more than double the program plays from the same time last year) and had over 2 million visitors to its site and apps each month.
Total ABC prime-time share was stable year-on-year at 14.3 per cent, and ABC TV remained the leading daytime network, according to a company statement.
The ABC Kids iview app, launched in March, had over half a million downloads.
ABC Television director, Richard Finlayson, said the national broadcaster went into the year acknowledging that audience viewing habits were shifting..
"We had to reflect this in our programming, delivery platforms and the way in which we reported on audiences, and I.m delighted with the results on all fronts,. he said.
.Our success is testament to the...
ABC iview hit a new record in November with more than 40 million program plays (which is more than double the program plays from the same time last year) and had over 2 million visitors to its site and apps each month.
Total ABC prime-time share was stable year-on-year at 14.3 per cent, and ABC TV remained the leading daytime network, according to a company statement.
The ABC Kids iview app, launched in March, had over half a million downloads.
ABC Television director, Richard Finlayson, said the national broadcaster went into the year acknowledging that audience viewing habits were shifting..
"We had to reflect this in our programming, delivery platforms and the way in which we reported on audiences, and I.m delighted with the results on all fronts,. he said.
.Our success is testament to the...
- 12/4/2015
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
Continuing his passion to produce films based on true Australian events, Sunstar Entertainment.s Andrew Fraser has optioned the remarkable story of athlete John Maclean. Maclean was hit by an 8 tonne truck while training for a triathlon on his bike in 1988. He suffered multiple breaks to his pelvis and back, a fractured sternum, punctured lungs and a broken arm, which left him a paraplegic. Somehow, this near fatal accident was the making of him. Although he feared he would never walk again, rather than give up he swam the English Channel, completed the Hawaiian Ironman and represented Australia in rowing at the Sydney 2000 Olympic and Paralympic Games. In 2014 he astounded the medical world when he completed the triathlon he was training for all those years earlier — with his wife and son by his side.
Fraser, who has known Maclean for 20 years, bumped into him recently at a fundraiser. .When he found out about Sunstar,...
Fraser, who has known Maclean for 20 years, bumped into him recently at a fundraiser. .When he found out about Sunstar,...
- 11/26/2015
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
A big-hearted story about a boy aiming for a place in the Tokyo paper-plane finals
Dami Im’s cover of Macy Gray’s Beauty in the World sets the upbeat tone for this Australian domestic hit about a kid aiming for the Tokyo paper-plane finals. Inspired by a 2009 episode of the TV series Australian Story, Robert Connolly’s big-hearted drama finds redemption in folded paper as young Dylan (The Visit’s Ed Oxenbould) aims his darts at his bereaved father’s heart. Sam Worthington looks suitably bereft as the widower who can’t connect with his motherless child, but Terry Norris steals the show as the irrepressible grandpa who has little intention of putting his rakish fighter-pilot past behind him.
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Dami Im’s cover of Macy Gray’s Beauty in the World sets the upbeat tone for this Australian domestic hit about a kid aiming for the Tokyo paper-plane finals. Inspired by a 2009 episode of the TV series Australian Story, Robert Connolly’s big-hearted drama finds redemption in folded paper as young Dylan (The Visit’s Ed Oxenbould) aims his darts at his bereaved father’s heart. Sam Worthington looks suitably bereft as the widower who can’t connect with his motherless child, but Terry Norris steals the show as the irrepressible grandpa who has little intention of putting his rakish fighter-pilot past behind him.
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- 10/25/2015
- by Mark Kermode Observer film critic
- The Guardian - Film News
The premiere of season 3 of A Place to Call Home on Foxtel's SoHo has attracted a a consolidated cumulative audience of 500,000 viewers.
According to OzTam figures, that ranks as the third most watched drama series in subscription TV history, trailing Game of Thrones and Wentworth.
The Sunday September 27 broadcast of A Place to Call Home scored. an overnight consolidated audience of 255,000, the most watched program ever on SoHo and the fourth most popular series on pay TV this year behind Game of Thrones, Selling Houses Australia and The Flash.
The figures vindicate the decision by Foxtel executive director of television Brian Walsh to commission two series of the Seven Productions show created by Bevan Lee after the Seven Network elected not to renew it..
Walsh said: .We are knocked out by this outstanding result. It is a timely reminder that Australians love great Australian story telling and quality drama which is well conceived,...
According to OzTam figures, that ranks as the third most watched drama series in subscription TV history, trailing Game of Thrones and Wentworth.
The Sunday September 27 broadcast of A Place to Call Home scored. an overnight consolidated audience of 255,000, the most watched program ever on SoHo and the fourth most popular series on pay TV this year behind Game of Thrones, Selling Houses Australia and The Flash.
The figures vindicate the decision by Foxtel executive director of television Brian Walsh to commission two series of the Seven Productions show created by Bevan Lee after the Seven Network elected not to renew it..
Walsh said: .We are knocked out by this outstanding result. It is a timely reminder that Australians love great Australian story telling and quality drama which is well conceived,...
- 10/15/2015
- by Staff writer
- IF.com.au
Offspring actor Matthew Le Nevez is set to star in the new Endemol Shine production for Network Ten - Brock.
Le Nevez will bring to life the story of one of Australia.s greatest and most complex sporting heroes, Peter Brock.
The cast will also include Ella Scott Lynch as Bev Brock, Steve Bisley as Harry Firth and Natalie Bassingthwaite as Julie Bamford.
Le Nevez, best known for his role as Dr Patrick Reid in the multi-award winning drama Offspring, is no stranger to portraying real-life individuals.
He has already played Matthew Wales in the critically acclaimed The Society Murders, Australian cricket legend Dennis Lillee in Howzat! Kerry Packer.s War and Damien Parer in Parer.s War.
Le Nevez said it was a privilege to be involved in the Brock project..
"Growing up as a kid, I watched Peter conquer the mountain many times and now to be playing him,...
Le Nevez will bring to life the story of one of Australia.s greatest and most complex sporting heroes, Peter Brock.
The cast will also include Ella Scott Lynch as Bev Brock, Steve Bisley as Harry Firth and Natalie Bassingthwaite as Julie Bamford.
Le Nevez, best known for his role as Dr Patrick Reid in the multi-award winning drama Offspring, is no stranger to portraying real-life individuals.
He has already played Matthew Wales in the critically acclaimed The Society Murders, Australian cricket legend Dennis Lillee in Howzat! Kerry Packer.s War and Damien Parer in Parer.s War.
Le Nevez said it was a privilege to be involved in the Brock project..
"Growing up as a kid, I watched Peter conquer the mountain many times and now to be playing him,...
- 8/24/2015
- by Inside Film Correspondent
- IF.com.au
A $2.3 million investment by the Wa Government has secured Denmark, a coastal town in the Great Southern region, as the location for the film adaptation of Tim Winton.s novel Breath.
Simon Baker will star in and direct the film with Us producer Mark Johnson (Breaking Bad, The Notebook, Rain Man), and See Pictures' Jamie Hilton (The Little Death, The Waiting City, Backtrack).
Breath focuses on the lives of two teenage thrill-seeking boys. Hungry for discovery they form an unlikely bond with reclusive older surfer, Sando (Baker) and his mysterious wife. The boys are driven to take risks that will have a profound and lasting impact on their lives. The screenwriting team includes Winton and Gerard Lee (co-writer of Top of the Lake).. Palace will distribute in Australia and Arclight is handling international sales.
The Royalties for Regions program will contribute $1.5 million while ScreenWest will chip in $800,000.
Culture and...
Simon Baker will star in and direct the film with Us producer Mark Johnson (Breaking Bad, The Notebook, Rain Man), and See Pictures' Jamie Hilton (The Little Death, The Waiting City, Backtrack).
Breath focuses on the lives of two teenage thrill-seeking boys. Hungry for discovery they form an unlikely bond with reclusive older surfer, Sando (Baker) and his mysterious wife. The boys are driven to take risks that will have a profound and lasting impact on their lives. The screenwriting team includes Winton and Gerard Lee (co-writer of Top of the Lake).. Palace will distribute in Australia and Arclight is handling international sales.
The Royalties for Regions program will contribute $1.5 million while ScreenWest will chip in $800,000.
Culture and...
- 7/10/2015
- by Staff writer
- IF.com.au
The ABC.s new regional division and the TV news department are shooting a documentary series on residents in some of Australia.s smallest communities.
Due to air later this year, the 8-part Back Roads will be presented by Heather Ewart, who last year fronted A Country Road . The Nationals. That 3-part series chronicled the history of the National Party featuring larger-than-life characters Bob Katter, Clive Palmer, Pauline Hanson and Barnaby Joyce as well as old-timers such as Doug Anthony and Malcolm Fraser. Brigid Donovan, a long-time producer with Australian Story, is working on the project with teams from ABC regional radio, online and mobile. Back Roads will ask why people have chosen the coastal or country life and look at the events and celebrations that bind them. The new ABC Regional brings together program makers, producers and reporters from across the country to provide a unified service. There are...
Due to air later this year, the 8-part Back Roads will be presented by Heather Ewart, who last year fronted A Country Road . The Nationals. That 3-part series chronicled the history of the National Party featuring larger-than-life characters Bob Katter, Clive Palmer, Pauline Hanson and Barnaby Joyce as well as old-timers such as Doug Anthony and Malcolm Fraser. Brigid Donovan, a long-time producer with Australian Story, is working on the project with teams from ABC regional radio, online and mobile. Back Roads will ask why people have chosen the coastal or country life and look at the events and celebrations that bind them. The new ABC Regional brings together program makers, producers and reporters from across the country to provide a unified service. There are...
- 7/1/2015
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
The Meaa is mobilising its members to attend meetings in Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide, Brisbane and Perth on May 11 to protest proposals to deregulate the process of approving visas for imported actors and crew. .Scrapping the visa controls would mean productions will have unfettered ability to fill all lead and major supporting roles with overseas performers and import entire teams of production crew,. the union says in a bulletin to members.
.Your industry needs your support to fight these changes. Current and future generations of performers and crew are depending on you.. The Meaa has launched a campaign entitled Save Our Stories, which also taps into concerns by the Awg, Adg and others that the rise of Netflix, Stan and Presto could threaten Australian story telling since none of the streaming services is subject to local content rules.
In the visa review Screen Producers Australia, Foxtel, Free TV Australia and the...
.Your industry needs your support to fight these changes. Current and future generations of performers and crew are depending on you.. The Meaa has launched a campaign entitled Save Our Stories, which also taps into concerns by the Awg, Adg and others that the rise of Netflix, Stan and Presto could threaten Australian story telling since none of the streaming services is subject to local content rules.
In the visa review Screen Producers Australia, Foxtel, Free TV Australia and the...
- 5/3/2015
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Four years ago Australian fashion photographer and music video director David Murrell was told he had just months to live after being diagnosed with a highly aggressive brain tumour.
Today Murrell is cancer-free, thanks to a revolutionary form of treatment devised by a team in Norway which includes his father, a stem cell biologist.
That remarkable survival saga was chronicled in the ABC.s Australian Story last year and has since been spun-off into a six-part series, Davie Wants to Live.
Sbs International facilitated the production by providing a distribution guarantee and negotiating a pre-sale with National Geographic.s People Channel in Australia and New Zealand.
It.s the first time Sbs International had boarded a project that was not commissioned by Sbs and it won.t be the last.
At MipTV in Cannes Lara von Ahlefeldt, head of program sales at Sbs International, is looking for international partners for...
Today Murrell is cancer-free, thanks to a revolutionary form of treatment devised by a team in Norway which includes his father, a stem cell biologist.
That remarkable survival saga was chronicled in the ABC.s Australian Story last year and has since been spun-off into a six-part series, Davie Wants to Live.
Sbs International facilitated the production by providing a distribution guarantee and negotiating a pre-sale with National Geographic.s People Channel in Australia and New Zealand.
It.s the first time Sbs International had boarded a project that was not commissioned by Sbs and it won.t be the last.
At MipTV in Cannes Lara von Ahlefeldt, head of program sales at Sbs International, is looking for international partners for...
- 4/13/2015
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
.It.s a great Australian story of an immigrant who came here with nothing and started something,. says Josh Pomeranz, Managing Director of Spectrum Films.
He.s talking about the company.s 50-year history, and he.s right.
Fifty years ago, his father Hans, an immigrant from Holland, started a company which we know now as Spectrum Films. It began as a one room editing suite in North Sydney before moving to Willoughby (famous for starting off as a chicken shop and for the parties held in the parking lot) before settling at its current home in the hub of Sydney.s Entertainment centre, Fox Studios.
.Dad started this company in 1964 and I.m immensely proud of what has been achieved during that time,. says Pomeranz, who took over from his father as MD in 2002.
.I.m hugely proud that we have reached this milestone and the achievement that represents.
He.s talking about the company.s 50-year history, and he.s right.
Fifty years ago, his father Hans, an immigrant from Holland, started a company which we know now as Spectrum Films. It began as a one room editing suite in North Sydney before moving to Willoughby (famous for starting off as a chicken shop and for the parties held in the parking lot) before settling at its current home in the hub of Sydney.s Entertainment centre, Fox Studios.
.Dad started this company in 1964 and I.m immensely proud of what has been achieved during that time,. says Pomeranz, who took over from his father as MD in 2002.
.I.m hugely proud that we have reached this milestone and the achievement that represents.
- 12/9/2014
- by Emily Blatchford
- IF.com.au
A scene from The Man from Coxs River
A documentary following the efforts of a man to save a mob of wild brumbies from a remote National Park has captured the hearts of Australian regional audiences.
The Man from Coxs River charts the mission of two men - Chris Banffy and Luke Carlon . to safely relocate mass of wild horses from a water catchment area in the Burragong Valley due to fears the animals (which are classed as feral pests) will contaminate Sydney.s water supply.
Previously control operations such as these were carried out using shooters in helicopters and were highly controversial. This time, National Parks Ranger Banffy has tasked Carlon to find the horses, get them in the trap, and then break them in enough to lead them five kilometres to another set of yards with truck access.
Self-funded and self-distributed with no publicity budget, the quintessentially Australian story...
A documentary following the efforts of a man to save a mob of wild brumbies from a remote National Park has captured the hearts of Australian regional audiences.
The Man from Coxs River charts the mission of two men - Chris Banffy and Luke Carlon . to safely relocate mass of wild horses from a water catchment area in the Burragong Valley due to fears the animals (which are classed as feral pests) will contaminate Sydney.s water supply.
Previously control operations such as these were carried out using shooters in helicopters and were highly controversial. This time, National Parks Ranger Banffy has tasked Carlon to find the horses, get them in the trap, and then break them in enough to lead them five kilometres to another set of yards with truck access.
Self-funded and self-distributed with no publicity budget, the quintessentially Australian story...
- 6/18/2014
- by Emily Blatchford
- IF.com.au
Australian filmmaker Kim Mordaunt has used his background in documentary film to stunning effect in his Laos-set feature debut, The Rocket. We talked to the director about what inspired him to craft his tale of a young boy seeking redemption in his journey through a war-ravaged country, and how, as a director, he navigated some of the challenges and obstacles which can occur when shooting in a volatile and exotic landscape.
You touched on some of the themes found in The Rocket in a previous documentary [2007’s Bomb Harvest] but how was the narrative formed?
We couldn’t have done this film in the Lao language with protagonists from the country unless we’d made the documentary beforehand. The producer Silvia [Wilczynski] and myself lived in Hanoi, Vietnam about ten years ago and we worked there as teachers, on a propaganda newspapers, and I even landed a job as gameshow host on a rigged programme.
You touched on some of the themes found in The Rocket in a previous documentary [2007’s Bomb Harvest] but how was the narrative formed?
We couldn’t have done this film in the Lao language with protagonists from the country unless we’d made the documentary beforehand. The producer Silvia [Wilczynski] and myself lived in Hanoi, Vietnam about ten years ago and we worked there as teachers, on a propaganda newspapers, and I even landed a job as gameshow host on a rigged programme.
- 3/14/2014
- by Adam Lowes
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Exclusive: Visit Films has closed its first deals on Sophie Hyde’s 52 Tuesdays, licensing Us rights to Kino Lorber ahead of the film’s European premiere in the Berlinale’s Generation programme on Saturday (8).
President Ryan Kampe has closed deals with Praesens for Switzerland and Edko for Hong Kong on the Australian story of a teenager whose mother reveals plans for gender reassignment.
“Kino Lorber understands the film in the way that we did when we first saw the one-minute promo in Melbourne at 37 South and will be able to really take this film out to a wide audience, maximising the film’s unique and groundbreaking style,” said Kampe.
Visit Films’ Efm slate includes six other titles, among them Benjamin Naishtat’s Competition entry History Of Fear and Sanjay Rawal’s Culinary Cinema selection Food Chains.
President Ryan Kampe has closed deals with Praesens for Switzerland and Edko for Hong Kong on the Australian story of a teenager whose mother reveals plans for gender reassignment.
“Kino Lorber understands the film in the way that we did when we first saw the one-minute promo in Melbourne at 37 South and will be able to really take this film out to a wide audience, maximising the film’s unique and groundbreaking style,” said Kampe.
Visit Films’ Efm slate includes six other titles, among them Benjamin Naishtat’s Competition entry History Of Fear and Sanjay Rawal’s Culinary Cinema selection Food Chains.
- 2/8/2014
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
The first Australian Indian Film Fund aims to bankroll one Australian feature and one TV series or documentary every 18 months, each with India-centric themes. The fund was launched on Thursday by a group of Australian businessmen of Indian origin led by Sydney-based It entrepreneur Devendra Gupta and Cpa Yateendra Gupta (no relation). Iaff has signed Fox Studios-based Films & Casting Temple to produce the Australian screen content, appointing Anupam Sharma as its Head of Films. Sharma founded Temple, a production, consultancy, and casting firm 13 years ago. His company has produced the short films Indian Aussies: Terms & Conditions Apply and SMS (Small Man Syndrome) and served as the line producer on multiple film, TV and video projects including From Sydney with Love, Orange, We Are Family, Crooks: It.s Good to be Bad and Just Dance 2. The fund will trigger several million dollars. worth of production and will utilize the 40% producer offset.
- 12/5/2013
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
A qualitative research study commissioned by Screen Australia affirms the importance of Australian screen culture but pays scant attention to the issue of why cinemagoers rarely see local films.
The Ipsos Australia report, Hearts & Minds, affirms that Australians believe that a strong local film and television industry producing high-quality content is essential to their sense of culture and identity.
The study found the heavily promoted Hollywood films have a strong advantage in attracting cinemagoers but said Australians will go to see a local film if it has buzz and strong word-of-mouth. Reflecting their box-office results, Australia, Red Dog and The Sapphires were the most often cited examples.
The focus group research indicated Australian films were easy to miss at the cinema because of very short runs, with one respondent quoting recent misfires Save Your Legs! and Blinder. That.s a chicken-and- egg argument because those films wouldn.t have been...
The Ipsos Australia report, Hearts & Minds, affirms that Australians believe that a strong local film and television industry producing high-quality content is essential to their sense of culture and identity.
The study found the heavily promoted Hollywood films have a strong advantage in attracting cinemagoers but said Australians will go to see a local film if it has buzz and strong word-of-mouth. Reflecting their box-office results, Australia, Red Dog and The Sapphires were the most often cited examples.
The focus group research indicated Australian films were easy to miss at the cinema because of very short runs, with one respondent quoting recent misfires Save Your Legs! and Blinder. That.s a chicken-and- egg argument because those films wouldn.t have been...
- 6/16/2013
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Brenton Thwaites, Alicia Vikander and Jacek Koman have joined the cast of Australian thriller Son of a Gun, which begins shooting in Western Australia at the end of February.
The film marks the debut feature of acclaimed short filmmaker Julius Avery and centres on the relationship between a master criminal (Ewan McGregor) and his young protégé (Thwaites). Thwaites previously starred in Blue Lagoon: The Awakening and recently completed production on Maleficent with Angelina Jolie.
Swedish actress Alicia Vikander, a BAFTA rising star nominee, recently appeared opposite Keira Knightley and Jude Law in Anna Karenina and in Danish film A Royal Affair. She will be seen next in The Seventh Son with Julianne Moore and Jeff Bridges.
Jacek Koman was nominated for an Aacta Award in 2010 for his performance in TV series Spirited, and has also appeared in films such as Romulus My Father, Children of Men, and The Hunter. He...
The film marks the debut feature of acclaimed short filmmaker Julius Avery and centres on the relationship between a master criminal (Ewan McGregor) and his young protégé (Thwaites). Thwaites previously starred in Blue Lagoon: The Awakening and recently completed production on Maleficent with Angelina Jolie.
Swedish actress Alicia Vikander, a BAFTA rising star nominee, recently appeared opposite Keira Knightley and Jude Law in Anna Karenina and in Danish film A Royal Affair. She will be seen next in The Seventh Son with Julianne Moore and Jeff Bridges.
Jacek Koman was nominated for an Aacta Award in 2010 for his performance in TV series Spirited, and has also appeared in films such as Romulus My Father, Children of Men, and The Hunter. He...
- 2/5/2013
- by Brendan Swift
- IF.com.au
Martin Connor has won best editing in a feature film award at the Australian Screen Editors Awards held over the weekend.
Connor won for his work on Burning Man, directed by Jonathan Teplitzky. The film is constructed with a non-linear storyline.
Connor and Burning Man beat Jill Bilcock for Mental, Dany Cooper for The Sapphires and Jason Ballantine for Wish You Were Here. Read the full list of nominees.
Roberta Horslie was honoured with a lifetime membership, while Sally Fryer and Lawrence Silvstrin were both accredited with Ase titles.
In the advertising category, Drew Thompson won for his edit of the Volkswagen Tiguan’s commercial, Cross Country.
Full list of winners:
Best Editing, Open Content
Event Zero – Episode 4, Julian Harvey
Best Editing in a Short Film
The Wilding, Anthony Cox
Best Editing in a Music Video
‘Bird on the Buffalo’ – Angus Stone, Peter Barton
Best Editing in a Commercial
Volkswagen...
Connor won for his work on Burning Man, directed by Jonathan Teplitzky. The film is constructed with a non-linear storyline.
Connor and Burning Man beat Jill Bilcock for Mental, Dany Cooper for The Sapphires and Jason Ballantine for Wish You Were Here. Read the full list of nominees.
Roberta Horslie was honoured with a lifetime membership, while Sally Fryer and Lawrence Silvstrin were both accredited with Ase titles.
In the advertising category, Drew Thompson won for his edit of the Volkswagen Tiguan’s commercial, Cross Country.
Full list of winners:
Best Editing, Open Content
Event Zero – Episode 4, Julian Harvey
Best Editing in a Short Film
The Wilding, Anthony Cox
Best Editing in a Music Video
‘Bird on the Buffalo’ – Angus Stone, Peter Barton
Best Editing in a Commercial
Volkswagen...
- 12/10/2012
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
The Australian Screen Editors Guild announced their 2012 award winners at the seventh annual Ase awards held over the weekend.
Affectionately dubbed .The Ellies,. because of the bronze elephant statues awarded to winners, the ceremony aims to honour achievements in editing across all visual mediums.
Held at Notes in Newtown in Sydney on Saturday December 8, the Ellies drew a strong crowd, capping off what Guild President Jason Ballentine described as being a successful year.
.This has been a brilliant year. I think we can all be proud of our association,. he said.
.The Ase further expanded its national presence and is now active in five States. We continued to increase membership numbers, staged outstanding events and forums, offered free training to Members, broadened The Ellies. Award categories and strengthened our partnerships with other Guilds. It's an incredible achievement given everyone on the Executive and State committees volunteers their time around their 'day jobs',...
Affectionately dubbed .The Ellies,. because of the bronze elephant statues awarded to winners, the ceremony aims to honour achievements in editing across all visual mediums.
Held at Notes in Newtown in Sydney on Saturday December 8, the Ellies drew a strong crowd, capping off what Guild President Jason Ballentine described as being a successful year.
.This has been a brilliant year. I think we can all be proud of our association,. he said.
.The Ase further expanded its national presence and is now active in five States. We continued to increase membership numbers, staged outstanding events and forums, offered free training to Members, broadened The Ellies. Award categories and strengthened our partnerships with other Guilds. It's an incredible achievement given everyone on the Executive and State committees volunteers their time around their 'day jobs',...
- 12/10/2012
- by Emily Blatchford
- IF.com.au
The Australian Screen Editors’ Guild has added a new category to include online and new content streams to its awards night and announced the nominees for the 2012 Ase Awards.
The announcement:
The Australian Screen Editors’ (Ase) Guild is dedicated to the pursuit and recognition of excellence in screen editing across all its forms. It aims to highlight the often invisible art of editing to the public while supporting the people who construct our screen narratives frame by frame.
In 2012 the Ase expanded its activities by opening a new Committee in Brisbane, growing the membership base already established in Sydney, Melbourne, Perth and Adelaide, and expanding its year-round program of seminars, screenings, masterclasses, training days and mentorships. This year the Ase also celebrated its 10th anniversary of Accreditation, the highest honour the Guild can bestow on an editor.
The culmination of the Guild’s year happens at the annual Ase Awards,...
The announcement:
The Australian Screen Editors’ (Ase) Guild is dedicated to the pursuit and recognition of excellence in screen editing across all its forms. It aims to highlight the often invisible art of editing to the public while supporting the people who construct our screen narratives frame by frame.
In 2012 the Ase expanded its activities by opening a new Committee in Brisbane, growing the membership base already established in Sydney, Melbourne, Perth and Adelaide, and expanding its year-round program of seminars, screenings, masterclasses, training days and mentorships. This year the Ase also celebrated its 10th anniversary of Accreditation, the highest honour the Guild can bestow on an editor.
The culmination of the Guild’s year happens at the annual Ase Awards,...
- 11/14/2012
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
Seven’s The X Factor saw an average of 1.536m metro viewers tune in for last night’s performance show.
The X Factor, now in its second to last week of the series, was also the most popular program across the three key advertising demographics of 16-39, 18-49 and 25-54, according to preliminary overnight ratings from OzTAM.
Tonight’s episode will see one contestant leave for a three-way grand final performance show next Monday.
The conclusion of two-part mini-series Devil’s Dust, produced by FremantleMedia for ABC1, slightly increased its total viewers on Sunday night’s first episode. The show about the James Hardie asbestos case rated 723,000 and 13th for the evening, up on Sunday’s 679,000 and 15th for the evening.
In the breakfast television battle, Nine’s Today rated 362,000 ahead of Seven’s Sunrise which rated 344,000.
Seven was dominant in channel share with the station taking a 25.5% share ahead...
The X Factor, now in its second to last week of the series, was also the most popular program across the three key advertising demographics of 16-39, 18-49 and 25-54, according to preliminary overnight ratings from OzTAM.
Tonight’s episode will see one contestant leave for a three-way grand final performance show next Monday.
The conclusion of two-part mini-series Devil’s Dust, produced by FremantleMedia for ABC1, slightly increased its total viewers on Sunday night’s first episode. The show about the James Hardie asbestos case rated 723,000 and 13th for the evening, up on Sunday’s 679,000 and 15th for the evening.
In the breakfast television battle, Nine’s Today rated 362,000 ahead of Seven’s Sunrise which rated 344,000.
Seven was dominant in channel share with the station taking a 25.5% share ahead...
- 11/12/2012
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
Us drama Castle returned to Seven with season five premiering to preliminary overnight metro ratings of 753,000 last night .
The new episode aired at 7.45pm after Seven’s number one show The X Factor which won the night and rated 1.417m and 14th in total viewers according to OzTAM.
In its timeslot, Castle was third for total viewers, beaten by ABC’s Four Corners on 897,000 and Nine’s The Mentalist on 849,000, but beating Ten’s Can of Worms which rated 567,000.
In the key advertising demographics of 16-39, 18-49 and 25-54, Castle was third in its time slot behind The Mentalist and Can of Worms.
Us political drama Scandal rated 317,000 for Seven in the 9.45pm time slot after being moved back from an earlier timeslot.
The X Factor’s performance episode also won the day in 18-49 and 25-54, but was second behind Nine’s Big Brother in 16-39. Among all people,...
The new episode aired at 7.45pm after Seven’s number one show The X Factor which won the night and rated 1.417m and 14th in total viewers according to OzTAM.
In its timeslot, Castle was third for total viewers, beaten by ABC’s Four Corners on 897,000 and Nine’s The Mentalist on 849,000, but beating Ten’s Can of Worms which rated 567,000.
In the key advertising demographics of 16-39, 18-49 and 25-54, Castle was third in its time slot behind The Mentalist and Can of Worms.
Us political drama Scandal rated 317,000 for Seven in the 9.45pm time slot after being moved back from an earlier timeslot.
The X Factor’s performance episode also won the day in 18-49 and 25-54, but was second behind Nine’s Big Brother in 16-39. Among all people,...
- 10/29/2012
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
The X Factor
Seven’s singing competition show The X Factor won Monday’s ratings race, finishing with more than 400,000 viewers ahead of Nine rival Big Brother.
While The X Factor’s performance episode rated 1.462m, Big Brother’s live nominations rated 1.019m in sixth for total viewers, according to preliminary ratings from OzTam.
The X Factor won across all three key advertising demographics of 16-39, 18-49 and 25-54, followed by Big Brother’s live nominations in second place, and Big Brother’s daily show in third.
Big Brother’s daily show rated 906,000 and was ninth for the night in total viewers.
Seven’s new Us political thriller Scandal, which follows The X Factor at 9pm, struggled to benefit from the singing show’s win.
In its second episode the show dropped to 543,000, exactly 200,000 viewers off its preliminary ratings from last week’s debut of 743,000.
The show placed 22nd in total viewers,...
Seven’s singing competition show The X Factor won Monday’s ratings race, finishing with more than 400,000 viewers ahead of Nine rival Big Brother.
While The X Factor’s performance episode rated 1.462m, Big Brother’s live nominations rated 1.019m in sixth for total viewers, according to preliminary ratings from OzTam.
The X Factor won across all three key advertising demographics of 16-39, 18-49 and 25-54, followed by Big Brother’s live nominations in second place, and Big Brother’s daily show in third.
Big Brother’s daily show rated 906,000 and was ninth for the night in total viewers.
Seven’s new Us political thriller Scandal, which follows The X Factor at 9pm, struggled to benefit from the singing show’s win.
In its second episode the show dropped to 543,000, exactly 200,000 viewers off its preliminary ratings from last week’s debut of 743,000.
The show placed 22nd in total viewers,...
- 10/23/2012
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
Scandal: followed The X Factor
Seven’s new Us series Scandal premiered with 743,000 last night.
Heavily promoted in ad breaks during the show that ran before it – Monday night’s most-watched program The X Factor – the political thriller series ranked 16th for the night for total viewers, across the five-city metro market according to preliminary ratings from OzTam.
Scandal aired at 9pm, and while no other shows across the five major channels began at this time and ran for an hour, the show was beaten by ABC1′s 8.30pm program Four Corners, which placed fifth with 1.03m viewers, and Media Watch, on at 9.20pm with 950,000 in 11th, and Q&A at 9.35pm on 858,000 in 14th for total viewers.
It was also beaten by Nine’s The Mentalist, on at 8.30pm, which rated 799,000 – just ahead in 15th position for total viewers.
Scandal did however top Ten’s Can of Worms, which...
Seven’s new Us series Scandal premiered with 743,000 last night.
Heavily promoted in ad breaks during the show that ran before it – Monday night’s most-watched program The X Factor – the political thriller series ranked 16th for the night for total viewers, across the five-city metro market according to preliminary ratings from OzTam.
Scandal aired at 9pm, and while no other shows across the five major channels began at this time and ran for an hour, the show was beaten by ABC1′s 8.30pm program Four Corners, which placed fifth with 1.03m viewers, and Media Watch, on at 9.20pm with 950,000 in 11th, and Q&A at 9.35pm on 858,000 in 14th for total viewers.
It was also beaten by Nine’s The Mentalist, on at 8.30pm, which rated 799,000 – just ahead in 15th position for total viewers.
Scandal did however top Ten’s Can of Worms, which...
- 10/15/2012
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
Seven’s live broadcast of the Afl’s Brownlow Medal was the top program in Melbourne and Adelaide on Monday night and second in Perth.
Despite not airing on Seven in Sydney and Brisbane, the show was sixth in total viewers for the night with a total of 979,000.
In Melbourne the awards rated 637,000, in Adelaide it rated 158,000 and 160,000 in Perth, according to preliminary ratings from OzTam.
Nationally, the ceremony was third in the 16-39 and 18-49 demographics, and fourth in 25-54.
The 7.30pm pre-awards Brownlow red carpet special rated 722,000 in total viewers..
Essendon’s Jobe Watson won the medal.
Because of the audience draw of the Brownlow Medal, Nine only aired Underbelly: Badness in Sydney and Brisbane. The show was the second highest rating show in Sydney with 334,000 and 14th in Brisbane on 141,000 to rate 475,000 across the two cities.
Ten’s retained its normal Monday evening schedule. A repeat of...
Despite not airing on Seven in Sydney and Brisbane, the show was sixth in total viewers for the night with a total of 979,000.
In Melbourne the awards rated 637,000, in Adelaide it rated 158,000 and 160,000 in Perth, according to preliminary ratings from OzTam.
Nationally, the ceremony was third in the 16-39 and 18-49 demographics, and fourth in 25-54.
The 7.30pm pre-awards Brownlow red carpet special rated 722,000 in total viewers..
Essendon’s Jobe Watson won the medal.
Because of the audience draw of the Brownlow Medal, Nine only aired Underbelly: Badness in Sydney and Brisbane. The show was the second highest rating show in Sydney with 334,000 and 14th in Brisbane on 141,000 to rate 475,000 across the two cities.
Ten’s retained its normal Monday evening schedule. A repeat of...
- 9/25/2012
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
Nine's Today breakfast team
In the battle for the breakfast viewer, Nine’s Today recorded a rare win over Seven’s Sunrise yesterday.
Today, fronted by Karl Stefanovic and Lisa Wilkinson, rated 364,000, while Sunrise’s David Koch and Melissa Doyle rated 343,000.
The two shows were 27th and 29th respectively in Monday’s top 50 shows. Ten’s Breakfast, which did not feature in the top 50, rated with just 38,000.
Across the five city metro markets, Today won in Sydney and Melbourne while Sunrise won in Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth.
Ten’s Breakfast rated 38,000.
Seven had better luck in the evening where a two and a half hour live version of The X Factor was the top show for Monday.
The first of the live performances with twelve live acts to get through, the show was scheduled to run from 7.30-9.30pm, but ran over.
While OzTam reports a rating of 1.588m, the...
In the battle for the breakfast viewer, Nine’s Today recorded a rare win over Seven’s Sunrise yesterday.
Today, fronted by Karl Stefanovic and Lisa Wilkinson, rated 364,000, while Sunrise’s David Koch and Melissa Doyle rated 343,000.
The two shows were 27th and 29th respectively in Monday’s top 50 shows. Ten’s Breakfast, which did not feature in the top 50, rated with just 38,000.
Across the five city metro markets, Today won in Sydney and Melbourne while Sunrise won in Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth.
Ten’s Breakfast rated 38,000.
Seven had better luck in the evening where a two and a half hour live version of The X Factor was the top show for Monday.
The first of the live performances with twelve live acts to get through, the show was scheduled to run from 7.30-9.30pm, but ran over.
While OzTam reports a rating of 1.588m, the...
- 9/18/2012
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
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