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Vampires Suck
The "filmmaking" duo who continue to suck the life out of the modern spoof genre...
Tomorrow, When Things Go Boom
Our first big Australian action movie since Mad Max.
Animated films are no longer childs play
Another piece of magic from Pixar.
Melbourne International Film Festival: Wild Target
A pretty humdrum effort despite the talent involved.
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AFTRS Opens its Doors on Open Day
Australia’s premier film, television and radio school is set to hold its opening days in Sydney and Melbourne over the coming days...
Working for Change
We speak to award-winning Aussie filmmaker, Genevieve Clay, about her role in the first ever Live & Love Short Film Competition.
Different Focus
The Focus on Ability Festival recently wrapped for its second year and we spoke to the festival’s founder and this year’s winner.
Kick Starting Talent
M2 Entertainment (M2E) has relaunched as a film finance and production company which aims to nurture emerging and established talent.
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SAFC Announces Recipients of Producer Business Development Funding
SA
The South Australian Film Corporation (SAFC) is delighted to announce the recipients of its 2010 Producer Business Development (PBD) investment initiative with a record commitment of $435,000 to be distributed to 11 South Australian resident producers. SAFC CEO Richard Harris said, "The SAFC has made a significant increase in the contribution of funds in the Producer Business Development Funding Program this... (view full notice)
Added April 28, 2010 12:46
$25,000 Foxtel Fellowship To Reward Excellence In Screenwriting
Nationwide
The Australian Writers’ Foundation (AWF) is calling for nominations for the $25,000 FOXTEL Fellowship: rewarding excellence with freedom. This prestigious fellowship will be presented to a screenwriter who has created a body of work that is impressive in its craft, scope and impact. The intention of the fellowship is to provide the chosen writer with the financial and creative freedom... (view full notice)
Added April 28, 2010 12:43
Popcorn Taxi Presents: 'Harry Brown'
NSW (Bondi Junction)
'Harry Brown' plus audience Q&A with Daniel Barber live from London. Set in modern day Britain, HARRY BROWN is a powerful, character driven thriller starring two-time Academy Award winner Michael Caine in a tour-de-force performance opposite Emily Mortimer and Charlie Creed-Miles. Harry Brown (Michael Caine) lives in a desolate council estate, his sickly wife lies dying in a local hospital... (view full notice)
Added April 28, 2010 10:55
Australia Decides New Designer Choc Top Flavour
Nationwide
Moviegoers are preparing to rainbow rockstar it up, chomp on a coffeecrunch or do the triple choc tango, as they decide the new Event Cinemas designer choc top flavour! After more than 10,000 entries in the “This Is My Choc Top” competition, giving movie lovers the chance to design and name their own choc top, three flavours have been named as... (view full notice)
Added April 28, 2010 10:52
National Talent Competition Calling For Entries!
Nationwide
RockIT, WriteIT, ShootIT, SnapIT or DesignIT for National Youth Week and have your work judged by some of the best in the industry. Are you Australia’s next big star? Young people can get creative and ‘Live It Now’ by submitting an entry to the National Talent Competition as part of National Youth Week 2010 celebrations. The National Talent Competition is an... (view full notice)
Added April 28, 2010 10:49
Get Up Close & Personal With Flickerfest Jury Members
Nationwide
Get up close and personal with FLICKERFEST JURY MEMBERS ROY BILLING, DAN WYLLIE, ANDREW LANCASTER, NICOLE O’DONOHUE and other industry stars as we go behind the scenes of a film festival jury process, screening exclusively this week on Flickerfest on EXTRA! This week Flickerfest on EXTRA broadcasts fly-on-the-wall footage shot at this year's Bondi festival giving previously unseen intimate access to the judging... (view full notice)
Added April 28, 2010 10:45
'Beneath Hill 60' Filmmakers Overwhelmed By Messages From Cinema Audiences
Nationwide
BENEATH HILL 60, the extraordinary true story of Oliver Woodward and his platoon of ordinary Australian miners who tunnelled beneath enemy lines and changed the course of the war on the Western Front, appears to be touching cinema audiences very deeply. Members of the Australian public have inundated the filmmakers with well wishes and votes of thanks for bringing this remarkable... (view full notice)
Added April 28, 2010 10:42
Melbourne Animator Making His Mark
Nationwide
Melbourne-based writer, director and animator, Michael Hill, is putting local animation talent on the world map with his sweet yet dark short animated film ‘The Not So Great Eugene Green’, which has been selected to screen in official International Competition at the prestigious Stuttgart International Festival of the Animated Film, in Germany from May 4th-9th 2010. Stuttgart is a major... (view full notice)
Added April 27, 2010 13:22
Friday on My Mind at AFTRS: Storyboarding Universe - David Russell
NSW (AFTRS Sydney)
David Russell is one of Hollywood's top conceptual illustrators who cut his teeth on 'Star Wars: Return of the Jedi'. Since then, he has created key sequences for over 100 productions including 'Who Framed Roger Rabbit', 'Batman', 'Terminator 2', 'The Thin Red Line', 'Moulin Rouge', 'Wolverine', 'Sanctum' and 'The Chronicles of Narnia'. He shares with us the secrets of capturing... (view full notice)
Added April 27, 2010 11:43
Calling All Women Directors!
Nationwide
The FD4WInternational Film Festival is calling for entries from women film directors. The FD4WInternational Film Festival (FD4WIFF) will take place in London, UK from 9th-12th September 2010. Submissions will be accepted from women film directors in the following four categories: · Features · Shorts · Documentary shorts · Documentary features Prizes will be awarded for: · Best Feature · Best Short · Best Documentary · Most Promising New Director · Audience Award · Best... (view full notice)
Added April 27, 2010 11:36
Film Festival Settles in on the Broadwater!
QSL (Gold Coast)
The Gold Coast Film Festival (formerly known as the Gold Coast Film Fantastic) has signed three year sponsorship agreements with Australia Fair Shopping Centre and Birch Carroll and Coyle Australia Fair Cinemas to give the festival a home for the next three years. This is a great result for the festival following the dramatic 90% increase in attendance at last... (view full notice)
Added April 27, 2010 11:33
John Jameson Productions Finalists For 2010 Announced!
Nationwide
Jameson Irish Whiskey is pleased to announce the six finalists for this year’s John Jameson Productions (JJP) Scriptwriting Competition, with the next critical stage of the selection process to now commence in what is arguably the most exciting short film competition in Australia! Following the success of 2009, this year’s competition is set to be bigger and better than ever, with... (view full notice)
Added April 27, 2010 11:29
Once-In-A-Lifetime Scholarships To UK: Call For Entries
Nationwide
Australia’s best up-and-coming creative practitioners are invited to apply to win one of five scholarships offering the rare opportunity to connect with industry leaders in the UK, thanks to the British Council’s Realise Your Dream awards. Now in its eighth successful year, Realise Your Dream is open to anyone working in creative fields such as visual arts, fashion, design, advertising, architecture,... (view full notice)
Added April 27, 2010 11:23
ABC Launches Online Alternate Reality Drama 'Bluebird AR' Against Backdrop Of Climate Change
Nationwide
The ABC has launched 'Bluebird AR', an online alternate reality drama exploring the contentious issues of geoengineering, whistle-blowing and philanthrocapitalism. 'Bluebird AR' is an interactive alternate reality story, set against a backdrop of real world possibilities, centring on the experimental science of geoengineering – the deliberate manipulation of the Earth’s atmosphere to counteract climate change. Young scientist Kyle Vandercamp has... (view full notice)
Added April 27, 2010 11:20
Three Birds, One Stone
Nationwide
Entertainment industry professionals who use music in films, advertisements and television series could find their jobs a little less complicated. Announcing a reciprocal agreement, peermusic, the world’s largest global independent publishing company, emerging Sydney based publisher Centrifuge and the respected Hebbes Music Group (HMG), will combine their areas of speciality and substantial portfolio of catalogues, to provide clients with a... (view full notice)
Added April 27, 2010 11:18
Show-Fest International 2010 - Final Reminder
NSW
SHOW-FEST INTERNATIONAL 2010 CALL for ENTRIES Regular deadline: 30 April 2010 Best Film Award worth $3,500 (with $1,500 cash component) Submit your short film now to the only interactive festival in town where cast and crew tell all in our famous Show & Tell. Hear the ups and downs of independent filmmaking and, most importantly, the lessons learned in their making.... (view full notice)
Added April 27, 2010 10:31
'The Twilight Saga: New Moon' On Blu-Ray & DVD Breaks Sale Records
Nationwide
With over a quarter of a million Blu-ray and DVD copies of 'The Twilight Saga: New Moon' sold in its first week in stores, there is no doubt that the 'Twilight' phenomenon continues to take Australia by storm. According to sales results released by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (SPHE), 'The Twilight Saga: New Moon' has gone on to have... (view full notice)
Added April 27, 2010 09:57
'Sex and the City 2' Fever - More Tickets On Sale Now!
Nationwide
Thousands of women around the country have flocked to eventcinemas.com.au for tickets to one of the most anticipated movies of the year- 'Sex and the City 2'! Tickets are in such hot demand that more tickets have now been released! Of course we have a style to suit everyone… Whether you want to get your best girlfriends together and watch the movie... (view full notice)
Added April 27, 2010 09:54
Disney Classics 'Sleeping Beauty' and '101 Dalmations' Return to the Disney Vault From June 30
Nationwide
Each year the Disney Vault opens to release exclusive Walt Disney Classics on DVD. The prestigious nature of these Classics means that they are available for a very limited time only. In fact it could be up to seven years before you see these Disney Classics on DVD again. Walt Disney was the original custodian of the Disney Vault, and began... (view full notice)
Added April 27, 2010 09:51
Australian War Film To Screen In US On ANZAC Day
Nationwide
'Ghosts of War', an Australian short film about a WWI Digger has been selected to screen at the sizeable Newport Beach Film Festival in California, which has in the past presented Oscar-winning films such as 'Crash' with an attendance of over 50,000 people each year. In a fitting coincidence, the film will screen on Anzac Day. Set in Northern France 1917, 'Ghosts of War'... (view full notice)
Added April 23, 2010 15:24