‘MasterChef Australia’.
Australia’s largest production houses and a number of independent producers have asked Prime Minister Scott Morrison for urgent funding to help the industry get back on its feet.
Among their proposals are an immediate cash injection of $200 million to the sector, administered by Screen Australia, to support a back-to-work plan, and doubling the Producer Offset for TV productions to 40 per cent for 12 months, starting from July 1.
Echoing widespread industry sentiment, they call for content quotas on all broadcasters, pay TV channels and SVOD services to preserve the volume of local content and increasing and harmonizing the rates of all Offsets.
This recovery plan is detailed in a letter to Morrison signed by the CEOs or MDs of Endemol Shine Australia, Easy Tiger, Fremantle, Goalpost Pictures, ITV Studios Australia, Matchbox Pictures and Warner Bros. Television Australia.
The other signatories are Screen Producers Australia president Michael Tear and CEO Matt Deaner,...
Australia’s largest production houses and a number of independent producers have asked Prime Minister Scott Morrison for urgent funding to help the industry get back on its feet.
Among their proposals are an immediate cash injection of $200 million to the sector, administered by Screen Australia, to support a back-to-work plan, and doubling the Producer Offset for TV productions to 40 per cent for 12 months, starting from July 1.
Echoing widespread industry sentiment, they call for content quotas on all broadcasters, pay TV channels and SVOD services to preserve the volume of local content and increasing and harmonizing the rates of all Offsets.
This recovery plan is detailed in a letter to Morrison signed by the CEOs or MDs of Endemol Shine Australia, Easy Tiger, Fremantle, Goalpost Pictures, ITV Studios Australia, Matchbox Pictures and Warner Bros. Television Australia.
The other signatories are Screen Producers Australia president Michael Tear and CEO Matt Deaner,...
- 6/12/2020
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
Samara Weaving and Sara West in Bad Girl.
Bad Girl, set for its world premiere at Miff tomorrow evening, is a film some 10 years in the making.
The psychological thriller charts the story of Amy (Sara West), a repeat juvenile offender who has been given one last chance by her adoptive parents.
She strikes up an unlikely friendship with a seemingly well-meaning local girl Chloe (Samara Weaving), but as secrets and obsessions are revealed, things quickly turn toxic. Amy finds herself fighting for her life and the future of the family she.d previously maligned.
Writer-director Fin Edquist told If that the focus of the story is the meaning of family.
.What is a family, and who gets to decide who.s in and who.s out, and is blood thicker than water?,. he said.
Having already won best dramatic feature at the Wa Screen Awards last month, Bad Girl...
Bad Girl, set for its world premiere at Miff tomorrow evening, is a film some 10 years in the making.
The psychological thriller charts the story of Amy (Sara West), a repeat juvenile offender who has been given one last chance by her adoptive parents.
She strikes up an unlikely friendship with a seemingly well-meaning local girl Chloe (Samara Weaving), but as secrets and obsessions are revealed, things quickly turn toxic. Amy finds herself fighting for her life and the future of the family she.d previously maligned.
Writer-director Fin Edquist told If that the focus of the story is the meaning of family.
.What is a family, and who gets to decide who.s in and who.s out, and is blood thicker than water?,. he said.
Having already won best dramatic feature at the Wa Screen Awards last month, Bad Girl...
- 8/10/2016
- by Jackie Keast
- IF.com.au
Comedian Akmal Saleh will join the voice cast of The Wild Adventures of Blinky Bill as Blinky.s best friend, Jacko the frill-necked lizard.
Produced by Sydney-based Flying Bark Productions, the CGI animated TV series is the latest incarnation of the iconic Aussie character following on from last year.s Blinky Bill the Movie.
The 52 x 11 minute episode series has been commissioned by Seven for its broadcast channel, 7Two..
Produced in association with Telegael (Ireland) and Giant Wheel (India), the show is slated to air later this year.
Set a few years after the feature film, the series sees a slightly older Blinky (voiced by Cam Ralph) defending his outback home alongside the wise-cracking Jacko (Saleh). .
.Following an incredibly successful theatrical release last year for Blinky Bill the Movie, we are excited to be announcing Akmal as the voice of Jacko for our new Blinky Bill television series", said Flying Bark Productions...
Produced by Sydney-based Flying Bark Productions, the CGI animated TV series is the latest incarnation of the iconic Aussie character following on from last year.s Blinky Bill the Movie.
The 52 x 11 minute episode series has been commissioned by Seven for its broadcast channel, 7Two..
Produced in association with Telegael (Ireland) and Giant Wheel (India), the show is slated to air later this year.
Set a few years after the feature film, the series sees a slightly older Blinky (voiced by Cam Ralph) defending his outback home alongside the wise-cracking Jacko (Saleh). .
.Following an incredibly successful theatrical release last year for Blinky Bill the Movie, we are excited to be announcing Akmal as the voice of Jacko for our new Blinky Bill television series", said Flying Bark Productions...
- 6/6/2016
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
Apichatpong Weerasethakul's.Cemetery of Splendour.
Tomorrow, March 17, will see the presentation of the 2015 Asia Pacific Screen Awards prize of Best Feature Film Award to renowned Thai filmmaker Apichatpong Weerasethakul for his film Cemetery of Splendour.
Marking their tenth year in 2016, the Apsa awards acknowledge excellence in the world.s fastest growing film region: comprising 70 countries, 4.5 billion people, and responsible for half of the world.s film output.
In 2015, 39 films from 22 Asia Pacific countries and areas received award nominations.
Weerasethakul will be presented with his award at Sydney's Carriageworks at 10am tomorrow, after which there will be a preview of the filmmaker's most recent installation work for Sydney's Biennale - Home Movie.
Apsa also nominated Downriver's Reef Ireland for Best Performance by an Actor, Molly Reynolds' Another Country was nominated for a Best Documentary Feature Film prize (won by The Chinese Mayor), and Blinky Bill The Movie was nominated for Best Animated Feature.
Tomorrow, March 17, will see the presentation of the 2015 Asia Pacific Screen Awards prize of Best Feature Film Award to renowned Thai filmmaker Apichatpong Weerasethakul for his film Cemetery of Splendour.
Marking their tenth year in 2016, the Apsa awards acknowledge excellence in the world.s fastest growing film region: comprising 70 countries, 4.5 billion people, and responsible for half of the world.s film output.
In 2015, 39 films from 22 Asia Pacific countries and areas received award nominations.
Weerasethakul will be presented with his award at Sydney's Carriageworks at 10am tomorrow, after which there will be a preview of the filmmaker's most recent installation work for Sydney's Biennale - Home Movie.
Apsa also nominated Downriver's Reef Ireland for Best Performance by an Actor, Molly Reynolds' Another Country was nominated for a Best Documentary Feature Film prize (won by The Chinese Mayor), and Blinky Bill The Movie was nominated for Best Animated Feature.
- 3/15/2016
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
The Asia Pacific Screen Awards today announced the nominees in the youth, animation and documentary feature film categories for the 9th annual awards.
Also announced was the international jury who will determine the winners in these three categories before the November 26 ceremony at Brisbane.s City Hall.
The Australian contenders are Deane Taylor's Blinky Bill: The Movie and Molly Reynold's feature documentary Another Country,. in which David Gulpili. attempts to make sense of the contradictions of the modern Aboriginal experience. The nominees for best youth feature are Mina Walking (Afghanistan, Canada), Set Me Free (Geo-in, Republic of Korea), A Corner of Heaven (Tiantang jiaoluo, People.s Republic of China, France), Mustang (Turkey, Qatar, France, Germany), and River (Gtsngbo, People.s Republic of China), a recipient of the Apsa Academy Children.s Film Fund, written and directed by Apsa Academy member Songtaijia. Vying for best documentary feature are The Look of Silence (Indonesia,...
Also announced was the international jury who will determine the winners in these three categories before the November 26 ceremony at Brisbane.s City Hall.
The Australian contenders are Deane Taylor's Blinky Bill: The Movie and Molly Reynold's feature documentary Another Country,. in which David Gulpili. attempts to make sense of the contradictions of the modern Aboriginal experience. The nominees for best youth feature are Mina Walking (Afghanistan, Canada), Set Me Free (Geo-in, Republic of Korea), A Corner of Heaven (Tiantang jiaoluo, People.s Republic of China, France), Mustang (Turkey, Qatar, France, Germany), and River (Gtsngbo, People.s Republic of China), a recipient of the Apsa Academy Children.s Film Fund, written and directed by Apsa Academy member Songtaijia. Vying for best documentary feature are The Look of Silence (Indonesia,...
- 9/29/2015
- by Staff writer
- IF.com.au
Toni Collette has joined Levi Miller, Aaron McGrath and Angourie Rice on the cast of Rachel Perkins' Australian feature film Jasper Jones..
Jasper Jones is the film adaptation of the award winning coming of age mystery novel by Craig Silvey.
Collette will play the role of Ruth Bucktin, mother to Charlie Bucktin (Miller)..
The film is set over one eventful summer in 1965 when Charlie, lured by adventure and mystery, experiences the trials of teenage love and discovers what it means to be truly courageous..
Aaaron McGrath has been cast as the titular character Jasper Jones and Rice as the intelligent and mysterious Eliza Wishart, who is also the object of Charlie.s affections.
Producer, Vincent Sheehan said Toni Collette was, quite simply, one of the greatest actors of her generation.
"The depth and insight she will bring to the unique role of Ruth Bucktin and having her work alongside...
Jasper Jones is the film adaptation of the award winning coming of age mystery novel by Craig Silvey.
Collette will play the role of Ruth Bucktin, mother to Charlie Bucktin (Miller)..
The film is set over one eventful summer in 1965 when Charlie, lured by adventure and mystery, experiences the trials of teenage love and discovers what it means to be truly courageous..
Aaaron McGrath has been cast as the titular character Jasper Jones and Rice as the intelligent and mysterious Eliza Wishart, who is also the object of Charlie.s affections.
Producer, Vincent Sheehan said Toni Collette was, quite simply, one of the greatest actors of her generation.
"The depth and insight she will bring to the unique role of Ruth Bucktin and having her work alongside...
- 9/28/2015
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
An Australian movie featuring Ryan Kwanten, Toni Collette, Robin McLeavy, David Wenham, Rufus Sewell, Richard Roxburgh, Deborah Mailman, Barry Otto and Barry Humphries sounds like a casting director.s dream.
All are lending their voices to The Blinky Bill Movie, Flying Bark Productions. CGI feature now in production in Sydney.
The script is by Fin Edquist, whose Maya the Bee Movie opens here on November 1. The co-directors are Deane Taylor (The Nightmare Before Christmas) and Maya.s Alexs Stadermann.
Kwanten voices the title character with McLeavy as the koala.s best friend Nutsy. The plot sees the duo racing across the outback to find Blinky.s missing father and save his hometown.
Collette will voice emus Beryl and Cheryl with Sewell as The Cat, Humphries as Wombo the wombat, Wenham as Jacko the frill-necked lizard, Mailman as Blinky.s mother and Otto as the mayor of Green Patch.
.The Blinky Bill...
All are lending their voices to The Blinky Bill Movie, Flying Bark Productions. CGI feature now in production in Sydney.
The script is by Fin Edquist, whose Maya the Bee Movie opens here on November 1. The co-directors are Deane Taylor (The Nightmare Before Christmas) and Maya.s Alexs Stadermann.
Kwanten voices the title character with McLeavy as the koala.s best friend Nutsy. The plot sees the duo racing across the outback to find Blinky.s missing father and save his hometown.
Collette will voice emus Beryl and Cheryl with Sewell as The Cat, Humphries as Wombo the wombat, Wenham as Jacko the frill-necked lizard, Mailman as Blinky.s mother and Otto as the mayor of Green Patch.
.The Blinky Bill...
- 10/13/2014
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
An Australian movie featuring Ryan Kwanten, Toni Collette, Robin McLeavy, David Wenham, Rufus Sewell, Richard Roxburgh, Deborah Mailman, Barry Otto and Barry Humphries sounds like a casting director.s dream.
All are lending their voices to The Blinky Bill Movie, Flying Bark Productions. CGI feature now in production in Sydney.
The script is by Fin Edquist, whose Maya the Bee Movie opens here on November 1, The co-directors are Deane Taylor (The Nightmare Before Christmas) and Maya.s Alexs Stadermann.
Kwanten voices the title character with McLeavy as the koala.s best friend Nutsy. The plot sees the duo racing across the outback to find Blinky.s missing father and save his hometown.
Collette will voice emus Beryl and Cheryl, with Sewell as The Cat, Humphries as Wombo the wombat, Wenham as Jacko the frill-necked lizard, Mailman as Blinky.s mother and Otto as the mayor of Green Patch.
.The Blinky Bill...
All are lending their voices to The Blinky Bill Movie, Flying Bark Productions. CGI feature now in production in Sydney.
The script is by Fin Edquist, whose Maya the Bee Movie opens here on November 1, The co-directors are Deane Taylor (The Nightmare Before Christmas) and Maya.s Alexs Stadermann.
Kwanten voices the title character with McLeavy as the koala.s best friend Nutsy. The plot sees the duo racing across the outback to find Blinky.s missing father and save his hometown.
Collette will voice emus Beryl and Cheryl, with Sewell as The Cat, Humphries as Wombo the wombat, Wenham as Jacko the frill-necked lizard, Mailman as Blinky.s mother and Otto as the mayor of Green Patch.
.The Blinky Bill...
- 10/13/2014
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Studiocanal has agreed to distribute Maya the Bee Movie, the 3D animated feature adapted from the ABC TV series, in Australian and New Zealand cinemas. The Australian-German co-production from Buzz Studios will open on Saturday November 1 on more than 100 screens in Oz and on 25 prints in New Zealand, playing two sessions a day for two weekends.
Studiocanal CEO Robert Slaviero tells If the cinema season could be extended depending on ticket sales. The original plan was for Buzz Studios-affiliated Flying Bark Productions to handle theatrical distribution but Studiocanal.s involvement ensures a much wider release.
As an alternate content title the traditional 120-day holdback does not apply so it will be released on DVD and VOD before the end of the year by Beyond Entertainment. Produced by Barbara Stephen, written by Fin Edquist and directed by Alexs Stadermann, Maya the Bee Movie introduces Coco Jack Gillies as Maya and features...
Studiocanal CEO Robert Slaviero tells If the cinema season could be extended depending on ticket sales. The original plan was for Buzz Studios-affiliated Flying Bark Productions to handle theatrical distribution but Studiocanal.s involvement ensures a much wider release.
As an alternate content title the traditional 120-day holdback does not apply so it will be released on DVD and VOD before the end of the year by Beyond Entertainment. Produced by Barbara Stephen, written by Fin Edquist and directed by Alexs Stadermann, Maya the Bee Movie introduces Coco Jack Gillies as Maya and features...
- 9/25/2014
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
The Nsw Government is investing $2.77 million. in 17 new film, TV and documentary productions via Screen Nsw.
That will trigger more than $50 million in production expenditure to the State and create 2,746 jobs, according to Arts Minister Troy Grant.
The projects include a Blinky Bill feature,. TV drama The Principal from Essential Media and Entertainment starring Alex Dimitriades, and a new collaboration between Blackfella Films and Werner Film Productions.
The funding is provided through Screen Nsw.s Production Investment and Regional Filming funds. .This is a great return on investment for the Government. For every dollar invested, more than $18 will be spent in Nsw, building capacity and sustainability in our world-class film and television industry,. Grant said. .This fantastic range of film and television programs will be produced here in Nsw, and not just in Sydney, but across many regional areas where the significant economic benefits of screen production will make a real impact in the community.
That will trigger more than $50 million in production expenditure to the State and create 2,746 jobs, according to Arts Minister Troy Grant.
The projects include a Blinky Bill feature,. TV drama The Principal from Essential Media and Entertainment starring Alex Dimitriades, and a new collaboration between Blackfella Films and Werner Film Productions.
The funding is provided through Screen Nsw.s Production Investment and Regional Filming funds. .This is a great return on investment for the Government. For every dollar invested, more than $18 will be spent in Nsw, building capacity and sustainability in our world-class film and television industry,. Grant said. .This fantastic range of film and television programs will be produced here in Nsw, and not just in Sydney, but across many regional areas where the significant economic benefits of screen production will make a real impact in the community.
- 8/21/2014
- by Staff writer
- IF.com.au
The ailing screen production sector is set to get a major boost with more than $80 million worth of films, TV dramas and a documentary receiving funding from Screen Australia.
The agency is investing more than $12 million in four features, four adult dramas, two children.s dramas and a theatrical doc. In addition Scroz is providing completion funding to sex comedy The Little Deaths, writer-director Josh Lawson.s feature debut.
The projects include a Blinky Bill animated movie, a comedy set during the Cronulla race riots, the long-mooted Molly Meldrum TV drama and The Principal, the first drama commissioned by Sbs since Better Man.
.We have backed some of our great contemporary writers, directors and producers, alongside some exciting new voices, . said Screen Australia head of production Sally Caplan.
.The projects target audiences as diverse as Australia is today, with projects which are ambitious, risk-taking and culturally important, revealing we have...
The agency is investing more than $12 million in four features, four adult dramas, two children.s dramas and a theatrical doc. In addition Scroz is providing completion funding to sex comedy The Little Deaths, writer-director Josh Lawson.s feature debut.
The projects include a Blinky Bill animated movie, a comedy set during the Cronulla race riots, the long-mooted Molly Meldrum TV drama and The Principal, the first drama commissioned by Sbs since Better Man.
.We have backed some of our great contemporary writers, directors and producers, alongside some exciting new voices, . said Screen Australia head of production Sally Caplan.
.The projects target audiences as diverse as Australia is today, with projects which are ambitious, risk-taking and culturally important, revealing we have...
- 8/6/2014
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
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