Okay, I am sure there are a few of you out there who have heard of me talking about the term ‘Rent-A-Kid’. Now for those of you who are unfamiliar with the term ‘Rent-A-Kid’ is when you take a child usually your Niece or Nephew to a children’s movie that you secretly want to see…
Production Starts on The Red Shoes: Next Step
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The new teen coming-of-age dance drama The Red Shoes: Next Step has commenced production today in Sydney, Australia. From the creators of the family fantasy adventure box-office hit The Legend of the Five, The Red Shoes stars two-time gold medalist ballet dancer Juliet Doherty (High Strung: Free Dance and Driven to Dance) as the lead…
The Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard
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Director Patrick Hughes Starring Ryan Reynolds, Salma Hayek & Samuel L. Jackson Rated MA Score 2/6 In Australian Cinemas June 24 Still unlicensed and under scrutiny, Bryce is forced into action by Darius’s even more volatile wife, the infamous international con artist Sonia Kincaid. As Bryce is driven over the edge by his two most…
Panfilov’s 28
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Directors Kim Druzhinin, Andrey Shalopa Starring Aleksandr Ustyugov, Vitaliy Kovalenko and Aleksey Morozov Score 5/6 USSR, Late November, 1941. Based on the account by reporter Vasiliy Koroteev that appeared in the Red Army’s newspaper, Krasnaya Zvezda, shortly after the battle, this is the story of Panifilov’s Twenty-Eight, a group of twenty-eight soldiers of the Red…
RFF 2021 Expanding Across the World Online
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ROSKINO, with the support of the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation, presents the annual Russian Film Festival, which aims to bring foreign viewers closer to the contemporary Russian cinematography ranging from feature films to documentary films and animation. The Russian Film Festival 2021 will continue the series of online festivals started in…
Walter Presents Strikes Deal with NTV
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NTV announced a deal with Walter Presents at the KEY BUYERS EVENT: digital. The company’s Murderous Fever will premiere on Walter Presents across six platforms internationally, being one of Russia’s first true-case investigative dramas to be streamed on top platforms as part of NTV’s global expansion strategy. The license covers the UK, USA, Canada, Australia,…
Grindstone Entertainment Strikes Deal for fantasy adventure Upon The Magic Roads
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Grindstone Entertainment Group, a Lionsgate company, together with CTB Film Company and Luminescence, announced at KEY BUYERS EVENT: digital online market the acquisition of North American rights to the Russian box office hit Upon the Magic Roads. The film was released in Russia on 18th February 2021 and grossed an outstanding $15.9M in the local…
Grants Open for Thank a Volunteer Day Celebrations
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Organisations planning events for Thank a Volunteer Day celebrations can now apply for State Government grants of up to $1,000. Grants are available for not-for-profit, community and local government authorities across Western Australia, to support celebrations and functions that help raise the profile of volunteers within the community. “In my role as the Minister for…
Online Event The Long Weekender Hosted by Myf Warhurst
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The Victorian Government is backing Victoria’s live music scene with a free online festival over the long weekend featuring some never before seen footage of some of Victoria’s most iconic festivals and musicians. Minister for Creative Industries Danny Pearson today announced that $360,000 will go directly to artists and festival organisers to air six hours…
The Irish Film Festival presents Playback X DIFF
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A rush of fresh Irish hip hop and R&B videos will play to sofas across Australia when the Irish Film Festival presents Australia’s premiere season of Playback X DIFF online from 18 – 27 June 2021. “Playback X DIFF shows the vitality of music video as a creative artform: the diversity of the artists featured…