Premier Daniel Andrews joined Dick Cook at Docklands Studios Melbourne (DSM) today to announce the construction of a new $46 million sound stage. At 3,700sqm, it will be one of the largest in the Southern Hemisphere, allowing the studios to attract and host large-scale blockbuster productions while still providing world-class facilities for smaller TV and…
Japanese Film Festival – Kingdom
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Director Shinsuke Sato Starring Kento Yamazaki, Ryo Yoshizawa & Kanna Hashimoto Rated Unclassified 15+ Score 6/6 China during 475-221 BC. The tale follows two boys orphaned by war, Shin and Hyou who grow up in a peasant village. They’re determined to become the greatest army generals the world has ever seen! They’re working towards their…
More AFL for the NT
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Territorians will continue to enjoy blockbuster AFL games, with the Territory Labor Government signing a new agreement that will see the Gold Coast Suns play a home game in Darwin and the Melbourne Demons continue to play in Alice Springs each season for the next four years. “Footy is a way of life in the…
ABC and Screen Australia Have Announced Funding for Three Documentaries
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The ABC and Screen Australia have announced funding for three original documentary projects, Dark Emu, Gun Ringer, and Miriam Margolyes: Almost Australian. Dark Emu, will bring Bruce Pascoe’s acclaimed novel about the history of First Australians to the screen. Gun Ringer follows the extraordinary life and work of cattle ringers in the outback. And much-loved…
Netflix to Turn Jeff Smith’s Bone into Animated Series
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Netflix has announced that it has secured the rights to Jeff Smith’s award-winning and New York Times best-selling international comic book series, BONE, with plans to develop an animated kids series that follows the iconic Bone cousins on an adventure through a vast, uncharted desert and into a mysterious valley filled with wonderful and terrifying…
Australian Museum Short Documentary Selected For International Film Festivals
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No Distance Between Us, a short documentary (11 minutes) about the discovery of the world’s largest collection of ancient human footprints in Mungo National Park has been selected to screen at three international film festivals, Global Impact Film Festival (Washington), Antenna International Documentary Film Festival (Sydney) and Female Eye Film Festival (Toronto). Commissioned by the…
Screen Australia Announces $1.4 Million in Funding
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Screen Australia has announced production funding for three feature films and one online project which will share in a total of $1.4 million. The slate includes supernatural drama You Won’t Be Alone from writer/director Goran Stolevski and producers Kristina Ceyton and Samantha Jennings from Causeway Films; and 6 Festivals, a drama centred on a group…
Cat Shit One
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Director Kazuya Sasahara Starring Tom Flynn, Satoshi Hino, Will Prescott Rated M Score 6/6 A group of desert terrorists kidnap the civilians. A team of rabbit commando, Packy and Botasky, from the Carrot Mystery Service, a private military company, witness a murder of an escaping hostage. Afraid that the rest of the hostages will undergo…
The Furies
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Director Tony D’Aquino Starring Airlie Dodds, Linda Ngo, Taylor Ferguson Rated R 18+ Score 5/6 The Furies is coming to cinemas on November 7 2019 A woman is kidnapped and finds herself an unwilling participant in a deadly game where women are hunted by masked men. Last year when I got the chance to talk…
BIFF 2019 Winners Announced
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The winners of the 2019 Brisbane International Film Festival (BIFF 2019) Short Film Awards were announced recently at the Gallery of Modern Art (GOMA) during the Festival’s closing night party. Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art (QAGOMA) Director Chris Saines said the awards included the inaugural Screen Queensland Short Film Award valued at…