Ausfilm in partnership with the Australian Embassy Beijing and Village Roadshow Pictures Asia (VRPA) welcomed this week a delegation of leading Chinese filmmakers to Sydney for their first stop on an Industry Familiarisation Tour of Australian locations, Australia’s four major studio complexes, screen services companies, post and sound production facilities and visual effects studios across…
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WA providing Funds to help Charitable recyclers
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Charitable recyclers in Western Australia can now apply for a rebate to help recover some of the cost of disposing unusable donations that have been dumped at charitable clothing bins. Environment Minister Albert Jacob said the Charitable Recyclers Rebate program would provide an estimated $300,000 annually to eligible charitable recyclers to meet the cost of…
NZ eGates open for travellers to Queenstown
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Customs Minister Nicky Wagner says six new eGates are now open for New Zealand, Australian, US, UK, and Canadian ePassport holders travelling to Queenstown. “Four new next-generation eGates are available on arrival and two on departure, giving travellers the option of completing Customs checks using the one-step electronic process,” Ms Wagner commented “The opening of…
Chauvel Cinema CINE-VAULT
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Palace Cinemas has announced that Chauvel Cinema, Paddington, will commence a program of iconic and cult film favourites as part of the newly-launched Chauvel Cine-Vault. Palace Cinemas explained that the program will be opening on Friday, July 8th the program, which has evolved from the long-running Chauvel Cinematheque, aims to showcase rare 35mm film prints…
Me Before You: The Real Problem
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For the record while I am writing this I have not yet seen the movie Me Before You, it is being released today on the 16th of June and I plan to go see it after I have written this article. There is a little controversy in some circles about the movie Me Before You…
July is National Desexing Month
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Australia’s cat and dog owners are being urged to get their vet on board for National Desexing Month in July and help reduce the number of unwanted kittens and puppies. “Please check with your vet to see if they are part of the program and ask them to sign up if they’re not,” National Desexing…
The Conjuring 2 US Box Office Success
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Veronika Kwan Vandenberg, President, Worldwide Distribution, Warner Bros. Pictures has announced that James Wan’s sequel to 2013’s record-breaking supernatural thriller summoned up $90.350 million at the worldwide box office, making “The Conjuring 2” #1 in its opening weekend in North America and expecting to be #1 internationally, outside of China. “Once again, James Wan has…
Season 2 of The Last Kingdom has started filming
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Filming has started on BBC Two’s critically acclaimed drama The Last Kingdom, from Carnival Films. The second series, adapted by BAFTA-nominated and RTS award-winning writer Stephen Butchard from Bernard Cornwell’s bestselling series of novels, is to return to BBC Two next year, with Netflix joining as a co-production partner. The series will premiere on BBC…
Sacred Games adapted into Netflix series
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Netflix has announced a new original series based on the critically-acclaimed best-selling novel Sacred Games by Indian author Vikram Chandra. Shot on location in India, this Hindi-English series will be produced in partnership with Phantom Films, one of India’s leading production houses. Mr. Chandra explained that Sacred Games is set in Mumbai and delves into…
BMW Renews Partnership with Village and Event Cinemas
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Village Cinemas and joint venture partners Event, today announced the renewal of their partnership with BMW Group Australia, with BMW continuing as the presenting partner for Gold Class Cinemas. BMW is the exclusive presenting partner of Gold Class Cinemas nationally across both the Event and Village Cinema circuits, signing a further two-year agreement. “Village Cinemas…