Australian films overseas in 2017 – not as bad as you think
Only one man keeps enough data to tell the real truth about overseas Australian releases each year. Antony I. Ginnane has the figures for 2017.
17 Jan 2018
Antony I Ginnane
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Image: The Osiris Child from Shane Abbess made it onto the big screen in Turkey.
This is the tenth year in Screen Hub that I have presented my annual round up of the International theatrical performance of Australian feature films. So in addition to my summary comments and detail on the 2017 releases I propose to comment on what has been achieved over the last decade by the industry.
Melbourne born Antony I. Ginnane has produced or executive produced 70 feature films, MOW's, miniseries and TV series over 46 years including Patrick, High Tide, The Lighthorsemen, Screamers, Last Dance and most recently (in partnership with Kris Wyld) the TV series Pulse for ABC-TV. His distribution company, IFM World Releasing Inc. has a library of over 150 feature films and TV movies. His Australian production company F G Film Productions (Australia) Pty. Ltd. is developing a slate of productions for Australia for 2018 / 2019 including Chainbreakers and Spontaneous Combustion. He was President of SPAA from 2008 - 2011, attends the major world markets and is based in Los Angeles and Melbourne. His latest feature Bad Blood was released in Australia and the USA in October 2017. The Unusual Suspects his first book was published by Currency Press in November 2015.
