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SPAA: mindsnatchers invade St Kilda Fest and Vivid
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Screen Hub
Friday 17 May, 2013 (Australia)

Knowing that emerging producers cluster around Vivid in Sydney and the St Kilda fest in Melbourne greedy for inspiration, SPAA snatches the opportunity to distract them with a very different form of entertainment. Workshops, which will cue them into bits of the new-look SPAAfringe.

Wairoa: lines up 2013 programme
Screen Hub
Friday 17 May, 2013 (New Zealand)

Wairoa Maori Film Festival has released its programme, mixing Maori films with titles from indigenous filmmakers around the world.

Mountain Film Festival: hitting heights for 2013
Screen Hub
Friday 17 May, 2013 (New Zealand)

For those who like their entertainment to hit the heights, Wanaka`s Mountain Film Festival has whittled down its 143 entries to 58 in-competition finalists, with the full programme due at the beginning of June.

Announced at Cannes: death, more death, and - probably - even more death
Screen Hub
Friday 17 May, 2013 (New Zealand)

The world`s largest festival-cum-market event = a very large media presence. Clearly the place to get plenty of coverage for your latest press release. We oblige … selectively.

Chopper Crash: why did Andrew Wight and Mike deGruy die?
South Coast Register
Friday 17 May, 2013 (Australia)

The two were killed in February 2012, when their chopper crashed and burned. The Australian Transport Safety Bureau concludes it was caused by a door which was not properly shut. A terrible moment of inattention in a long life as a pilot; beyond the loss of two lives is the collapse of a significant building block in Australian higher budget production.

The Education of Ming Ming wins top University film award.
Friday 17 May, 2013 (New Zealand)

Film Television and Media Studies graduate Beyond Wen has won the annual Images and Sound ‘Geoff Evans Memorial Prize for Excellence in Screen Production’.

Rights Deals: justice for the dead cuts a hole in Gotye revenue
Adelaide Now
Friday 17 May, 2013 (Australia)

Gotye cut a decent deal on writing credit for song, and gets mocked for his sense of fairness. Maybe he is more a role model than a sucker?

Markets: big week for TV and film
Screen Hub
Friday 17 May, 2013 (New Zealand)

Search the NZFC site for `deadly ponies`, which this writer did while looking for background on the NZIFF`s recently-announced Zoe McIntosh feature, and the return asks: Did you mean “deals cronies”? Not really, but the response feels apt in a week that sees two of the larger deal and crony fests, Cannes and the LA Screenings, under way.

Gatsby and Oz Production: Luhrmann as the Great Obsession
The Australian
Friday 17 May, 2013 (Australia)

Gatsby climaxes week`s news, as Bodey adds an enjoyably crisp take on the Luhrmann bulldozer. At which he is a genius.

NZ Box Office: week ending 15 May 2013
Screen Hub
Friday 17 May, 2013 (New Zealand)

The latest in a long line of Star Trek titles takes over from Iron Man 3 at the top, while titles offering more local interest come towards the end of their runs or, in the case of a couple, are unreported.

ABCs: ready to kill again
Deadline
Friday 17 May, 2013 (New Zealand)

The Ant Timpson-conceived ABCs of Death goes for a second round of slaughter.

Cannes 2013: Gatsby dancing in the rain
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Screen Hub
Friday 17 May, 2013 (Australia)

The Great Gatsby opened the Cannes Festival, as Luhrmann controlled the narrative with his usual calculated aplomb through the press conference. This is Gatsby le magnifique in action...

Cannes 2013: Success tips for newbies - the experts speak
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Screen Hub
Thursday 16 May, 2013 (Australia)

As the masses gather for the Cannes Film Festival and its associated Marché du Film, .Screen Hub’s Andrew Einspruch has landed amongst them as part of a delegation from ScreenACT. The group sat down with Geoff Brown and Julie Marlow, both ex-SPAA and now working together as Filmmaking Services, who have been to dozens of Marchés du Film. Their generous wisdom flowed freely.

NZIFF: shorts selector and first features announced
Screen Hub
Thursday 16 May, 2013 (New Zealand)

The NZIFF has announced Alison Maclean as selector for this year`s New Zealand’s Best Shorts and the first six features to play in the festival. Four of the features are local, three of them documentaries.

Maori Boy Genius: on self-distribution
Screen Hub
Wednesday 15 May, 2013 (New Zealand)

Pietra Brettkelly is travelling the road of self-distribution with Maori Boy Genius , and hitting the road in support of screenings.

Film Up: mentorsship programme recipients announced
Screen Hub
Wednesday 15 May, 2013 (New Zealand)

Script to Screen is excited to announce the eight filmmakers who have won a place in the inaugural FilmUp Mentorship Programme.

Budget 2013: steady as it goes for federal agencies
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Screen Hub
Wednesday 15 May, 2013 (Australia)

While Screen Australia seems to have maintained its size surprisingly well since its inception, it joins AFTRS and the NFSA in flatlining as inflation takes its toll. But, they have escaped pretty well.

The ownership of Babette`s Feast is being fought out in a Californian court, perhaps due to a boost in sales as loyal Catholics rush to buy the new Pope`s favourite film. Nicely described by Anna Spies with a necessary hint of humour. Though we still await an account of Australia`s approach to moral rights in the hands of a professional comedian.

Fortissimo Films: global rights to Sue Brooks` film (and other Cannes excitement)
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Screen Hub
Monday 13 May, 2013 (Australia)

Fortissimo Films has acquired the global sales rights outside Australia and New Zealand to Driving Back From Dubbo, to be directed by Sue Brooks (Japanese Story with Unicorn Films’ Lizzette Atkins and Gecko Films’ Alison Tilson as producers. Palace will distribute in Australia and New Zealand.

Great Gatsby: opens with US$51.1 million
Box Office Mojo
Monday 13 May, 2013 (U.S.A.)

Baz Luhrmann`s The Great Gatsby did not disappoint the studio, opening with an impressive US$51.1 million over its first weekend.

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