At once a clever publicity angle, deftly rendered, and a tale in itself of a backroom boy who never grew up, but found fame as a weird laugh and a plush toy.
Dr Ruth Harley, new CEO of Screen Australia, is open to re-examining the agency’s controversial axing of short film funding, the number and type of productions that were required for feature film development funding.
The SPADA conference kicked off at Sky City in Auckland on Thursday morning with a traditional Maori welcome for the overseas guests, followed by the presentation of three awards.
The Telegraph reports that a Scot asking for iPhone was offered searches for Sex instead, while a Welsh accent delivered "gorillas" and "kitchen sink". Even a Surrey accent failed, delivering "my sister".
As 'pig in Cuban heels' former BBC political correspondent is propelled forward by impish viewer votes, the man himself loses his nerve and figures this is 'a joke too far'.
One of the masters of French cinema is making a whirlwind visit to Australia, and anyone with the opportunity of seeing him introduce one of his films, listening to him talk, or attending a workshop or masterclass should leap at the chance.
Beyond Distribution has been appointed worldwide distributor for Canadian outfit Whalley-Abbey Media’s latest production Chuck’s Day Off (13 x 30’ HD). It’s a cooking show that will premiere next year on Food Canada.
Yes. Britain and Morocco have signed a co-production treaty. "The United Kingdom and Morocco have a shared history of film-making, from Lawrence of Arabia to more recent productions like Black Hawk Down and Troy. This agreement will give film-makers an economic incentive to work together and build on that legacy, by giving them access to the benefits available in both countries."
Dropped by a major Australian distributor, low budget IndiVision feature Lake Mungo was picked up by international sales agent Darclight, and the remake rights sold to Paramount Advantage in the US. And then there’s the territory sales.
As the industry grows happily - 'an extra two lakh of jobs by 2010' - local animators are complaining that Indian animation is being outsourced to other countries.
Channel Seven today announced the appointment of Roosje Scott to the position of Daytime Programmer. Roosje takes over the management of Seven’s daytime on-air schedule after successfully managing Seven’s Programming Services and Seven HD schedules.
