Australia
Ratings: Wednesday, 7th November 2012
Big Brother gives Nine the night. And 31%. The ABC beats Ten but just fails to hit 20%.
The Sessions
An exceptional film about an extraordinary relationship between a disabled man and his sex surrogate.
SPAA 2012: on Shine, Elisabeth Murdoch and the Kudos to a tough indy turned boardroom heavy
Stephen Garrett, the British producer keynoting SPAA 2012, is able to say the thing that all producers crave: "I made…
SPAA 2012: Simon Crean to bring some political electricity to final morning
Simon Crean, a key Minister for the sector, will step onto the podium to confront the gathering swirl of rumours…
QPIX: takes out the trifecta
QPIX has won the QLD Kinetone Award for Best Film 3 years in a row, all 3 years the new…
Ratings: Tuesday 6th November
Seven reckons this is a record, though it doesn't quite say why - 3,586,000 people watched the Melbourne Cup around…
Goalpost Pictures: big week of Sapphires, Felony and Six Mile Bottom
With Felony starting principle photography in Sydney (and the announcement that US producer Michael Benaroya was on board), The Sapphires…
American Film Market: Transmission and eOne secure more rights
Transmission Films has secured the Australian rights to Le Weekend, written by Hanif Kureishi and starring Jim Broadbent, from Embankment.…
Screen Australia: tweaks the long tail to demonstrate the enduring power of films
While we measure the success of films in weeks, they have huge cultural and economic power for decades. The prove…
HOW TO SUCCESSFULLY SELF DISTRIBUTE - CREATIVELY AND FINANCIALLY with KATE GORMAN
3.30pm Thursday, 8th November - Open Channel at Docklands. Free Event. We’ve all heard the many horror stories of filmmakers…