Features
Back Lot: getting traction for new distribution model
Tony Ianiro and Mark D’Angelo of the newly-launched Back Lot studios have created a flat fee distribution model that they…
The Sapphires: fingers crossed as early figures on US box office are very encouraging
Over the first weekend, on four screens, The Sapphires took $40,990 in New York and Los Angeles. That is a…
March of the Moguls: winner takes half of all, tiptoes away from historical evidence
Having achieved exactly the outcome they wanted, the free-to-air stations are free to decide just how much of the license…
Film Critics Circle of Australia: how to run an awards night without any glam
The annual awards night held by the Film Critics Circle of Australia (FCCA) has always been a very enjoyable and…
Sales Agent Insights: no, its not bonzer but it could be, says Tim Haslam
With international breakout films from Australia as scarce as brains in a wombat, the sector watched Tim Haslam, a formidable…
Hong Kong Filmart 2013: recipes for change
Following the success of Ang Lee's Life of Pi Filmart's conference programme offered sessions on the ever-popular approach of developing…
Simon Crean: loses Arts Ministry portfolio
In a roller-coaster day of dreadful ironies, the government pulls out of media reform, the only changes threaten the independent…
Screen Australia: documentary tranche announced as one off figures improve
$2.3m out the door, ten documentaries financed, interesting emphasis on contract directors.
Hong Kong Filmart's New Generation Digital Entertainment Summit 2013: playing to win
A couple of days before the Hong Kong Rugby Sevens opened, less energetic players gathered for Filmart's New Generation Digital…
Brief: mayhem on May 3 for ADG
The Australian Directors' Guild will hold its annual awards night on May 3rd, and tickets are now on sale. Given…