Australian Films Overseas: the hideous truth

Antony I. Ginnane describes another Annus Horribilis, with a certain wonder at human folly and irrepressible optimism.
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Antony I. Ginnane describes another Annus Horribilis, with a certain wonder at human folly and irrepressible optimism.

When ScreenHub first inquired as to whether I would be interested in penning an overview of the theatrical performance of Australian films outside Australia in 2007, I was ambivalent about the task.

Given what was going to be in the piece – largely bad news – why put out a set of facts that are probably going to get you cold eyed stares at a number of Christmas parties?

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Antony I. Ginnane
About the Author
p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px 'Helvetica Neue'; color: #000000; -webkit-text-stroke: #000000} span.s1 {font-kerning: none} Melbourne born Antony I. Ginnane has produced or executive produced 70 feature films, MOW’s, miniseries and TV series over 48 years including award winning classics like Patrick, High Tide, The Lighthorsemen, Screamers and Last Dance and most recently (in partnership with Kris Wyld) the TV series Pulse for ABC-TV. His Australian production company F G Film Productions (Australia) Pty. Ltd. is in preproduction on feature film The Chainbreakers. He was President of SPAA from 2008 - 2011, attends the major world markets and is based in Los Angeles and Melbourne. “The Unusual Suspects – 104 Films That Made World Cinema” his first book was published by Currency Press in November 2015.