South Australia's Wallis Cinemas has launched a distribution arm, with its first acquisition Marion Pilowsky's documentary 'Isla's Way'.
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Umbrella Entertainment will release Luke Sparke's 'Scurry' in Australia and New Zealand next year, with the Gold Coast-shot horror now in post-production.
'Five Nights at Freddy's' easily boasts the best opening for a horror film this year, having generated $6.2 million last weekend.
TikTok is now a vital tool in the marketing arsenal; data crunching by Comscore suggests that TikTok drove 80 per cent of online video views for 'Barbie' ahead of the film’s premiere. This week, the social platform will be at AIMC for the first time. Whitney Williams, Tiktok industry lead – media, entertainment, telco and tech services, talks to IF.
Distributor Rialto has teamed up with the UK's Vertigo Releasing to launch Galaxy Pictures, formalising a partnership that has been responsible for the release of 120 films across the past three years.
Despite a cost of living crisis, newly-appointed ICA CEO Brett Rosengarten is optimistic about the future for cinemas once the US strikes are resolved and normal production resumes.
Ahead of the Australian International Movie Convention next week, both major and independent distributors participate in a rapid round with IF to discuss the current landscape.
Luke Sparke's Queensland-shot mob thriller 'Bring Him To Me' will hit selected US theatres in the new year after Roadside Attractions and Samuel Goldwyn Films acquired North American rights to the title.