Elissa Down�s family drama The Black Balloon has passed $1 million at the Australian box office, after boosting its screen count from 61 to 68 last weekend. Meanwhile high school dramedy, Hey Hey It�s Esther Blueburger, has reached $600,000 after two
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The producer offset division of the Film Finance Corporation has announced that the application for a final certificate for the offset is now available to download on its website.
Australian filmmakers will be able to tap into the enhanced content of Blu-ray for future DVD releases, with Australia�s top Blu-ray authoring company about to begin initial talks with independent distributors about using the high definition format.
The transition from film to digital projection in cinemas might be wholly dependent on the extent to which distributors get behind the technology, Atlab sales and marketing manager Ben Wilson told delegates at the Independent Cinemas Association of Austra
In two separate announcements, both the Australian Film Commission and Arena Films producer/director Robert Connolly, have each done their bit to shake up the established landscape for producers.
One of the first participants in the inaugural IndiVision Project Lab last year, $1.2 million indie film Black Water, opened on 60 screens across the United Kingdom today.
Australia's top Blu-ray DVD compression and authoring companies have been put in an enviable position, after the last of the major supporters of HD DVD, Toshiba, announced it will no longer develop, manufacture and market HD DVD players and recorders.
After just one week of business, the distribution partnership between Paramount Pictures International and newly formed distributor, Transmission, has announced The Painted Veil as its first acquisition ? stoking industry speculation that the new business