The New Zealand Screen Council have begun discussions with Film Victoria and the NSW FTO to lobby for financial support.
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Peter Jackson and Guillermo del Toro will hold a live chat online with fans at the end of this month.
The new super agency for the film industry, Screen Australia, will receive $103 million for its first year of operation.
UK VFX company Sparkle Media decided to open a Sydney office by 2009 after having shot a film with Cate Blanchett in Sydney.
Omnilab Media has announced that it is co-financing W, the biopic about President George W. Bush directed by Academy Award winner Oliver Stone.
Wolf Creek producer David Lightfoot has been attached to executive produce Storage, a new feature set to commence filming in Brisbane in May.
Gabriel director Shane Abbess has shelved plans to make a second Australian feature, with Universal Pictures announcing he will direct a sci-fi thriller produced by Saving Private Ryan producer Mark Gordon.
The giant fibreglass sculpture was presented to Pixar's John Lasseter at its California studio by ACMI director Tony Sweeney.