Cinema on-demand operator Demand Film aims to raise a seven-figure sum via an equity crowdfunding platform to accelerate its global roll-out and ramp up the volume of releases.
Illustrating the global appetite for on-demand cinema, Demand Film is growing fast in Australia and internationally, currently offering tickets to 550 events in seven countries.
Cinema on-demand platform Tugg Australia is growing month-by-month, delivering tidy sums to the producers of hot-button documentaries and incremental revenues for narrative features.
The Tasmanian Breath of Fresh Air (BOFA) Film Festival will feature 15 feature films including two drive-in screenings, 20 documentaries and 35 shorts as well as four one-day action master classes and two half day actions sessions.
Rugby League legend Senator Glenn Lazarus will give audiences some insights into his stoush with Prime Minister Abbott over CSG at a special public screening and Q&A event for the documentary Frackman on Wednesday July 22 in Brisbane.
Farmer and activist Dayne Pratzky has called on Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk to see Frackman, the controversial documentary about coal seam gas mining in which he appears.
Frackman the Movie is headed to cinemas across Western Australia for a special rural roadshow kicking off in Margaret River this Saturday 16 May and wrapping in Broome on Monday 1 June, following sell-out screenings in NSW, Victoria and Queensland.
The makers of Frackman, Call Me Dad and Gayby Baby will pitch for funding to support their outreach campaigns at an event in Melbourne on April 15.