In a welcome move for industry, the Federal Government has backtracked on its decision to harmonise the Producer Offset for film and television, announcing on Sunday that the offset will remain at 40 per cent for theatrical features.
The records smashed by doco 'John Farnham: Finding the Voice' have proven that Australians will still come out in numbers to see local stories on the big screen, and there is significant optimism among exhibitors about the commercial potential of 'Force of Nature: The Dry 2'. However, broadly the year so far has been a very slow one for Australian films at the box office.
Actor Eric Bana is set to make his directorial debut with the film Love the Beast, set to be distributed by Madman Entertainment.
Kriv Stenders' feature documentary on motor racing legend Peter Brock, 'Brock: Over the Top' will start to roll out in cinemas on Thursday before its Premium VOD release on July 3.
Some of the Australian nominees from this year's Oscars have joined Sony Pictures Entertainment EVP Stephen Basil-Jones and Madman Entertainment founder and CEO Paul Wiegard in being invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Brooke Collard and Gary Hamaguchi have taken out this year's AACTA Pitch: Regional Landscapes initiative with their horror concept 'Reclamation'.
IF touches base with three of the nation’s distribution heads – Madman’s Paul Wiegard, StudioCanal’s Elizabeth Trotman and Village Roadshow’s Joel Pearlman – to get the lowdown on the year’s hits, the misses, and what they’ve got coming up
The six finalists for this year's AACTA Pitch: Regional Landscapes initiative have been revealed, with the winner to be announced at the upcoming Screenworks Regional to Global Screen Forum.