A short drama about two first-generation Australians who are rivals in a badminton tournament has won Byron Bay Film Festival’s Young Australian Filmmakers Award competition.
Tait Brady has spent 35 years in the screen industry in production, distribution, cinema management, publicity and programming, and he says it’s never been so tough for independent films.
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.
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
Distributors and exhibitors gathering on the Gold Coast this weekend for the annual Australian International Movie Convention no doubt will be addressing a contentious issue: collective bargaining.
Industry stakeholders are seeking clarification from the Federal Government about the place of documentary in the incoming streaming regulation, after the genre was omitted in the models proposed in the Targeted Consultation Paper.
Actor Eric Bana is set to make his directorial debut with the film Love the Beast, set to be distributed by Madman Entertainment.