The Federal Government's proposed changes to the Producer Offset’s ‘Gallipoli’ clause would effectively limit the ability for Australian productions shooting offshore to use non-resident Australian actors, directors and crew, and therefore opportunities to raise international finance, industry bodies have argued.
The film starring Willem Dafoe has been sold overseas following the Toronto International Film Festival
Porchlight Films' 'Operation Buffalo', an espionage thriller set during the British nuclear tests in outback South Australia in the 1950s, will have its world premiere at Series Mania in France next month.
Justin Kurzel's 'True History of the Kelly Gang' and Unjoo Moon's 'I Am Woman' will have their world premieres at the Toronto International Film Festival, which runs from September 5-15.
The second season of ABC/Blackfella Films’ 'Total Control' will headline this year's Series Mania Melbourne, which will be held online next month.
Northern Pictures was crowned Production Business of the Year at Wednesday evening's Screen Producers Australia (SPA) Awards, while also taking home further gongs for 'See What You Made Do' and 'Love on the Spectrum'.
Australian exhibitors are optimistic about the prospects of Garth Davis’ 'Mary Magdalene', which Transmission Films will launch on Thursday on about 110 locations, after nifty debuts last weekend in Italy and Brazil.
Female-led TV drama projects from Good Thing Productions, Matchbox Pictures and Porchlight Films are among the four selected to be developed through Film Victoria and SBS's Pitch to Pilot initiative, aimed at bringing compelling stories from diverse voices to screen.