A television adaptation of 2018’s Ladies in Black, a feature film from Bryan Brown, and a television drama from one of the creators of Offspring are among the 21 projects to share in more than $730,000 in development funding from Screen Australia.
Of the projects to receive funding, 10 have been supported through the Generate fund and 11 through the Premium fund.
Screen Australia’s head of content Sally Caplan said the agency was impressed by the “rigorous creativity” of Australian creators as the industry continued to rebound from Covid-19.
“It’s great to see a number of engaging stories set around iconic milestones in Australian history, from the building of the Sydney Harbour Bridge, to the social change that took place in the 60s or the recession in the 80s, and I look forward to seeing these projects develop further,” she said.
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Of the projects to receive funding, 10 have been supported through the Generate fund and 11 through the Premium fund.
Screen Australia’s head of content Sally Caplan said the agency was impressed by the “rigorous creativity” of Australian creators as the industry continued to rebound from Covid-19.
“It’s great to see a number of engaging stories set around iconic milestones in Australian history, from the building of the Sydney Harbour Bridge, to the social change that took place in the 60s or the recession in the 80s, and I look forward to seeing these projects develop further,” she said.
Features:
Premium:
1989
Sewing Pictures Pty Ltd
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Writer...
- 3/1/2021
- by Sean Slatter
- IF.com.au
Kim Mordaunt, Rowan Woods and Rachel Perkins were among the winners in the Australian Directors Guild awards presented in Sydney at the Powerhouse Museum on Friday night.
Mordaunt took the Adg award for best direction in a feature film for his debut film The Rocket. The best direction in a telemovie gong went to Woods for The Broken Shore.. Perkins won the prize for best direction in a TV drama series for Redfern Now series 2, episode 2, Starting Over.
The Adg Awards celebrate the outstanding work of Australian screen directors in the past year in 16 categories including film, television, multiplatform, music and advertising. .The winners include some of the industry.s most experienced directors such as Ray Lawrence, Rowan Woods, Geoffrey Nottage and Rachel Perkins, but also reflect the incredible new talent rising through the ranks who are working across the various screen platforms,. said Adg executive director Kingston Anderson. The...
Mordaunt took the Adg award for best direction in a feature film for his debut film The Rocket. The best direction in a telemovie gong went to Woods for The Broken Shore.. Perkins won the prize for best direction in a TV drama series for Redfern Now series 2, episode 2, Starting Over.
The Adg Awards celebrate the outstanding work of Australian screen directors in the past year in 16 categories including film, television, multiplatform, music and advertising. .The winners include some of the industry.s most experienced directors such as Ray Lawrence, Rowan Woods, Geoffrey Nottage and Rachel Perkins, but also reflect the incredible new talent rising through the ranks who are working across the various screen platforms,. said Adg executive director Kingston Anderson. The...
- 5/2/2014
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Female directors have dominated the Documentary Feature category of the 2014 Australian Directors Guild Awards, whilst Home & Away has muscled out any other competition for TV Drama Serial. The nominees, announced this morning, cover 16 categories across film, television, multiplatform, music and advertising. This year has seen the Adg receive more entries than ever before, making the judging process a difficult one. .In the TV drama category, the documentary feature category and the feature film categories especially, the caliber is really high so that.s why there are so many nominations,. says Adg Executive Director Kingston Anderson. .The judges take it very seriously and fully understand the recognition the awards can bring.. In the feature film category, Baz Luhrmann was unsurprisingly nominated for box office hit The Great Gatsby alongside strong contenders Kim Mordaunt (The Rocket), Ivan Sen (Mystery Road), Jonathan Teplitzky (The Railway Man) and Zak Hilditch, whose film These Final Hours,...
- 4/9/2014
- by Emily Blatchford
- IF.com.au
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The Nine Network.s gambit of moving the Schapelle Corby telemovie from Monday to Sunday night has backfired as the show was beaten comprehensively by the premiere of Seven.s Inxs: Never Tear Us Apart.
The Inxs drama produced by Shine Australia drew 1.974 million viewers in the 5 city metropolitan areas, dwarfing the 1.022 million for FremantleMedia.s Schapelle. The national audience was 2.88 million for the Inxs saga versus 1.339 million for Schapelle.
.I think most people are over Schapelle,. one former network programmer told If this morning. Either that or far more people were attracted to the story of the iconic band and the death of lead singer Michael Hutchence.
Directed by Daina Reid and written by Dave Warner and Justin Monjo, the two-part series stars Luke Arnold, Nicholas Masters, Ido Drent, Andy Ryan, Alex Williams and Hugh Sheridan.
In part 2, which airs this Sunday at 8.30pm, Hutchence finds a new love in Paula Yates,...
The Nine Network.s gambit of moving the Schapelle Corby telemovie from Monday to Sunday night has backfired as the show was beaten comprehensively by the premiere of Seven.s Inxs: Never Tear Us Apart.
The Inxs drama produced by Shine Australia drew 1.974 million viewers in the 5 city metropolitan areas, dwarfing the 1.022 million for FremantleMedia.s Schapelle. The national audience was 2.88 million for the Inxs saga versus 1.339 million for Schapelle.
.I think most people are over Schapelle,. one former network programmer told If this morning. Either that or far more people were attracted to the story of the iconic band and the death of lead singer Michael Hutchence.
Directed by Daina Reid and written by Dave Warner and Justin Monjo, the two-part series stars Luke Arnold, Nicholas Masters, Ido Drent, Andy Ryan, Alex Williams and Hugh Sheridan.
In part 2, which airs this Sunday at 8.30pm, Hutchence finds a new love in Paula Yates,...
- 2/9/2014
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
After shooting a miniseries about the last Australian man executed in Singapore for drug smuggling, director Khoa Do is tackling the controversial story of another Australian convicted criminal: Schapelle Corby.
Do will direct a Nine Network telemovie about Corby, who is serving a 15-year prison term for attempting to smuggle 4.1 kilograms of marijuana into Bali in a body-board bag in 2004.
Filming is due to start in Queensland later this year, produced by Stephen Corvini for FremantleMedia.
Corby.s supporters believe in her innocence despite her conviction.
Do wrote and directed the Sbs miniseries Better Man, the saga of young Australian Van Nguyen who was executed in Singapore in 2005, which starred David Wenham, Bryan Brown, Claudia Karvan and Remy Hii.
His credits include Mother Fish, a drama about four refugees who fled Vietnam in 1980; Falling for Sahara, a love story about three African guys who fall for the same girl; and Footy Legends,...
Do will direct a Nine Network telemovie about Corby, who is serving a 15-year prison term for attempting to smuggle 4.1 kilograms of marijuana into Bali in a body-board bag in 2004.
Filming is due to start in Queensland later this year, produced by Stephen Corvini for FremantleMedia.
Corby.s supporters believe in her innocence despite her conviction.
Do wrote and directed the Sbs miniseries Better Man, the saga of young Australian Van Nguyen who was executed in Singapore in 2005, which starred David Wenham, Bryan Brown, Claudia Karvan and Remy Hii.
His credits include Mother Fish, a drama about four refugees who fled Vietnam in 1980; Falling for Sahara, a love story about three African guys who fall for the same girl; and Footy Legends,...
- 8/27/2013
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Screen Australia says it has not mismanaged its finances by spending its annual production funding in just six months - a state of affairs which it says reflects the strength of the local film industry.
The government screen agency revealed in mid-December 2012 that it had spent its entire annual $42 million drama production allocation due to the unprecedented number of quality feature film and television projects seeking support. The shock announcement was reminiscent of the agency's abrupt decision to cut its investment cap in 2009 while several films were mid-financed. That decision.threw several major Australian productions into dissaray including The Tree and the biggest box office hit of.2010, Tomorrow When the War Began (Omnilab Media had to increase its investment at the last minute to ensure production).
Overspending on such a scale has never occurred before, even going back to the era of Screen Australia.s predecessor funding arm, the Film Finance Corporation.
The government screen agency revealed in mid-December 2012 that it had spent its entire annual $42 million drama production allocation due to the unprecedented number of quality feature film and television projects seeking support. The shock announcement was reminiscent of the agency's abrupt decision to cut its investment cap in 2009 while several films were mid-financed. That decision.threw several major Australian productions into dissaray including The Tree and the biggest box office hit of.2010, Tomorrow When the War Began (Omnilab Media had to increase its investment at the last minute to ensure production).
Overspending on such a scale has never occurred before, even going back to the era of Screen Australia.s predecessor funding arm, the Film Finance Corporation.
- 2/6/2013
- by Brendan Swift
- IF.com.au
Sbs has commissioned mini-series Better Man, the public broadcaster's first drama series in three years.
The four-part series is based on the true story of 25-year old Vietnamese-Australian Van Nguyen, who was convicted of drug trafficking in Singapore and executed for his crime in 2005.
Sbs managing director Michael Ebeid said Better Man is an example of the sort of compelling, inspiring and thought provoking content that Sbs can create with sustainable funding.
"Whilst our unprecedented federal budget funding boost is largely addressing the challenges we.ve faced in a changing media landscape, it has also enabled us to get back into the business of drama programming which our audiences know when we do it, we do it well..
Better Man is written and directed by Khoa Do, who received the Young Australian of the Year Award in 2005. Do, whose family originally settled in Sydney as Vietnamese refugees, has made several...
The four-part series is based on the true story of 25-year old Vietnamese-Australian Van Nguyen, who was convicted of drug trafficking in Singapore and executed for his crime in 2005.
Sbs managing director Michael Ebeid said Better Man is an example of the sort of compelling, inspiring and thought provoking content that Sbs can create with sustainable funding.
"Whilst our unprecedented federal budget funding boost is largely addressing the challenges we.ve faced in a changing media landscape, it has also enabled us to get back into the business of drama programming which our audiences know when we do it, we do it well..
Better Man is written and directed by Khoa Do, who received the Young Australian of the Year Award in 2005. Do, whose family originally settled in Sydney as Vietnamese refugees, has made several...
- 7/26/2012
- by Staff reporter
- IF.com.au
David Michod
David Michod’s new film has received funding from Screen Australia, as part of almost $20m of investment from the screen agency.
The investment is expected to trigger $100m worth of production across four feature films, five TV dramas and three children’s dramas.
The Rover is written and directed by Michod, with a story by Michod and Joel Edgerton.
The film has cast Guy Pearce and Robert Pattinson in the lead roles.
Michod will also produce the film alongside his Animal Kingdom producing partner Liz Watts for Porchlight Films and David Linde, Ep on Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon for his Lava Bear Films.
The film will be distributed by Village Roadshow with international sales by FilmNation.
The Rover, set in the Australian desert in the dangerous near-future sees Eric, a man who has lost almost everything in life, have his car stolen by a gang of criminals.
David Michod’s new film has received funding from Screen Australia, as part of almost $20m of investment from the screen agency.
The investment is expected to trigger $100m worth of production across four feature films, five TV dramas and three children’s dramas.
The Rover is written and directed by Michod, with a story by Michod and Joel Edgerton.
The film has cast Guy Pearce and Robert Pattinson in the lead roles.
Michod will also produce the film alongside his Animal Kingdom producing partner Liz Watts for Porchlight Films and David Linde, Ep on Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon for his Lava Bear Films.
The film will be distributed by Village Roadshow with international sales by FilmNation.
The Rover, set in the Australian desert in the dangerous near-future sees Eric, a man who has lost almost everything in life, have his car stolen by a gang of criminals.
- 7/26/2012
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
Screen Australia will invest almost $20 million across 12 screen projects including futuristic Western The Rover, starring Robert Pattinson and Guy Pearce.
The film is the latest collaboration between producer Liz Watts and writer-director David Michôd, following the success of their crime-thriller Animal Kingdom in 2010. FilmNation Entertainment acquired the majority of worldwide rights to The Rover at the Cannes Film Festival earlier this year while Village Roadshow will distribute the film in Australia.
Screen Australia has also backed three other feature films: drama Felony, written by Joel Edgerton and directed by Matthew Saville (Noise); Healing, a redemptive prison drama starring Don Hany (East West 101) and Hugo Weaving; and Aim High in Creation, a hybrid documentary-drama about the late Kim Jong-il from writer/director Anna Broinowski (Forbidden Lie$).
Screen Australia chief executive Ruth Harley said the four Australian features have huge potential. "The Rover is a powerful, well-crafted script from a talented team with an impressive cast,...
The film is the latest collaboration between producer Liz Watts and writer-director David Michôd, following the success of their crime-thriller Animal Kingdom in 2010. FilmNation Entertainment acquired the majority of worldwide rights to The Rover at the Cannes Film Festival earlier this year while Village Roadshow will distribute the film in Australia.
Screen Australia has also backed three other feature films: drama Felony, written by Joel Edgerton and directed by Matthew Saville (Noise); Healing, a redemptive prison drama starring Don Hany (East West 101) and Hugo Weaving; and Aim High in Creation, a hybrid documentary-drama about the late Kim Jong-il from writer/director Anna Broinowski (Forbidden Lie$).
Screen Australia chief executive Ruth Harley said the four Australian features have huge potential. "The Rover is a powerful, well-crafted script from a talented team with an impressive cast,...
- 7/25/2012
- by Brendan Swift
- IF.com.au
Sbs has commissioned a new drama series, its first in three years.
Better Man, is a four part mini-series from FremantleMedia Australia and Bravado Productions about the true story of an Australian convicted and executed for drug trafficking in Singapore.
The story follows Van Nguyen, 25, known as “the Baby of Death Row” in the Singapore prison Changi, who is caught when trying to provide for his struggling family, and executed after a three year legal battle on 2 December 2005.
The series is written and directed by AFI-winning film-maker Khoa Do.
Michael Ebeid, Sbs managing director said: “Better Man is an example of the sort of compelling, inspiring and thought provoking content that Sbs can create with sustainable funding. Whilst our unprecedented Federal Budget funding boost is largely addressing the challenges we’ve faced in a changing media landscape, it has also enabled us to get back into the business of drama...
Better Man, is a four part mini-series from FremantleMedia Australia and Bravado Productions about the true story of an Australian convicted and executed for drug trafficking in Singapore.
The story follows Van Nguyen, 25, known as “the Baby of Death Row” in the Singapore prison Changi, who is caught when trying to provide for his struggling family, and executed after a three year legal battle on 2 December 2005.
The series is written and directed by AFI-winning film-maker Khoa Do.
Michael Ebeid, Sbs managing director said: “Better Man is an example of the sort of compelling, inspiring and thought provoking content that Sbs can create with sustainable funding. Whilst our unprecedented Federal Budget funding boost is largely addressing the challenges we’ve faced in a changing media landscape, it has also enabled us to get back into the business of drama...
- 7/25/2012
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
From the shores of the Cote d’Azur to Melbourne’s back alleys, the 60th Melbourne International Film Festival (21 July – 7 August) announce 25 films from the Cannes Film Festival.
With opening night still a secret and Kriv Stenders’ Aussie tale Red Dog announced for closing night there’s a collection of great Australian films in between including; Matthew Bate’s indie-doco Shut Up Little Man!, the world premiere of Khoa Do’s Falling For Saraha, Alistair Lockhart and Patrick Sarell’s animated short Nullarbor and Ivan Sen’s Toomelah about a ten year-old boy turned drug runner in a remote Aboriginal town, which got an excellent response at Cannes.
In fact, Miff has 25 films screening from Cannes’ Competition.
Catch; Lars Von Trier’s Melancholia, a mesmerising family drama in the face of the apocaplypse that saw Kirsten Dunst win Best Actress; Maiwenn Le Besco’s Polisse, revolving around officers in a...
With opening night still a secret and Kriv Stenders’ Aussie tale Red Dog announced for closing night there’s a collection of great Australian films in between including; Matthew Bate’s indie-doco Shut Up Little Man!, the world premiere of Khoa Do’s Falling For Saraha, Alistair Lockhart and Patrick Sarell’s animated short Nullarbor and Ivan Sen’s Toomelah about a ten year-old boy turned drug runner in a remote Aboriginal town, which got an excellent response at Cannes.
In fact, Miff has 25 films screening from Cannes’ Competition.
Catch; Lars Von Trier’s Melancholia, a mesmerising family drama in the face of the apocaplypse that saw Kirsten Dunst win Best Actress; Maiwenn Le Besco’s Polisse, revolving around officers in a...
- 6/17/2011
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
The Melbourne International Film Festival has announced the next round of projects that will receive financial support from its Premiere Fund, including Mark Hartley’s ‘re-imagining’ of the 70s thriller Patrick.
Swerve, shot earlier this year in South Australia, will receive completion funds.
The projects are:
Patrick
Mark Hartley makes his narrative feature debut with a re-imaging of the 1970s Australian medical telekinetic thriller. It was Hartley’s 2008 documentary Not Quite Hollywood that brought Patrick to the attention of a new generation of genre film fans. It will be produced by Tony Ginnane, who also produced the 1978 version directed by Richard Franklin.
Swerve
A rural neo-noir thriller starring from Director Craig Lahiff (Black & White), Producer Helen Leake and Executive Producer Bryce Menzies starring Jason Clarke, Emma Booth, David Lyons, Travis McMahon, Vince Colosimo and Roy Billing. Shot in South Australia.
AutoLuminescent: Rowland S. Howard
A feature documentary about the turbulent...
Swerve, shot earlier this year in South Australia, will receive completion funds.
The projects are:
Patrick
Mark Hartley makes his narrative feature debut with a re-imaging of the 1970s Australian medical telekinetic thriller. It was Hartley’s 2008 documentary Not Quite Hollywood that brought Patrick to the attention of a new generation of genre film fans. It will be produced by Tony Ginnane, who also produced the 1978 version directed by Richard Franklin.
Swerve
A rural neo-noir thriller starring from Director Craig Lahiff (Black & White), Producer Helen Leake and Executive Producer Bryce Menzies starring Jason Clarke, Emma Booth, David Lyons, Travis McMahon, Vince Colosimo and Roy Billing. Shot in South Australia.
AutoLuminescent: Rowland S. Howard
A feature documentary about the turbulent...
- 10/10/2010
- by Miguel Gonzalez
- Encore Magazine
The Australian Film Institute has published its list of feature film contenders for this year’s AFI Awards.
The AFI emphasised the fact that eight out of the 19 films were directed by women: “In an international industry where women are still significantly under-represented, Australia is heading in the right direction,” said CEO Damian Trewhella.
The contenders are:
Accidents Happen -Andrew Lancaster Animal Kingdom - David Michod Beneath Hill 60 - Jeremy Sims Blame - Michael Henry The Boys Are Back - Scott Hicks Bran Nue Dae – Rachel Perkins Bright Star - Jane Campion Daybreakers – Michael and Peter Spierig The Horseman - Steve Kastrissios I Love You Too – Dana Reid Lou - Belinda Chayko The Loved Ones - Sean Byrne Matching Jack – Nadia Tass Mother Fish (formerly Missing Water) - Khoa Do Subdivision - Sue Brooks Tomorrow When The War Began -Stuart Beattie The Tree - Julie Bertuccelli The Tumbler...
The AFI emphasised the fact that eight out of the 19 films were directed by women: “In an international industry where women are still significantly under-represented, Australia is heading in the right direction,” said CEO Damian Trewhella.
The contenders are:
Accidents Happen -Andrew Lancaster Animal Kingdom - David Michod Beneath Hill 60 - Jeremy Sims Blame - Michael Henry The Boys Are Back - Scott Hicks Bran Nue Dae – Rachel Perkins Bright Star - Jane Campion Daybreakers – Michael and Peter Spierig The Horseman - Steve Kastrissios I Love You Too – Dana Reid Lou - Belinda Chayko The Loved Ones - Sean Byrne Matching Jack – Nadia Tass Mother Fish (formerly Missing Water) - Khoa Do Subdivision - Sue Brooks Tomorrow When The War Began -Stuart Beattie The Tree - Julie Bertuccelli The Tumbler...
- 7/28/2010
- by Miguel Gonzalez
- Encore Magazine
SYDNEY -- Writer-director Cate Shortland's script for Somersault took home the honors for best feature film (original) at the Australian Writers' Guild AWGIE Awards for excellence in writing. Somersault, a rites of passage story starring Abbie Cornish, on Friday beat other nominees The Finished People by Khoa Do and Peaches by Sue Smith. The AWGIEs are controversial and in years past have failed to nominate more than one film in the category on the basis that the screenplays that year were not up to scratch. According to AWG vp Mark Poole, "excellence in writing" referred to scripts that advanced the craft of writing and took a fresh approach to the subject material.
- 10/26/2004
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
SYDNEY -- Khoa Do's "The Finished People", Rolf de Heer's "The Old Man Who Read Love Stories," Cate Shortland's "Somersault" and Alkinos Tsilimido's "Tom White" will each vie for best film at Australia's Film Critics Circle Awards, to be held in Sydney Nov. 7. "Somersault" continues to dominate in the wake of its record-breaking 15 Australian Film Institute nominations. Critics nominated the feature debut from writer-director Shortland in all of the 10 categories for which it is eligible, including film, director, actor, actress, cinematography, music and editing. "Tom White" secured eight nods, including director, film, actor, supporting actor and actress, screenplay, music and editing. At the nominations ceremony, indie auteur de Heer was honored for best screenplay adapted from another source for his work on "The Old Man Who Read Love Stories," which was also nominated in six categories -- film, director, actor (Richard Dreyfuss), cinematography and editing.
- 10/8/2004
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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