Transmission Films managing directors Andrew Mackie and Richard Payten were honoured as the joint recipients of the Australian Cinema Pioneer of the Year Award Wednesday evening at the 90th anniversary dinner of the Society of Australian Cinema Pioneers, while Lori Flekser was named the organisation's next president.
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- 11/29/2023
- by jkeast
- IF.com.au
Kate Fox.
After serving as location coordinator on Stan’s The Gloaming and location manager on season 4 of the ABC’s Rosehaven, Kate Fox aims to take her career to the next level with two comedy webseries.
Screen Tasmania is funding the development of Gasp, with Rosehaven’s Shaun Wilson attached to direct, and Papped.
Fox, a former journalist at Pacific Magazines, has written a rough Bible/series outline for Gasp (6 x 8′), which stands for Grammar and Spelling Police.
The plot centres on a a fictional task force within the real police, who enforce the correct use of the English language. Wilson will also be part of the writing team together with Ben Morton, Emesha Rudolf and Pip Kennedy.
Papped (6 x 5′) will star Jane Hamilton-Foster as Jane, a paparazzi photographer in a male-dominated industry. She’s also an actor waiting for her big break.
Post-covid-19, Tasmania becomes a bucket list travel destination,...
After serving as location coordinator on Stan’s The Gloaming and location manager on season 4 of the ABC’s Rosehaven, Kate Fox aims to take her career to the next level with two comedy webseries.
Screen Tasmania is funding the development of Gasp, with Rosehaven’s Shaun Wilson attached to direct, and Papped.
Fox, a former journalist at Pacific Magazines, has written a rough Bible/series outline for Gasp (6 x 8′), which stands for Grammar and Spelling Police.
The plot centres on a a fictional task force within the real police, who enforce the correct use of the English language. Wilson will also be part of the writing team together with Ben Morton, Emesha Rudolf and Pip Kennedy.
Papped (6 x 5′) will star Jane Hamilton-Foster as Jane, a paparazzi photographer in a male-dominated industry. She’s also an actor waiting for her big break.
Post-covid-19, Tasmania becomes a bucket list travel destination,...
- 6/22/2020
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
‘McLeod’s Daughters’ (Photo credit: Millennium Pictures).
Posie Graeme-Evans, co-creator of the Nine Network drama McLeod’s Daughters, is working on a feature film spin-off with producer Sue Clothier and screenwriter Emma Jensen.
Screen Tasmania is funding the early development of McLeods of Drovers Run, scripted by Jensen and produced by Graeme-Evans and Clothier.
Based on an origin story by Graeme-Evans, the plot sees tragic, unfinished business that begins in 1850s Scotland at the ancestral home of the McLeods return to haunt the present day family.
The logline reads: “In the end, family is all we have when the past will not die. That’s a good thing. Right?”
Graeme-Evans is convinced there is still a huge appetite for the McLeod’s franchise. Currently screening on Stan, the series won the Meaa’s The Great Australian Binge vote for Australia’s most favourite show.
A McLeod’s Daughters reunion attended by cast members Bridie Carter,...
Posie Graeme-Evans, co-creator of the Nine Network drama McLeod’s Daughters, is working on a feature film spin-off with producer Sue Clothier and screenwriter Emma Jensen.
Screen Tasmania is funding the early development of McLeods of Drovers Run, scripted by Jensen and produced by Graeme-Evans and Clothier.
Based on an origin story by Graeme-Evans, the plot sees tragic, unfinished business that begins in 1850s Scotland at the ancestral home of the McLeods return to haunt the present day family.
The logline reads: “In the end, family is all we have when the past will not die. That’s a good thing. Right?”
Graeme-Evans is convinced there is still a huge appetite for the McLeod’s franchise. Currently screening on Stan, the series won the Meaa’s The Great Australian Binge vote for Australia’s most favourite show.
A McLeod’s Daughters reunion attended by cast members Bridie Carter,...
- 6/21/2020
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
IFC Films are planning an autumn theatrical release in the Us.
IFC Films has added the UK-set thriller Six Minutes To Midnight starring Eddie Izzard and Judi Dench to its distribution pipeline after snapping up Us rights and plans an autumn theatrical release.
Andy Goddard, who directed multiple episodes of the Downton Abbey TV series, directed from a screenplay by his Set Fire To The Stars writer Celyn Jones, Izzard and Goddard.
IFC negotiated the deal with CAA and international rights-holder Lionsgate International on behalf of the filmmakers.
Based on actual events from 1939, Izzard plays a teacher to the daughters...
IFC Films has added the UK-set thriller Six Minutes To Midnight starring Eddie Izzard and Judi Dench to its distribution pipeline after snapping up Us rights and plans an autumn theatrical release.
Andy Goddard, who directed multiple episodes of the Downton Abbey TV series, directed from a screenplay by his Set Fire To The Stars writer Celyn Jones, Izzard and Goddard.
IFC negotiated the deal with CAA and international rights-holder Lionsgate International on behalf of the filmmakers.
Based on actual events from 1939, Izzard plays a teacher to the daughters...
- 2/22/2020
- by 36¦Jeremy Kay¦54¦
- ScreenDaily
Tilda Cobham-Hervey and Unjoo Moon at the Tiff premiere of ‘I Am Woman.’
In a sign of the times for independent distributors, Transmission Films expects to release approximately nine films in cinemas this year, down from 13 in 2019.
The more selective, cautious approach to acquisitions is Transmission’s response to the tightening market across-the-board for indie films, which co-founder Andrew Mackie estimates has dropped by 10-20 per cent.
That said, Mackie and co-founder Richard Payten are very confident about the 2020 slate, not least Unjoo Moon’s I Am Woman and Dean Murphy’s Paul Hogan comeback comedy The Very Excellent Mr Dundee.
Transmission has dated Moon’s Helen Reddy biopic starring Tilda Cobham-Hervey as the pioneering Australian feminist singer, which premiered at Toronto, on May 21.
Mackie says the release date for the film produced by Goalpost Pictures’ Rosemary Blight and scripted by Emma Jensen avoids the “post-Oscar season crush and allows...
In a sign of the times for independent distributors, Transmission Films expects to release approximately nine films in cinemas this year, down from 13 in 2019.
The more selective, cautious approach to acquisitions is Transmission’s response to the tightening market across-the-board for indie films, which co-founder Andrew Mackie estimates has dropped by 10-20 per cent.
That said, Mackie and co-founder Richard Payten are very confident about the 2020 slate, not least Unjoo Moon’s I Am Woman and Dean Murphy’s Paul Hogan comeback comedy The Very Excellent Mr Dundee.
Transmission has dated Moon’s Helen Reddy biopic starring Tilda Cobham-Hervey as the pioneering Australian feminist singer, which premiered at Toronto, on May 21.
Mackie says the release date for the film produced by Goalpost Pictures’ Rosemary Blight and scripted by Emma Jensen avoids the “post-Oscar season crush and allows...
- 2/2/2020
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
‘Ride Like A Girl’
Watching the 2015 Melbourne Cup, Rachel Griffiths didn’t initially know there was a female jockey in the race.
When the commentator first mentioned Michelle Payne’s name, her ears pricked up. When Payne then crossed the line – the first female jockey to ever win the Cup – the room full of women she was in erupted in cheers.
Griffiths continued to be captivated as Michelle’s brother and strapper Stevie Payne ran out to put the sash on horse Prince of Penzance, and the jockey told her naysayers to “get stuffed” in her first interview after dismounting.
She jumped on Google straight away to find out more about her, and within minutes she knew Michelle was the youngest of 10 children, eight of whom were jockeys. Her mother had died when she was six months old – “which officially makes her a Disney princess, because she has an unexpected...
Watching the 2015 Melbourne Cup, Rachel Griffiths didn’t initially know there was a female jockey in the race.
When the commentator first mentioned Michelle Payne’s name, her ears pricked up. When Payne then crossed the line – the first female jockey to ever win the Cup – the room full of women she was in erupted in cheers.
Griffiths continued to be captivated as Michelle’s brother and strapper Stevie Payne ran out to put the sash on horse Prince of Penzance, and the jockey told her naysayers to “get stuffed” in her first interview after dismounting.
She jumped on Google straight away to find out more about her, and within minutes she knew Michelle was the youngest of 10 children, eight of whom were jockeys. Her mother had died when she was six months old – “which officially makes her a Disney princess, because she has an unexpected...
- 9/24/2019
- by jkeast
- IF.com.au
‘Danger Close: The Battle of Long Tan.’
Most Australian films are caught in a catch-22: Independent distributors are constrained in how much they can spend on P&a. The upshot: Films suffer from lack of visibility and find it tough, if not impossible, to achieve their box office potential.
That’s according to Red Dune Productions’ Martin Walsh, who produced Kriv Stenders’ Danger Close: The Battle of Long Tan with Deeper Water Films’ Michael and John Schwarz.
The Vietnam War movie starring Travis Fimmel, Luke Bracey, Richard Roxburgh, Daniel Webber, Nicholas Hamilton, Aaron Glenane and Anthony Hayes has grossed $1.75 million in 13 days on 235 screens.
Walsh has no quarrel with the distributor Transmission Films, telling If: “They have done a sterling job with the resources they have, we love working with them and they were the only distributor willing to support our film.
“There would be no Danger Close without...
Most Australian films are caught in a catch-22: Independent distributors are constrained in how much they can spend on P&a. The upshot: Films suffer from lack of visibility and find it tough, if not impossible, to achieve their box office potential.
That’s according to Red Dune Productions’ Martin Walsh, who produced Kriv Stenders’ Danger Close: The Battle of Long Tan with Deeper Water Films’ Michael and John Schwarz.
The Vietnam War movie starring Travis Fimmel, Luke Bracey, Richard Roxburgh, Daniel Webber, Nicholas Hamilton, Aaron Glenane and Anthony Hayes has grossed $1.75 million in 13 days on 235 screens.
Walsh has no quarrel with the distributor Transmission Films, telling If: “They have done a sterling job with the resources they have, we love working with them and they were the only distributor willing to support our film.
“There would be no Danger Close without...
- 8/21/2019
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
Travis Fimmel as Major Harry Smith.
Transmission Films has released two images and the trailer of Kriv Stenders’ Vietnam War movie Danger Close: The Battle of Long Tan.
Travis Fimmel plays Major Harry Smith, who led a largely inexperienced company of 108 men who held off about 2,500 Viet Cong and North Vietnamese soldiers for three and a half hours in torrential rain on August 18 1966.
The drama scripted by Stuart Beattie, based on a story by James Nicholas, Jack Brislee, Karel Segers and Paul Sullivan, co-stars Luke Bracey, Richard Roxburgh, Daniel Webber, Nicholas Hamilton, Aaron Glenane, Anthony Hayes and Stephen Peacocke.
Transmission Films will launch the film produced by Red Dune Productions’ Martin Walsh and Deeper Water Films’ John and Michael Schwarz on August 8.
“To see the battle portrayed on screen for the first time is a heart pounding and emotional experience for audiences. The passion and expertise of the filmmaking team...
Transmission Films has released two images and the trailer of Kriv Stenders’ Vietnam War movie Danger Close: The Battle of Long Tan.
Travis Fimmel plays Major Harry Smith, who led a largely inexperienced company of 108 men who held off about 2,500 Viet Cong and North Vietnamese soldiers for three and a half hours in torrential rain on August 18 1966.
The drama scripted by Stuart Beattie, based on a story by James Nicholas, Jack Brislee, Karel Segers and Paul Sullivan, co-stars Luke Bracey, Richard Roxburgh, Daniel Webber, Nicholas Hamilton, Aaron Glenane, Anthony Hayes and Stephen Peacocke.
Transmission Films will launch the film produced by Red Dune Productions’ Martin Walsh and Deeper Water Films’ John and Michael Schwarz on August 8.
“To see the battle portrayed on screen for the first time is a heart pounding and emotional experience for audiences. The passion and expertise of the filmmaking team...
- 4/24/2019
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
Sue Clothier.
Producer Sue Clothier has teamed with the MDs of distributor Transmission Films, Richard Payten and Andrew Mackie, to form production company Utopia, which will make factual and scripted content for all platforms.
Over her career, Clothier has produced or overseen the production of more than 500 hours of original content, including Employable Me, Life on the Reef, Changing Minds, Kakadu, 10 Days That Shocked the Nation: Cronulla Riots, Whiteley and Blue. Clothier founded Northern Pictures in 2010, with the company then acquired by Blue Ant Media in 2017. Previously, she has worked as general manager of ScreenWorld and head of TV factual production at Becker Entertainment.
Utopia’s slate will be anchored in the factual space, but also has a number of scripted projects in development.
“Transmission Films is the leading independent distributor in the country and partnering with Richard and Andrew in Utopia has been the easiest decision I have ever made.
Producer Sue Clothier has teamed with the MDs of distributor Transmission Films, Richard Payten and Andrew Mackie, to form production company Utopia, which will make factual and scripted content for all platforms.
Over her career, Clothier has produced or overseen the production of more than 500 hours of original content, including Employable Me, Life on the Reef, Changing Minds, Kakadu, 10 Days That Shocked the Nation: Cronulla Riots, Whiteley and Blue. Clothier founded Northern Pictures in 2010, with the company then acquired by Blue Ant Media in 2017. Previously, she has worked as general manager of ScreenWorld and head of TV factual production at Becker Entertainment.
Utopia’s slate will be anchored in the factual space, but also has a number of scripted projects in development.
“Transmission Films is the leading independent distributor in the country and partnering with Richard and Andrew in Utopia has been the easiest decision I have ever made.
- 3/8/2019
- by jkeast
- IF.com.au
Jelena Dokic.
Screen Australia today announced $3.5 million worth of funding for 18 documentaries, including a feature-length project from Cjz about tennis star Jelena Dokic; a portrait of Lion and Beautiful Boy screenwriter Luke Davies; and a 10-part series that will see lawyer and advocate Julian Burnside in conversation with human rights leaders.
In total $1,385,000 in production funding was allocated through the Producer program, and $2,165,000 through the Commissioned program. An additional $140,000 was provided in development funding to 10 documentaries.
“We continue to be blown away by the ability of Australian documentary makers to connect and move audiences with complex human stories and issues of the moment. These latest projects will share the stories of remarkable Australians from those with neuro-diverse conditions looking for love, to the life of Oscar-nominated screenwriter Luke Davies,” said Screen Australia head of documentary Bernadine Lim. “I’m also pleased to see Australian documentary makers continue to tackle international stories,...
Screen Australia today announced $3.5 million worth of funding for 18 documentaries, including a feature-length project from Cjz about tennis star Jelena Dokic; a portrait of Lion and Beautiful Boy screenwriter Luke Davies; and a 10-part series that will see lawyer and advocate Julian Burnside in conversation with human rights leaders.
In total $1,385,000 in production funding was allocated through the Producer program, and $2,165,000 through the Commissioned program. An additional $140,000 was provided in development funding to 10 documentaries.
“We continue to be blown away by the ability of Australian documentary makers to connect and move audiences with complex human stories and issues of the moment. These latest projects will share the stories of remarkable Australians from those with neuro-diverse conditions looking for love, to the life of Oscar-nominated screenwriter Luke Davies,” said Screen Australia head of documentary Bernadine Lim. “I’m also pleased to see Australian documentary makers continue to tackle international stories,...
- 12/17/2018
- by jkeast
- IF.com.au
Baykali Ganambarr.
Jennifer Kent’s The Nightingale will open in Australian cinemas on January 24, the Australia Day weekend, as distributor Transmission Films aims to cash in on the film’s two prizes and glowing reviews at the Venice International Film Festival.
“Obviously screens are at a premium over summer but our plan is to emulate the Sweet Country release pattern,” Transmission joint MD Andrew Mackie tells If.
Produced by Kristina Ceyton of Causeway Films and Bruna Papandrea and Steve Hutensky of Made Up Stories, the revenge thriller won the special jury prize in Venice and Baykali Ganambarr received the Marcello Mastroianni award for best new young performer.
Critics lauded the film, which will premiere at the Adelaide Film Festival on October 13, as gripping and gut-wrenching yet also touching, leavened with laugh-out-loud moments.
In his screen debut Ganambarr plays an Aboriginal tracker named Billy who accompanies young Irish convict Clare (Aisling Franciosi...
Jennifer Kent’s The Nightingale will open in Australian cinemas on January 24, the Australia Day weekend, as distributor Transmission Films aims to cash in on the film’s two prizes and glowing reviews at the Venice International Film Festival.
“Obviously screens are at a premium over summer but our plan is to emulate the Sweet Country release pattern,” Transmission joint MD Andrew Mackie tells If.
Produced by Kristina Ceyton of Causeway Films and Bruna Papandrea and Steve Hutensky of Made Up Stories, the revenge thriller won the special jury prize in Venice and Baykali Ganambarr received the Marcello Mastroianni award for best new young performer.
Critics lauded the film, which will premiere at the Adelaide Film Festival on October 13, as gripping and gut-wrenching yet also touching, leavened with laugh-out-loud moments.
In his screen debut Ganambarr plays an Aboriginal tracker named Billy who accompanies young Irish convict Clare (Aisling Franciosi...
- 9/20/2018
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
Paul Hogan, star of the hit Crocodile Dundee franchise, is heading back to the big screen in feature comedy The Very Excellent Mr Dundee!
The film isn’t a sequel to Paramount’s iconic 1980s franchise but instead sees Hogan playing himself and on the brink of receiving a Knighthood for services to comedy. ‘Don’t do anything to mess this up’, his manager tells him, according to the plot line. However, despite all his best efforts, the next six weeks sees his name and reputation destroyed.
The film will be directed by Dean Murphy (Charlie & Boots) who is producing alongside Nigel Odell. Executive Producers are Kathy Morgan from La based Kmi who is handling international sales, Christopher Figg and Robert Whitehouse from London’s Piccadilly Pictures, Sherman Ng from Singapore’s Salt Media and Andrew Mackie and Richard Payten from Transmission Films. Fulcrum Media Finance and several equity partners complete the financing.
The film isn’t a sequel to Paramount’s iconic 1980s franchise but instead sees Hogan playing himself and on the brink of receiving a Knighthood for services to comedy. ‘Don’t do anything to mess this up’, his manager tells him, according to the plot line. However, despite all his best efforts, the next six weeks sees his name and reputation destroyed.
The film will be directed by Dean Murphy (Charlie & Boots) who is producing alongside Nigel Odell. Executive Producers are Kathy Morgan from La based Kmi who is handling international sales, Christopher Figg and Robert Whitehouse from London’s Piccadilly Pictures, Sherman Ng from Singapore’s Salt Media and Andrew Mackie and Richard Payten from Transmission Films. Fulcrum Media Finance and several equity partners complete the financing.
- 6/12/2018
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Iconic Australian actor, Paul Hogan is to star in upcoming feature film “The Very Excellent Mr Dundee.” Production starts next month in Australia, Los Angeles and Vancouver.
Hogan recently thrilled and infuriated fans of the “Crocodile Dundee” film series in which he starred in the 1980s, by appearing in a short film that appeared to be a trailer for a new film in the franchise. But the clip turned out to be a advertisement for Tourism Australia.
“The Very Excellent Mr Dundee” sees Hogan playing himself and on the brink of receiving a Knighthood for services to comedy. “Don’t do anything to mess this up,” his manager tells him. However, despite all his best efforts, the next six weeks sees his name and reputation destroyed.
It is to be directed by Dean Murphy who is producing alongside Nigel Odel. International sales are to be handled by Los Angeles-based Kmi.
Hogan recently thrilled and infuriated fans of the “Crocodile Dundee” film series in which he starred in the 1980s, by appearing in a short film that appeared to be a trailer for a new film in the franchise. But the clip turned out to be a advertisement for Tourism Australia.
“The Very Excellent Mr Dundee” sees Hogan playing himself and on the brink of receiving a Knighthood for services to comedy. “Don’t do anything to mess this up,” his manager tells him. However, despite all his best efforts, the next six weeks sees his name and reputation destroyed.
It is to be directed by Dean Murphy who is producing alongside Nigel Odel. International sales are to be handled by Los Angeles-based Kmi.
- 6/12/2018
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
Tributes are flowing for Chris Chamberlin, one of the media and entertainment industry.s most popular and respected publicists who died yesterday, 10 days before his 40th birthday.
A senior national publicist for the ABC since 2014, Chamberlin was on holidays in India. The cause of death has not been revealed.
.Chris was highly regarded and respected by everyone who was lucky enough to have known him,. Leisa Bacon, the ABC.s director of audiences, said in an email to staff.
.Chris has managed campaigns for projects across all TV genres - news, factual, entertainment and children.s programs. The list of credits is enormous and Chris knew everything there was to know about developing publicity opportunities for marketing campaigns. He built strong relationships with on-air talent, through to production teams and key media outlets.
.Chris was incredibly committed, working tirelessly to ensure the best possible outcome on every single program and project he was involved with.
A senior national publicist for the ABC since 2014, Chamberlin was on holidays in India. The cause of death has not been revealed.
.Chris was highly regarded and respected by everyone who was lucky enough to have known him,. Leisa Bacon, the ABC.s director of audiences, said in an email to staff.
.Chris has managed campaigns for projects across all TV genres - news, factual, entertainment and children.s programs. The list of credits is enormous and Chris knew everything there was to know about developing publicity opportunities for marketing campaigns. He built strong relationships with on-air talent, through to production teams and key media outlets.
.Chris was incredibly committed, working tirelessly to ensure the best possible outcome on every single program and project he was involved with.
- 6/26/2017
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Wendy Whiteley will appear at preview screenings of Transmission's new feature doc Whiteley in Sydney, Melbourne and Canberra ahead of the film's national release on May 11.
Tonight, May 1, Wendy will introduce a preview screening at Palace Norton St in Sydney, before participating in a special event Q&A at Hayden Orpheum tomorrow, May 2..
Wendy Whiteley will also appear at screenings in Melbourne on May 4 and in Canberra on May 5..
Transmission Films Joint Managing Directors Andrew Mackie and Richard Payten called the film, directed by James Bogle, "a striking and insightful documentary about one of the most influential artists to ever come out of Australia.".
"The opportunity to host Wendy and have her speak first-hand about her life with Brett is a rare opportunity for art and film lovers."
If is giving away 10 double passes to the film courtesy of Transmission. To win, email hwindsor@if.com.au with your name and address.
Tonight, May 1, Wendy will introduce a preview screening at Palace Norton St in Sydney, before participating in a special event Q&A at Hayden Orpheum tomorrow, May 2..
Wendy Whiteley will also appear at screenings in Melbourne on May 4 and in Canberra on May 5..
Transmission Films Joint Managing Directors Andrew Mackie and Richard Payten called the film, directed by James Bogle, "a striking and insightful documentary about one of the most influential artists to ever come out of Australia.".
"The opportunity to host Wendy and have her speak first-hand about her life with Brett is a rare opportunity for art and film lovers."
If is giving away 10 double passes to the film courtesy of Transmission. To win, email hwindsor@if.com.au with your name and address.
- 5/1/2017
- by Harry Windsor
- IF.com.au
David and Margaret are set to reunite at the Sydney premiere screening of Transmission's new feature doc David Stratton: A Cinematic Life..
The premiere will take place at the Hayden Orpheum Picture Palace in Cremorne next Tuesday, February 28, followed by Pomeranz and Stratton in conversation after the film.
The documentary, directed by Sally Aitken and executive produced by Sherpa's Jen Peedom, features the likes of Gillian Armstrong, Eric Bana, Bryan Brown, Russell Crowe, Judy Davis, Nicole Kidman, George Miller, Sam Neill, Geoffrey Rush, Fred Schepisi, Warwick Thornton, Jacki Weaver and Hugo Weaving.
.The documentary provides insight to a side of David the Australian public haven.t seen before," said Transmission Films Joint Managing Directors Richard Payten and Andrew Mackie in a statement. "The chance to have David attend these screenings and speak personally about his life is a privilege...
Another Sydney Q&A will take place on...
The premiere will take place at the Hayden Orpheum Picture Palace in Cremorne next Tuesday, February 28, followed by Pomeranz and Stratton in conversation after the film.
The documentary, directed by Sally Aitken and executive produced by Sherpa's Jen Peedom, features the likes of Gillian Armstrong, Eric Bana, Bryan Brown, Russell Crowe, Judy Davis, Nicole Kidman, George Miller, Sam Neill, Geoffrey Rush, Fred Schepisi, Warwick Thornton, Jacki Weaver and Hugo Weaving.
.The documentary provides insight to a side of David the Australian public haven.t seen before," said Transmission Films Joint Managing Directors Richard Payten and Andrew Mackie in a statement. "The chance to have David attend these screenings and speak personally about his life is a privilege...
Another Sydney Q&A will take place on...
- 2/20/2017
- by Harry Windsor
- IF.com.au
Lion.
Saroo and Sue Brierley, whose story is at the heart of Garth Davis.s first feature Lion, will attend the Aimc premiere of the film.
The Brierleys will be be special guests at the red carpet event presented by Screen Australia and Transmission Films on October 12.
The film is adapted from the true story A Long Way Home, written by Saroo.
Saroo was five when he found himself on a train bound the wrong direction from his home in northern India. Frightened and bewildered, he ended up forced to live on the streets of Kolkata, thousands of kilometres away. He was then adopted by an Australian couple and brought up in Tasmania wondering if he would ever see his Indian family again. Using memories and Google Earth, he tracked down his birth mother and her family.
Lion was lauded at the recent Toronto Film Festival, named as first runner-up...
Saroo and Sue Brierley, whose story is at the heart of Garth Davis.s first feature Lion, will attend the Aimc premiere of the film.
The Brierleys will be be special guests at the red carpet event presented by Screen Australia and Transmission Films on October 12.
The film is adapted from the true story A Long Way Home, written by Saroo.
Saroo was five when he found himself on a train bound the wrong direction from his home in northern India. Frightened and bewildered, he ended up forced to live on the streets of Kolkata, thousands of kilometres away. He was then adopted by an Australian couple and brought up in Tasmania wondering if he would ever see his Indian family again. Using memories and Google Earth, he tracked down his birth mother and her family.
Lion was lauded at the recent Toronto Film Festival, named as first runner-up...
- 10/3/2016
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
Transmission Films has formed a new venture to manage its film distribution activities in New Zealand..
Transmission Films New Zealand (Tmfnz) will be headed by Michael Eldred in the role of general manager.
He will oversee all of Transmission.s interests in New Zealand..
Eldred will work in close association with Sony Pictures New Zealand, the current home media sub-distributor for Transmission films..
Under a new arrangement, Sony will also handle the booking of Transmission.s theatrical releases under direction from, and in co-ordination with, Tmfnz..
The move consolidates Transmission.s activities in the New Zealand market, where they have been releasing films with various local partners since 2008..
Over the intervening period the company has invested in and brought over 75 films to New Zealand audiences, including such successful local films as Boy, The Dark Horse, The Dead Lands, The Orator and Slow West..
Tmfnz under Eldred signals Transmission.s major...
Transmission Films New Zealand (Tmfnz) will be headed by Michael Eldred in the role of general manager.
He will oversee all of Transmission.s interests in New Zealand..
Eldred will work in close association with Sony Pictures New Zealand, the current home media sub-distributor for Transmission films..
Under a new arrangement, Sony will also handle the booking of Transmission.s theatrical releases under direction from, and in co-ordination with, Tmfnz..
The move consolidates Transmission.s activities in the New Zealand market, where they have been releasing films with various local partners since 2008..
Over the intervening period the company has invested in and brought over 75 films to New Zealand audiences, including such successful local films as Boy, The Dark Horse, The Dead Lands, The Orator and Slow West..
Tmfnz under Eldred signals Transmission.s major...
- 12/3/2015
- by Inside Film Correspondent
- IF.com.au
Holding The Man has made a solid debut at the Australian box office achieving a screen average of just over $1100 on 31 screens on its first day of release..
The total box office for Holding The Man, after day one, is $260,098, which includes several preview screenings.
Transmission Film.s Richard Payten said Holding The Man was a film he was extremely proud to be distributing..
"It.s powerful and beautiful cinema from director Neil Armfield, screenwriter Tommy Murphy and producer Kylie du Fresne, with exceptional performances from an exceptional cast, including Ryan Corr, Craig Stott, Anthony La Paglia, Guy Pearce and Kerry Fox," he said.
.The timing of the release is serendipitous, with such an important national discussion taking place on the issue of Marriage Equality. .
"We hope that the film contributes positively to that debate and that is also enjoyed as one of the most moving depictions of a grand...
The total box office for Holding The Man, after day one, is $260,098, which includes several preview screenings.
Transmission Film.s Richard Payten said Holding The Man was a film he was extremely proud to be distributing..
"It.s powerful and beautiful cinema from director Neil Armfield, screenwriter Tommy Murphy and producer Kylie du Fresne, with exceptional performances from an exceptional cast, including Ryan Corr, Craig Stott, Anthony La Paglia, Guy Pearce and Kerry Fox," he said.
.The timing of the release is serendipitous, with such an important national discussion taking place on the issue of Marriage Equality. .
"We hope that the film contributes positively to that debate and that is also enjoyed as one of the most moving depictions of a grand...
- 8/28/2015
- by Inside Film Correspondent
- IF.com.au
John Maclean.s Slow West and Kim Farrant.s Strangerland will debut in Palace cinemas and in select regional locations in June immediately after being launched at the Sydney Film Festival.
The Sff is partnering with Transmission Films on the initiative dubbed Sff Presents. Both films had their world premieres in January at the Sundance Film Festival where Slow West, a fresh take on the Western genre, won the World Cinema Grand Jury Prize (Dramatic).
.Sff Presents will be at the forefront of a new approach to reaching fans of cinema,. said festival director Nashen Moodley.
.Slow West and Strangerland are both great festival-quality films wider audiences will enjoy. Holding screenings across Australian capital cities immediately following Sydney Film Festival.s premiere is a wonderful new way of sharing the excitement for these films around the country..
Transmission.s Richard Payten and Andrew Mackie said, .We are pleased to be...
The Sff is partnering with Transmission Films on the initiative dubbed Sff Presents. Both films had their world premieres in January at the Sundance Film Festival where Slow West, a fresh take on the Western genre, won the World Cinema Grand Jury Prize (Dramatic).
.Sff Presents will be at the forefront of a new approach to reaching fans of cinema,. said festival director Nashen Moodley.
.Slow West and Strangerland are both great festival-quality films wider audiences will enjoy. Holding screenings across Australian capital cities immediately following Sydney Film Festival.s premiere is a wonderful new way of sharing the excitement for these films around the country..
Transmission.s Richard Payten and Andrew Mackie said, .We are pleased to be...
- 4/28/2015
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
A total of six Australian projects have been invited to screen at the prestigious Sundance Film Festival next year.
The South Australian project Sam Klemke's Time Machine will have its world premiere in the New Frontier Film section while Oscar Raby.s Assent will screen in the New Frontier Installations section.
In the Sundance Shorts Competition, Kitty Green.s The Face of Ukraine: Casting Oksana Baiul will have its world premiere as well as Tim Marshall.s Followers.
This adds to the previously announced screenings of Kim Kim Farrant.s Strangerland, starring Nicole Kidman, Joseph Fiennes and Hugo Weaving, and Ariel Kleiman.s Partisan, starring Vincent Cassel, which will screen in competition in the World Cinema Dramatic program.
In a statement released to the media, CEO of Screen Australia, Graeme Mason, said, .It is a great honour to have six of our skilful filmmakers recognised by the leading indie film festival in the world.
The South Australian project Sam Klemke's Time Machine will have its world premiere in the New Frontier Film section while Oscar Raby.s Assent will screen in the New Frontier Installations section.
In the Sundance Shorts Competition, Kitty Green.s The Face of Ukraine: Casting Oksana Baiul will have its world premiere as well as Tim Marshall.s Followers.
This adds to the previously announced screenings of Kim Kim Farrant.s Strangerland, starring Nicole Kidman, Joseph Fiennes and Hugo Weaving, and Ariel Kleiman.s Partisan, starring Vincent Cassel, which will screen in competition in the World Cinema Dramatic program.
In a statement released to the media, CEO of Screen Australia, Graeme Mason, said, .It is a great honour to have six of our skilful filmmakers recognised by the leading indie film festival in the world.
- 12/12/2014
- by Emily Blatchford
- IF.com.au
Ryan Corr, Craig Stott, Anthony Lapaglia, Guy Pearce and Kerry Fox head the cast in Holding the Man, Neil Armfield.s love story/drama based on Tommy Murphy.s acclaimed stage play.
Corr and Stott will portray Timothy Conigrave and John Caleo, who met and fell in love while teenagers at their all-boys high school.
John was captain of the football team, Tim an aspiring actor playing a minor part in Romeo and Juliet. Their romance endured for 15 years despite separations, discrimination, temptations, jealousies and losses. It ended with both men's deaths from AIDS-related complications.
Shooting starts in Melbourne next week, produced by Goalpost Pictures. Kylie du Fresne (The Sapphires). Murphy adapted Tim.s book for the screen.
Lapaglia and Camilla Ah Kin are cast as John.s parents Bob and Lois and Guy Pearce and Kerry Fox are Tim.s parents Dick and Mary-Gert.
Corr recently worked in Russell Crowe...
Corr and Stott will portray Timothy Conigrave and John Caleo, who met and fell in love while teenagers at their all-boys high school.
John was captain of the football team, Tim an aspiring actor playing a minor part in Romeo and Juliet. Their romance endured for 15 years despite separations, discrimination, temptations, jealousies and losses. It ended with both men's deaths from AIDS-related complications.
Shooting starts in Melbourne next week, produced by Goalpost Pictures. Kylie du Fresne (The Sapphires). Murphy adapted Tim.s book for the screen.
Lapaglia and Camilla Ah Kin are cast as John.s parents Bob and Lois and Guy Pearce and Kerry Fox are Tim.s parents Dick and Mary-Gert.
Corr recently worked in Russell Crowe...
- 9/4/2014
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Candy director Neil Armfield will adapt gay memoir Holding The Man, one of five projects backed in Screen Australia’s latest funding round.
Screen Australia will invest in Holding The Man, an adaptation of a popular gay memoir from director Neil Armfield (Candy), and A Long Way Home, from Garth Davis, Jane Campion’s co-director on the series Top Of The Lake.
The government agency also decided this week to put finishing funds into Infini, a follow-up to debut film Gabriel for writer/director/producer Shane Abbess, and into two feature-length documentaries.
“It is ultimately a love story about gay soulmates and we haven’t seen much of that in cinema,” Holding The Man producer Kylie du Fresne (The Sapphires) told ScreenDaily. “We think it’s good timing because of the worldwide debate on gay marriage. It’s not what the film is about but it is part of why Tim (Conigrave) wrote his memoir.”
That memoir...
Screen Australia will invest in Holding The Man, an adaptation of a popular gay memoir from director Neil Armfield (Candy), and A Long Way Home, from Garth Davis, Jane Campion’s co-director on the series Top Of The Lake.
The government agency also decided this week to put finishing funds into Infini, a follow-up to debut film Gabriel for writer/director/producer Shane Abbess, and into two feature-length documentaries.
“It is ultimately a love story about gay soulmates and we haven’t seen much of that in cinema,” Holding The Man producer Kylie du Fresne (The Sapphires) told ScreenDaily. “We think it’s good timing because of the worldwide debate on gay marriage. It’s not what the film is about but it is part of why Tim (Conigrave) wrote his memoir.”
That memoir...
- 3/28/2014
- by Sandy.George@me.com (Sandy George)
- ScreenDaily
Candy director Neil Armfield will adapt gay memoir Holding The Man, one of five projects backed in Screen Australia’s latest funding round.
Screen Australia will invest in Holding The Man, an adaptation of a popular gay memoir from director Neil Armfield (Candy), and A Long Way Home, from Garth Davis, Jane Campion’s co-director on the series Top Of The Lake.
The government agency also decided this week to put finishing funds into Infini, a follow-up to debut film Gabriel for writer/director/producer Shane Abbess, and into two feature-length documentaries.
“It is ultimately a love story about gay soulmates and we haven’t seen much of that in cinema,” Holding The Man producer Kylie du Fresne (The Sapphires) told ScreenDaily. “We think it’s good timing because of the worldwide debate on gay marriage. It’s not what the film is about but it is part of why Tim (Conigrave) wrote his memoir.”
That memoir...
Screen Australia will invest in Holding The Man, an adaptation of a popular gay memoir from director Neil Armfield (Candy), and A Long Way Home, from Garth Davis, Jane Campion’s co-director on the series Top Of The Lake.
The government agency also decided this week to put finishing funds into Infini, a follow-up to debut film Gabriel for writer/director/producer Shane Abbess, and into two feature-length documentaries.
“It is ultimately a love story about gay soulmates and we haven’t seen much of that in cinema,” Holding The Man producer Kylie du Fresne (The Sapphires) told ScreenDaily. “We think it’s good timing because of the worldwide debate on gay marriage. It’s not what the film is about but it is part of why Tim (Conigrave) wrote his memoir.”
That memoir...
- 3/28/2014
- by Sandy.George@me.com (Sandy George)
- ScreenDaily
Outback Australian film stars Nicole Kidman, Joseph Fiennes and Hugo Weaving.
Us company Worldview Entertainment is a key financier of debut director Kim Farrant’s outback children-missing mystery drama Strangerland, an unofficial Irish/Australian co-production starring Nicole Kidman, Joseph Fiennes and Hugo Weaving.
“We had Screen Australia and the Irish Film Board and Screen Nsw and (Australian distributor) Transmission and (sales agent) Wild Bunch and were looking for an international financier and executive producer,” Naomi Wenck, from Australian company Dragonfly Pictures, told Screen. She and Irish producer Macdara Kelleher of Fastnet Films are producing.
“We noticed that Worldview Entertainment was supporting such interesting directors as Atom Egoyan and Andrew Dominik and John Hillcoat – a few of them Australians making films in the Us – and a slate of interesting films that were making it into the top five festivals.”
Kidman and Fiennes play the on-screen parents of two missing teenagers (Nicholas Hamilton and model Maddison Brown) and Weaving...
Us company Worldview Entertainment is a key financier of debut director Kim Farrant’s outback children-missing mystery drama Strangerland, an unofficial Irish/Australian co-production starring Nicole Kidman, Joseph Fiennes and Hugo Weaving.
“We had Screen Australia and the Irish Film Board and Screen Nsw and (Australian distributor) Transmission and (sales agent) Wild Bunch and were looking for an international financier and executive producer,” Naomi Wenck, from Australian company Dragonfly Pictures, told Screen. She and Irish producer Macdara Kelleher of Fastnet Films are producing.
“We noticed that Worldview Entertainment was supporting such interesting directors as Atom Egoyan and Andrew Dominik and John Hillcoat – a few of them Australians making films in the Us – and a slate of interesting films that were making it into the top five festivals.”
Kidman and Fiennes play the on-screen parents of two missing teenagers (Nicholas Hamilton and model Maddison Brown) and Weaving...
- 3/27/2014
- by Sandy.George@me.com (Sandy George)
- ScreenDaily
Outback Australian film stars Nicole Kidman, Joseph Fiennes and Hugo Weaving.
Us company Worldview Entertainment is a key financier of debut director Kim Farrant’s outback children-missing mystery drama Strangerland, an unofficial Irish/Australian co-production starring Nicole Kidman, Joseph Fiennes and Hugo Weaving.
“We had Screen Australia and the Irish Film Board and Screen Nsw and (Australian distributor) Transmission and (sales agent) Wild Bunch and were looking for an international financier and executive producer,” Naomi Wenck, from Australian company Dragonfly Pictures, told Screen. She and Irish producer Macdara Kelleher of Fastnet Films are producing.
“We noticed that Worldview Entertainment was supporting such interesting directors as Atom Egoyan and Andrew Dominik and John Hillcoat – a few of them Australians making films in the Us – and a slate of interesting films that were making it into the top five festivals.”
Kidman and Fiennes play the on-screen parents of two missing teenagers (Nicholas Hamilton and model Maddison Brown) and Weaving...
Us company Worldview Entertainment is a key financier of debut director Kim Farrant’s outback children-missing mystery drama Strangerland, an unofficial Irish/Australian co-production starring Nicole Kidman, Joseph Fiennes and Hugo Weaving.
“We had Screen Australia and the Irish Film Board and Screen Nsw and (Australian distributor) Transmission and (sales agent) Wild Bunch and were looking for an international financier and executive producer,” Naomi Wenck, from Australian company Dragonfly Pictures, told Screen. She and Irish producer Macdara Kelleher of Fastnet Films are producing.
“We noticed that Worldview Entertainment was supporting such interesting directors as Atom Egoyan and Andrew Dominik and John Hillcoat – a few of them Australians making films in the Us – and a slate of interesting films that were making it into the top five festivals.”
Kidman and Fiennes play the on-screen parents of two missing teenagers (Nicholas Hamilton and model Maddison Brown) and Weaving...
- 3/27/2014
- by Sandy.George@me.com (Sandy George)
- ScreenDaily
Nicole Kidman has joined the cast of Strangerland.
Memento's Guy Pearce and The Matrix actor Hugo Weaving also star.
Strangerland will follow a couple whose teenage children go missing in the Outback, Variety reports.
Rush's Kim Farrant will direct from a script by Tangle writers Fiona Seres and Michael Kinirons.
Molly Connors, Christopher Woodrow, Maria Cestone, Sarah E Johnson, Andrew Mackie and Richard Payten will serve as executive producers on the Australian film.
Kidman will next be seen in the 2014 biopic Grace of Monaco. The film's release was bumped last month.
Watch Nicole Kidman in the Grace of Monaco trailer below:...
Memento's Guy Pearce and The Matrix actor Hugo Weaving also star.
Strangerland will follow a couple whose teenage children go missing in the Outback, Variety reports.
Rush's Kim Farrant will direct from a script by Tangle writers Fiona Seres and Michael Kinirons.
Molly Connors, Christopher Woodrow, Maria Cestone, Sarah E Johnson, Andrew Mackie and Richard Payten will serve as executive producers on the Australian film.
Kidman will next be seen in the 2014 biopic Grace of Monaco. The film's release was bumped last month.
Watch Nicole Kidman in the Grace of Monaco trailer below:...
- 10/20/2013
- Digital Spy
Screen Australia is investing $5.4 million in six feature films from directors Gillian Armstrong,. Jeremy Sims and Paul Cox and rising filmmakers Kim Farrant, Mark Grentell and Alexs Stadermann.
Nicole Kidman, Guy Pearce and Hugo Weaving will star in Farrant.s Strangerland, a mystery drama about a couple whose lives unravel after their two teenage children go missing in the harsh Australian desert.
Michael Caton and Jacki Weaver are attached to star in Sims. Last Cab to Darwin, a comedy-drama about a dying man.s final journey based on Reg Cribb's play Last Cab to Darwin.
Caton will play Rex, a terminally ill cab driver who drove 3,000 km from his home in Broken Hill to Darwin in the early 1990s in hopes of taking advantage of the Northern Territory's voluntary euthanasia laws. Ningali Lawford has been cast as Polly, an Aboriginal woman who is Rex.s next door neighbour and occasional lover,...
Nicole Kidman, Guy Pearce and Hugo Weaving will star in Farrant.s Strangerland, a mystery drama about a couple whose lives unravel after their two teenage children go missing in the harsh Australian desert.
Michael Caton and Jacki Weaver are attached to star in Sims. Last Cab to Darwin, a comedy-drama about a dying man.s final journey based on Reg Cribb's play Last Cab to Darwin.
Caton will play Rex, a terminally ill cab driver who drove 3,000 km from his home in Broken Hill to Darwin in the early 1990s in hopes of taking advantage of the Northern Territory's voluntary euthanasia laws. Ningali Lawford has been cast as Polly, an Aboriginal woman who is Rex.s next door neighbour and occasional lover,...
- 10/20/2013
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Comedian Paul Fenech’s new film Housos Vs The Authority will have one of distributor Transmission Films’ widest openings for a local picture.
The slapstick comedy based on the Sbs TV show will go into cinemas today across 150 screens.
Transmission’s managing director, Richard Payten told Mumbrella’s sister title Encore he was hoping for takings of more than $1m over the film’s run.
Payten said: “At 150 prints, you want to be doing north of a million, so that’s our aim. There is an appetite for the film, and cinemas have been completely supportive of it.”
The film has a solid social media presence with 92,000 likes on Facebook for Housos.
Fenech told Encore: “My brand of humour certainly has plenty of ongoing fans, but Housos has grabbed a whole new fan base.”
Sbs has since announced a second season of the TV series. Fenech’s previous feature film,...
The slapstick comedy based on the Sbs TV show will go into cinemas today across 150 screens.
Transmission’s managing director, Richard Payten told Mumbrella’s sister title Encore he was hoping for takings of more than $1m over the film’s run.
Payten said: “At 150 prints, you want to be doing north of a million, so that’s our aim. There is an appetite for the film, and cinemas have been completely supportive of it.”
The film has a solid social media presence with 92,000 likes on Facebook for Housos.
Fenech told Encore: “My brand of humour certainly has plenty of ongoing fans, but Housos has grabbed a whole new fan base.”
Sbs has since announced a second season of the TV series. Fenech’s previous feature film,...
- 11/1/2012
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
Australian audiences that rush in to see the Paramount Pictures film The Dictator when it opens this week in cinemas will get their first taste of Housos vs Authority, the new feature based on the TV series Housos.
That.s because a teaser trailer for Paul Fenech.s latest local comedy will be shown before the latest, similarly politically incorrect feature starring Sacha Baron Cohen.
Housos broadcaster Sbs has described the series as doing to bogans what Kath and Kim did to lower, middle-class Australia. In the big-screen version a bunch of bludgers go on a trip to Uluru to scatter Shazza.s mum.s ashes on top of Australia.s most famous icon.
Housos vs Authority is being ushered into cinemas in early November by Transmission Films, which channels all its films through Paramount.s booking system.
The film does not have a sales agent.
.Paul Fenech is a...
That.s because a teaser trailer for Paul Fenech.s latest local comedy will be shown before the latest, similarly politically incorrect feature starring Sacha Baron Cohen.
Housos broadcaster Sbs has described the series as doing to bogans what Kath and Kim did to lower, middle-class Australia. In the big-screen version a bunch of bludgers go on a trip to Uluru to scatter Shazza.s mum.s ashes on top of Australia.s most famous icon.
Housos vs Authority is being ushered into cinemas in early November by Transmission Films, which channels all its films through Paramount.s booking system.
The film does not have a sales agent.
.Paul Fenech is a...
- 5/13/2012
- by Sandy George
- IF.com.au
Film distributor Transmission Films today launched its home entertainment and consumer product arm.
Transmission Home Entertainment brings production, marketing and publicity for the company’s range of bluray, DVD and digital products in house. Distribution and sales will remain under the management of parent company Paramount Home Entertainment Australia.
Over the past four years Transmission Films has theatrically released films such as The King’s Speech, Beneath Hill 60 and An Education, with Paramount looking after the home entertainment releases.
The new arm will allow the Transmission brand to extend its distribution of art house, independent, Australian and cult films.
Sheree Gray, senior brand manager acquisitions at Paramount Home Entertainment Australia will take the newly created role of general manager home entertainment and digital in March. Gray has worked at Transmission since 2008.
Richard Payten, joint Managing Director of Transmission Films, said: “As Transmission enters its next stage of growth, Sheree...
Transmission Home Entertainment brings production, marketing and publicity for the company’s range of bluray, DVD and digital products in house. Distribution and sales will remain under the management of parent company Paramount Home Entertainment Australia.
Over the past four years Transmission Films has theatrically released films such as The King’s Speech, Beneath Hill 60 and An Education, with Paramount looking after the home entertainment releases.
The new arm will allow the Transmission brand to extend its distribution of art house, independent, Australian and cult films.
Sheree Gray, senior brand manager acquisitions at Paramount Home Entertainment Australia will take the newly created role of general manager home entertainment and digital in March. Gray has worked at Transmission since 2008.
Richard Payten, joint Managing Director of Transmission Films, said: “As Transmission enters its next stage of growth, Sheree...
- 2/24/2012
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
The Screen Producers Association of Australia (Spaa) have announced the line up of film executives attending SPAAmart.
Held during the annual Spaa Conference (14-15 November), six international and 12 local companies will attend the feature film market to meet with seven pre-selected filmmakers regarding specific feature projects.
International production companies include:
Mark Horowitz, Partner, H2O Motion Pictures, USA Matt Baker, Director of Acquisitions, Hanway Films, UK. Roxy Kohan, Acquisitions Manager for English language films, Film Sharks International, Argentina/USA. Carey FitzGerald, Managing Director, High Point Media Group, UK. Antonio Salas, Sales Manager, Bankside Films, UK. Bart Walker, Partner, Cinetic Media, USA.
A strong representation of local production companies will also be present:
Harry Avramidis, Director of Marketing and Acquisitions, Arclight Films. Janine Pearce and David Brewster, Company Directors, Chesterfield Offset Finance Company (Cofc). Michael Wrenn, Manager of Development and Distribution, Curious Film Distribution. Alex Fernandez, Head of Alliance and Product and Vivianne Arnold,...
Held during the annual Spaa Conference (14-15 November), six international and 12 local companies will attend the feature film market to meet with seven pre-selected filmmakers regarding specific feature projects.
International production companies include:
Mark Horowitz, Partner, H2O Motion Pictures, USA Matt Baker, Director of Acquisitions, Hanway Films, UK. Roxy Kohan, Acquisitions Manager for English language films, Film Sharks International, Argentina/USA. Carey FitzGerald, Managing Director, High Point Media Group, UK. Antonio Salas, Sales Manager, Bankside Films, UK. Bart Walker, Partner, Cinetic Media, USA.
A strong representation of local production companies will also be present:
Harry Avramidis, Director of Marketing and Acquisitions, Arclight Films. Janine Pearce and David Brewster, Company Directors, Chesterfield Offset Finance Company (Cofc). Michael Wrenn, Manager of Development and Distribution, Curious Film Distribution. Alex Fernandez, Head of Alliance and Product and Vivianne Arnold,...
- 11/1/2011
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
Fred Schepisi’s The Eye of the Storm has opened confidently, posting a strong first weekend, in its limited release.
Despite opening across just 18 screens, the film earned $196,250, averaging an impressive $10,903 per screen.
Fresh from its international premiere screening at Tiff last week, the posting is the highest opening weekend average for an Australian film this year.
“To achieve the highest screen average in such a stellar year for local films is very special,” said Richard Payten, Managing Director, Transmission Films. “It is also gratifying to see the film embraced so warmly at the Toronto international Film Festival where it was sold out for all screenings.”
The Eye of the Storm is based on the 1973 novel of the same name by Patrick White about two high society siblings returning home to their dying yet manipulative mother’s side. The film stars Geoffrey Rush, Judy Davis and Charlotte Rampling, with additional cast courtesy of Alexandra Schepisi,...
Despite opening across just 18 screens, the film earned $196,250, averaging an impressive $10,903 per screen.
Fresh from its international premiere screening at Tiff last week, the posting is the highest opening weekend average for an Australian film this year.
“To achieve the highest screen average in such a stellar year for local films is very special,” said Richard Payten, Managing Director, Transmission Films. “It is also gratifying to see the film embraced so warmly at the Toronto international Film Festival where it was sold out for all screenings.”
The Eye of the Storm is based on the 1973 novel of the same name by Patrick White about two high society siblings returning home to their dying yet manipulative mother’s side. The film stars Geoffrey Rush, Judy Davis and Charlotte Rampling, with additional cast courtesy of Alexandra Schepisi,...
- 9/19/2011
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
Fred Schepisi.s latest film The Eye of the Storm has narrowly defeated Snowtown in.posting this year.s highest opening weekend screen average for an Australian film. The Eye of the Storm, based on the classic Patrick White novel, raked in $196,250 on just 18 screens, giving it a very healthy screen average of $10,903. The limited-release Paramount/Transmission drama, starring Geoffrey Rush, Judy Davis and Charlotte Rampling, is Schepisi.s first local flick since 1988 feature Evil Angels, starring Meryl Streep. It.s written by acclaimed screenwriter Judy Morris (Babe: Pig In The City, Happy Feet). The opening weekend box office result has Transmission Films. co-managing director Richard Payten ecstatic. .To achieve the highest screen...
- 9/19/2011
- by Sam Dallas
- IF.com.au
Jonathan Teplitzky is set to direct Colin Firth next year in Australian-uk co-production The Railway Man. The film is based on Eric Lomax.s book of the same name, which recounts the author's experience as a prisoner of war, working the Japanese line from Thailand to Burma during World War II, and his meeting with his Japanese interrogator almost 50 years later. The film will be released locally by Paramount Pictures and Transmission Films. Paramount is expected to release an offical statement about the film shortly. However, Transmission Films co-founder Richard Payten, who is currently at the Toronto International Film Festival (Tiff),.said via email: "This is the ultimate compliment to director Jonathan Teplitzky that the world's most in-demand actor,...
- 9/12/2011
- by Brendan Swift
- IF.com.au
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