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Ashlands Eighth Festival about to get underway.
March 31st 2009 06:19
“Ashland reminds you of why you decided to make films in the first place’ stated Patrick Creadon, director of to previous entries in the festival WORDLPLAY AND I.O.U.S.A. “If there’s a film festival in heaven I’m sure it looks a lot like Ashland.”
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11th ANNUAL BACK UP FILM FESTIVAL LAST CALL
March 30th 2009 06:10
The organisers are looking for short films and videos that ‘reflect and define the boundaries and possibilities of the cinematic format through the creative use if different production methods and modes of expression’ with the aim to produce a unique hybrid form of cinema through the interplay of media with new and differing techniques influencing not only the narrative structure, but also the production and distribution process. With no films completed before January 1 2008 accepted, the team at Backup is concentrating on supporting emerging artists gain recognition for their ground breaking techniques.
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AUDI FESTIVAL OF GERMAN FILMS
March 28th 2009 04:28
Its now time for your second doss of inteernational festivals in Australia with next months GERMAN FILM FESTIVAL screening at a cinema somewhere nearby. Having attended last year, I can tell you there is going ot be som efantastic films on show once again. early next month I will be attending a screening of THE BAADER MEINHOF COMPLEX and will be sure to post a review for you to get you salivating in anticipation. In the meantime, start putting a little bit of that hard earned cash aside. DAS IST PRIMA! Mein Deutsch ist nicht!
EXPLORE GERMAN'S PAST AND PRESENT AT THE 2009
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EXPLORE GERMAN'S PAST AND PRESENT AT THE 2009
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2009 TRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL
March 26th 2009 06:47
If you like your films and your sport, (two of my favourite passions) then this is the festival for you. Combines best of both. And Australias own Eric Bana is screeninghis muscle car movie LOVE THE BEAST. Gotta check it out!!!!!!!
ANNOUNCES WORLD PREMIERE OF SPIKE LEE’S KOBE DOIN’ WORK
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ANNOUNCES WORLD PREMIERE OF SPIKE LEE’S KOBE DOIN’ WORK
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ROOFTOP CINEMA EYE AWARDS
March 24th 2009 14:58
TICKETS ARE NOW ON SALE FOR 2nd ANNUAL CINEMA EYE HONORS for NONFICTION FILM
Special Discount for friends of Rooftop Films.
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Special Discount for friends of Rooftop Films.
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Friday on My Mind – This week :: March 27
March 24th 2009 05:40
Here's the latest from the AFTRS. Would have loved to have been there for the COombs. Elliot Talk aspecially after seeing MARY AND MAX on teh Wednesday last week.
You have to go and see it when it comes out in two weeks. It is amazing. Will publish a full review by the end of the week.
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You have to go and see it when it comes out in two weeks. It is amazing. Will publish a full review by the end of the week.
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2009 TRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL
March 21st 2009 14:56
TO OPEN WITH WORLD PREMIERE OF WOODY ALLEN'S WHATEVER WORKS, A SONY PICTURES CLASSICS RELEASE\
Film Marking Allen's Return to New York After Four Years of Shooting Abroad Will Screen Opening Night, April 22, 2009, in New York City
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Film Marking Allen's Return to New York After Four Years of Shooting Abroad Will Screen Opening Night, April 22, 2009, in New York City
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Chauvel Cinematheque
March 21st 2009 02:43
It's been a while since I posted anything on the Chauvel and I should e ashamed. Some great classics are on regularly at PAddo Town Hall Cinema and if you are anywhere nearby, you should definitely try to make it at least once or twice a month. So here's whats on at the cinematheque over the next few months. And also here's the mailinglist if you dont want to read my blogs.
Mailing list:cinematheque@chauvelcinema.net.au
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3D Underground Horror
March 19th 2009 06:06
Want to get an executive producer credit on a horror film?
Then read on.......
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Then read on.......
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Summer Hours - screening and Q&A w. Juliette Binoche.
March 16th 2009 12:23
Summer Hours is the story of a family separated not just by geography, but by the different paths each has followed in their personal lives. Returning home after the death of their mother, the three siblings must now confront these differences, shared memories and what the future now holds.
Olivier Assayas creates an emotive portrait of a family immersed in a culture and history that now holds no relevance to their lives, where beauty is locked away and sanitized, so that no one can connect. Long gone the sibling’s childhood, now they struggle to deal with the realities that their mother’s death has bequeathed them and the choices they must make that will effect future generations.
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Olivier Assayas creates an emotive portrait of a family immersed in a culture and history that now holds no relevance to their lives, where beauty is locked away and sanitized, so that no one can connect. Long gone the sibling’s childhood, now they struggle to deal with the realities that their mother’s death has bequeathed them and the choices they must make that will effect future generations.
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New series to employ 330 people
March 16th 2009 04:23
A new drama series is set to begin filming early next month in and around Sydney creating jobs for over 300 industry professionals over the next 6 months. Based on the themes that have performed well on commercial television over the years, the series is set to concentrate on two brothers who are members of the Special Operations Rescue Unit. Of course the two are extremely competitive which will obviously lead to narrowly averted disaster scenarios and confusing love triangles as the boys try to get the better of each other each week, but surely after two decades of similar shows the likes of POLICE RESCUE, FIREFLIES etc, it might be time to try and look at this from a different perspective. With filming still in the pre-production stage, lets hope the writers and producers take a few risks and try something new.
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ANIMACOR’09
March 12th 2009 16:29
Prize-winnings totaling 39,000 € will be awarded. The winners will also receive the “Carrasquito” statue, which is in the shape of the festival logo.
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2009 FILMINK AWARDS
March 12th 2009 06:20
While this may put some fans noses a little out of place, the organisers have gone to great pains to stress that the evening will be streamed live to anyone who has access to the internet. And as the celebrity invitees stroll down the red carpet at the beginning of the evening, fans will still be able to cheer for their own personal favourites outside.
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Blockbuster, Sonic team on online movies
March 11th 2009 16:24
Blockbuster and Sonic Solutions announced a multi-year agreement that will have the former deliver its library of digital movies and shows to home and portable electronics devices with Internet connectivity and Sonic software. The companies will also merge their digital libraries – including Sonic's recently purchased CinemaNow – and offer them under the Blockbuster brand, to create one of the largest VOD services on the market.
The service will be available on numerous devices from yet unnamed hardware manufacturers of HTPCs, portable media players, Blu-ray disc players, PVRs, set-top boxes, cellphones and Internet-enabled HDTVs, and will include Sonic's current CinemaNow partners. Sonic's CinemaNow SDK will allow for the quick introduction of the service into devices with Mac and Windows based operating systems, allowing users to view content via adaptive streaming and progressive downloads.
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The service will be available on numerous devices from yet unnamed hardware manufacturers of HTPCs, portable media players, Blu-ray disc players, PVRs, set-top boxes, cellphones and Internet-enabled HDTVs, and will include Sonic's current CinemaNow partners. Sonic's CinemaNow SDK will allow for the quick introduction of the service into devices with Mac and Windows based operating systems, allowing users to view content via adaptive streaming and progressive downloads.
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ACEFEST 09 call!
March 11th 2009 05:29
Check out whats going on with ACEFEST anyway. Submissions close May 17 so you still have plenty of time to get that film ready. If your unsure how to submit head over to teir website and they will give you any info that isnt included in this here blog
CELEBRATING THE AMERICAN CINEMATIC EXPERIENCE!
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CELEBRATING THE AMERICAN CINEMATIC EXPERIENCE!
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AUSTRALIA still heads the list but…
March 10th 2009 14:43
Australian films earned just $35.5 million dollars at the box office amounting to just 3.8% of the $945.5m total box office takings at cinemas over 2008. Adding to this singularly worrying statistic, of that $35.5M, $26.9M or 76% of that came from the Box Office takings for AUSTRALIA leaving less than $8.6M to be shared amongst every other Australian film in the country. With THE BLACK BALLOON ($2.3M) and the Chinese/Australian co-production CHILDREN OF THE SILK ROAD ($1.2M) taking another 10%, it becomes easy to see why we are struggling to compete with overseas productions released domestically. BATMAN THE DARK KNIGHT returned more than the entire domestic box office on its own which took the honour of highest grossing film of the year, and also earned a place as one of the top 10 highest grossing films of all times in Australia. Add to this, AUSTRALIA was primarily an American funded film and most of the profits from this film will probably never make its way back into our industry. If it manages to turn a net profit at all.
A quick poll carried out last week with friends and associates revealed an alarming aversion to seeing Australian Films. One comment made was that the respondent didn’t really like the accents and the pictures just always looked to ‘dirty’. When pressed to expand on this reasoning, the pollee (if there is such a word) was unable to describe exactly what it was that he didn’t like only that he preferred American films. Others stated that they were either too apathetic to even bother going to the movies as they could always wait until it came out on DVD or that if they were going to spend $15 on a movie that wanted to be assured that they would get their value for money.
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A quick poll carried out last week with friends and associates revealed an alarming aversion to seeing Australian Films. One comment made was that the respondent didn’t really like the accents and the pictures just always looked to ‘dirty’. When pressed to expand on this reasoning, the pollee (if there is such a word) was unable to describe exactly what it was that he didn’t like only that he preferred American films. Others stated that they were either too apathetic to even bother going to the movies as they could always wait until it came out on DVD or that if they were going to spend $15 on a movie that wanted to be assured that they would get their value for money.
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Latest Hollywood script deals
March 10th 2009 05:28
Just aa little something that I read a week or so ago. Keeps you up to date with whats coming on in LALA LAND
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MIFF deadline!!
March 9th 2009 12:55
IF YOU ARE THINKING OF ENTERING A FILM FOR THIS YEAR’S MELBOURNE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, YOU HAVE UNTIL THIS FRIDAY TO GET YOUR ENTRIES IN. HURRY UP AND FINISH THAT POST PRODUCTION.
ENTRY REGULATIONS MIFF
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Alex Karpovky's Woodpecker
March 9th 2009 04:54
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TWO FISTS, ONE HEART one night only!
March 8th 2009 04:40
from the producer of Newsfront and Rabbit-Proof Fence
TWO FISTS, ONE HEART
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TWO FISTS, ONE HEART
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Opening night went boom!
March 7th 2009 06:21
Opening Night was a fantastic success, the crowd was buzzing and the conversation flowing about the intense, amazing shorts that were screened. The crowd at BEV even had a chance to graba spot of dancing. .
Actresses Sally Hawkins and Hayley Atwell, and our patrons Gurindha Chadha, Steven Woolley and Sarah Radclyffe all turned up and were brilliant and inspiring. Mary Harron fought the jet-lag and popped down for a celebratory drink after arriving from New York for her Masterclass and Retrospective this weekend. We asked her some quick questions for our blog before the big Q&As on the weekend... We can't wait [ Click here to read more ]
Sally Hawkins, Rahcel and Gurindha Chadha
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John Jameson Shorts Competition
March 7th 2009 04:09
EMAIL just received. You still have a week or so to get those entries in!!
To allow for last minute entries, Jameson have extended the deadline for the John Jameson Productions short screenplay competition to Monday 16th March.
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MARY AND MAX SCREENING AND Q & A
March 4th 2009 07:25
OSCAR WINNING CREATORS OF 'HARVIE KRUMPET' MAKE A SPECIAL APPEARANCE AT THE CREMORNE ORPHEUM TO TALK ABOUT THEIR DEBUT FEATURE CLAYMATION 'MARY AND MAX'
Join Academy Award winning Director Adam Elliot and Producer Melanie Coombs for a special advance screening of MARY AND MAX at The Cremorne Orpheum, Sydney on Thursday April 2 at 7.30pm.
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MARY AND MAX
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