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May 5th 2008 06:55
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Eye Candy Animation based in the Australian Capital of Canberra has scooped up a multitude of awards at the 2008 Houston International Film Festival.
The 41st festival held last month and one of the oldest in the world awards excellence in Film, Television and Advertising.
ECA picked up an award in all 6 advertising categories it was entered in winning three Platinum, two Silver and one Bronze REMI awards for its animated production work on commercials that included Old Parliament House, Club Lime, University of Canberra and ActewAGL.
Eye Candy also picked up a Silver award for its entertaining short film The Bee's Knees.
“Winning at WorldFest is a great testament to the hard work and dedication that our team continue to put in at Eye Candy day in day out, we love what we do and it really comes through in our work. We've also been lucky enough to have some pretty brave clients that let us push the boundaries,” said Eye Candy's creative director Damian Stocks
Qld calls on new filmmakers
Presented by the Pacific Film and Television Commission, the annual Warner Roadshow Studios Queensland New Filmmakers Awards is now welcoming entries.
The Awards are the biggest industry sponsored new filmmaker competition in the country, recognising and encouraging the achievements of emerging Queensland filmmakers.
The QNFA competition is open for entries and will accept short films from Secondary Student Productions, Tertiary Student Productions and Independent filmmakers aged 30 years and under.
Films submitted to QNFA are judged on originality and technical proficiency, with a selection of finalists films screened Saturday 2nd August at the Regent Cinema.
Sponsored prizes and awards are then presented to individuals at the QNFA Awards Presentation Ceremony Gala event on Saturday 9th August at the Tivoli Theatre.
See full entry details in the QNFA Entry Kit and QNFA Entry Form available from www.pftc.com.au
Entries for the QNFA close 5pm Friday 30th May 2008.
Black Water has limited success at Box Office.
Despite a lack of support from exhibitors, low budget croc thriller Black Water has had a strong opening, according to box office figures from the MPDA of Australia. Black Water took OVER $17,000 in it’s first 4 days of release.
Its Australian run follows a limited UK release, during which it received strong reviews for its realism and thrills.
Black Water co-director Andrew Traucki told Inside Film it was a disappointment the film had not been picked up wider yet.
“It is hard for Australian genre films to do well as there is no exhibition space for them. The smaller exhibitors only want arthouse films and the big ones don’t see it competing with the big US releases. We are financing our next film at the moment and the first thing we’re going to do is find a distributor who can put it on screens.”
All Interactive Entertainment is distributing the film, as their first theatrical release.
Source: Inside Film
Eye Candy Animation based in the Australian Capital of Canberra has scooped up a multitude of awards at the 2008 Houston International Film Festival.
The 41st festival held last month and one of the oldest in the world awards excellence in Film, Television and Advertising.
ECA picked up an award in all 6 advertising categories it was entered in winning three Platinum, two Silver and one Bronze REMI awards for its animated production work on commercials that included Old Parliament House, Club Lime, University of Canberra and ActewAGL.
Eye Candy also picked up a Silver award for its entertaining short film The Bee's Knees.
“Winning at WorldFest is a great testament to the hard work and dedication that our team continue to put in at Eye Candy day in day out, we love what we do and it really comes through in our work. We've also been lucky enough to have some pretty brave clients that let us push the boundaries,” said Eye Candy's creative director Damian Stocks
Qld calls on new filmmakers
Presented by the Pacific Film and Television Commission, the annual Warner Roadshow Studios Queensland New Filmmakers Awards is now welcoming entries.
The Awards are the biggest industry sponsored new filmmaker competition in the country, recognising and encouraging the achievements of emerging Queensland filmmakers.
The QNFA competition is open for entries and will accept short films from Secondary Student Productions, Tertiary Student Productions and Independent filmmakers aged 30 years and under.
Films submitted to QNFA are judged on originality and technical proficiency, with a selection of finalists films screened Saturday 2nd August at the Regent Cinema.
Sponsored prizes and awards are then presented to individuals at the QNFA Awards Presentation Ceremony Gala event on Saturday 9th August at the Tivoli Theatre.
See full entry details in the QNFA Entry Kit and QNFA Entry Form available from www.pftc.com.au
Entries for the QNFA close 5pm Friday 30th May 2008.
Black Water has limited success at Box Office.
Despite a lack of support from exhibitors, low budget croc thriller Black Water has had a strong opening, according to box office figures from the MPDA of Australia. Black Water took OVER $17,000 in it’s first 4 days of release.
Its Australian run follows a limited UK release, during which it received strong reviews for its realism and thrills.
Black Water co-director Andrew Traucki told Inside Film it was a disappointment the film had not been picked up wider yet.
“It is hard for Australian genre films to do well as there is no exhibition space for them. The smaller exhibitors only want arthouse films and the big ones don’t see it competing with the big US releases. We are financing our next film at the moment and the first thing we’re going to do is find a distributor who can put it on screens.”
All Interactive Entertainment is distributing the film, as their first theatrical release.
Source: Inside Film
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