Principal photography has commenced on Better Man, the highly anticipated musical feature film based on the life of Robbie Williams, with Australian filmmaker Michael Gracey at the helm. Gracey’s debut film, The Greatest Showman, is one of cinema’s most successful live-action musicals with over $435M at the global box office. The project marks Williams’ feature…
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AIFC announces Khushaal Vyas as new COO
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Australia India Film Council (AIFC) today announced the appointment of youth leader and lawyer Khushaal Vyas as their Chief Operating Officer. Khushaal is from Western Sydney with a history of social justice and diversity advocacy. He is an extremely passionate advocate for greater collaboration between the Australian and Indian film industries and the opportunities such…
SWIFF’22 Announces The Northman as Opening Night Film
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Screenwave International Film Festival 2022 (SWIFF’22) has announced The Northman, directed by acclaimed director Robert Eggers (The Witch, The Lighthouse) as the feature for the Opening Night Gala, marking the start of the Festival on Thursday 21st April. “As a festival made for movie fans by movie fans, SWIFF is thrilled to have an exciting…
MIFF Establishes Southern Hemisphere’s Richest Feature Film Competition
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Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF) has announced that its 70th anniversary edition in August will include the debut of the annual MIFF Film Competition. Already the Southern Hemisphere’s largest and longest-running film festival, MIFF will now also offer one of the world’s most substantial festival prize pools. “The Competition will recognise and amplify the new,…
Russian Premieres at European Film Market
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Over 40 premieres – films, series, and animation – will be presented by Russian content makers and distributors at the European Film Market (EFM) from February 10 to 17. Under the Russian Content Worldwide (RCW) brand, 39 participating companies will unite at a virtual stand organized by ROSKINO, a Russian film promotion body, with the…
WA Government Announces Screen Production Attraction Fund
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Western Australia’s growing film industry will benefit from the new $20 million Screen Production Attraction Fund – which will help to draw new job-creating film and television projects to the State. Western Australian Culture and the Arts Minister David Templeman explained that the fund will be delivered as part of the McGowan Labor Government’s 2021-22…
Yes Day Sequel Coming as Part of Netflix and Jennifer Garner Deal
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Netflix and Jennifer Garner will continue to work together through a new partnership across multiple new films for Garner to star in and produce. This builds on Netflix’s relationship with Garner who starred in and produced YES DAY, a family comedy also starring Edgar Ramirez and Jenna Ortega. The film was seen by 62 million…
Interview with Stewart Corrick, Grandson of Leonard Corrick about The Corrick Collection
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A big thank you to Stewart Corrick for taking time to me over the phone interview about his family and their film collection. A selection of the films from The Corrick Collection is going to premiere at Ten Days on the Island. NFSA Restores The Corrick Collection The Corrick Collection on the NFSA YouTube Channel…
Interview with NFSA Curator Elena Guest about The Corrick Collection
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A big thank you to NFSA Curator Elena Guest for the phone interview about The Corrick Film Collection. The Corrick film Collection contains 135 of the world’s earliest films, which formed part of the Corrick Family Entertainers variety act over 100 years ago. A selection of the films from The Corrick Collection is going to…
Screenrights’ 2021 Cultural Fund is open for Applications
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Screenrights’ 2021 Cultural Fund is open for applications, with this year’s focus revealed as New Teams. “Ours is an industry that thrives on collaboration, and we’re all finding new ways of working together in the time of COVID. The 2021 Cultural Fund focus aims to support projects that bring together new teams: collaborations between people…