Agbo on Wednesday revealed the winners of its 48-hour filmmaking competition No Sleep ‘til Film Fest.
The 48-hour short filmmaking competition invites emerging creators to make a bite-sized film, three minutes or less, based off of the provided creative prompt. The judges for the festival included Agbo co-founders and directors Anthony and Joe Russo, Chief Creative Officer Angela Russo-Otstot, Chief Innovation Officer Jake Aust, Chief Marketing Officer Marian Koltai-Levine, President of Film Michael Disco, and President of TV Scott Nemes.
Darren Hinchy, an Irish filmmaker who lives in Canada, won first place for his short Time of Your Life, about a college freshman’s life unfolding solely on her phone screen.
He will receive a Red Komodo Starter Pack, a new GoPro action camera, a Surface Pro 9 from Microsoft, a copy of DaVinci Resolve Studio from Blackmagic Design, a copy of Final Draft screenwriting software, Agbo merch and a Red Bull swag bag.
The 48-hour short filmmaking competition invites emerging creators to make a bite-sized film, three minutes or less, based off of the provided creative prompt. The judges for the festival included Agbo co-founders and directors Anthony and Joe Russo, Chief Creative Officer Angela Russo-Otstot, Chief Innovation Officer Jake Aust, Chief Marketing Officer Marian Koltai-Levine, President of Film Michael Disco, and President of TV Scott Nemes.
Darren Hinchy, an Irish filmmaker who lives in Canada, won first place for his short Time of Your Life, about a college freshman’s life unfolding solely on her phone screen.
He will receive a Red Komodo Starter Pack, a new GoPro action camera, a Surface Pro 9 from Microsoft, a copy of DaVinci Resolve Studio from Blackmagic Design, a copy of Final Draft screenwriting software, Agbo merch and a Red Bull swag bag.
- 11/8/2023
- by Valerie Complex
- Deadline Film + TV
Hey, "Dateline NBC" fans. We're back to let you know that NBC will indeed serve up another new episode of Dateline NBC tonight, May 5, 2023. That's right, guys. NBC is going to deliver the next, new episode 30 of Dateline NBC's current season 31 tonight, and we have some new preview information for it. The lovely NBC folks were so very nice enough to supply us with an official press release for tonight's new, May 5, 2023 edition. So, that is certainly what we'll be working with to deliver this preview session. Let's get into it. To start, we've got an official title for tonight's new, May 5, 2023 episode. It's called, "Killing Time." In tonight's new episode, the Dateline NBC team will take a deep look at a story about a tragic murder that took place way, way back in 1997.
- 5/5/2023
- by Andre Braddox
- OnTheFlix
John Penney Set To Release His Third Novel It Comes Back: "John Penney, known for writing horror film favorites Return of the Living Dead 3 and The Kindred, is set to release his third novel with It Comes Back. An evil presence preys on the trauma, guilt and people’s unsuccessful attempts to run away from their past mistakes.
It knows what you did… It will use it against you.
Allison Cutter is just a typical housewife living in California with her husband Ray. One night she wakes up to find herself alone in her bed with Ray nowhere in sight. She looks for him, but instead of finding her husband, she finds a different man in her kitchen. A completely nude man with slashed wrists raiding her refrigerator. Before Allison can call for help, she is stabbed seven times in the back. What follows is a story of a...
It knows what you did… It will use it against you.
Allison Cutter is just a typical housewife living in California with her husband Ray. One night she wakes up to find herself alone in her bed with Ray nowhere in sight. She looks for him, but instead of finding her husband, she finds a different man in her kitchen. A completely nude man with slashed wrists raiding her refrigerator. Before Allison can call for help, she is stabbed seven times in the back. What follows is a story of a...
- 3/21/2023
- by Jonathan James
- DailyDead
Sympatico, Malaysia-u.K. Production Venture, Launches Authentically Asian Film, TV Slate (Exclusive)
Sympatico, a production partnership combining the U.K.’s Argo Films and Malaysia’s Double Vision, is hatching a busy slate of film and TV productions that it says will be authentically Asian.
“Too often, Southeast Asia has been portrayed in a mix of styles on screen with, for example, iconic establishing shots of Kuala Lumpur ‘s Twin Towers soon giving way to a location that resembles Vietnam, mixed with Hong Kong by way of Vancouver,” said Min Lim, head of production at Double Vision and a partner in Sympatico.
The new venture starts life with six projects in active development, including two that it expects to put into production this year.
Double Vision is the production arm of the Vision New Media group that has over 35 years of experience in features, dramas, sitcoms, telefeatures, reality/game shows, magazine shows, documentaries, children’s programmes and variety shows. Double Vision has in-house production and post-production facilities,...
“Too often, Southeast Asia has been portrayed in a mix of styles on screen with, for example, iconic establishing shots of Kuala Lumpur ‘s Twin Towers soon giving way to a location that resembles Vietnam, mixed with Hong Kong by way of Vancouver,” said Min Lim, head of production at Double Vision and a partner in Sympatico.
The new venture starts life with six projects in active development, including two that it expects to put into production this year.
Double Vision is the production arm of the Vision New Media group that has over 35 years of experience in features, dramas, sitcoms, telefeatures, reality/game shows, magazine shows, documentaries, children’s programmes and variety shows. Double Vision has in-house production and post-production facilities,...
- 2/13/2023
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
The producers of Focus Features’ “Polite Society” have launched their next project with “Lollipop,” the fiction debut feature of Daisy-May Hudson, which stars Posy Sterling, TerriAnn Oudjar and newcomer Idil Ahmed.
The film, which has wrapped after a five-week shoot in London, is the first major title for new sales agent and financier Architect, set up by former Embankment Films executives Calum Gray and Max Pirkis. The company will launch the title at this month’s European Film Market, which runs alongside the Berlin Film Festival.
A BAFTA Breakthrough, Grierson and BIFA-nominated documentary director, Daisy-May Hudson’s previous film was the acclaimed documentary feature “Half Way.”
“Lollipop” follows Molly (Sterling), a young woman who having just been released from prison struggles to regain custody of her children from the state. When she bumps into her childhood friend Amina (Ahmed) the two women soon realize their only chance is to join...
The film, which has wrapped after a five-week shoot in London, is the first major title for new sales agent and financier Architect, set up by former Embankment Films executives Calum Gray and Max Pirkis. The company will launch the title at this month’s European Film Market, which runs alongside the Berlin Film Festival.
A BAFTA Breakthrough, Grierson and BIFA-nominated documentary director, Daisy-May Hudson’s previous film was the acclaimed documentary feature “Half Way.”
“Lollipop” follows Molly (Sterling), a young woman who having just been released from prison struggles to regain custody of her children from the state. When she bumps into her childhood friend Amina (Ahmed) the two women soon realize their only chance is to join...
- 2/8/2023
- by Manori Ravindran
- Variety Film + TV
Award-winning writer and director John Penney has launched a new Crowdfundr where fans can help shape the story of his third and much anticipated psychological horror novel, ‘It Comes Back.’
On September 15th, the first two chapters of the book become available via the Crowdfundr platform, and he is actively asking audiences for feedback on his work to shape the story through to the end – akin to a choose your own adventure. It Comes Back is a psychological horror novel that explores trauma, guilt and people’s unsuccessful attempts to run away from their past mistakes.
As well as getting exclusive access to his book, other perks include getting a character named after you, signed previous works and one-on-one meetings with John himself, who can impart his wisdom with fellow writing enthusiasts.
Penney’s previous novels include Truck Stop and Killing Time. John is best known for the films ‘Return of the Living Dead III,...
On September 15th, the first two chapters of the book become available via the Crowdfundr platform, and he is actively asking audiences for feedback on his work to shape the story through to the end – akin to a choose your own adventure. It Comes Back is a psychological horror novel that explores trauma, guilt and people’s unsuccessful attempts to run away from their past mistakes.
As well as getting exclusive access to his book, other perks include getting a character named after you, signed previous works and one-on-one meetings with John himself, who can impart his wisdom with fellow writing enthusiasts.
Penney’s previous novels include Truck Stop and Killing Time. John is best known for the films ‘Return of the Living Dead III,...
- 9/5/2022
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Sue Maslin.
Producers Anita Jacoby and Sue Maslin, writers Ray Harding and Bevan Lee, and actor Magda Szubanski were among the screen professionals who received Australia Day honours on Saturday.
Jacoby, a former managing director of ITV Studios Australia and head of development and production at Zapruder’s Other Films, was named a Member of the Order of Australia (Am) for her significant service to the broadcast and print media, and to community mental health groups.
An authority member of the Australian Communications and Media Authority (Acma) and a board director of AFI | Aacta, Jacoby has worked in the industry for more than 30 years. Her extensive list of credits include The Gruen Transfer, Enough Rope, Hungry Beast, Angels and Demons, 60 Minutes, and the Today Show. She is a member of Screen Producers Australia (Spa) and a supporter of the Documentary Australia Foundation. In 2013, she established the Jacoby Walkley Scholarship, which supports young journalists.
Producers Anita Jacoby and Sue Maslin, writers Ray Harding and Bevan Lee, and actor Magda Szubanski were among the screen professionals who received Australia Day honours on Saturday.
Jacoby, a former managing director of ITV Studios Australia and head of development and production at Zapruder’s Other Films, was named a Member of the Order of Australia (Am) for her significant service to the broadcast and print media, and to community mental health groups.
An authority member of the Australian Communications and Media Authority (Acma) and a board director of AFI | Aacta, Jacoby has worked in the industry for more than 30 years. Her extensive list of credits include The Gruen Transfer, Enough Rope, Hungry Beast, Angels and Demons, 60 Minutes, and the Today Show. She is a member of Screen Producers Australia (Spa) and a supporter of the Documentary Australia Foundation. In 2013, she established the Jacoby Walkley Scholarship, which supports young journalists.
- 1/29/2019
- by jkeast
- IF.com.au
Shaun Grant.
Screenwriter Shaun Grant has been working non-stop since the release of Snowtown, his first film, in 2011.
Grant divides his time between La and Melbourne these days after wrapping up work on projects as diverse as Deadline Gallipoli, Jasper Jones and Berlin Syndrome at home in Australia.
Now working out of an office in West Hollywood, the scribe is working on several projects, including a long-gestating adaptation of Peter Carey.s True History of the Kelly Gang for producer Liz Watts and Snowtown director Justin Kurzel.
.It.s a beautifully written book,. says Grant. .He.s an iconic character in our country, so of course when Liz approached me I had some trepidation. But the things that scare me are usually the ones I.m drawn to. And Justin and I have been looking to work together since Snowtown..
Like Animal Kingdom before it, Snowtown put a rocket under...
Screenwriter Shaun Grant has been working non-stop since the release of Snowtown, his first film, in 2011.
Grant divides his time between La and Melbourne these days after wrapping up work on projects as diverse as Deadline Gallipoli, Jasper Jones and Berlin Syndrome at home in Australia.
Now working out of an office in West Hollywood, the scribe is working on several projects, including a long-gestating adaptation of Peter Carey.s True History of the Kelly Gang for producer Liz Watts and Snowtown director Justin Kurzel.
.It.s a beautifully written book,. says Grant. .He.s an iconic character in our country, so of course when Liz approached me I had some trepidation. But the things that scare me are usually the ones I.m drawn to. And Justin and I have been looking to work together since Snowtown..
Like Animal Kingdom before it, Snowtown put a rocket under...
- 4/10/2017
- by Harry Windsor
- IF.com.au
Shona Martyn..
Former HarperCollins executive Shona Martyn is headed to Lingo Pictures, as the production company looks to respond to the booming business of book adaptation.
Martyn was the publishing director of HarperCollins in Anz until late last year, a role that encompassed local and international fiction and non-fiction.
Prior to that she was the publishing director at Transworld/Random House, arts editor at Vogue, editor of Good Weekend and founding editor of HQ Magazine. She was a member of the Sydney Writer's Festival board from 2003 to 2011.
"I am delighted to be joining the team at Lingo Pictures as their exclusive book scout at a time when the thirst for transforming books into TV and film has never been stronger,. said Martyn.
.There are many splendid stories just waiting to be made and many opportunities for authors as a result..
Lingo Pictures is owned by producers Helen Bowden (The Slap,...
Former HarperCollins executive Shona Martyn is headed to Lingo Pictures, as the production company looks to respond to the booming business of book adaptation.
Martyn was the publishing director of HarperCollins in Anz until late last year, a role that encompassed local and international fiction and non-fiction.
Prior to that she was the publishing director at Transworld/Random House, arts editor at Vogue, editor of Good Weekend and founding editor of HQ Magazine. She was a member of the Sydney Writer's Festival board from 2003 to 2011.
"I am delighted to be joining the team at Lingo Pictures as their exclusive book scout at a time when the thirst for transforming books into TV and film has never been stronger,. said Martyn.
.There are many splendid stories just waiting to be made and many opportunities for authors as a result..
Lingo Pictures is owned by producers Helen Bowden (The Slap,...
- 3/20/2017
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
Shona Martyn..
Former HarperCollins executive Shona Martyn is headed to Lingo Pictures, as the production company looks to respond to the booming business of book adaptation.
Martyn was the publishing director of HarperCollins in Anz until late last year, a role that encompassed local and international fiction and non-fiction.
Prior to that she was the publishing director at Transworld/Random House, arts editor at Vogue, editor of Good Weekend and founding editor of HQ Magazine. She was a member of the Sydney Writer's Festival board from 2003 to 2011.
"I am delighted to be joining the team at Lingo Pictures as their exclusive book scout at a time when the thirst for transforming books into TV and film has never been stronger,. said Martyn.
.There are many splendid stories just waiting to be made and many opportunities for authors as a result..
Lingo Pictures is owned by producers Helen Bowden (The Slap,...
Former HarperCollins executive Shona Martyn is headed to Lingo Pictures, as the production company looks to respond to the booming business of book adaptation.
Martyn was the publishing director of HarperCollins in Anz until late last year, a role that encompassed local and international fiction and non-fiction.
Prior to that she was the publishing director at Transworld/Random House, arts editor at Vogue, editor of Good Weekend and founding editor of HQ Magazine. She was a member of the Sydney Writer's Festival board from 2003 to 2011.
"I am delighted to be joining the team at Lingo Pictures as their exclusive book scout at a time when the thirst for transforming books into TV and film has never been stronger,. said Martyn.
.There are many splendid stories just waiting to be made and many opportunities for authors as a result..
Lingo Pictures is owned by producers Helen Bowden (The Slap,...
- 3/20/2017
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
Anupam Sharma’s cross cultural Australian comedy unINDIAN, featuring cricket star, Brett Lee and internationally acclaimed Indian actress, Tannishtha Chatterjee, will be screened in the Antipodes Festival at Cannes during Cannes Films Festival this May 2016, then in October 2016 during St Tropez Film Festival (https://issuu.com/michelolivier/docs/cannesantipodes2016__bd_). The film was produced with financial assistance from Screen Australia and Screen Nsw and major investment from Australia India Film Fund.
Opening with a world premiere at Montreal, unINDIAN continued to be screened at number of film festivals throughout Europe and America. The film opened across 70 screens in Australia, with Madman picking up ancilliary sales in Australia. The producers will be selling the film to various territories, particularly India, through their global sales agents, Yellow Affair at Cannes. Speaking from Cannes, Miira Paasillinna and Chris Howard from Yellow Affair said “We are delighted to be selling this warm and funny Australian film.
Opening with a world premiere at Montreal, unINDIAN continued to be screened at number of film festivals throughout Europe and America. The film opened across 70 screens in Australia, with Madman picking up ancilliary sales in Australia. The producers will be selling the film to various territories, particularly India, through their global sales agents, Yellow Affair at Cannes. Speaking from Cannes, Miira Paasillinna and Chris Howard from Yellow Affair said “We are delighted to be selling this warm and funny Australian film.
- 5/12/2016
- by Press Releases
- Bollyspice
Celia Pacquola and Luke McGregor.
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Celia Pacquola says buying a whiteboard was the best decision she has ever made as she prepares to shoot Rosehaven — the ABC comedy series she wrote and created with Luke McGregor.
.It was only like a hundred bucks from Officeworks and it flips, it.s the greatest,. she tells If.
The whiteboard in question, despite making the comment in jest, was how Pacquola and fellow comedian McGregor mapped out their new eight-part comedy series, which starts filming on Monday in Geeveston, Tasmania
The series, which also stars McGregor (Utopia, It.s a Date, Luke Warm Sex) and Pacquola (The Beautiful Lie, Utopia, Laid) was cooked up while both were on tour for their various comedy shows.
.Luke McGregor and I knew each other from standup but became really close friends from filming Utopia seasons 1 and 2,. she says..
.There was a lot of in-between-filming. talking shit...
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Celia Pacquola says buying a whiteboard was the best decision she has ever made as she prepares to shoot Rosehaven — the ABC comedy series she wrote and created with Luke McGregor.
.It was only like a hundred bucks from Officeworks and it flips, it.s the greatest,. she tells If.
The whiteboard in question, despite making the comment in jest, was how Pacquola and fellow comedian McGregor mapped out their new eight-part comedy series, which starts filming on Monday in Geeveston, Tasmania
The series, which also stars McGregor (Utopia, It.s a Date, Luke Warm Sex) and Pacquola (The Beautiful Lie, Utopia, Laid) was cooked up while both were on tour for their various comedy shows.
.Luke McGregor and I knew each other from standup but became really close friends from filming Utopia seasons 1 and 2,. she says..
.There was a lot of in-between-filming. talking shit...
- 5/3/2016
- by Brian Karlovsky
- IF.com.au
Celia Pacquola and Luke McGregor.
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Celia Pacquola says buying a whiteboard was the best decision she has ever made as she prepares to shoot Rosehaven — the ABC comedy series she wrote and created with Luke McGregor.
.It was only like a hundred bucks from Officeworks and it flips, it.s the greatest,. she tells If.
The whiteboard in question, despite making the comment in jest, was how Pacquola and fellow comedian McGregor mapped out their new eight-part comedy series, which starts filming on Monday in Geeveston, Tasmania
The series, which also stars McGregor (Utopia, It.s a Date, Luke Warm Sex) and Pacquola (The Beautiful Lie, Utopia, Laid) was cooked up while both were on tour for their various comedy shows.
.Luke McGregor and I knew each other from standup but became really close friends from filming Utopia seasons 1 and 2,. she says..
.There was a lot of in-between-filming. talking shit...
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Celia Pacquola says buying a whiteboard was the best decision she has ever made as she prepares to shoot Rosehaven — the ABC comedy series she wrote and created with Luke McGregor.
.It was only like a hundred bucks from Officeworks and it flips, it.s the greatest,. she tells If.
The whiteboard in question, despite making the comment in jest, was how Pacquola and fellow comedian McGregor mapped out their new eight-part comedy series, which starts filming on Monday in Geeveston, Tasmania
The series, which also stars McGregor (Utopia, It.s a Date, Luke Warm Sex) and Pacquola (The Beautiful Lie, Utopia, Laid) was cooked up while both were on tour for their various comedy shows.
.Luke McGregor and I knew each other from standup but became really close friends from filming Utopia seasons 1 and 2,. she says..
.There was a lot of in-between-filming. talking shit...
- 5/3/2016
- by Brian Karlovsky
- IF.com.au
Rosehaven writer and creator Celia Pacquola.
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Production is set to start in Tasmania on Celia Pacquola and Luke McGregor's.Rosehaven, a new eight-part comedy series for the ABC. .
From the production base at the ABC Centre in Hobart, the series will be filmed entirely on location in the state, creating jobs for 200 Tasmanians as cast, crew and extras. ..
Eight emerging screen practitioners will also be engaged by the production in training positions funded by Screen Tasmania. .
Tasmanian actors have been cast in over 80 per cent of the sixty roles in the series.
Rosehaven stars two of Australia.s most popular comedians, Tasmanian born Luke McGregor (Utopia, It.s a Date, Luke Warm Sex) and Celia Pacquola (The Beautiful Lie, Utopia, Laid), who also wrote and created the series..
The series, which will screen in the second half of 2016, is a Guesswork Television production. .
It is produced by Andrew Walker and .co-produced by Fiona McConaghy.
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Production is set to start in Tasmania on Celia Pacquola and Luke McGregor's.Rosehaven, a new eight-part comedy series for the ABC. .
From the production base at the ABC Centre in Hobart, the series will be filmed entirely on location in the state, creating jobs for 200 Tasmanians as cast, crew and extras. ..
Eight emerging screen practitioners will also be engaged by the production in training positions funded by Screen Tasmania. .
Tasmanian actors have been cast in over 80 per cent of the sixty roles in the series.
Rosehaven stars two of Australia.s most popular comedians, Tasmanian born Luke McGregor (Utopia, It.s a Date, Luke Warm Sex) and Celia Pacquola (The Beautiful Lie, Utopia, Laid), who also wrote and created the series..
The series, which will screen in the second half of 2016, is a Guesswork Television production. .
It is produced by Andrew Walker and .co-produced by Fiona McConaghy.
- 4/27/2016
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
Rosehaven writer and creator Celia Pacquola.
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Production is set to start in Tasmania on Celia Pacquola's Rosehaven, a new eight-part comedy series for the ABC. .
From the production base at the ABC Centre in Hobart, the series will be filmed entirely on location in the state, creating jobs for 200 Tasmanians as cast, crew and extras. ..
Eight emerging screen practitioners will also be engaged by the production in training positions funded by Screen Tasmania. .
Tasmanian actors have been cast in over 80 per cent of the sixty roles in the series.
Rosehaven stars two of Australia.s most popular comedians, Tasmanian born Luke McGregor (Utopia, It.s a Date, Luke Warm Sex) and Celia Pacquola (The Beautiful Lie, Utopia, Laid), who also wrote and created the series..
The series, which will screen in the second half of 2016, is a Guesswork Television production. .
It is produced by Andrew Walker and .co-produced by Fiona McConaghy.
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Production is set to start in Tasmania on Celia Pacquola's Rosehaven, a new eight-part comedy series for the ABC. .
From the production base at the ABC Centre in Hobart, the series will be filmed entirely on location in the state, creating jobs for 200 Tasmanians as cast, crew and extras. ..
Eight emerging screen practitioners will also be engaged by the production in training positions funded by Screen Tasmania. .
Tasmanian actors have been cast in over 80 per cent of the sixty roles in the series.
Rosehaven stars two of Australia.s most popular comedians, Tasmanian born Luke McGregor (Utopia, It.s a Date, Luke Warm Sex) and Celia Pacquola (The Beautiful Lie, Utopia, Laid), who also wrote and created the series..
The series, which will screen in the second half of 2016, is a Guesswork Television production. .
It is produced by Andrew Walker and .co-produced by Fiona McConaghy.
- 4/27/2016
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
The Aftrs Open Summer School — now in its third year — has expanded to 17 intensive courses, including a new six-week doco school and a six-week film school.
These introductory and intermediate film courses running between November and January are designed for intensive learning and the chance to upskill in the rapidly changing media landscape.
Amongs the screen industry speakers and lecturers are writer/director David Caesar (Nowhere Boys, Underbelly, Dirty Deeds, Mullet), cinematographer Ross Emery (The Wolverine, Woman In Gold, I Frankenstein), TV writer Vicki Madden (The Bill, Water Rats, Blood Brothers, McLeod.s Daughters and Foxtel drama The Kettering Incident), feature film director Elissa Down (The Black Balloon, Offspring) and documentary director/producer Madeleine Heatherton (Call Me Dad, Bondi Rescue, The Nest,. Last Chance Surgery, Outback Truckies).
Also screenwriter Ian David ( Police Crop: The Winchester Conspiracy, Police State, Joh's Jury, Blue Murder, Killing Time, 3 Acts of Murder, The Shark Net,...
These introductory and intermediate film courses running between November and January are designed for intensive learning and the chance to upskill in the rapidly changing media landscape.
Amongs the screen industry speakers and lecturers are writer/director David Caesar (Nowhere Boys, Underbelly, Dirty Deeds, Mullet), cinematographer Ross Emery (The Wolverine, Woman In Gold, I Frankenstein), TV writer Vicki Madden (The Bill, Water Rats, Blood Brothers, McLeod.s Daughters and Foxtel drama The Kettering Incident), feature film director Elissa Down (The Black Balloon, Offspring) and documentary director/producer Madeleine Heatherton (Call Me Dad, Bondi Rescue, The Nest,. Last Chance Surgery, Outback Truckies).
Also screenwriter Ian David ( Police Crop: The Winchester Conspiracy, Police State, Joh's Jury, Blue Murder, Killing Time, 3 Acts of Murder, The Shark Net,...
- 11/17/2015
- by Staff writer
- IF.com.au
Filming is now complete on the highly anticipated Australian feature film unINDIAN. Wrapping last week, the cross-cultural comedy is the first production of the newly established Australia India Film Fund (Aiff).Highlighting the complexities of Indian diaspora and wooing another from a different culture unINDIAN, a film by Anupam Sharma, stars internationally acclaimed actress Tannishtha Chatterjee (Bhopal: A Prayer of Rain, Siddharth, Brick Lane) and Brett Lee in his first lead role.
Seen in Indian Traditional outfit, Brett looked like he enjoyed the dramatic and larger than life dance sequence that Indian films are known for. After wrapping up the shoot Tannishtha Chatterjee has returned to India while Brett Lee took to the microphone to commentate for the Icc Cricket World Cup.
Anupam Sharma, producer and director of the film says, “We were all excited prepping up for this final number composed by Salim Sulaiman. Specially because the number has some interesting twists and turns,...
Seen in Indian Traditional outfit, Brett looked like he enjoyed the dramatic and larger than life dance sequence that Indian films are known for. After wrapping up the shoot Tannishtha Chatterjee has returned to India while Brett Lee took to the microphone to commentate for the Icc Cricket World Cup.
Anupam Sharma, producer and director of the film says, “We were all excited prepping up for this final number composed by Salim Sulaiman. Specially because the number has some interesting twists and turns,...
- 4/3/2015
- by Press Releases
- Bollyspice
Mark Joffe will direct the Nine Network telemovie on the world.s richest woman Gina Rinehart and the troubled Hancock/Rinehart dynasty.
Joffe (A Place to Call Home, Wild Boys) will start shooting at the end of this month in Sydney and Western Australia.
Love Child.s Mandy McElhinney will play Rinehart in the telepic produced by Cordell Jigsaw Zapruder.s Michael Cordell, Claudia Karvan and Paul Bennett.. Karvan won't have an on-camera role.
Set primarily in 1980-2002, the plot follows the public feud between Gina and her father Lang Hancock.s second wife Rose Lacson, her struggles to rebuild the company following her father.s death, and her recent battles with her children over their multi-billion dollar inheritance.
Lang and Gina are inseparable, the perfect team, and Gina is confident she will soon inherit the family business. But their relationship is rocked by a series of tumultuous events.
What...
Joffe (A Place to Call Home, Wild Boys) will start shooting at the end of this month in Sydney and Western Australia.
Love Child.s Mandy McElhinney will play Rinehart in the telepic produced by Cordell Jigsaw Zapruder.s Michael Cordell, Claudia Karvan and Paul Bennett.. Karvan won't have an on-camera role.
Set primarily in 1980-2002, the plot follows the public feud between Gina and her father Lang Hancock.s second wife Rose Lacson, her struggles to rebuild the company following her father.s death, and her recent battles with her children over their multi-billion dollar inheritance.
Lang and Gina are inseparable, the perfect team, and Gina is confident she will soon inherit the family business. But their relationship is rocked by a series of tumultuous events.
What...
- 8/15/2014
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
A seven-part series set during the turbulent period of the establishment of the penal colony in Sydney in 1788 may seem a stretch for Liverpool-born and based writer Jimmy McGovern.
Yet Banished, which starts shooting in Sydney on Monday, deals with themes the writer has often explored in the UK series he's created in a distinguished 30- year career.
.Jimmy.s stories are about the moral complexities which human beings face when they are in difficult situations,. his producing partner Sita Williams tells If. .He asks the audience: .What would you have done in that situation? Would you have done it any differently?..
David Wenham heads the large Australian/British cast as Governor Arthur Phillip, a pragmatic idealist who hopes to turn the penal colony into a land of opportunity for all. Joseph Milson portrays his nemesis Major Ross, who believes the only chance of survival is to rule with an iron fist.
Yet Banished, which starts shooting in Sydney on Monday, deals with themes the writer has often explored in the UK series he's created in a distinguished 30- year career.
.Jimmy.s stories are about the moral complexities which human beings face when they are in difficult situations,. his producing partner Sita Williams tells If. .He asks the audience: .What would you have done in that situation? Would you have done it any differently?..
David Wenham heads the large Australian/British cast as Governor Arthur Phillip, a pragmatic idealist who hopes to turn the penal colony into a land of opportunity for all. Joseph Milson portrays his nemesis Major Ross, who believes the only chance of survival is to rule with an iron fist.
- 4/4/2014
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
DirecTV has bought Us rights to Playmaker Media.s The Code, a six-part series about two brothers who stumble across information about a new technology - information that people in the highest political echelons will kill to keep secret.
ABC-tv commissioned the thriller, which stars Dan Spielman (An Accidental Soldier, Offspring), Ashley Zukerman (The Slap, Rush), Adam Garcia (Coyote Ugly, Bootmen), David Wenham (Top of the Lake, Killing Time), Lucy Lawless (Spartacus), Aden Young (I Frankenstein, Rectify), Chelsie Preston Crayford (Mystery of a Hansom Cab, Underbelly: Razor), Adele Perovic (SLiDE), Dan Wyllie (Rake, Puberty Blues), Aaron Pedersen (Jack Irish, City Homicide), and Paul Tassone (Underbelly).
The show was created by Shelley Birse and written by Birse, Blake Ayshford and Justin Monjo, directed by Shawn Seet (Love Child, Underbelly, Mystery of a Hansom Cab) and produced by Playmaker.s David Maher and David Taylor and Birse.
Developed through the Scribe Initiative...
ABC-tv commissioned the thriller, which stars Dan Spielman (An Accidental Soldier, Offspring), Ashley Zukerman (The Slap, Rush), Adam Garcia (Coyote Ugly, Bootmen), David Wenham (Top of the Lake, Killing Time), Lucy Lawless (Spartacus), Aden Young (I Frankenstein, Rectify), Chelsie Preston Crayford (Mystery of a Hansom Cab, Underbelly: Razor), Adele Perovic (SLiDE), Dan Wyllie (Rake, Puberty Blues), Aaron Pedersen (Jack Irish, City Homicide), and Paul Tassone (Underbelly).
The show was created by Shelley Birse and written by Birse, Blake Ayshford and Justin Monjo, directed by Shawn Seet (Love Child, Underbelly, Mystery of a Hansom Cab) and produced by Playmaker.s David Maher and David Taylor and Birse.
Developed through the Scribe Initiative...
- 4/3/2014
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Exclusive: Rebel Wilson will be joined by fellow Australian Kate Jenkinson on WB TV, ABC, and Conoco’s Super Fun Night, reuniting the actresses who previously starred together on Aussie sketch comedy series The Wedge and Bogan Pride. Jenkinson (Offspring, Killing Time, House Husbands) is joining the show as Kendall, a neurotic Type A lawyer idolized by Wilson’s Kimmie. The role is a version of the Felicity character played by Pitch Perfect‘s Anna Camp in the initial multi-camera CBS pilot, and later by Kelen Coleman in ABC’s retooled single-camera version. Jenkinson’s Kendall will join the show in its second episode; Coleman’s Felicity character will not be returning to the series after the pilot. Wilson created, stars, and co-executive produces the half-hour comedy about three nerdy twentysomething women on a quest to have fun every Friday night. Conan O’Brien is exec producing Super Fun Night...
- 7/17/2013
- by JEN YAMATO
- Deadline TV
HBO Asia.s first original co-production with ABC TV, Serangoon Road, promises to be one of the biggest mini-series to hit Australia, although recreating the action-packed streets of 1960s Singapore came at a steep price.
Production was shut down for several weeks when a stunt involving lead Australian actor Don Hany went horribly wrong.
.He was going too fast and he grabbed the guy too high and missed the mat and went onto the cement and dislocated his arm... the tendon ripped off and he chipped the bone,. director Peter Andrikidis says..
.That was in Indonesia so we had to race him to hospital in Singapore, obviously to get him on the ferry. So we were shut down for about two months until he got better because it.s a big action series . there.s quite a bit of action in it..
The detective drama tells the story of Australian-born...
Production was shut down for several weeks when a stunt involving lead Australian actor Don Hany went horribly wrong.
.He was going too fast and he grabbed the guy too high and missed the mat and went onto the cement and dislocated his arm... the tendon ripped off and he chipped the bone,. director Peter Andrikidis says..
.That was in Indonesia so we had to race him to hospital in Singapore, obviously to get him on the ferry. So we were shut down for about two months until he got better because it.s a big action series . there.s quite a bit of action in it..
The detective drama tells the story of Australian-born...
- 7/17/2013
- by Brendan Swift
- IF.com.au
The Anzac spirit will be celebrated in two miniseries that received funding on Tuesday from Screen Australia. While both projects had been announced, the cast for Anzac Girls has been revealed and it.s been confirmed that Sam Worthington is highly likely to star in The Gallipoli Story.
Also funded was Catching Milat, a two-part telemovie recounting the investigation that led to the arrest of serial killer Ivan Milat.
Produced by Screentime for ABC TV, Anzac Girls will chronicle the true story of five young military nurses from Australia and New Zealand who experienced horror, heartbreak and triumph caring for the soldiers at Gallipoli and the Western Front.
The six-part series will star Georgia Flood (House Husbands, Wentworth, Tangle), Antonia Prebble (Outrageous Fortune, The Blue Rose, Super City), Laura Brent (A Few Best Men, Chronicles of Narnia: Voyage of the Dawn Treader), Anna McGahan (House Husbands, Mystery of a Hansom Cab,...
Also funded was Catching Milat, a two-part telemovie recounting the investigation that led to the arrest of serial killer Ivan Milat.
Produced by Screentime for ABC TV, Anzac Girls will chronicle the true story of five young military nurses from Australia and New Zealand who experienced horror, heartbreak and triumph caring for the soldiers at Gallipoli and the Western Front.
The six-part series will star Georgia Flood (House Husbands, Wentworth, Tangle), Antonia Prebble (Outrageous Fortune, The Blue Rose, Super City), Laura Brent (A Few Best Men, Chronicles of Narnia: Voyage of the Dawn Treader), Anna McGahan (House Husbands, Mystery of a Hansom Cab,...
- 6/26/2013
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Everyone will be searching for someone on this week's new episode of The Vampire Diaries Season 4.
In a sneak peek published last night, we see Caroline and Stefan on the hunt for Bonnie, fearful of her actions and what she might do for Silas.
Now, we get a glimpse of Caroline trying to distract Elena with the task of sending out graduation invites, but there are two problems:
She has basically no one to invite. She only has one question on her mind: Where is Katherine?!?
Will this character actually meet her demise tomorrow night? Watch the clip now:
The Vampire Diaries Clip: Killing Time...
In a sneak peek published last night, we see Caroline and Stefan on the hunt for Bonnie, fearful of her actions and what she might do for Silas.
Now, we get a glimpse of Caroline trying to distract Elena with the task of sending out graduation invites, but there are two problems:
She has basically no one to invite. She only has one question on her mind: Where is Katherine?!?
Will this character actually meet her demise tomorrow night? Watch the clip now:
The Vampire Diaries Clip: Killing Time...
- 5/8/2013
- by matt@mediavine.com (Matt Richenthal)
- TVfanatic
DVD Release Date: May 28, 2013
Price: DVD $39.98
Studio: Warner Home Video
A&E’s Longmire is a television show for fans of westerns and crime.
Based on the mystery novels by best-selling author Craig Johnson, Longmire stars Robert Taylor (TV’s Killing Time) as the grizzled Sheriff Walt Longmire of Absaroka County in Wyoming. Longmire struggles with the death of his wife a year ago, while he solves crimes and runs for re-election.
Battlestar Galactica‘s Katee Sackhoff comes back to Earth for the series, playing deputy Victoria “Vic” Moretti, and Lou Diamond Phillips (TV’s Sgu: Stargate Universe) plays Longmire’s friend and confidant Henry Standing Bear.
The hour-long drama show got mixed reviews from critics, likening it to C.S.I. with a western bent. But this debut season was the most-watched original series in A&E’s history, ranking number one in its timeslot for men ages 25-54.
The Longmire...
Price: DVD $39.98
Studio: Warner Home Video
A&E’s Longmire is a television show for fans of westerns and crime.
Based on the mystery novels by best-selling author Craig Johnson, Longmire stars Robert Taylor (TV’s Killing Time) as the grizzled Sheriff Walt Longmire of Absaroka County in Wyoming. Longmire struggles with the death of his wife a year ago, while he solves crimes and runs for re-election.
Battlestar Galactica‘s Katee Sackhoff comes back to Earth for the series, playing deputy Victoria “Vic” Moretti, and Lou Diamond Phillips (TV’s Sgu: Stargate Universe) plays Longmire’s friend and confidant Henry Standing Bear.
The hour-long drama show got mixed reviews from critics, likening it to C.S.I. with a western bent. But this debut season was the most-watched original series in A&E’s history, ranking number one in its timeslot for men ages 25-54.
The Longmire...
- 2/22/2013
- by Sam
- Disc Dish
The mighty and all-powerful Chicago Underground Film Festival has done the absolute unthinkable: Reached their 20th year of operation! How many underground festivals have accomplished that feat? None, until now! Well, “now” being March 6-10 at the fest’s new location: The Logan Theatre.
Obviously, there are a lot of people who have worked with the fest over the years to help make it last for exactly two fantastic decades, but, truly, there is one special person who has to be specially lauded for his tireless dedication to the advancement of underground film and its makers. Especially because Cuff hasn’t just been around for 20 years: It’s been fucking awesome for 20 years.
That person, of course, is Artistic Director Bryan Wendorf, who has been with the fest for the very first edition to it’s most recent, mind-blowing one. Year after year, Wendorf has guided Cuff into defining, challenging,...
Obviously, there are a lot of people who have worked with the fest over the years to help make it last for exactly two fantastic decades, but, truly, there is one special person who has to be specially lauded for his tireless dedication to the advancement of underground film and its makers. Especially because Cuff hasn’t just been around for 20 years: It’s been fucking awesome for 20 years.
That person, of course, is Artistic Director Bryan Wendorf, who has been with the fest for the very first edition to it’s most recent, mind-blowing one. Year after year, Wendorf has guided Cuff into defining, challenging,...
- 2/13/2013
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
The Destiny’s Child news keeps on coming! Beyoncé and Co.’s first new song in eight years, ‘Nuclear,’ has hit the Internet — listen to it here!
Who knew that January of 2013 would be the month of Destiny’s Child? Just one day after the announcement that the fabulous trio — Beyoncé, Kelly Rowland, and Michelle Williams — were reuniting to release a compilation album entitled Love Songs at the end of the month, the disc’s lone new track, “Nuclear,” made its way online on Jan. 11!
“Nuclear” may not live up to its fiery title, but it is a gorgeous, slow-burning R&B track that is very fitting with Love Songs‘ ballad theme. The new song was produced by Pharrell and was co-written by Michelle, 32, herself! It’s slinky, sexy, and totally bedroom-ready.
Destiny’s Child Reunion At Super Bowl Xlvii?
With Beyoncé’s unexpected announcement of a reunited DC on Jan.
Who knew that January of 2013 would be the month of Destiny’s Child? Just one day after the announcement that the fabulous trio — Beyoncé, Kelly Rowland, and Michelle Williams — were reuniting to release a compilation album entitled Love Songs at the end of the month, the disc’s lone new track, “Nuclear,” made its way online on Jan. 11!
“Nuclear” may not live up to its fiery title, but it is a gorgeous, slow-burning R&B track that is very fitting with Love Songs‘ ballad theme. The new song was produced by Pharrell and was co-written by Michelle, 32, herself! It’s slinky, sexy, and totally bedroom-ready.
Destiny’s Child Reunion At Super Bowl Xlvii?
With Beyoncé’s unexpected announcement of a reunited DC on Jan.
- 1/11/2013
- by Billy Nilles
- HollywoodLife
I don't think you're ready for more Destiny's Child. The upcoming career-spanning collection "Love Songs" will feature "Nuclear," the first new Destiny's Child recording since 2004. The collection will lean heavily on the groups's romantic songs dying from 1997 to 2004. "Nuclear" reunites Beyonce, Michelle Williams and Kelly Rowland, and was produced by Pharrell Williams. The group's other recent compilation, "Playlist - The Very Best of Destiny's Child," was released in October 2012, and included all five of the group's Billboard #1 pop and #1 R&B hits. In addition to the new track, "Nuclear," "Love Songs" will include such sultry jams as "Killing Time,"...
- 1/10/2013
- by Dave Lewis
- Hitfix
After eight years apart, the chart-topping trio is back! Could they be planning a Super Bowl performance, too?
Destiny is being fulfilled… again! Beyoncé took to her official website Jan. 10 to announce that Destiny’s Child — the legendary R&B trio made up of Beyoncé, Kelly Rowland and non-Dawson’s Creek Michelle Williams — is getting back together for another round. ”I am so proud to announced the first original Destiny’s Child music in eight years,” Beyoncé wrote, along with a Huge picture of the art for the group’s upcoming album Love Songs.
Before you get too excited, you should know that Love Songs only actually contains one new song, titled “Nuclear.” Aside from that, the album consists of their greatest hits.
Full Track List For ‘Love Songs’:
“Cater 2 U” (2004 - Destiny Fulfilled)
“Killing Time” (1998 - Destiny’s Child)
“Second Nature” (1998 - Destiny’s Child)
“Heaven” (2002 -...
Destiny is being fulfilled… again! Beyoncé took to her official website Jan. 10 to announce that Destiny’s Child — the legendary R&B trio made up of Beyoncé, Kelly Rowland and non-Dawson’s Creek Michelle Williams — is getting back together for another round. ”I am so proud to announced the first original Destiny’s Child music in eight years,” Beyoncé wrote, along with a Huge picture of the art for the group’s upcoming album Love Songs.
Before you get too excited, you should know that Love Songs only actually contains one new song, titled “Nuclear.” Aside from that, the album consists of their greatest hits.
Full Track List For ‘Love Songs’:
“Cater 2 U” (2004 - Destiny Fulfilled)
“Killing Time” (1998 - Destiny’s Child)
“Second Nature” (1998 - Destiny’s Child)
“Heaven” (2002 -...
- 1/10/2013
- by Andy Swift
- HollywoodLife
A drama mini-series in the vein of Howzat! Kerry Packer.s War has been commissioned by Channel Nine for their 2013 programming schedule.
Power Games: The Packer-Murdoch Story comes from the same creators as Howzat! and will follow the battle between Sir Frank Packer and Rupert Murdoch between 1960-1975.
Howzat! attracted audiences of over two million when it aired in August this year, and actor Lachy Hulme received rave reviews for his portrayal of Packer.
The title roles in The Power Games are yet to be cast.
The script, still in development, is based on archives and will charter .how the epic ambitions of Rupert Murdoch and the Packer family collided as they battled for control of Australia.s newspaper and television industries..
Channel Nine has also announced another telemovie, Schappelle, which will tell the story of Gold Coast beauty therapist Schappelle Corby, who was arrested in Bali in 2004 after marijuana...
Power Games: The Packer-Murdoch Story comes from the same creators as Howzat! and will follow the battle between Sir Frank Packer and Rupert Murdoch between 1960-1975.
Howzat! attracted audiences of over two million when it aired in August this year, and actor Lachy Hulme received rave reviews for his portrayal of Packer.
The title roles in The Power Games are yet to be cast.
The script, still in development, is based on archives and will charter .how the epic ambitions of Rupert Murdoch and the Packer family collided as they battled for control of Australia.s newspaper and television industries..
Channel Nine has also announced another telemovie, Schappelle, which will tell the story of Gold Coast beauty therapist Schappelle Corby, who was arrested in Bali in 2004 after marijuana...
- 11/27/2012
- by Emily Blatchford
- IF.com.au
The Australian Screen Editors’ Guild has added a new category to include online and new content streams to its awards night and announced the nominees for the 2012 Ase Awards.
The announcement:
The Australian Screen Editors’ (Ase) Guild is dedicated to the pursuit and recognition of excellence in screen editing across all its forms. It aims to highlight the often invisible art of editing to the public while supporting the people who construct our screen narratives frame by frame.
In 2012 the Ase expanded its activities by opening a new Committee in Brisbane, growing the membership base already established in Sydney, Melbourne, Perth and Adelaide, and expanding its year-round program of seminars, screenings, masterclasses, training days and mentorships. This year the Ase also celebrated its 10th anniversary of Accreditation, the highest honour the Guild can bestow on an editor.
The culmination of the Guild’s year happens at the annual Ase Awards,...
The announcement:
The Australian Screen Editors’ (Ase) Guild is dedicated to the pursuit and recognition of excellence in screen editing across all its forms. It aims to highlight the often invisible art of editing to the public while supporting the people who construct our screen narratives frame by frame.
In 2012 the Ase expanded its activities by opening a new Committee in Brisbane, growing the membership base already established in Sydney, Melbourne, Perth and Adelaide, and expanding its year-round program of seminars, screenings, masterclasses, training days and mentorships. This year the Ase also celebrated its 10th anniversary of Accreditation, the highest honour the Guild can bestow on an editor.
The culmination of the Guild’s year happens at the annual Ase Awards,...
- 11/14/2012
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
‘Australia’s Got Talent’ Finds a New Home The Nine Network has picked up Australia’s Got Talent less than 24 hours after the Seven Network pulled the plug on the show after six seasons. Ratings for the FremantleMedia-produced show based on Simon Cowell’s format flagged this year against Nine’s The Voice. But it was a consistent ratings winner last year, averaging 1.8 million viewers per episode. Nine intends to freshen up the format and hire new judges; the judges on Seven’s show were singers Dannii Minogue and Brian McFadden and shock jock Kyle Sandilands. The new Agt is expected to launch in the second half of 2013, possibly against Seven’s top-rating The X Factor. – Don Groves Australian Pay Channels Invest $A667M in Local Content But Penetration is Stuck at 34% Australia’s pay-tv channels and platforms invested a record $A667M ($691M) in Australian content in 2011-12, up 13% on the prior year,...
- 10/31/2012
- by THE DEADLINE TEAM
- Deadline TV
Cinematographer Don McAlpine, documentary director Jennifer Peedom, producer Helen Bowden and actor/director Damian Walshe-Howling are among the members of the jury announced for the Cockatoo Island Film Festival.
The announcement:
A number of Australia’s award-winning movie heavyweights have been confirmed for the three juries of the Cockatoo Island International Film Festival starting next week.
The juries will be for the Dramatic Feature competition, Documentary section and for Short Films.
The Golden Feather Awards, in six categories, will be presented at a major red carpet event on the island on Saturday night, 27 October. The Festival opens with acclaimed Us film The Master, on Wednesday 24 October.
Veteran cinematographer, Don McAlpine (Predator, Wolverine, Moulin Rouge) will chair the feature jury, award winning documentary film-maker Jennifer Peedom (Miracle on Everest and Solo) the documentary section and actor/director/producer Jeremy Hartley Sims will head the Shorts jury.
Other members of the juries...
The announcement:
A number of Australia’s award-winning movie heavyweights have been confirmed for the three juries of the Cockatoo Island International Film Festival starting next week.
The juries will be for the Dramatic Feature competition, Documentary section and for Short Films.
The Golden Feather Awards, in six categories, will be presented at a major red carpet event on the island on Saturday night, 27 October. The Festival opens with acclaimed Us film The Master, on Wednesday 24 October.
Veteran cinematographer, Don McAlpine (Predator, Wolverine, Moulin Rouge) will chair the feature jury, award winning documentary film-maker Jennifer Peedom (Miracle on Everest and Solo) the documentary section and actor/director/producer Jeremy Hartley Sims will head the Shorts jury.
Other members of the juries...
- 10/16/2012
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
Alex Williams as a young Julian Assange
A tele-movie about Wikileaks founder Julian Assange rated with a hefty 1.336m for struggling broadcaster Ten last night.
The Matchbox Films-produced show, called Underground – The Julian Assange Story, went out at 8.30pm, smashing Nine’s House Husbands, which rated with 961,000 and Killing Time on Seven, which rated 730,000.
It was the top show of the night in the key advertising demographics 18-49, 16-39 and 25-54.
But it was Seven’s Anh Does Vietnam which won the night, with 1.678m.
The show, which follows comedian Anh Do as he rediscovers the place of his birth, aired at 7.30pm, up against 60 Minutes on Nine and Modern Family on Ten.
It was second to Ten’s Assange show in all three key advertising demos.
Seven’s coverage of the V8 Supercars races from Bathurst pulled in 1.253m. Reporting from the podium after the race rated with 1.051m,...
A tele-movie about Wikileaks founder Julian Assange rated with a hefty 1.336m for struggling broadcaster Ten last night.
The Matchbox Films-produced show, called Underground – The Julian Assange Story, went out at 8.30pm, smashing Nine’s House Husbands, which rated with 961,000 and Killing Time on Seven, which rated 730,000.
It was the top show of the night in the key advertising demographics 18-49, 16-39 and 25-54.
But it was Seven’s Anh Does Vietnam which won the night, with 1.678m.
The show, which follows comedian Anh Do as he rediscovers the place of his birth, aired at 7.30pm, up against 60 Minutes on Nine and Modern Family on Ten.
It was second to Ten’s Assange show in all three key advertising demos.
Seven’s coverage of the V8 Supercars races from Bathurst pulled in 1.253m. Reporting from the podium after the race rated with 1.051m,...
- 10/7/2012
- by Robin Hicks
- Encore Magazine
The 1980s is a vivid era in many people.s memories . shoulder pads, big hair, and acid-wash jeans among them. Recapturing that flavour has its own particular challenge when technology adds its own distortions to the prism of memory.
TV1 crime series Killing Time successfully navigated the three-decade journey by taking an unconventional path.
.People don.t tend to shoot drama these days on film and it was a chance to strike out a different look really,. cinematographer Martin McGrath Acs says of his choice to shoot Super 16 rather than digital.
.You.ve got to admit too, in the back of our minds . even though it wasn.t often expressed . was that Underbelly was out there and it.s completely blanketed that genre to a degree. We just tried to clutch for something that would give us a bit of an edge, something visually arresting and something that set it apart.
TV1 crime series Killing Time successfully navigated the three-decade journey by taking an unconventional path.
.People don.t tend to shoot drama these days on film and it was a chance to strike out a different look really,. cinematographer Martin McGrath Acs says of his choice to shoot Super 16 rather than digital.
.You.ve got to admit too, in the back of our minds . even though it wasn.t often expressed . was that Underbelly was out there and it.s completely blanketed that genre to a degree. We just tried to clutch for something that would give us a bit of an edge, something visually arresting and something that set it apart.
- 10/5/2012
- by Brendan Swift
- IF.com.au
Foxtel and FremantleMedia Australia have announced the cast for the remake of classic Australian series Prisoner.
The contemporised Wentworth, which begins production next week, will see the return of Bea Smith played by Underbelly: Razor’s Danielle Cormack, Liz Birdsworth played by Celia Ireland of Laid and Franky Doyle, now a GenY lesbian, played by Rush’s Nicole Da Silva.
Kris McQuade of Killing Time will play new crime matriarch Jacs Holt and Shareena Clanton will play a young indigenous woman Doreen Anderson.
Other cast members include Catherine McClements, Kate Atkinson, Aaron Jeffrey, Robbie Magaziva and Leeanna Walsman.
Brian Walsh, Foxtel’s executive director of television said: “Wentworth will be bold Australian storytelling with this remarkable group of actors portraying the rivalries, power struggles and heartbreak of prison life in a drama tailor-made for the subscription television audience.”
FremantleMedia’s Jo Porter, director of drama and Ep on Wentworth said:...
The contemporised Wentworth, which begins production next week, will see the return of Bea Smith played by Underbelly: Razor’s Danielle Cormack, Liz Birdsworth played by Celia Ireland of Laid and Franky Doyle, now a GenY lesbian, played by Rush’s Nicole Da Silva.
Kris McQuade of Killing Time will play new crime matriarch Jacs Holt and Shareena Clanton will play a young indigenous woman Doreen Anderson.
Other cast members include Catherine McClements, Kate Atkinson, Aaron Jeffrey, Robbie Magaziva and Leeanna Walsman.
Brian Walsh, Foxtel’s executive director of television said: “Wentworth will be bold Australian storytelling with this remarkable group of actors portraying the rivalries, power struggles and heartbreak of prison life in a drama tailor-made for the subscription television audience.”
FremantleMedia’s Jo Porter, director of drama and Ep on Wentworth said:...
- 10/4/2012
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
Wentworth, the new drama based on iconic Australian TV series Prisoner, starts production in Melbourne next week.
The 10-part series will be filmed on a purpose-built women.s prison, the Wentworth Detention Centre, where inmates and corrections staff will be forced to forge unlikely friendships to survive on the inside.
The cast includes Danielle Cormack (Underbelly Razor, Rake) as Wentworth.s latest arrival, suburban wife and mum Bea Smith; Nicole Da Silva (Rush, East West 101) as Gen Y lesbian Franky Doyle; Celia Ireland (Laid, All Saints) as earthy Liz Birdsworth; and Shareena Clanton as young Aboriginal woman Doreen Anderson.
Catherine McClements (Rush, Water Rats) and Kate Atkinson (Offspring, Rush) play Governor Meg Jackson and her deputy Vera Bennett. Aaron Jeffery (Underbelly Badness, McLeod.s Daughters) and Robbie Magasiva (Shortland Street) are corrections officers Matthew .Fletch. Fletcher and Will Jackson. Leeanna Walsman (Underbelly Badness) plays progressive and crusading lawyer Erica Davidson.
The 10-part series will be filmed on a purpose-built women.s prison, the Wentworth Detention Centre, where inmates and corrections staff will be forced to forge unlikely friendships to survive on the inside.
The cast includes Danielle Cormack (Underbelly Razor, Rake) as Wentworth.s latest arrival, suburban wife and mum Bea Smith; Nicole Da Silva (Rush, East West 101) as Gen Y lesbian Franky Doyle; Celia Ireland (Laid, All Saints) as earthy Liz Birdsworth; and Shareena Clanton as young Aboriginal woman Doreen Anderson.
Catherine McClements (Rush, Water Rats) and Kate Atkinson (Offspring, Rush) play Governor Meg Jackson and her deputy Vera Bennett. Aaron Jeffery (Underbelly Badness, McLeod.s Daughters) and Robbie Magasiva (Shortland Street) are corrections officers Matthew .Fletch. Fletcher and Will Jackson. Leeanna Walsman (Underbelly Badness) plays progressive and crusading lawyer Erica Davidson.
- 10/3/2012
- by Staff reporter
- IF.com.au
Seven is attempting to promote Sunday night in a fortnight’s time as a “massive” day in its schedule.
The network has started to promote its October 7 programming around three pieces of content – the V8 Supercars Bathurst 1000, the network’s showing of Killing Time, which first aired on TV1 last year, and a Vietnam travelog with comedian Anh Do.
Dr Mumbo will be interested to see whether viewers agree with this definition of the word “massive”.
The network has started to promote its October 7 programming around three pieces of content – the V8 Supercars Bathurst 1000, the network’s showing of Killing Time, which first aired on TV1 last year, and a Vietnam travelog with comedian Anh Do.
Dr Mumbo will be interested to see whether viewers agree with this definition of the word “massive”.
- 9/21/2012
- by mumbrella
- Encore Magazine
Channel Seven has picked up Fremantle Media’s drama Killing Time. The 10-part series starring David Wenham previously ran on Foxtel’s TV1.The announcement:
Channel Seven will soon air the award-winning crime drama Killing Time, starring David Wenham.
Killing Time is the true story of the rise and fall of notorious Melbourne criminal defence lawyer Andrew Fraser. His clients ranged from accused cop killers to the rich and famous including international businessman Alan Bond.
At the top of his game, Fraser commanded a huge salary and lived the dream. But when his cocaine addiction spiralled into a thousand dollar-a-day habit, his judgment became unsound and he crossed the line into the criminal milieu. He was disbarred, discredited, broken financially and his marriage was destroyed.
Caged amongst serial killers and psychopaths, Fraser is forced to reflect on where it all went so wrong, and try to salvage his shattered reputation.
Channel Seven will soon air the award-winning crime drama Killing Time, starring David Wenham.
Killing Time is the true story of the rise and fall of notorious Melbourne criminal defence lawyer Andrew Fraser. His clients ranged from accused cop killers to the rich and famous including international businessman Alan Bond.
At the top of his game, Fraser commanded a huge salary and lived the dream. But when his cocaine addiction spiralled into a thousand dollar-a-day habit, his judgment became unsound and he crossed the line into the criminal milieu. He was disbarred, discredited, broken financially and his marriage was destroyed.
Caged amongst serial killers and psychopaths, Fraser is forced to reflect on where it all went so wrong, and try to salvage his shattered reputation.
- 9/11/2012
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
The TV host and her entrepreneur hubby are so excited to be parents to baby Edward Duke! Read what they have to say about their new bundle of joy. Giuliana Rancic and her husband Bill Rancic battled a long, hard journey to be parents, including infertility and Giuliana's struggle with breast cancer, but the reality TV couple finally welcomed their first baby -- and are so happy to share the news with fans! Since welcoming baby Edward Duke Rancic on Aug. 29, the E! News anchor has been vocal on her Twitter account, and sharing her favorite mommy moments so far. "It's true what they say (and what u all told us).... @BillRancic and I couldn't love little Duke anymore than we do. He's a dream..." she wrote on Aug. 31. Instead of going on on Saturday nights, the couple is staying home with their new baby -- and they wouldn't have it any other way!
- 9/2/2012
- by Christina Stiehl
- HollywoodLife
Never one to miss a chance to watch a sector of the media pat itself on the back, Dr Mumbo donned his black tie and attended last night’s Australian Subscription TV Awards.
While for the most part it was a typical awards ceremony, there were a few award-winning moments.
The Mumbo for the Best Sarah Murdoch Moment:
Steve Leibmann, who was handed the wrong envelope to announce Killing Time actor David Wenham as the winner of the Most Outstanding Performance by a Broadcast Journalist, rather than Sky News’ David Speers.
The Mumbo for Deserved to eat some Humble Pie:
Planet Cake’s Paris Cutler who sent the a flurry of disparaging whispers through the nose bleed section of the Sydney Theatre when, on winning, she said without joke or sarcasm that last year she was “up the back like a nobody.”
The Mumbo for the Best Cock Up:...
While for the most part it was a typical awards ceremony, there were a few award-winning moments.
The Mumbo for the Best Sarah Murdoch Moment:
Steve Leibmann, who was handed the wrong envelope to announce Killing Time actor David Wenham as the winner of the Most Outstanding Performance by a Broadcast Journalist, rather than Sky News’ David Speers.
The Mumbo for Deserved to eat some Humble Pie:
Planet Cake’s Paris Cutler who sent the a flurry of disparaging whispers through the nose bleed section of the Sydney Theatre when, on winning, she said without joke or sarcasm that last year she was “up the back like a nobody.”
The Mumbo for the Best Cock Up:...
- 6/22/2012
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
Tim Winton.s cloudstreet and Selling Houses Australia Extreme were among the homegrown programs that did well at the Australian Subscription Television Awards last night in Sydney but Molly Meldrum stole the show when he presented Fox Sports with the award for channel of the year.
Showcase's cloudstreet won three awards, being for most outstanding drama, most oustanding performance by a female actor for Kerry Fox and best new talent for Lara Robinson. David Wenham was the third Australian actor recognised on the night: for his performance in TV1's Killing Time.
The Lifestyle Channel.s Selling Houses Australia Extreme was honoured in the section voted for by subscribers, winning the category for favourite local program and earning resident property expert Andrew Winter the crown for favourite male personality. Another Lifestyle personality, Donna Hay, was presented with the equivalent award for women.
The Amazing World of Gumball on the Cartoon Network...
Showcase's cloudstreet won three awards, being for most outstanding drama, most oustanding performance by a female actor for Kerry Fox and best new talent for Lara Robinson. David Wenham was the third Australian actor recognised on the night: for his performance in TV1's Killing Time.
The Lifestyle Channel.s Selling Houses Australia Extreme was honoured in the section voted for by subscribers, winning the category for favourite local program and earning resident property expert Andrew Winter the crown for favourite male personality. Another Lifestyle personality, Donna Hay, was presented with the equivalent award for women.
The Amazing World of Gumball on the Cartoon Network...
- 6/22/2012
- by Sandy George
- IF.com.au
Nine comedian Hamish Blake has won the Gold Logie for Most Popular Personality at the 54th TV Week Logie Awards.
However, public broadcaster the ABC won the most awards, followed by Nine, Seven and Ten.
Blake pipped fellow nominees Adam Hills, Asher Keddie, Karl Stevanovic, Carrie Bickmore and Esther Anderson to the top gong.
Blake’s win was leaked online by The Herald Sun about an hour before the presentation of the Gold Logie and was a spoiler for the room. However Ten’s Breakfast reports Blake maintained he didn’t know before the announcement was made.
Across the networks, the ABC came out on top with six and a shared award – the shared coming from Asher Keddie’s Most Popular Actress win for her work in both the ABC’s Paper Giants: The Birth of Cleo and Ten’s Offspring.
The ABC also won the most outstanding drama series,...
However, public broadcaster the ABC won the most awards, followed by Nine, Seven and Ten.
Blake pipped fellow nominees Adam Hills, Asher Keddie, Karl Stevanovic, Carrie Bickmore and Esther Anderson to the top gong.
Blake’s win was leaked online by The Herald Sun about an hour before the presentation of the Gold Logie and was a spoiler for the room. However Ten’s Breakfast reports Blake maintained he didn’t know before the announcement was made.
Across the networks, the ABC came out on top with six and a shared award – the shared coming from Asher Keddie’s Most Popular Actress win for her work in both the ABC’s Paper Giants: The Birth of Cleo and Ten’s Offspring.
The ABC also won the most outstanding drama series,...
- 4/16/2012
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
The nominations for the 10th annual Astra awards have been announced, with Killing Time (TV1), the second season of Spirited (W) and Tim Winton's cloudstreet (showcase) are competing for the honour of most outstanding drama.
Ninety five entries were selected across 21 categories for the subscription television awards.
Fox8's teen drama series SLiDE has been received a nod in the most outstanding use of innovation in programming category for its multiplatform strategy.- which saw entertainment company Hoodlum create an interactive website featuring graphic novels, music and webisodes.
Not all content recognised is local. Subscribers can vote for their favourite international drama, with showcase favourite Game of Thrones competing against Haven (13th Street), Boardwalk Empire (showcase), Torchwood: Miracle Day (UKTV), Falling Skies (Fox8) and True Blood (showcase).
The 10th annual Astra awards will be held at Sydney Theatre on June 21.
For a complete list of finalists, see below. Channel...
Ninety five entries were selected across 21 categories for the subscription television awards.
Fox8's teen drama series SLiDE has been received a nod in the most outstanding use of innovation in programming category for its multiplatform strategy.- which saw entertainment company Hoodlum create an interactive website featuring graphic novels, music and webisodes.
Not all content recognised is local. Subscribers can vote for their favourite international drama, with showcase favourite Game of Thrones competing against Haven (13th Street), Boardwalk Empire (showcase), Torchwood: Miracle Day (UKTV), Falling Skies (Fox8) and True Blood (showcase).
The 10th annual Astra awards will be held at Sydney Theatre on June 21.
For a complete list of finalists, see below. Channel...
- 4/13/2012
- by Amanda Diaz
- IF.com.au
The nominations for the 2012 TV Week Logies were announced on Sunday, with long-running soap Home and Away and Nine.s Underbelly: Razor leading the pool with seven nominations each.
Home and Away, which has been on air since 1988, received its nominations in the public-voted categories. It is up against Offspring, Packed To The Rafters, Winners And Losers and Underbelly: Razor for most popular drama series.
Esther Anderson (who plays Charlie Buckton) is nominated for both the gold logie for most popular TV personality and the silver logie for most popular actress. Veteran Ray Meagher (aka Alf Stewart) will compete against stars from Wild Boys, Packed to the Rafters and Offspring for most popular actor, while Dan Ewing, Steve Peacocke and Demi Harman are nominated in the most popular new talent categories.
Underbelly: Razor was acknowledged by both the public and industry peers. It earned nods for most popular series, actress...
Home and Away, which has been on air since 1988, received its nominations in the public-voted categories. It is up against Offspring, Packed To The Rafters, Winners And Losers and Underbelly: Razor for most popular drama series.
Esther Anderson (who plays Charlie Buckton) is nominated for both the gold logie for most popular TV personality and the silver logie for most popular actress. Veteran Ray Meagher (aka Alf Stewart) will compete against stars from Wild Boys, Packed to the Rafters and Offspring for most popular actor, while Dan Ewing, Steve Peacocke and Demi Harman are nominated in the most popular new talent categories.
Underbelly: Razor was acknowledged by both the public and industry peers. It earned nods for most popular series, actress...
- 3/19/2012
- by Amanda Diaz
- IF.com.au
TV heavyweights Karl Stefanovic, Adam Hills and Asher Keddie are among the main contenders for the top prize at the 2012 TV Week Logie Awards.
For the second year in a row, the Today presenter, the Spicks and Specks host and the Paper Giants actress look likely to claim the top award – the viewer-voted Gold Logie – which last year was claimed by Stefanovic.
They will be challenged by Ten’s Carrie Bickmore, Hamish Blake from Hamish & Andy’s Gap Year and Seven’s Esther Anderson.
The list of contenders in full:
TV Week Gold Logie – Most Popular Personality on TV
Adam Hills (Spicks And Specks, ABC1/Adam Hills In Gordon St Tonight, ABC1) Asher Keddie (Nina Proudman, Offspring, Network Ten /Ita Buttrose, Paper Giants: The Birth Of Cleo, ABC1) Carrie Bickmore (The Project, Network Ten) Esther Anderson (Charlie Buckton, Home And Away, Channel Seven) Hamish Blake (Hamish & Andy’s Gap Year,...
For the second year in a row, the Today presenter, the Spicks and Specks host and the Paper Giants actress look likely to claim the top award – the viewer-voted Gold Logie – which last year was claimed by Stefanovic.
They will be challenged by Ten’s Carrie Bickmore, Hamish Blake from Hamish & Andy’s Gap Year and Seven’s Esther Anderson.
The list of contenders in full:
TV Week Gold Logie – Most Popular Personality on TV
Adam Hills (Spicks And Specks, ABC1/Adam Hills In Gordon St Tonight, ABC1) Asher Keddie (Nina Proudman, Offspring, Network Ten /Ita Buttrose, Paper Giants: The Birth Of Cleo, ABC1) Carrie Bickmore (The Project, Network Ten) Esther Anderson (Charlie Buckton, Home And Away, Channel Seven) Hamish Blake (Hamish & Andy’s Gap Year,...
- 3/18/2012
- by Robin Hicks
- Encore Magazine
Dance Town, the third film of Panda Media and Jeon Kyu Hwan's Town Trilogy, has been officially selected at the Berlin Film Festival in the Panorama Section. Panda Media's goal is to reveal jewels of the international cinema to Korean spectators, and to bring Korean films to world audiences, in festivals and in theatres.
"Our films have a significant cinematographic edge, and we believe that we can make them commercially successful. Panda Media aims to harmoniously coordinate international co-production. By doing this, we believe we’ll actively contribute to the 7th art development in Korea and the rest of the world. Panda Media is working on new business models, ways and methods of bringing films to its audiences, since there will always be a craving for meaningful movies."- Minjung Son -Sales Manager
Dance Town 2010 HD 95min color 2.35:1 Drama
Director & Screenplay: Jeon Kyu-Hwan
Production company: Treefilm
Producer : Choi Mi-Ae
Cast: Rha Mi-ran,Oh Seong-tae, Lee Jun-hyeok, Ju Yu-rang , Lee Yong-ju Jung-Nim
A North Korean middle class worker, defects from the North following the accusation of watching a porn video. Her husband barely gets Jung-Nim out of the country but is arrested by the North Korean security forces. Jung-Nim lives in South Korea under the surveillance of Kim Soo-Jin, who was assigned to do this by the government. Jung-Nim feels lonely, and then meets Oh Sung-Tae, a patrolman. But as time goes by, it's her husband that Jung-Nim misses and worries about more and more. It is then that she hears news about her imprisoned husband through her watchdog Soo-Jin.
Festivals
2010- Pusan International Film Festival – Netpac Award
Special Mention Korean Cinema Today
Vision The Best Actress Award
2011 Berlin International Film Festival –Panorama Section
Animal Town 2009 HD 97min color 1.85:1 Drama
Director & Screenplay: Jeon Kyu-Hwan
Production company: Treefilm
Producer: Choi Mi-Ae
Cast: Lee Jun-hyeok, Oh Seong-tae Seong Chul
Chul, who earns his life by doing manual work, lives in an old apartment, which is scheduled to be torn down. He usually survives by moving around from one construction site to another, but it happens that he does not receive his pay. He lives permanently with an electronic bracelet due to charge of rape, or “sexual dysfunction”. He has to start another kind of activity in order to make a living, but the animal inside him is brought to explosion.
Festivals
2009 57th San Sebastian Iff – New Directors Competition
11th Osians Cinefan
20th Stockholm Int.l Film Festival
13th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival 2010
16th Vesoul Int.l Film Festival de Asie - International Jury Special, Netpac Award
19th Black Movie Geneva – Le Prix du Public : The Audience Award
11th Jeonju Int.l Film Festival
4th Cinema Digital Seoul – Butterfly Competition ; The Movie Collage Award
4th Chungmuro Int.l Film Festival
34th Sao Paulo International Film Festival
9th Third Eye Asian Film Festival
28th Torino Film Festival
12th Cinemanila International Film Festival
15th Kerala International Film Festival
8th Chennai International Film Festival
Mozart Town 2008 HD 90min color 16:9 Drama
Director & Screenplay: Jeon Kyu-Hwan
Production company: Treefilm
Producer: Choi Mi-Ae
Cast: Oh Seong-tae, Ju Yu-rang, Sonia Klinger, Blaise Gbato, Ange Gbato, Moon Hyung-ju
Sara, a pianist, has a short trip to Seoul. This city looks clean and peaceful. The sadness and loneliness of the city is not perceived by her. She just enjoys her happy trip with the eye of a traveler. On the other hand, the native people, who were born and have grown up in the city, as well as the workers who moved and have been living there for a long time, struggle and fight with their own extreme loneliness and sadness in order to survive.
Festivals
2008 10th Osians Cinefan – Main Competition
21st Tokyo Int.l Film Festival – Winds of Asia Middle East Competition
12th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival – Main Competition
Philadelphia Iff – Main Competition
Killing Time 2009 HD 95min color, 2.35:1 Thriller
Director & Screenplay : Park Sung-Su
Production company : Day Dream Seoul
Cast : Lee Jee-Hye, Jung Ae-Yeun, Kim Sung-Jun
There is a lot of dark feelings and bad blood, between Sujin and Hyelim who used to get along well with each other because of a man. This issue is soon to be solved, when unexpected events, as well as unthinkable characters, get in the way, all together transforming the girls dispute into a run for their life in a forest echoing of their screams and dripping with blood.
A.U.D.I.T.Io.N 2009 HD 99min color, 2.35:1 Drama
Director & Screenplay: Kim Seong-Jun, Lee Je-Cheol
Production company: Namu Film
Producer: Seo Young-Jun
Cast: Kim Young-Yong, Jeon Su-Yeon, Yang Ji-Woong, Han Se-Hee
Won-Jun, B-boy dancer, is young and selfish, not compromising with his colleagues but only pursuing his own dream. Hyun-Ji, a neighbour hearing-impaired girl, spends her time alone due of her mother.s absence and her father.s indifference, and is kind of fascinated by the B-boys break dance. One day Hyun-Ji, shyly watching the B-boys. dancing, gets into a dispute with Won-Jun. Upset, Hyun-Ji speaks to him using the sign language. Inspired by her sign language for choreographies, Won-Jun tries to learn the sign language. Won-Jun helps Hyun-Ji to join his team in going for an audition. Won-Jun persuades his colleagues who oppose to it, and he is confident in Hyun-Ji. A.U.D.I.T.I.O.N is a bright film about growth, dreams, and trust.
Festivals
The 10th Jeonju International Film Festival Korean Feature Films Competition
The Railroad 2006 35mm 107min color, 2.35:1 Drama
Director & Screenplay: Park Heung-Sik
Production company: Km Culture Co. Min Film Co.
Producer: Park Gok-Ji
Cast: Kim Kang-Woo, Son Tae-Yeong
Man Soo (Kang-woo Kim) is a train conductor. Every day he performs the same old routines, and gradually his days begin to feel as uneventful and predictable as the ongoing rotation of the wheels on his train. One day, his train gets caught in a messy accident involving a passenger.s suicide, and he is forced to take leave from work. He gets on the last train. Hanna (Tae-yeong Son) is an attractive college instructor who is having an affair with a married professor. Her world is turned upside down when his wife confronts her. Abandoned and betrayed by her lover, Hanna is forced to face her own demons. She quits her job, and hops onto the last train. A train conductor and a college instructor seem to share nothing in common. But for Man Soo and Hanna, brought together by fate, finding solace in the companion of a stranger has never been better.
Festivals
2007 Torino International Film Festival (Tiff) - International Critics & Best Actor Award
2008 6th Florence Korea Film Fest (Kff) –Best Feature Film
Approved For Adoption / in production 100min color 1.85:1 Docufiction - Animation
Director & Screenplay : Laurent Boileau, Jung Henin
Coproduction with France, South Korea, Belgium
After two years of preparation of the project by director Laurent Boileau, Panda Media eventually entered Approved for Adoption as the Korean co-producer in Korea, with Artemis in Belgium, and with Mosaique Films in France. The film will be 1/3 live action and 2/3 animation, and is based on comic writer Jung Henin's Skin Colour : Honey albums (also released in Korea), and on his first trip back to Korea, almost 40 years after having been adopted by a Belgian family. The live action has been shot in August 2010, and the film is due to be released in 2011. Much like the comic, the movie is partly based on the character representing Jung as a boy, and is thus very touching.
Panda Media
Minjung Son / Sales Manager
Please contact us
sales@pandamedia.eu
info@pandamedia.eu
Office +82 (0)70 8840 1946
www.pandamedia.eu...
"Our films have a significant cinematographic edge, and we believe that we can make them commercially successful. Panda Media aims to harmoniously coordinate international co-production. By doing this, we believe we’ll actively contribute to the 7th art development in Korea and the rest of the world. Panda Media is working on new business models, ways and methods of bringing films to its audiences, since there will always be a craving for meaningful movies."- Minjung Son -Sales Manager
Dance Town 2010 HD 95min color 2.35:1 Drama
Director & Screenplay: Jeon Kyu-Hwan
Production company: Treefilm
Producer : Choi Mi-Ae
Cast: Rha Mi-ran,Oh Seong-tae, Lee Jun-hyeok, Ju Yu-rang , Lee Yong-ju Jung-Nim
A North Korean middle class worker, defects from the North following the accusation of watching a porn video. Her husband barely gets Jung-Nim out of the country but is arrested by the North Korean security forces. Jung-Nim lives in South Korea under the surveillance of Kim Soo-Jin, who was assigned to do this by the government. Jung-Nim feels lonely, and then meets Oh Sung-Tae, a patrolman. But as time goes by, it's her husband that Jung-Nim misses and worries about more and more. It is then that she hears news about her imprisoned husband through her watchdog Soo-Jin.
Festivals
2010- Pusan International Film Festival – Netpac Award
Special Mention Korean Cinema Today
Vision The Best Actress Award
2011 Berlin International Film Festival –Panorama Section
Animal Town 2009 HD 97min color 1.85:1 Drama
Director & Screenplay: Jeon Kyu-Hwan
Production company: Treefilm
Producer: Choi Mi-Ae
Cast: Lee Jun-hyeok, Oh Seong-tae Seong Chul
Chul, who earns his life by doing manual work, lives in an old apartment, which is scheduled to be torn down. He usually survives by moving around from one construction site to another, but it happens that he does not receive his pay. He lives permanently with an electronic bracelet due to charge of rape, or “sexual dysfunction”. He has to start another kind of activity in order to make a living, but the animal inside him is brought to explosion.
Festivals
2009 57th San Sebastian Iff – New Directors Competition
11th Osians Cinefan
20th Stockholm Int.l Film Festival
13th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival 2010
16th Vesoul Int.l Film Festival de Asie - International Jury Special, Netpac Award
19th Black Movie Geneva – Le Prix du Public : The Audience Award
11th Jeonju Int.l Film Festival
4th Cinema Digital Seoul – Butterfly Competition ; The Movie Collage Award
4th Chungmuro Int.l Film Festival
34th Sao Paulo International Film Festival
9th Third Eye Asian Film Festival
28th Torino Film Festival
12th Cinemanila International Film Festival
15th Kerala International Film Festival
8th Chennai International Film Festival
Mozart Town 2008 HD 90min color 16:9 Drama
Director & Screenplay: Jeon Kyu-Hwan
Production company: Treefilm
Producer: Choi Mi-Ae
Cast: Oh Seong-tae, Ju Yu-rang, Sonia Klinger, Blaise Gbato, Ange Gbato, Moon Hyung-ju
Sara, a pianist, has a short trip to Seoul. This city looks clean and peaceful. The sadness and loneliness of the city is not perceived by her. She just enjoys her happy trip with the eye of a traveler. On the other hand, the native people, who were born and have grown up in the city, as well as the workers who moved and have been living there for a long time, struggle and fight with their own extreme loneliness and sadness in order to survive.
Festivals
2008 10th Osians Cinefan – Main Competition
21st Tokyo Int.l Film Festival – Winds of Asia Middle East Competition
12th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival – Main Competition
Philadelphia Iff – Main Competition
Killing Time 2009 HD 95min color, 2.35:1 Thriller
Director & Screenplay : Park Sung-Su
Production company : Day Dream Seoul
Cast : Lee Jee-Hye, Jung Ae-Yeun, Kim Sung-Jun
There is a lot of dark feelings and bad blood, between Sujin and Hyelim who used to get along well with each other because of a man. This issue is soon to be solved, when unexpected events, as well as unthinkable characters, get in the way, all together transforming the girls dispute into a run for their life in a forest echoing of their screams and dripping with blood.
A.U.D.I.T.Io.N 2009 HD 99min color, 2.35:1 Drama
Director & Screenplay: Kim Seong-Jun, Lee Je-Cheol
Production company: Namu Film
Producer: Seo Young-Jun
Cast: Kim Young-Yong, Jeon Su-Yeon, Yang Ji-Woong, Han Se-Hee
Won-Jun, B-boy dancer, is young and selfish, not compromising with his colleagues but only pursuing his own dream. Hyun-Ji, a neighbour hearing-impaired girl, spends her time alone due of her mother.s absence and her father.s indifference, and is kind of fascinated by the B-boys break dance. One day Hyun-Ji, shyly watching the B-boys. dancing, gets into a dispute with Won-Jun. Upset, Hyun-Ji speaks to him using the sign language. Inspired by her sign language for choreographies, Won-Jun tries to learn the sign language. Won-Jun helps Hyun-Ji to join his team in going for an audition. Won-Jun persuades his colleagues who oppose to it, and he is confident in Hyun-Ji. A.U.D.I.T.I.O.N is a bright film about growth, dreams, and trust.
Festivals
The 10th Jeonju International Film Festival Korean Feature Films Competition
The Railroad 2006 35mm 107min color, 2.35:1 Drama
Director & Screenplay: Park Heung-Sik
Production company: Km Culture Co. Min Film Co.
Producer: Park Gok-Ji
Cast: Kim Kang-Woo, Son Tae-Yeong
Man Soo (Kang-woo Kim) is a train conductor. Every day he performs the same old routines, and gradually his days begin to feel as uneventful and predictable as the ongoing rotation of the wheels on his train. One day, his train gets caught in a messy accident involving a passenger.s suicide, and he is forced to take leave from work. He gets on the last train. Hanna (Tae-yeong Son) is an attractive college instructor who is having an affair with a married professor. Her world is turned upside down when his wife confronts her. Abandoned and betrayed by her lover, Hanna is forced to face her own demons. She quits her job, and hops onto the last train. A train conductor and a college instructor seem to share nothing in common. But for Man Soo and Hanna, brought together by fate, finding solace in the companion of a stranger has never been better.
Festivals
2007 Torino International Film Festival (Tiff) - International Critics & Best Actor Award
2008 6th Florence Korea Film Fest (Kff) –Best Feature Film
Approved For Adoption / in production 100min color 1.85:1 Docufiction - Animation
Director & Screenplay : Laurent Boileau, Jung Henin
Coproduction with France, South Korea, Belgium
After two years of preparation of the project by director Laurent Boileau, Panda Media eventually entered Approved for Adoption as the Korean co-producer in Korea, with Artemis in Belgium, and with Mosaique Films in France. The film will be 1/3 live action and 2/3 animation, and is based on comic writer Jung Henin's Skin Colour : Honey albums (also released in Korea), and on his first trip back to Korea, almost 40 years after having been adopted by a Belgian family. The live action has been shot in August 2010, and the film is due to be released in 2011. Much like the comic, the movie is partly based on the character representing Jung as a boy, and is thus very touching.
Panda Media
Minjung Son / Sales Manager
Please contact us
sales@pandamedia.eu
info@pandamedia.eu
Office +82 (0)70 8840 1946
www.pandamedia.eu...
- 2/24/2012
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
From drama to reality and factual – meet the production house powerhouses responsible for Australia’s greatest television.
Andrew Denton
Owner/ Creative guy
Zapruder’s Other Films The Gruen Transfer, Hungry Beast, Country Town Rescue, Randling
With producers Anita Jacoby and Peter Thompson, Andrew Denton’s Zapruder’s Other Films is known for intelligent and often funny television.
Denton came to prominence as the host of ABC’s 1988 comedy show Blah Blah Blah and was quick to get involved behind the scenes. His first executive producing credit came in 2001 when he gave The Chaser team their break with The Election Chaser.
Denton is responsible for adland favourite The Gruen Transfer, with five series including Gruen Planet and Nation under its belt. The show is one of the ABC’s highest rating formats attracting international interest.
Denton’s great skill is fostering young talent with his 2008 Project Next experiment resulting in Hungry Beast.
Andrew Denton
Owner/ Creative guy
Zapruder’s Other Films The Gruen Transfer, Hungry Beast, Country Town Rescue, Randling
With producers Anita Jacoby and Peter Thompson, Andrew Denton’s Zapruder’s Other Films is known for intelligent and often funny television.
Denton came to prominence as the host of ABC’s 1988 comedy show Blah Blah Blah and was quick to get involved behind the scenes. His first executive producing credit came in 2001 when he gave The Chaser team their break with The Election Chaser.
Denton is responsible for adland favourite The Gruen Transfer, with five series including Gruen Planet and Nation under its belt. The show is one of the ABC’s highest rating formats attracting international interest.
Denton’s great skill is fostering young talent with his 2008 Project Next experiment resulting in Hungry Beast.
- 2/17/2012
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
It seems controversy leads to awards. The two big winners at last night.s inaugural Aacta Awards were thriller feature film Snowtown and TV drama series The Slap. Both renowned for their controversial nature, the film and TV series netted four and five gongs respectively.
Snowtown, about Australian serial killer John Bunting who befriends a 16-year-old, was honoured in the Best Direction (Justin Kurzel), Best Adapted Screenplay (Shaun Grant), Best Actor (Daniel Henshall) and Best Supporting Actress (Louise Harris) categories.
The last two awards were particularly impressive as neither actor had appeared in a feature film before. While Henshall had previously acted in such shows as Out of the Blue, it was Harris. first ever acting role.
The four gongs awarded last night at the Sydney Opera House brings the film.s tally to an impressive six Aacta Awards after receiving Best Editing (Veronika Jenet Ase) and Best Sound (Frank Lipson Mpse,...
Snowtown, about Australian serial killer John Bunting who befriends a 16-year-old, was honoured in the Best Direction (Justin Kurzel), Best Adapted Screenplay (Shaun Grant), Best Actor (Daniel Henshall) and Best Supporting Actress (Louise Harris) categories.
The last two awards were particularly impressive as neither actor had appeared in a feature film before. While Henshall had previously acted in such shows as Out of the Blue, it was Harris. first ever acting role.
The four gongs awarded last night at the Sydney Opera House brings the film.s tally to an impressive six Aacta Awards after receiving Best Editing (Veronika Jenet Ase) and Best Sound (Frank Lipson Mpse,...
- 1/31/2012
- by Sam Dallas
- IF.com.au
Director Stephan Elliott took the opportunity to deliver a serve to film critic Jim Schembri at the inaugural Aacta awards at the Sydney Opera House last night. Elliott bit back at Schembri’s review of A Few Best Men, which branded the film ‘unreleasable’. Despite Schembri’s review, the film opened with solid box office takings last weekend. In a lengthy rant, Elliott slammed Schembri for “personal attacks” within the review of the film as he lashed out at people unwilling to support the Australian film industry. Elliott told the audience that his tirade would be removed from Channel Nine’s delayed broadcast of the awards as producers had flagged this, along with several other categories, to be excluded prior to the show.
The Aacta ceremony, delivered minus a host, saw box office champion Red Dog take home the best film award but the biggest success of the night was...
The Aacta ceremony, delivered minus a host, saw box office champion Red Dog take home the best film award but the biggest success of the night was...
- 1/31/2012
- by Brooke Hemphill
- Encore Magazine
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