Television
Fortissimo Films: global rights to Sue Brooks' film (and other Cannes excitement)
Fortissimo Films has acquired the global sales rights outside Australia and New Zealand to Driving Back From Dubbo, to be…
Star Trek Into Darkness
The latest entry to this popular sci-fi franchise, once more directed by JJ Abrams, is palatable but perfunctory and predictable.
Southern Light Alliance: Tim White's great wheel of life takes another turn, this time to Adelaide
Everyone is doing the alliance dance, but veteran Tim White's deal to create an Adelaide company will propel some primed…
YouTube: show me the money
Google's YouTube is launching pay channels in partnership with producers and distributors.
IFT: new sales company launches at Cannes
Benaroya Pictures and Miscellaneous Entertainment have entered into a joint venture to launch International Film Trust (IFT), a new sales…
Brief: Heath Ledger Scholarship finalists announced
The Heath Ledger Scholarship, run by LA-based Australians in Film, allows a winner and two runners up to go to…
Dendy Awards: finalists announced
Celebrating the 25th anniversary, the Dendy Awards have announced the ten finalists. Here they are...
Lore: within a whisker of equalling Animal Kingdom at the US box office
Producer Liz Watts finds that her dark, German-language, unashamedly arthouse Lore's long distance, 13-week run at the US box office,…
Screen Australia and Sydney Film Festival: masterclasses, by George
The two orgs are collaborating on 'Think Big at the Festival - two documentary masterclasses'. Seats are limited, the speakers…
Selling at Cannes: Can lightning strike twice for Australians in Cannes marketplace?
US company Lightning Entertainment is carrying a clutch of the more obviously popular Australian pictures to Cannes. You may not…