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Stargate: Phil Hunt pitches new source of finance to Sydney audience
Even though he has a background in real estate, Phil Hunt played well to hardened Sydney producers who can pick…
Jonathan Dawson: industry all-rounder dies, aged 71
Film critic, screenwriter, director, filmmaker and academic Jonathan Dawson has died at the age of 71 in Hobart on Friday…
Brief: first local 4k TVC promotes 4k TV, of course
Sony is promotiing its 4K Ultra HD TVs, and commissioned an ad shot on Sony PMW-F55 and PMW-F5 cameras which…
Screen Australia: Three more feature investments
$4.4m on three projects, with total budgets of $25m.
SPAA: announces conference with major revamps
The Screen Producers Association of Australia has announced the date and venue of their annual conference, but the program for…
Sue Maslin: All dressed up and ready to go
Sue Maslin's latest film, The Dressmaker, is now fully financed and slated to shoot in early 2014 with Kate Winslet…
Brief: Google knows film's box office before it is even shown
Google still owns the enticement process for film audiences, much more than Twitter or Facebook, or probably word of mouth.…
Screen Australia: documentary production for August 2013
$3.2m invested, total budget of $10m, on ten documentaries, adding up to 20 hours, with only four one offs.
Ratings: Wednesday 7th August 2013
Nothing really broke through though Offspring at 1.07m gave Ten a surprisingly high 23.4%.
Ratings: Thursday, 8th August 2013
SBS on 8.3%. Maybe the boys were ugly because Seven only took 619,000 out of the prospect of marrying them.