Television
Luis Bayonas: veteran television writer set to make feature debut – in Colac
Luis Bayonas came to Australia from Spain in the early 1970’s. In the next two decades he worked as a…
EFIC: part of Drift finance plan
Australia’s export credit agency, Export Finance and Insurance Corporation (EFIC), has collaborated in the financing of the new Australian surfing…
Overseas Box Office: Sapphires clears a million in US
The Sapphires has now taken $US1.145.000 in the US. Still climbing, but more slowly, as the Weinsteins add cinemas.
The Death of Film: resurrection possible, but we need some faith
Sydney's Neglab, only recently closed itself, is willing to reopen to process negative, but only if proprietor Werner Winkelmann has…
Brief: Director's Attachment scheme goes beyond the surface with second gluee
Tony Ayres has volunteered to work with an attachment on Cut Snake, which will be shot in Victoria as a…
Antiviral
A new Cronenberg film concerned with psychosexual body horror, but this time it's son Brandon, not father David, who directs.
Cannes: 2013 competition selections announced
Following the short film lineups announced earlier in the week, and with Directors’ Fortnight and Critics’ Week sidebars to come…
Zombie Kangaroo: giving credibility to undead marsupials
The creators of the short film, Waterborne, have managed to crowd-fund the money to construct their pouched mammal, and now…
Go the F**k to Sleep: Fox 2000 makes film of adult picture boom
Go the F**k to Sleep, the subversive picture book aimed at parents of small children, will be made into a…
Umbrella Entertainment: acquires entire Chauvel collection
Theatrical and home entertainment distributor, Umbrella Entertainment, has acquired the rights to the entire catalogue of films by Australian pioneer…