Railway Man: see the tall poppies waving in the field.

Screen Australia, Nicole Kidman, Chris Brown and Pictures in Paradise are now caught up in a good old tall poppy smear courtesy of News Ltd, over travel funds for The Railway Man.
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Screen Australia, Nicole Kidman, Chris Brown and Pictures in Paradise are now caught up in a good old tall poppy smear courtesy of News Ltd, over travel funds for The Railway Man.

With a total of $25,000 in travel grants from Screen Australia, director Jonathan Teplitsky, producers Chris Brown and Andy Paterson were able to bring themselves, Colin Firth and Nicole Kidman to Toronto to support The Railway Man.

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David Tiley was the Editor of Screenhub from 2005 until he became Content Lead for Film in 2021 with a special interest in policy. He is a writer in screen media with a long career in educational programs, documentary, and government funding, with a side order in script editing. He values curiosity, humour and objectivity in support of Australian visions and the art of storytelling.