Acmi’s current chief experience officer, Seb Chan, will be its next director and CEO, succeeding Katrina Sedgwick. Chan’s promotion to leader of the national screen culture museum comes after a global search to fill the role. Acmi board president Janet Matton said the organisation had “enormous confidence and enthusiasm” in Chan. “Despite healthy competition for […]
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- 8/10/2022
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
The Australian International Documentary Conference will welcome back in-person attendance while retaining online components for next year’s event, which will carry the theme of Bearing Witness.
Details of the hybrid program were announced today, with conference sessions set to return to the Australian Centre for the Moving Image (Acmi) in Melbourne from March 6-9 and simultaneously broadcast via the Aidc online event platform.
Confirmed to speak as part of the 2022 lineup are former co-head of movies at Amazon Studios and US independent producer Ted Hope, Chinese-born US director Nanfu Wang, LA-based Australian director Eva Orner, and producer Sue Maslin.
The conference will be the first under new CEO and creative director Natasha Gadd, who said it would celebrate non-fiction storytellers who continued to innovate and adapt to tell stories during times of crisis.
Natasha Gadd.
“Aidc is proud to introduce our first ever hybrid event to enable documentary and...
Details of the hybrid program were announced today, with conference sessions set to return to the Australian Centre for the Moving Image (Acmi) in Melbourne from March 6-9 and simultaneously broadcast via the Aidc online event platform.
Confirmed to speak as part of the 2022 lineup are former co-head of movies at Amazon Studios and US independent producer Ted Hope, Chinese-born US director Nanfu Wang, LA-based Australian director Eva Orner, and producer Sue Maslin.
The conference will be the first under new CEO and creative director Natasha Gadd, who said it would celebrate non-fiction storytellers who continued to innovate and adapt to tell stories during times of crisis.
Natasha Gadd.
“Aidc is proud to introduce our first ever hybrid event to enable documentary and...
- 11/3/2021
- by Sean Slatter
- IF.com.au
The second season of ABC/Blackfella Films’ Total Control will headline this year’s Series Mania Melbourne, which will be held online next month.
Organised by Acmi and Film Victoria, in partnership with Series Mania France, the four-day event includes a public screening program comprising a mix of web series, comedy, and drama.
The festival also features a Screen Industry Day on October 14 that incorporates craft-focused panels, keynotes, and masterclasses with global creators.
Series Mania Melbourne will commence with the opening two episodes from political drama Total Control, starring Deborah Mailman and Rachel Griffiths. The second instalment picks up where Senator Alex Irving’s (Mailman) crusade left off, as she vies to hold everyone to account. Mailman and Griffiths are joined by a host of new cast members for the second season, including Wayne Blair, who is also directing.
Other program highlights include ABC doomsday comedy Preppers from writers/creators Nakkiah Lui and Gabriel Dowrick.
Organised by Acmi and Film Victoria, in partnership with Series Mania France, the four-day event includes a public screening program comprising a mix of web series, comedy, and drama.
The festival also features a Screen Industry Day on October 14 that incorporates craft-focused panels, keynotes, and masterclasses with global creators.
Series Mania Melbourne will commence with the opening two episodes from political drama Total Control, starring Deborah Mailman and Rachel Griffiths. The second instalment picks up where Senator Alex Irving’s (Mailman) crusade left off, as she vies to hold everyone to account. Mailman and Griffiths are joined by a host of new cast members for the second season, including Wayne Blair, who is also directing.
Other program highlights include ABC doomsday comedy Preppers from writers/creators Nakkiah Lui and Gabriel Dowrick.
- 9/28/2021
- by Sean Slatter
- IF.com.au
Acmi has appointed Ghita Loebenstein to the newly-created role of head of cinemas, following the departure of director of film programs, Kristy Matheson, for Scotland’s Centre for the Moving Image.
Loebenstein joins the centre from The Capitol, where she led the theatre’s relaunch after a $20 million redevelopment by Rmit via her role as creative producer.
She brings more than 20 years of experience in the film and arts sector to the role, including being as the founder and former director of the film and conversation series Speakeasy Cinema, and multi-purpose arts and cinema space Grey Gardens Projects.
Loebenstein has also worked as a film journalist and critic, managed festival communications, and worked as a creative events producer.
Her career has included stints with the Melbourne International Film Festival – where she established its Critics Campus program – Toronto International Film Festival, Acca, Human Rights Arts and Film Festival, Melbourne Music Week,...
Loebenstein joins the centre from The Capitol, where she led the theatre’s relaunch after a $20 million redevelopment by Rmit via her role as creative producer.
She brings more than 20 years of experience in the film and arts sector to the role, including being as the founder and former director of the film and conversation series Speakeasy Cinema, and multi-purpose arts and cinema space Grey Gardens Projects.
Loebenstein has also worked as a film journalist and critic, managed festival communications, and worked as a creative events producer.
Her career has included stints with the Melbourne International Film Festival – where she established its Critics Campus program – Toronto International Film Festival, Acca, Human Rights Arts and Film Festival, Melbourne Music Week,...
- 9/10/2021
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
Acmi director of film programs Kristy Matheson will depart the institution to take up a new role as the creative director of Scotland’s Centre for the Moving Image (Cmi), following a global search.
The Cmi incorporates Scotland’s leading independent cinema, Filmhouse, the Edinburgh International Film Festival, and Belmont Filmhouse in Aberdeen.
In her new position, Matheson will be responsible for developing and driving the creative vision and strategy for the whole of the Cmi, including its curated screenings programs, and audience development, community engagement, learning, talent and industry development programs.
Matheson has worked for Acmi since 2009. During her time at the museum, she helped to establish a collaborative programming partnership with Sydney Film Festival, the National Film & Sound Archive (Nfsa) and Qagoma to deliver large scale retrospective programming, including the recent blockbuster season, Love & Neon: The Cinema of Wong Kar Wai.
She also led the development and launch...
The Cmi incorporates Scotland’s leading independent cinema, Filmhouse, the Edinburgh International Film Festival, and Belmont Filmhouse in Aberdeen.
In her new position, Matheson will be responsible for developing and driving the creative vision and strategy for the whole of the Cmi, including its curated screenings programs, and audience development, community engagement, learning, talent and industry development programs.
Matheson has worked for Acmi since 2009. During her time at the museum, she helped to establish a collaborative programming partnership with Sydney Film Festival, the National Film & Sound Archive (Nfsa) and Qagoma to deliver large scale retrospective programming, including the recent blockbuster season, Love & Neon: The Cinema of Wong Kar Wai.
She also led the development and launch...
- 6/22/2021
- by Jackie Keast
- IF.com.au
‘The Hunting’ (Photo: Nat Rogers).
Closer Productions’ The Hunting and Guesswork Television/Merman Television’s Frayed will premiere at Series Mania Melbourne in early July.
Headlining this year’s event, which is held with the support of Acmi and Film Victoria, is Jessica Jones creator and showrunner Melissa Rosenberg, who will appear in conversation.
Rosenberg will also speak at the industry day, alongside screenwriter Luke Davies; Foxtel director of television Brian Walsh; Series Mania creative director Francois-Pier Pelinard-Lambert and actor, director and producer Rachel Griffiths.
Commissioned by Sbs, The Hunting is a four-part drama set in Adelaide that explores the lives of four teenagers, their teachers and families as they deal with the fallout of a nude teen photo scandal. Toplined by Asher Keddie and Richard Roxburgh, the ensemble cast also includes Sam Reid, Jessica De Gouw, Luca Sardelis, Yazeed Daher, Pamela Rabe, Leah Vandenberg, Rodney Afif, Sachin Joab, Elena Carapetis,...
Closer Productions’ The Hunting and Guesswork Television/Merman Television’s Frayed will premiere at Series Mania Melbourne in early July.
Headlining this year’s event, which is held with the support of Acmi and Film Victoria, is Jessica Jones creator and showrunner Melissa Rosenberg, who will appear in conversation.
Rosenberg will also speak at the industry day, alongside screenwriter Luke Davies; Foxtel director of television Brian Walsh; Series Mania creative director Francois-Pier Pelinard-Lambert and actor, director and producer Rachel Griffiths.
Commissioned by Sbs, The Hunting is a four-part drama set in Adelaide that explores the lives of four teenagers, their teachers and families as they deal with the fallout of a nude teen photo scandal. Toplined by Asher Keddie and Richard Roxburgh, the ensemble cast also includes Sam Reid, Jessica De Gouw, Luca Sardelis, Yazeed Daher, Pamela Rabe, Leah Vandenberg, Rodney Afif, Sachin Joab, Elena Carapetis,...
- 6/20/2019
- by jkeast
- IF.com.au
Kriv Stenders on the Mumbai set of ‘Jack Irish’ last year (Photo credit: Martin McGrath)
Kriv Stenders has an enviable track record as the director of both Red Dog hits, The Principal, The Pacific: In the wake of Captain Cook with Sam Neill (co-directed with Sally Aitken), The Go-Betweens: Right Here and episodes of Jack Irish, Doctor Doctor and Hunters.
But even he acknowledges it took him 10 years to make his first feature – which he self-funded – and he has had his share of failures.
Currently in post on his Vietnam War movie Danger Close: The Battle of Long Tan for producers Martin Walsh and John and Michael Schwarz, Stenders shared his experiences to encourage directors who are struggling to make their first or second features.
He was responding to a ground-breaking study by UK analyst Stephen Follows, reported by If, which shows far fewer directors in Australia get the chance to make their second feature,...
Kriv Stenders has an enviable track record as the director of both Red Dog hits, The Principal, The Pacific: In the wake of Captain Cook with Sam Neill (co-directed with Sally Aitken), The Go-Betweens: Right Here and episodes of Jack Irish, Doctor Doctor and Hunters.
But even he acknowledges it took him 10 years to make his first feature – which he self-funded – and he has had his share of failures.
Currently in post on his Vietnam War movie Danger Close: The Battle of Long Tan for producers Martin Walsh and John and Michael Schwarz, Stenders shared his experiences to encourage directors who are struggling to make their first or second features.
He was responding to a ground-breaking study by UK analyst Stephen Follows, reported by If, which shows far fewer directors in Australia get the chance to make their second feature,...
- 2/24/2019
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
Tanya Hosch.
Tanya Hosch is joining the Aftrs council while Vaughan Dai Rees, Christine Burton and Professor Mark Rose will join the academic board, with Rose as named chair following the departure of Robin Ewing.
In addition, former Anu and Win CFO David Sturgiss will join the school’s finance and risk management (Farm) committee.
Hosch is the first Indigenous person and the second woman to ever work in the executive team for the Afl, where she is general manager of inclusion and social policy. Prior to this she was the joint campaign director of the Recognise movement for constitutional reform, and is also a member of the Indigenous Advisory Group for Nab and board director of the Indigenous Land Corporation, Circus Oz, the Australian Indigenous Governance Institute. She was also a member of the Referendum Council that led the process and final recommendation that resulted in The Statement from...
Tanya Hosch is joining the Aftrs council while Vaughan Dai Rees, Christine Burton and Professor Mark Rose will join the academic board, with Rose as named chair following the departure of Robin Ewing.
In addition, former Anu and Win CFO David Sturgiss will join the school’s finance and risk management (Farm) committee.
Hosch is the first Indigenous person and the second woman to ever work in the executive team for the Afl, where she is general manager of inclusion and social policy. Prior to this she was the joint campaign director of the Recognise movement for constitutional reform, and is also a member of the Indigenous Advisory Group for Nab and board director of the Indigenous Land Corporation, Circus Oz, the Australian Indigenous Governance Institute. She was also a member of the Referendum Council that led the process and final recommendation that resulted in The Statement from...
- 10/30/2018
- by jkeast
- IF.com.au
Dr Christian Thompson..
Visual artist Christian Thompson has received Acmi.s inaugural Mordant Family Vr commission, worth $80,000.
Thompson is formally trained as a sculptor, but also uses mediums such as photography, video, performance and sound in his work.
The Acmi commission, created in partnership with arts philanthropists Simon and Catriona Mordant and the City of Melbourne, will allow Thompson to extend his practice into virtual reality for the first time.
Thompson's proposed work, Bayi Gardiya (Singing Desert), will invite the audience to walk through the landscape of his childhood, where they will see him singing in his traditional Bidjara language - a language that has been recognised as extinct.
.This is an exciting initiative for Australian art and I am honoured and humbled to be awarded the inaugural commission,. said Thompson..
Thompson was selected by a panel that included Rebecca Coates, director of the Shepparton Art Museum; futurist and entrepreneur,...
Visual artist Christian Thompson has received Acmi.s inaugural Mordant Family Vr commission, worth $80,000.
Thompson is formally trained as a sculptor, but also uses mediums such as photography, video, performance and sound in his work.
The Acmi commission, created in partnership with arts philanthropists Simon and Catriona Mordant and the City of Melbourne, will allow Thompson to extend his practice into virtual reality for the first time.
Thompson's proposed work, Bayi Gardiya (Singing Desert), will invite the audience to walk through the landscape of his childhood, where they will see him singing in his traditional Bidjara language - a language that has been recognised as extinct.
.This is an exciting initiative for Australian art and I am honoured and humbled to be awarded the inaugural commission,. said Thompson..
Thompson was selected by a panel that included Rebecca Coates, director of the Shepparton Art Museum; futurist and entrepreneur,...
- 5/26/2017
- by Inside Film Correspondent
- IF.com.au
Russel Howcroft.
The Federal Government has appointed Russel Howcroft as chair of the Australian Film, Television and Radio School (Aftrs) council, where he will serve for three years.
Howcroft will succeed academic Julianne Schultz in the position. Other members of the council include Darren Dale (deputy chair), Professor Robyn Ewing, Kate Dundas, Katrina Sedgwick, Aftrs CEO Neil Peplow, David Balfour (staff representative) and Adam Boys (student representative).
Currently chief creative officer at PwC Australia and a former Egm of Network Ten, Howcroft has served on a number of boards and foundations, including the Australian Film Institute and the Screen Forever advisory board. .
The regular Gruen Transfer panellist is also a former chairman of the Advertising Federation of Australia and CEO of advertising agency George Patterson Y&R.
Howcroft was also the founding chair of Think TV, a collaborative initiative between Australian free-to-air and subscription broadcasters to promote TV.s scale and effectiveness for advertisers.
The Federal Government has appointed Russel Howcroft as chair of the Australian Film, Television and Radio School (Aftrs) council, where he will serve for three years.
Howcroft will succeed academic Julianne Schultz in the position. Other members of the council include Darren Dale (deputy chair), Professor Robyn Ewing, Kate Dundas, Katrina Sedgwick, Aftrs CEO Neil Peplow, David Balfour (staff representative) and Adam Boys (student representative).
Currently chief creative officer at PwC Australia and a former Egm of Network Ten, Howcroft has served on a number of boards and foundations, including the Australian Film Institute and the Screen Forever advisory board. .
The regular Gruen Transfer panellist is also a former chairman of the Advertising Federation of Australia and CEO of advertising agency George Patterson Y&R.
Howcroft was also the founding chair of Think TV, a collaborative initiative between Australian free-to-air and subscription broadcasters to promote TV.s scale and effectiveness for advertisers.
- 5/16/2017
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
Russel Howcroft.
The Federal Government has appointed Russel Howcroft as chair of the Australian Film, Television and Radio School (Aftrs) council, where he will serve for three years.
Howcroft will succeeds chair, academic Julianne Schultz. Other members of the council include Darren Dale (deputy chair), Professor Robyn Ewing, Kate Dundas, Katrina Sedgwick, Aftrs CEO Neil Peplow, David Balfour (staff representative) and Adam Boys (student representative).
Currently chief creative officer at PwC Australia and a former Egm of Network Ten, Howcroft has served on a number of boards and foundations, including the Australian Film Institute and the Screen Forever advisory board. .
The regular Gruen Transfer panellist is also a former chairman of the Advertising Federation of Australia and CEO of advertising agency George Patterson Y&R.
Howcroft was also the founding chair of Think TV, a collaborative initiative between Australian free-to-air and subscription broadcasters to promote TV.s scale and effectiveness for advertisers.
The Federal Government has appointed Russel Howcroft as chair of the Australian Film, Television and Radio School (Aftrs) council, where he will serve for three years.
Howcroft will succeeds chair, academic Julianne Schultz. Other members of the council include Darren Dale (deputy chair), Professor Robyn Ewing, Kate Dundas, Katrina Sedgwick, Aftrs CEO Neil Peplow, David Balfour (staff representative) and Adam Boys (student representative).
Currently chief creative officer at PwC Australia and a former Egm of Network Ten, Howcroft has served on a number of boards and foundations, including the Australian Film Institute and the Screen Forever advisory board. .
The regular Gruen Transfer panellist is also a former chairman of the Advertising Federation of Australia and CEO of advertising agency George Patterson Y&R.
Howcroft was also the founding chair of Think TV, a collaborative initiative between Australian free-to-air and subscription broadcasters to promote TV.s scale and effectiveness for advertisers.
- 5/16/2017
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
(Series Mania. Credit: Nathalie Prébende)
One of Europe's biggest international television festivals, Series Mania, is heading down under, with a four day local version to be held at the Australian Centre for the Moving Image this July..
Series Mania Melbourne will involve program highlights from the Paris-based event, including 40 screenings of premiere seasons. There will also be Q&As with key creatives, workshops, panel discussions and masterclasses for both the public and industry. .
.We are experiencing a golden age of television around the world right now, as this medium rapidly expands into new platforms,. said Acmi CEO Katrina Sedgwick.
.Our audiences will preview some of the best series coming to our screens in the year to come — and discover stunning international TV that we might not ever see otherwise..
Series Mania, held annually at Forum des Images, is known as a launch-pad for international TV, and hosts a four day co-production forum.
One of Europe's biggest international television festivals, Series Mania, is heading down under, with a four day local version to be held at the Australian Centre for the Moving Image this July..
Series Mania Melbourne will involve program highlights from the Paris-based event, including 40 screenings of premiere seasons. There will also be Q&As with key creatives, workshops, panel discussions and masterclasses for both the public and industry. .
.We are experiencing a golden age of television around the world right now, as this medium rapidly expands into new platforms,. said Acmi CEO Katrina Sedgwick.
.Our audiences will preview some of the best series coming to our screens in the year to come — and discover stunning international TV that we might not ever see otherwise..
Series Mania, held annually at Forum des Images, is known as a launch-pad for international TV, and hosts a four day co-production forum.
- 4/3/2017
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
Vr in Acmi's Screen Worlds exhibit.
The Australian Centre for the Moving Image (Acmi), together with arts philanthropists Catriona and Simon Mordant and the City of Melbourne, has launched an annual virtual reality commission worth $80,000.
The Mordant Family Vr Commission invites artists to produce .bold new and ambitious works. using virtual reality (Vr) and associated technology. It is open to mid-career and established visual artists and is meant to support gallery-based practitioners in moving into Vr.
The recipient of the commission will be awarded $80,000 for the creation of a new work..
The commission will be selected by a panel including Rebecca Coates, director of the Shepparton Art Museum; futurist and entrepreneur, Mark Pesce; Acmi chief experience officer Seb Chan and Acmi senior curator Sarah Tutton. The panel will be co-chaired by Simon Mordant and Acmi CEO Katrina Sedgwick.
The recipient of each commission will also receive advice and support from Acmi in the development phase,...
The Australian Centre for the Moving Image (Acmi), together with arts philanthropists Catriona and Simon Mordant and the City of Melbourne, has launched an annual virtual reality commission worth $80,000.
The Mordant Family Vr Commission invites artists to produce .bold new and ambitious works. using virtual reality (Vr) and associated technology. It is open to mid-career and established visual artists and is meant to support gallery-based practitioners in moving into Vr.
The recipient of the commission will be awarded $80,000 for the creation of a new work..
The commission will be selected by a panel including Rebecca Coates, director of the Shepparton Art Museum; futurist and entrepreneur, Mark Pesce; Acmi chief experience officer Seb Chan and Acmi senior curator Sarah Tutton. The panel will be co-chaired by Simon Mordant and Acmi CEO Katrina Sedgwick.
The recipient of each commission will also receive advice and support from Acmi in the development phase,...
- 2/28/2017
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
'Psychoanalysis', written and directed by Aftrs grad James Raue.
Aftrs is getting into the feature game, with two micro-budget features set to be directed by Masters of Screen Arts directing students.
Kyle Hedrick.s Into The Waves is a drama about two brothers who hitch-hike across Tasmania to get to their mother.s funeral, while Tom Wilson.s The Greenhouse is described as "a queer magic realist drama that documents the tale of Beth Tweedy-Bell, who has discovered a tunnel into the past."
Both features are crowd funding via the Australian Cultural Fund. ..
For Rowan Woods, director of The Boys and Aftrs' Head of Directing, it's about going beyond the short-as-calling-card.
"From web-series to TV pilots, micro features, Vr and interactive storytelling, aimed at production companies, networks, film distributors and the internet fan base," said Woods, Aftrs is looking for "screen stories that make a difference."
Masters Course...
Aftrs is getting into the feature game, with two micro-budget features set to be directed by Masters of Screen Arts directing students.
Kyle Hedrick.s Into The Waves is a drama about two brothers who hitch-hike across Tasmania to get to their mother.s funeral, while Tom Wilson.s The Greenhouse is described as "a queer magic realist drama that documents the tale of Beth Tweedy-Bell, who has discovered a tunnel into the past."
Both features are crowd funding via the Australian Cultural Fund. ..
For Rowan Woods, director of The Boys and Aftrs' Head of Directing, it's about going beyond the short-as-calling-card.
"From web-series to TV pilots, micro features, Vr and interactive storytelling, aimed at production companies, networks, film distributors and the internet fan base," said Woods, Aftrs is looking for "screen stories that make a difference."
Masters Course...
- 2/13/2017
- by Harry Windsor
- IF.com.au
Soda_Jerk.. . Sydney-based artists and "video sampling collective" Soda_Jerk have been awarded the third Ian Potter Moving Image Commission (Ipmic). . The $100,000 commission is an initiative of the Ian Potter Cultural Trust and the Australian Centre of the Moving Image (Acmi). It will see Soda_Jerk create a solo exhibition, Terror Nullius, to premiere at Acmi in 2018. . Described as .equal parts Australian Gothic, eco-horror and road movie., Terror Nullius.will look at Australia.s cultural and film legacy in order to examine national mythology and .point towards the unstable entanglement of fiction that underpins this country's vexed sense of self.. . Ipmic Judge and Acmi CEO Katrina Sedgwick praised Soda_Jerk for their innovative work. . .We are thrilled to award Soda_Jerk the third Ian Potter Moving Image Commission. Their work is challenging and cheeky, clever, playful and insightful — and it stood out amongst an incredibly competitive field of applicants,. she said.
- 12/7/2016
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
'The Professor', Middle (Year 5-8) Live Action Special Mention..
The Australian Centre for the Moving Image (Acmi) has revealed the winners of its annual Screen It competition, the largest of its kind for school-aged filmmakers, animators and game makers.
This year.s competition — with the theme .mystery. — saw an unprecedented 287 entries created by 2,521 students across Australia: a 20 per cent jump on the number of entries received in 2015.
Acmi education manager Christine Evely said she was thrilled with the quality of this year.s entries.
"Screen It welcomed many new entrants from around Australia this year, which is so exciting. We congratulate all entrants on the quality of their work. The judges enjoyed discovering the amazing talents of both primary and secondary age moving-image creators,. she said.
.The core purpose of Screen It is to celebrate the creativity and imagination of young people, and to help unleash this through a program...
The Australian Centre for the Moving Image (Acmi) has revealed the winners of its annual Screen It competition, the largest of its kind for school-aged filmmakers, animators and game makers.
This year.s competition — with the theme .mystery. — saw an unprecedented 287 entries created by 2,521 students across Australia: a 20 per cent jump on the number of entries received in 2015.
Acmi education manager Christine Evely said she was thrilled with the quality of this year.s entries.
"Screen It welcomed many new entrants from around Australia this year, which is so exciting. We congratulate all entrants on the quality of their work. The judges enjoyed discovering the amazing talents of both primary and secondary age moving-image creators,. she said.
.The core purpose of Screen It is to celebrate the creativity and imagination of young people, and to help unleash this through a program...
- 11/3/2016
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
Sarah Wilson.
The Australian Centre for the Moving Image has appointed Sarah Wilson its new Head of Development.
Wilson will be responsible for the organisation.s fundraising and stakeholder engagement activities.
.We are delighted to welcome Sarah Wilson to Melbourne and to Acmi as our new Head of Development," said Acmi CEO Katrina Sedgwick..
"Sarah has had an impressive career across a range of prestigious UK arts institutions and organisations, and brings vital skills to the organisation in both strategic planning and implementation of bold development strategies..
For the past four years Wilson has worked as an independent strategic business development specialist as Wilson Consults. Her portfolio of business and cultural clients has included The Roundhouse, The Old Vic, Frieze Art Fair, Intelligence Squared, and The Liverpool Biennial..
She was previously Head of Corporate Development at London's Tate from 2007-2012 (including Tate Modern and Tate Britain) and Head of Development...
The Australian Centre for the Moving Image has appointed Sarah Wilson its new Head of Development.
Wilson will be responsible for the organisation.s fundraising and stakeholder engagement activities.
.We are delighted to welcome Sarah Wilson to Melbourne and to Acmi as our new Head of Development," said Acmi CEO Katrina Sedgwick..
"Sarah has had an impressive career across a range of prestigious UK arts institutions and organisations, and brings vital skills to the organisation in both strategic planning and implementation of bold development strategies..
For the past four years Wilson has worked as an independent strategic business development specialist as Wilson Consults. Her portfolio of business and cultural clients has included The Roundhouse, The Old Vic, Frieze Art Fair, Intelligence Squared, and The Liverpool Biennial..
She was previously Head of Corporate Development at London's Tate from 2007-2012 (including Tate Modern and Tate Britain) and Head of Development...
- 11/2/2016
- by Harry Windsor
- IF.com.au
. Ghost, Toast and the Things Unsaid.. . The Australian Centre for the Moving Image (Acmi) continues its push into Vr with new commissions Ghost, Toast and the Things Unsaid and Into the Prehistoric Aquarium. . Each is a cross-disciplinary collaboration that takes live performance.—.theatre, dance and puppetry.—.into the realm of Vr. . Acmi director and CEO Katrina Sedgwick said Vr technology had the ability to bring live performance experiences to a broad audience. . .As Vr becomes a new tool for artistic expression we are excited about how leading practitioners who work in live performance can harness it and speak to audiences in new ways on this rapidly evolving platform," she said. . .Through our expanding commissioning strategy, along with our co-working space Acmi X, Acmi is supporting artists from across the creative industries to explore cross disciplinary collaborations and embrace new technologies to speak to audiences through the moving image.". . Ghost, Toast...
- 11/1/2016
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
Acmi X.
The Australian Centre for the Moving Image (Acmi) has announced the foundation members of its creative co-working space, Acmi X.
Acmi X joins the offices of Acmi.s operational teams and the Melbourne HQ of the National Film and Sound Archive with individuals and organisations working in the creative industries.
The 60 seat, 2000sqm co-working studio in Melbourne.s Southbank aims to foster collaboration and experimentation, and provide professional development through an events program.
Acmi director and CEO Katrina Sedgwick said Acmi X was actively supporting the next generation of creative industry professionals by sharing resources and knowledge with the sector.
.We warmly welcome our new co-workers to the Acmi X studio. We are delighted with the spread of disciplines from digital agencies to virtual reality filmmakers and festivals to funding agencies - truly a dynamic set of organisations and individuals..
As well as offering spaces to a variety of cross-disciplinary practitioners,...
The Australian Centre for the Moving Image (Acmi) has announced the foundation members of its creative co-working space, Acmi X.
Acmi X joins the offices of Acmi.s operational teams and the Melbourne HQ of the National Film and Sound Archive with individuals and organisations working in the creative industries.
The 60 seat, 2000sqm co-working studio in Melbourne.s Southbank aims to foster collaboration and experimentation, and provide professional development through an events program.
Acmi director and CEO Katrina Sedgwick said Acmi X was actively supporting the next generation of creative industry professionals by sharing resources and knowledge with the sector.
.We warmly welcome our new co-workers to the Acmi X studio. We are delighted with the spread of disciplines from digital agencies to virtual reality filmmakers and festivals to funding agencies - truly a dynamic set of organisations and individuals..
As well as offering spaces to a variety of cross-disciplinary practitioners,...
- 7/26/2016
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
Daniel Crooks: Phantom Ride.
Acmi and the Ian Potter Cultural Trust are calling for submissions to the $100,000 Ian Potter Moving Image Commission, Australia.s biggest commission for moving image art.
The last two commissions produced The Calling by Angelica Mesiti and Daniel Crooks: Phantom Ride.
On top of $100,000, the successful artist will receive highly specialised curatorial, production and presentation expertise from Acmi.
Last year's winner Daniel Crooks said that the commission had "afforded me the rare privilege to focus exclusively on a project for an extended period - to think big, to experiment and ultimately to take an important step forward in my practice..
The projects tendered must be designed for exhibition in a gallery context. There are no restrictions on the duration of the work or the number of channels utilised.
Chaired by Acmi Director and CEO Katrina Sedgwick, the judging panel includes Amanda Duthie (CEO and Director, Adelaide...
Acmi and the Ian Potter Cultural Trust are calling for submissions to the $100,000 Ian Potter Moving Image Commission, Australia.s biggest commission for moving image art.
The last two commissions produced The Calling by Angelica Mesiti and Daniel Crooks: Phantom Ride.
On top of $100,000, the successful artist will receive highly specialised curatorial, production and presentation expertise from Acmi.
Last year's winner Daniel Crooks said that the commission had "afforded me the rare privilege to focus exclusively on a project for an extended period - to think big, to experiment and ultimately to take an important step forward in my practice..
The projects tendered must be designed for exhibition in a gallery context. There are no restrictions on the duration of the work or the number of channels utilised.
Chaired by Acmi Director and CEO Katrina Sedgwick, the judging panel includes Amanda Duthie (CEO and Director, Adelaide...
- 6/8/2016
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
(L-r) Acmi Board President Peter Lewinsky; Acmi CEO and Director Katrina Sedgwick, Chair of the Nfsa Gabrielle Trainor and CEO of the Nfsa Michael Loebenstein.
Acmi and the National Film and Sound Archive (Nfsa) are buddying up, with the chairs of each signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) yesterday, June 6.
Chair of the Nfsa Gabrielle Trainor and Acmi Chair Peter Lewinsky said the MoU marks a new stage in collaboration between the two agencies.
.The MoU will increase engagement between Acmi and the Nfsa at a time of significant opportunity and change - as digitisation, broadband and mobile technologies transform the creative process and how we engage with our audiences. This is an important step to work together to promote our shared aims..
The MoU formalises the partnership between the Nfsa and Acmi, which commenced in 2009 with the Australian Mediatheque offering the public audio and video content on-demand at Federation Square.
Acmi and the National Film and Sound Archive (Nfsa) are buddying up, with the chairs of each signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) yesterday, June 6.
Chair of the Nfsa Gabrielle Trainor and Acmi Chair Peter Lewinsky said the MoU marks a new stage in collaboration between the two agencies.
.The MoU will increase engagement between Acmi and the Nfsa at a time of significant opportunity and change - as digitisation, broadband and mobile technologies transform the creative process and how we engage with our audiences. This is an important step to work together to promote our shared aims..
The MoU formalises the partnership between the Nfsa and Acmi, which commenced in 2009 with the Australian Mediatheque offering the public audio and video content on-demand at Federation Square.
- 6/7/2016
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
Scorsese's The Age of Innocence.
Scorsese, an exhibition celebrating the career of Martin Scorsese, opens at Melbourne.s Australian Centre for the Moving Image tomorrow.
Curated by the Deutsche Kinemathek Museum for Film and Television in Berlin, the exhibition draws on Scorsese.s personal collection.
.Acmi, Australia.s only centre dedicated to the moving image, is the only place that could present this Australian exclusive event", Minister for Creative Industries Martin Foley said. "It.s yet another creative drawcard that will inspire cinema fans and another example of why Victoria is the creative state..
Acmi CEO Katrina Sedgwick said: .It.s an honour to be taking audiences on a ride through some of the most exhilarating filmmaking of all time in Scorsese. Scorsese.s passion for the moving image spans feature film, documentary and television, along with a fervent commitment to the preservation and celebration of our cinematic history. When...
Scorsese, an exhibition celebrating the career of Martin Scorsese, opens at Melbourne.s Australian Centre for the Moving Image tomorrow.
Curated by the Deutsche Kinemathek Museum for Film and Television in Berlin, the exhibition draws on Scorsese.s personal collection.
.Acmi, Australia.s only centre dedicated to the moving image, is the only place that could present this Australian exclusive event", Minister for Creative Industries Martin Foley said. "It.s yet another creative drawcard that will inspire cinema fans and another example of why Victoria is the creative state..
Acmi CEO Katrina Sedgwick said: .It.s an honour to be taking audiences on a ride through some of the most exhilarating filmmaking of all time in Scorsese. Scorsese.s passion for the moving image spans feature film, documentary and television, along with a fervent commitment to the preservation and celebration of our cinematic history. When...
- 5/25/2016
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
Scorsese's The Age of Innocence.
Scorsese, an exhibition celebrating the career of Martin Scorsese, opens at Melbourne’s Australian Centre for the Moving Image tomorrow.
Curated by the Deutsche Kinemathek Museum for Film and Television in Berlin, the exhibition draws on Scorsese’s personal collection.
“Acmi, Australia’s only centre dedicated to the moving image, is the only place that could present this Australian exclusive event", Minister for Creative Industries Martin Foley said. "It’s yet another creative drawcard that will inspire cinema fans and another example of why Victoria is the creative state.”
Acmi CEO Katrina Sedgwick said: “It’s an honour to be taking audiences on a ride through some of the most exhilarating filmmaking of all time in Scorsese. Scorsese’s passion for the moving image spans feature film, documentary and television, along with a fervent commitment to the preservation and celebration of our cinematic history. When...
Scorsese, an exhibition celebrating the career of Martin Scorsese, opens at Melbourne’s Australian Centre for the Moving Image tomorrow.
Curated by the Deutsche Kinemathek Museum for Film and Television in Berlin, the exhibition draws on Scorsese’s personal collection.
“Acmi, Australia’s only centre dedicated to the moving image, is the only place that could present this Australian exclusive event", Minister for Creative Industries Martin Foley said. "It’s yet another creative drawcard that will inspire cinema fans and another example of why Victoria is the creative state.”
Acmi CEO Katrina Sedgwick said: “It’s an honour to be taking audiences on a ride through some of the most exhilarating filmmaking of all time in Scorsese. Scorsese’s passion for the moving image spans feature film, documentary and television, along with a fervent commitment to the preservation and celebration of our cinematic history. When...
- 5/25/2016
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
Natalie van den Dungen's.Bunny New Girl.
Little Big Shots is Australia.s largest and longest running film festival curated especially for kids aged 2-12.
After hosting Little Big Shots since its inception twelve years ago, Acmi has made the festival one of its internal programs in 2016.
Spanning animation, live-action and documentary titles, the Little Big Shots 2016 program features over 80 films, with 22 films made by child filmmakers and 28 films made by Australian filmmakers, screening over 10 days from July 1.
This year also features ten world premieres and 43 Australian premieres sourced from 26 different countries, including films from Iran and the Republic of Moldova for the first time in the festival's history.
Little Big Shots also features four films from Acmi.s national Screen It student filmmaking competition, as part of the festival.s Kids Behind the Camera session.
.Acmi has long been the proud home of Little Big Shots in Melbourne,...
Little Big Shots is Australia.s largest and longest running film festival curated especially for kids aged 2-12.
After hosting Little Big Shots since its inception twelve years ago, Acmi has made the festival one of its internal programs in 2016.
Spanning animation, live-action and documentary titles, the Little Big Shots 2016 program features over 80 films, with 22 films made by child filmmakers and 28 films made by Australian filmmakers, screening over 10 days from July 1.
This year also features ten world premieres and 43 Australian premieres sourced from 26 different countries, including films from Iran and the Republic of Moldova for the first time in the festival's history.
Little Big Shots also features four films from Acmi.s national Screen It student filmmaking competition, as part of the festival.s Kids Behind the Camera session.
.Acmi has long been the proud home of Little Big Shots in Melbourne,...
- 5/9/2016
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
James Hewison.
James Hewison will join Acmi as its new head of Film Programs from April 4.
.I'm delighted to be welcoming James Hewison to Acmi as our Head of Film Programs", Acmi Director and CEO Katrina Sedgwick said.
"James is one of the best film programmers around; he has a bold curatorial vision, extensive experience across the film industry and an exceptional track record of successes..
.I have no doubt that with James at the helm of Acmi.s wonderful film program team it will be an exciting new era for our cinemas, our screen industry partners and our audiences...
Hewison said: .I am really stoked to have the opportunity to be part of Katrina.s team at this moment in the evolution of Acmi. It is a dynamic cultural institution with film as the pivot on which it spins so it.s a dream role. I cannot wait to...
James Hewison will join Acmi as its new head of Film Programs from April 4.
.I'm delighted to be welcoming James Hewison to Acmi as our Head of Film Programs", Acmi Director and CEO Katrina Sedgwick said.
"James is one of the best film programmers around; he has a bold curatorial vision, extensive experience across the film industry and an exceptional track record of successes..
.I have no doubt that with James at the helm of Acmi.s wonderful film program team it will be an exciting new era for our cinemas, our screen industry partners and our audiences...
Hewison said: .I am really stoked to have the opportunity to be part of Katrina.s team at this moment in the evolution of Acmi. It is a dynamic cultural institution with film as the pivot on which it spins so it.s a dream role. I cannot wait to...
- 3/15/2016
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
Stuck in the Middle With You.
Acmi will present a virtual reality collaboration between Closer Productions and the Sydney Dance Company.
Jointly directed by filmmaker Matthew Bate and director/choreographer Gideon Obarzanek, Stuck in the Middle With You allows the viewer to become part of the on-stage performance - a live dance work originally choreographed by Obarzanek for the Sydney Dance Company.
The Vr work - the first that Acmi has presented - will run from March 5 to March 14.
.Stuck in the Middle With You is a unique work in its approach to Vr", Acmi CEO Katrina Sedgwick said..
"This is a cross-disciplinary collaboration which uses pioneering Vr technology to capture a live performance experience in an entirely new, immersive platform. It not only places the viewer in the middle of the stunning dancers of Sydney Dance Company in a way that could never be possible in a theatre space,...
Acmi will present a virtual reality collaboration between Closer Productions and the Sydney Dance Company.
Jointly directed by filmmaker Matthew Bate and director/choreographer Gideon Obarzanek, Stuck in the Middle With You allows the viewer to become part of the on-stage performance - a live dance work originally choreographed by Obarzanek for the Sydney Dance Company.
The Vr work - the first that Acmi has presented - will run from March 5 to March 14.
.Stuck in the Middle With You is a unique work in its approach to Vr", Acmi CEO Katrina Sedgwick said..
"This is a cross-disciplinary collaboration which uses pioneering Vr technology to capture a live performance experience in an entirely new, immersive platform. It not only places the viewer in the middle of the stunning dancers of Sydney Dance Company in a way that could never be possible in a theatre space,...
- 2/17/2016
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
Example render by architects Six Degrees.
Melbourne's Australian Centre for the Moving Image will now be home to Acmi X, a 60-seat creative coworking space bankrolled by the Andrews government to the tune of $587,000.
Acmi X will play host to a range of creators in a 2000sqm office space, and offer a calendar of events designed to foster networking and development, overseen by a full time in-house producer.
Acmi X will also house the Melbourne HQ of The National Film and Sound Archive.
.Acmi X is an exciting new model that rethinks the role our major cultural institutions play in our creative ecosystem", Minister for Creative Industries Martin Foley said..
"Acmi X addresses one of the most critical needs of our creative industries sector — access to affordable workspace — and breaks down existing barriers, creating new opportunities for cross-pollination..
.The Andrews Labor Government.s creative industries strategy encourages new ways of...
Melbourne's Australian Centre for the Moving Image will now be home to Acmi X, a 60-seat creative coworking space bankrolled by the Andrews government to the tune of $587,000.
Acmi X will play host to a range of creators in a 2000sqm office space, and offer a calendar of events designed to foster networking and development, overseen by a full time in-house producer.
Acmi X will also house the Melbourne HQ of The National Film and Sound Archive.
.Acmi X is an exciting new model that rethinks the role our major cultural institutions play in our creative ecosystem", Minister for Creative Industries Martin Foley said..
"Acmi X addresses one of the most critical needs of our creative industries sector — access to affordable workspace — and breaks down existing barriers, creating new opportunities for cross-pollination..
.The Andrews Labor Government.s creative industries strategy encourages new ways of...
- 2/2/2016
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
Phantom Ride, by Daniel Crooks.
The Ian Potter Cultural Trust and Acmi will present the world premiere of Phantom Ride, a new work from Melbourne-based moving-image artist Daniel Crooks..
Phantom Ride is the second Ian Potter Moving Image Commission (Ipmic), a ten-year, biennial program providing $100,000 for the creation of new works by Australian artists.
Opening at Acmi on February 16, Crooks' work is a two-screen video work inspired by the history of cinema and the way in which trains are entwined with the history of experimentation with the moving image..
Crooks' installation creates a continuous tracking shot that moves the viewer through a collage of Australian railways. The work references the 'phantom rides' of early cinemas.
Pre-dating narrative features, these short films showed the progress of a train moving forward by mounting a camera on its front.
.Phantom Ride comes out of my long held fascination with the convergence of trains,...
The Ian Potter Cultural Trust and Acmi will present the world premiere of Phantom Ride, a new work from Melbourne-based moving-image artist Daniel Crooks..
Phantom Ride is the second Ian Potter Moving Image Commission (Ipmic), a ten-year, biennial program providing $100,000 for the creation of new works by Australian artists.
Opening at Acmi on February 16, Crooks' work is a two-screen video work inspired by the history of cinema and the way in which trains are entwined with the history of experimentation with the moving image..
Crooks' installation creates a continuous tracking shot that moves the viewer through a collage of Australian railways. The work references the 'phantom rides' of early cinemas.
Pre-dating narrative features, these short films showed the progress of a train moving forward by mounting a camera on its front.
.Phantom Ride comes out of my long held fascination with the convergence of trains,...
- 1/19/2016
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
Net-work-play is returning to Melbourne in 2016 after seven years in Adelaide, it was announced today.
During their annual general meeting, The Board of the Australian International Documentary Conference (Aidc) confirmed they would be partnering with Film Victoria and the Australian Centre for the Moving Image (Acmi) to present the annual conference and market as of next year.
It is not the only significant change Aidc has made recently, having this year rebranded as Net-work-play as well as announcing the departure of Executive Director Joost den Hartog..
The event has been running since 1987, and has grown from a local biennial conference to one of the major events on the international screen industry calendar.
In a statement released to the media, the Aidc board said it .gratefully acknowledges the considerable support received from the South Australian Government through Arts Sa and the South Australian Film Corporation over the past seven years (2009-...
During their annual general meeting, The Board of the Australian International Documentary Conference (Aidc) confirmed they would be partnering with Film Victoria and the Australian Centre for the Moving Image (Acmi) to present the annual conference and market as of next year.
It is not the only significant change Aidc has made recently, having this year rebranded as Net-work-play as well as announcing the departure of Executive Director Joost den Hartog..
The event has been running since 1987, and has grown from a local biennial conference to one of the major events on the international screen industry calendar.
In a statement released to the media, the Aidc board said it .gratefully acknowledges the considerable support received from the South Australian Government through Arts Sa and the South Australian Film Corporation over the past seven years (2009-...
- 2/25/2015
- by Emily Blatchford
- IF.com.au
The Hive Lab, an initiative of the Adelaide Film Festival, Screen Australia, South Australian Film Corporation, ABC TV and the Australian Council, is closing its applications as of Monday 13 August.
The lab aims to bring together film-makers and artists to create screen-based creative content. Last year participants included Beaconsfield’s Glendyn Ivin, Dead Europe’s Tony Krawitz and Hail’s Amiel Courtin-Wilson.
The announcement:
The application deadline for Hive is Monday 13 August. Artists and filmmakers interested in cross collaboration should not miss the opportunity to participate in this inspiring event.
The second Hive Lab is an initiative of the Adelaide Film Festival, Screen Australia, South Australian Film Corporation, ABC TV and the Australia Council for the Arts and will take place from 11 – 14 October alongside the Melbourne Arts Festival.
The Hive Lab will bring talented filmmakers and artists together for four days to nurture screen-based creative ideas that cut across artistic boundaries.
The lab aims to bring together film-makers and artists to create screen-based creative content. Last year participants included Beaconsfield’s Glendyn Ivin, Dead Europe’s Tony Krawitz and Hail’s Amiel Courtin-Wilson.
The announcement:
The application deadline for Hive is Monday 13 August. Artists and filmmakers interested in cross collaboration should not miss the opportunity to participate in this inspiring event.
The second Hive Lab is an initiative of the Adelaide Film Festival, Screen Australia, South Australian Film Corporation, ABC TV and the Australia Council for the Arts and will take place from 11 – 14 October alongside the Melbourne Arts Festival.
The Hive Lab will bring talented filmmakers and artists together for four days to nurture screen-based creative ideas that cut across artistic boundaries.
- 8/9/2012
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
The ABC’s head of arts Katrina Sedgwick and the team behind the award-winning Australian film Snowtown are to appear at Mumbrella360 to talk about the making of the controversial film.
Prior to her new role at the ABC, Sedgwick was director of the Adelaide Film Festival which backed the award-winning film through its investment fund.
Also joining Sedgwick are Sarah Shaw and Anna McLeish from Warp Films Australia, who produced the controversial film. They will be joined by Allison Meadows, senior casting director, Mullinars Casting Consultants.
Snowtown tells the story of Adelaides bodies in barrels murders. Unusually, the casting included a large number of local people who had not acted previously.
While the film was controversial because of its dark content, it has won several awards including best direction in the Australian Film Institute’s Aacta Awards.
The session will be moderated by Mumbrella managing editor Brooke Hemphill
Mumbrella...
Prior to her new role at the ABC, Sedgwick was director of the Adelaide Film Festival which backed the award-winning film through its investment fund.
Also joining Sedgwick are Sarah Shaw and Anna McLeish from Warp Films Australia, who produced the controversial film. They will be joined by Allison Meadows, senior casting director, Mullinars Casting Consultants.
Snowtown tells the story of Adelaides bodies in barrels murders. Unusually, the casting included a large number of local people who had not acted previously.
While the film was controversial because of its dark content, it has won several awards including best direction in the Australian Film Institute’s Aacta Awards.
The session will be moderated by Mumbrella managing editor Brooke Hemphill
Mumbrella...
- 5/16/2012
- by mumbrella
- Encore Magazine
ABC TV has appointed Jennifer Collins as head of entertainment.
Collins moves from her role as head of factual at the ABC, where she worked for a three-year stint.
The news follows the appointment of Katrina Sedgwick as head of arts, who joined from the Adelaide Film Festival.
Courtney Gibson used to do both roles, as head of arts and entertainment, before she left the ABC in 2009.
Collins was previously executive producer across a range of entertainment shows including The Chaser’s War on Everything, Strictly Dancing and The Glasshouse. She also worked on My Favourite Book and My Favourite Film specials.
Kim Dalton, director of TV said: “Strong, intelligent and thought-provoking entertainment programming is core to ABC TV’s schedule. We also work with and have supported the development of some of Australia’s leading entertainment talent. Jennifer brings to this role a successful background and strong connections with...
Collins moves from her role as head of factual at the ABC, where she worked for a three-year stint.
The news follows the appointment of Katrina Sedgwick as head of arts, who joined from the Adelaide Film Festival.
Courtney Gibson used to do both roles, as head of arts and entertainment, before she left the ABC in 2009.
Collins was previously executive producer across a range of entertainment shows including The Chaser’s War on Everything, Strictly Dancing and The Glasshouse. She also worked on My Favourite Book and My Favourite Film specials.
Kim Dalton, director of TV said: “Strong, intelligent and thought-provoking entertainment programming is core to ABC TV’s schedule. We also work with and have supported the development of some of Australia’s leading entertainment talent. Jennifer brings to this role a successful background and strong connections with...
- 4/24/2012
- by Robin Hicks
- Encore Magazine
The ABC has appointed Katrina Sedgwick to the role of head of arts.
Sedgwick is the former CEO and festival director of the Adelaide Film Festival, stepping down in September.
In a basic switch of roles, Sedwick replaces Amanda Duthie who was head of arts and entertainment and was appointed CEO of Adelaide Film Festival in December.
Sedgwick’s appointment at the ABC will begin from 11 April.
Kim Dalton, Director of ABC TV said “This new stand alone position reporting directly to me will provide stronger focus on our arts programming.
“As a result of changes to our arts production and line up last year we have increased the resources committed to prime-time arts programming to be commissioned from the independent production sector,” he said.
“At this time of change Katrina will bring a wealth of expertise from her extensive and impressive background across the arts as a practitioner, producer and festival director.
Sedgwick is the former CEO and festival director of the Adelaide Film Festival, stepping down in September.
In a basic switch of roles, Sedwick replaces Amanda Duthie who was head of arts and entertainment and was appointed CEO of Adelaide Film Festival in December.
Sedgwick’s appointment at the ABC will begin from 11 April.
Kim Dalton, Director of ABC TV said “This new stand alone position reporting directly to me will provide stronger focus on our arts programming.
“As a result of changes to our arts production and line up last year we have increased the resources committed to prime-time arts programming to be commissioned from the independent production sector,” he said.
“At this time of change Katrina will bring a wealth of expertise from her extensive and impressive background across the arts as a practitioner, producer and festival director.
- 2/27/2012
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
Inaugural Adelaide Film Festival director Katrina Sedgwick has been appointed ABC TV's new head of arts.
The role was previously held by Amanda Duthie (as ABC head of arts and entertainment), who resigned last December to accept the role as Adelaide Film Festival director.
Sedgwick, who led the biennial festival since its inception in 2002, will take up her new position at the ABC in Sydney on April 11.
ABC TV director Kim Dalton said the new stand-alone role would provide stronger focus on the ABC's arts programming. .As a result of changes to our arts production and line up last year, we have increased the resources committed to primetime arts programming to be commissioned from the independent production sector,. he said in a statement.
"At this time of change, Katrina will bring a wealth of expertise from her extensive and impressive background across the arts as a practitioner, producer and festival director.
The role was previously held by Amanda Duthie (as ABC head of arts and entertainment), who resigned last December to accept the role as Adelaide Film Festival director.
Sedgwick, who led the biennial festival since its inception in 2002, will take up her new position at the ABC in Sydney on April 11.
ABC TV director Kim Dalton said the new stand-alone role would provide stronger focus on the ABC's arts programming. .As a result of changes to our arts production and line up last year, we have increased the resources committed to primetime arts programming to be commissioned from the independent production sector,. he said in a statement.
"At this time of change, Katrina will bring a wealth of expertise from her extensive and impressive background across the arts as a practitioner, producer and festival director.
- 2/26/2012
- by Brendan Swift
- IF.com.au
Inaugural Adelaide Film Festival director Katrina Sedgwick has been appointed ABC TV's new head of arts. The role was previously held by Amanda Duthie (as ABC head of arts and entertainment), who resigned last December to accept the role as Adelaide Film Festival director. Sedgwick, who led the biennial festival since its inception in 2002, will take up her new position at the ABC in Sydney on April 11. ABC TV director Kim Dalton said the new stand-alone role would provide stronger focus on the ABC's arts programming. .As a result of changes to our arts production and line up last year, we have increased the resources committed to primetime arts programming to be commissioned from the independent production sector,. he said in a statement. "At this...
- 2/26/2012
- by Brendan Swift
- IF.com.au
Four major Australian feature film festivals have formed a new partnership to support local niche and arthouse films during their cinematic run.
The festivals in Adelaide, Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne will work with distributors and undertake targeted marketing for the releases in each territory.
More than 95,000-combined e-newsletter subscribers will be targeted throughout the initiative, which has been in the works for the past 2-3 years.
It.s a positive move from the festival directors at a time when audiences often sell-out festival screenings but not local complexes during their theatrical run. Last year, Australian films grossed just 3.9 per cent ($42.9 million) of the total $1.09 billion at the box office and this was largely because of one film: Red Dog.
Outgoing Adelaide Film Festival director Katrina Sedgwick said it was a promising .experiment. that would hopefully get local audiences seeing these .edgy' films.
.For some of the other more challenging, experimental...
The festivals in Adelaide, Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne will work with distributors and undertake targeted marketing for the releases in each territory.
More than 95,000-combined e-newsletter subscribers will be targeted throughout the initiative, which has been in the works for the past 2-3 years.
It.s a positive move from the festival directors at a time when audiences often sell-out festival screenings but not local complexes during their theatrical run. Last year, Australian films grossed just 3.9 per cent ($42.9 million) of the total $1.09 billion at the box office and this was largely because of one film: Red Dog.
Outgoing Adelaide Film Festival director Katrina Sedgwick said it was a promising .experiment. that would hopefully get local audiences seeing these .edgy' films.
.For some of the other more challenging, experimental...
- 1/24/2012
- by Sam Dallas
- IF.com.au
The BigPond Adelaide Film Festival (Baff) has appointed ABC TV's content head of arts and entertainment, Amanda Duthie, as its new chief executive. She begins her new role in February 2012, replacing Katrina Sedgwick, who has led the biennial festival since its inception in 2002. Duthie began her career at Sbs, where she was executive producer and series producer from 1991 to 1999. She then worked as associate producer of PBS-bbc-abc co-production Beyond the Fatal Shore before joining the Nsw Film & Television Office (now Screen Nsw) as senior project manager. In December 2003, Duthie joined the ABC as commissioning editor and executive producer of arts and entertainment before being appointed head of content arts, entertainment and comedy in 2007. In mid-2009, the comedy...
- 12/7/2011
- by Brendan Swift
- IF.com.au
ABC’s Amanda Duthie has been announced as the incoming director and CEO of the BigPond Adelaide Film Festival.
Duthie replaces Katrina Sedgwick who will finish in the role at the end of 2011.
Duthie is currently the content head of arts and entertainment at the ABC.
Sandra Sdraulig, chair of Baff Board said: “Finding someone to fill the very large shoes of Katrina Sedgwick, the Festival’s founding director and creative dynamo who has evolved Baff into one of the world’s most exciting film events was a daunting task. I feel absolutely confident that Amanda Duthie is that person, an individual with extraordinary skills, energy, knowledge and networks who we are absolutely delighted will guide the Festival into the future.”
Of her position, Duthie said: “I am so thrilled to have the opportunity to join this dynamic and respected Festival, which I have attended many times as a film lover.
Duthie replaces Katrina Sedgwick who will finish in the role at the end of 2011.
Duthie is currently the content head of arts and entertainment at the ABC.
Sandra Sdraulig, chair of Baff Board said: “Finding someone to fill the very large shoes of Katrina Sedgwick, the Festival’s founding director and creative dynamo who has evolved Baff into one of the world’s most exciting film events was a daunting task. I feel absolutely confident that Amanda Duthie is that person, an individual with extraordinary skills, energy, knowledge and networks who we are absolutely delighted will guide the Festival into the future.”
Of her position, Duthie said: “I am so thrilled to have the opportunity to join this dynamic and respected Festival, which I have attended many times as a film lover.
- 12/7/2011
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
The art film related Hive Production Fund has announced its first films to receive funding.
The Hive Production Fund was launched in February. The aim of the fund is for filmmakers and artists work on single art film projects.
The fund has received significant support. Originally set up between the ABC and Adelaide Film Festival, each contributing $200,000. The Australia Council came on board in July also donating $200,000.
An additional $70,000 has been committed by the Adelaide Film Festival through its Film Investment Fund.
Director of the Adelaide Film Festival Katrina Sedgwick said: “It is important the silos get broken down between film and the rest of the arts. The calibre of these projects and collaborators illustrate the potential for ground-breaking new work to be created for the screen when we facilitate new conversations between diverse practitioners and offer different funding avenues to enable these cross-pollinations.
Three quite different productions have received...
The Hive Production Fund was launched in February. The aim of the fund is for filmmakers and artists work on single art film projects.
The fund has received significant support. Originally set up between the ABC and Adelaide Film Festival, each contributing $200,000. The Australia Council came on board in July also donating $200,000.
An additional $70,000 has been committed by the Adelaide Film Festival through its Film Investment Fund.
Director of the Adelaide Film Festival Katrina Sedgwick said: “It is important the silos get broken down between film and the rest of the arts. The calibre of these projects and collaborators illustrate the potential for ground-breaking new work to be created for the screen when we facilitate new conversations between diverse practitioners and offer different funding avenues to enable these cross-pollinations.
Three quite different productions have received...
- 11/15/2011
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
"It's important the silos get broken down between film and the rest of the arts," asserts Katrina Sedgwick who has just retired as Director of the Adelaide Film Festival. This was the guiding incentive behind establishing the Hive Production Fund, which was launched with $600,000 earlier this year by ABC TV, Adelaide Film Festival and the Australia Council for the Arts to support the collaboration between local artists and filmmakers to create one-off ambitious arts films with bold cross-platform ideas and strategies. The Fund resulted from the Hive Lab, an Aff initiative held earlier this year which brought together filmmakers and leading Australian artists for five days of conversation about ideas and creative processes.
- 11/14/2011
- FilmInk.com.au
The Hive Production Fund has announced the three films that have been selected to share in $670,000 worth of funding. The Fund, which was launched earlier this year by ABC TV, the Adelaide Film Festival (Aff) and the Australia Council for the Arts, seeks to bring Australian artists and filmmakers together to create one-off arts films with imaginative cross-platform ideas. The three films include a documentary, a docu/drama and a feature-length rock musical. "The calibre of these projects and collaborators illustrate the potential for ground-breaking new work to be created for the screen when we facilitiate new conversations between diverse practitioners and offer different funding avenues to enable these cross-pollinations," said Aff director, Katrina Sedgwick in a...
- 11/14/2011
- by Amanda Diaz
- IF.com.au
Former Film Victoria chief executive Sandra Sdraulig has been appointed chairman of the Adelaide Film Festival, replacing Cheryl Bart. It marks an ongoing.period of change for the event with inaugural director Katrina Sedgwick last month announcing her departure after a decade in charge. Sdraulig was previously executive director of the Melbourne International Film festival and a board member of the Adelaide Festival of the Arts and the South Australian Art Gallery. During her leadership of Film Victoria, annual production increased from $90 million to over $260 million although her eight-year tenure ended in controversy when it was revealed that her send-off party cost $45,000. In a statement, Sa Arts minister Mike Rann said: "I could not think of anyone better than...
- 10/20/2011
- by Brendan Swift
- IF.com.au
An Iranian actress has been sentenced to a year in jail and 90 cane lashes for her role in an Australian-produced movie. Marzieh Vafamehr appeared in 2009 film My Tehran For Sale. The movie, which told the story of an Iranian actress who is forbidden from stage performing by the authorities, was later banned in Tehran. However, Vafamehr was arrested in July this year along with an Iranian filmmaker when black market copies of the movie began circulating around the capital city. My Tehran for Sale premiered at the Adelaide Film Festival two years ago. The event director Katrina Sedgwick told The ABC: "There is always somewhat of a risk for filmmakers in that country when they're exploring ideas that are complex and even quite subtly political. (more)...
- 10/11/2011
- by By Rebecca Davies
- Digital Spy
Festival director/CEO Katrina Sedgwick will step down from her position at BigPond Adelaide Film Festival at the end of 2011.
Sedgwick began as founding director of the festival in 2002 as well as managed and curated the Festival’s Investment Fund investing in 47 Australian films to premiere at the festival.
Sedgwick as also introduced the International Jury Prize, linked film to art with the Art and Moviing Image program and this year created The Hive, bringing together filmmakers and artists of other films such as theatre, dance, visual art music and writing which led to the $600,000 Hive production with partners the ABC TV and the Australia Council for the Arts which will see outcomes at the 2013 festival.
South Australian Premier Mike Rann said in a statement “Our vision was for a film festival that would commission, as well as screen films. When Bob Ellis and I met Katrina, who had done...
Sedgwick began as founding director of the festival in 2002 as well as managed and curated the Festival’s Investment Fund investing in 47 Australian films to premiere at the festival.
Sedgwick as also introduced the International Jury Prize, linked film to art with the Art and Moviing Image program and this year created The Hive, bringing together filmmakers and artists of other films such as theatre, dance, visual art music and writing which led to the $600,000 Hive production with partners the ABC TV and the Australia Council for the Arts which will see outcomes at the 2013 festival.
South Australian Premier Mike Rann said in a statement “Our vision was for a film festival that would commission, as well as screen films. When Bob Ellis and I met Katrina, who had done...
- 9/5/2011
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
Long-serving Adelaide Film Festival director Katrina Sedgwick will leave the event to pursue other opportunities at the end of the year. Sedgwick said she plans to pursue other opportunities in the arts, as well film, after almost a decade leading the biennial festival. .It has been a wonderful opportunity for me to have been able to develop and deliver my own fairly idiosyncratic version of a film festival over the past decade," Sedgwick said in a statement. "The festival.s investment fund has been quite extraordinary, allowing us to support and work closely with some of the finest filmmakers and artists in this country and it.s been so great to see so much of the work go on to significant success in Australia and around the world. Adelaide is a very...
- 9/5/2011
- by Brendan Swift
- IF.com.au
As a move to align with the now annual Adelaide Festival of Ideas, the bi-annual BigPond Adelaide Film Festival will take place from 10-20 October 2013.
After a successful year this year in March, festival chair Cheryl Bart said “We are greatly looking forward to moving to our new home in the cultural calendar. October offers our festival exciting new opportunities for partnerships and programs that will further enhance the very special character of the BigPond Adelaide Film Festival.”
By combining the two festivals, it will give both an opportunity to cross promote as well as have crossover guests and events.
Premier Mike Rann said, “I am delighted our film festival – the first in Australia to provide seed funding for new film productions – will be held during the period of the Festival of Ideas. These two festivals have the potential to support each other in new and innovative ways and I...
After a successful year this year in March, festival chair Cheryl Bart said “We are greatly looking forward to moving to our new home in the cultural calendar. October offers our festival exciting new opportunities for partnerships and programs that will further enhance the very special character of the BigPond Adelaide Film Festival.”
By combining the two festivals, it will give both an opportunity to cross promote as well as have crossover guests and events.
Premier Mike Rann said, “I am delighted our film festival – the first in Australia to provide seed funding for new film productions – will be held during the period of the Festival of Ideas. These two festivals have the potential to support each other in new and innovative ways and I...
- 7/19/2011
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
Every year dozens of new film festivals pop up around the world, and Australia is no exception. Miguel Gonzalez asked Australia’s festival directors what the proliferation of these events mean to screen culture and the local film industry.
As the screen industry migrates to the digital world, there’s one experience that cannot yet be replicated online: the excitement of a film festival.
Festivals are not only major community events, but essential to the survival of film culture; they provide audiences with alternative visions of the world and content that not only differs from the standards established by Hollywood blockbusters, but also goes beyond the release limitations of the local art house distribution system. They can provide the film industry with a space for the exchange of ideas and cooperation.
For Adelaide Film Festival director Katrina Sedgwick, the ultimate goal is to create a critical mass of energy that...
As the screen industry migrates to the digital world, there’s one experience that cannot yet be replicated online: the excitement of a film festival.
Festivals are not only major community events, but essential to the survival of film culture; they provide audiences with alternative visions of the world and content that not only differs from the standards established by Hollywood blockbusters, but also goes beyond the release limitations of the local art house distribution system. They can provide the film industry with a space for the exchange of ideas and cooperation.
For Adelaide Film Festival director Katrina Sedgwick, the ultimate goal is to create a critical mass of energy that...
- 6/23/2011
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
For the second consecutive year, Encore has chosen a select group of screen professionals who have achieved new heights in 2010/2011, whose decisions influence and shape Australia’s audiovisual industry, and whose work has stood out from the crowd. These are our Power 50.
1. Emile Sherman – Producer
Last February, Sherman became the first Australian producer to receive an Academy Award for Best Picture, alongside his See-Saw Films partner Iain Canning, and Bedlam Productions’ Gareth Unwin. It also won at the BAFTAs and the Producers Guild of America, in addition to the many other honours for its cast and crew.
While technically a UK production, the Australianness of the film is undeniable – and so is its success; with a modest U$15m budget, The King’s Speech has grossed more than $405m worldwide – one of the most successful independent films of all time. Read Emile Sherman interview
2. Baz Luhrmann – Director, writer, producer
There...
1. Emile Sherman – Producer
Last February, Sherman became the first Australian producer to receive an Academy Award for Best Picture, alongside his See-Saw Films partner Iain Canning, and Bedlam Productions’ Gareth Unwin. It also won at the BAFTAs and the Producers Guild of America, in addition to the many other honours for its cast and crew.
While technically a UK production, the Australianness of the film is undeniable – and so is its success; with a modest U$15m budget, The King’s Speech has grossed more than $405m worldwide – one of the most successful independent films of all time. Read Emile Sherman interview
2. Baz Luhrmann – Director, writer, producer
There...
- 6/9/2011
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
ABC TV Arts & Entertainment and the Adelaide Film Festival have released the guidelines for their joint Hive Production Fund for arts-based films and documentaries.
“We’re thrilled that this fund will offer filmmakers a chance to experiment with and expand their work practice, and for artists to apply their creative processes to another art form. Having ABC TV involved really helps to make the Fund a significant new stimulus for the sector,” said Aff director Katrina Sedgwick.
“The Hive Production Fund is an opportunity to ignite innovative collaborations so exciting arts projects can find their way to the big and small screen,” added Amanda Duthie, head of ABC TV Arts & Entertainment.
ABC and Aff will each contribute $200,000 to this fund, which was inspired by The Hive, the cross-artform development lab held at this year’s Adelaide Film Festival.
Guidelines and application forms can be found at www.adelaidefilmfestival.org
Applications...
“We’re thrilled that this fund will offer filmmakers a chance to experiment with and expand their work practice, and for artists to apply their creative processes to another art form. Having ABC TV involved really helps to make the Fund a significant new stimulus for the sector,” said Aff director Katrina Sedgwick.
“The Hive Production Fund is an opportunity to ignite innovative collaborations so exciting arts projects can find their way to the big and small screen,” added Amanda Duthie, head of ABC TV Arts & Entertainment.
ABC and Aff will each contribute $200,000 to this fund, which was inspired by The Hive, the cross-artform development lab held at this year’s Adelaide Film Festival.
Guidelines and application forms can be found at www.adelaidefilmfestival.org
Applications...
- 4/29/2011
- by Miguel Gonzalez
- Encore Magazine
BigPond Adelaide Film Festival director Katrina Sedgwick spoke with Encore about the recently finised edition of the biannual event- including the projects supported by the festival’s fund: Mrs. Carey’s Concert, Snowtown, Here I Am and Hail.
Sedgwick told Encore why she chooses to support talented individuals instead of specific projects, helping them develop their careers even if it means taking a financial risk.
The festival director also discussed the new Hive Fund (recently launched in conjunction with the ABC), the 2013 festival slate, and the regional expansion of the Adelaide Film Festival.
Sedgwick told Encore why she chooses to support talented individuals instead of specific projects, helping them develop their careers even if it means taking a financial risk.
The festival director also discussed the new Hive Fund (recently launched in conjunction with the ABC), the 2013 festival slate, and the regional expansion of the Adelaide Film Festival.
- 3/8/2011
- by Miguel Gonzalez
- Encore Magazine
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