Leah Purcell’s The Drover’s Wife The Legend of Molly Johnson, Justin Kurzel’s Nitram, anthology feature drama Here Out West, and Jennifer Peedom’s River will each compete for CinefestOZ’s $100,000 Film Prize.
A jury of industry guests will award the honour at the festival, due to run August 25-29 in Western Australia’s South West hubs of Busselton, Augusta-Margaret River and Bunbury.
CinefestOZ chair Helen Shervington said this year’s finalists reflected the diversity and complexity of storytelling set for this year’s festival.
“I continue to be impressed by the calibre and originality of film submissions to the festival each year, and I’m proud to say the 2021 Film Prize finalists are fantastic,” she said.
“We can’t wait for our audiences to be back at the cinema watching these films – all of which will have their Wa premieres at CinefestOZ.
“The range and creativity shown across...
A jury of industry guests will award the honour at the festival, due to run August 25-29 in Western Australia’s South West hubs of Busselton, Augusta-Margaret River and Bunbury.
CinefestOZ chair Helen Shervington said this year’s finalists reflected the diversity and complexity of storytelling set for this year’s festival.
“I continue to be impressed by the calibre and originality of film submissions to the festival each year, and I’m proud to say the 2021 Film Prize finalists are fantastic,” she said.
“We can’t wait for our audiences to be back at the cinema watching these films – all of which will have their Wa premieres at CinefestOZ.
“The range and creativity shown across...
- 7/6/2021
- by Sean Slatter
- IF.com.au
Andrew Friedhof.
Sydney’s Andrew Friedhof has won a two-step blind feature film deal with Warner Bros Pictures, thanks to the second iteration of the Australian Script Writing Opportunity run by WB, The Black List and Western Australian production company Veerhuis Pictures.
The writer, who was an Academy Nicholl fellow in 2015, was selected for the deal off the strength of his script, Mother Mountain – one of 11 shortlisted for the 2019 ‘Aussie List’ in December.
For Friedhof, who turned to screenwriting after a career as a civil engineer, it’s still all sinking in.
“It’s huge. It’s easily the best thing that’s happened to me,” he tells If.
“Sometimes when you write, you’re just sitting in a room by yourself writing, and you don’t really get a sense of how well you’re doing. Stuff like this is amazing to get an idea that you might have...
Sydney’s Andrew Friedhof has won a two-step blind feature film deal with Warner Bros Pictures, thanks to the second iteration of the Australian Script Writing Opportunity run by WB, The Black List and Western Australian production company Veerhuis Pictures.
The writer, who was an Academy Nicholl fellow in 2015, was selected for the deal off the strength of his script, Mother Mountain – one of 11 shortlisted for the 2019 ‘Aussie List’ in December.
For Friedhof, who turned to screenwriting after a career as a civil engineer, it’s still all sinking in.
“It’s huge. It’s easily the best thing that’s happened to me,” he tells If.
“Sometimes when you write, you’re just sitting in a room by yourself writing, and you don’t really get a sense of how well you’re doing. Stuff like this is amazing to get an idea that you might have...
- 2/4/2020
- by jkeast
- IF.com.au
The Black List founder and CEO Franklin Leonard.
The top scripts from Warner Bros, The Black List and Veerhuis Pictures’ second iteration of the Australian Scriptwriting Opportunity have been unveiled, with each of the writing teams now in consideration for a two-step blind feature film deal with WB.
This years “Aussie List” features 11 scripts rather than 10, given Maziar Lahooti, last year’s co-recipient of the blind deal, remarkably made it in again, this time as a solo writer.
More than 250 writing teams opted-in their scripts for the 2019 opportunity via The Black List, with each evaluated and rated via the site’s industry readers and processes. Producer Chris Veerhuis of Wa-based Veerhuis Pictures will now work with WB to determine from the list the recipient(s), if any, of the WB script deal. That opportunity will commit a writer to write a new script (first draft and a rewrite) for WB.
The top scripts from Warner Bros, The Black List and Veerhuis Pictures’ second iteration of the Australian Scriptwriting Opportunity have been unveiled, with each of the writing teams now in consideration for a two-step blind feature film deal with WB.
This years “Aussie List” features 11 scripts rather than 10, given Maziar Lahooti, last year’s co-recipient of the blind deal, remarkably made it in again, this time as a solo writer.
More than 250 writing teams opted-in their scripts for the 2019 opportunity via The Black List, with each evaluated and rated via the site’s industry readers and processes. Producer Chris Veerhuis of Wa-based Veerhuis Pictures will now work with WB to determine from the list the recipient(s), if any, of the WB script deal. That opportunity will commit a writer to write a new script (first draft and a rewrite) for WB.
- 12/11/2019
- by jkeast
- IF.com.au
The Black List CEO and founder Franklin Leonard.
Warner Bros. Pictures, The Black List and Veerhuis Pictures have re-teamed to shine a light on emerging Aussie writing talent for the second year running, offering up the chance to be considered for a two-step blind feature film writing deal with WB.
Last year’s inaugural Australian Scriptwriting Opportunity saw more than 400 script submissions, with the top 10 then shortlisted for “The Aussie List”.
Maziar Lahooti and Steve McCall were eventually awarded the script deal with Warner Bros off the strength of their screenplay Die Well. However, many of the other shortlisted writers were also able to secure representation for the first time, and projects on their slates were optioned.
The initiative was devised after Wa-based producer Chris Veerhuis was challenged by former WB president of creative development and worldwide production Greg Silverman to find and present to him emerging Australian screenwriting talent.
Warner Bros. Pictures, The Black List and Veerhuis Pictures have re-teamed to shine a light on emerging Aussie writing talent for the second year running, offering up the chance to be considered for a two-step blind feature film writing deal with WB.
Last year’s inaugural Australian Scriptwriting Opportunity saw more than 400 script submissions, with the top 10 then shortlisted for “The Aussie List”.
Maziar Lahooti and Steve McCall were eventually awarded the script deal with Warner Bros off the strength of their screenplay Die Well. However, many of the other shortlisted writers were also able to secure representation for the first time, and projects on their slates were optioned.
The initiative was devised after Wa-based producer Chris Veerhuis was challenged by former WB president of creative development and worldwide production Greg Silverman to find and present to him emerging Australian screenwriting talent.
- 8/29/2019
- by jkeast
- IF.com.au
Maziar Lahooti and Steven McCall.
Maziar Lahooti and Steven McCall have won a two-step blind feature film script deal with Warner Bros. Pictures, thanks to the Australian Scriptwriting Opportunity organised in partnership by WB, The Black List and Veerhuis Pictures.
The duo were selected for the deal off the strength of their script Die Well, one of 400 submitted as part of the initiative.
To enter the Australian Scriptwriting Opportunity, emerging Aussie writers were invited to put their scripts up on The Black List’s website and have them evaluated via the site’s usual processes. The 10 highest ranking scripts were shortlisted and announced as the ‘The Aussie List’ in October.
Together with producer Chris Veerhuis of Wa’s Veerhuis Pictures, WB then went through the scripts to determine the recipient of the script deal. That deal now commits Lahooti and McCall to write a new script (first draft and a...
Maziar Lahooti and Steven McCall have won a two-step blind feature film script deal with Warner Bros. Pictures, thanks to the Australian Scriptwriting Opportunity organised in partnership by WB, The Black List and Veerhuis Pictures.
The duo were selected for the deal off the strength of their script Die Well, one of 400 submitted as part of the initiative.
To enter the Australian Scriptwriting Opportunity, emerging Aussie writers were invited to put their scripts up on The Black List’s website and have them evaluated via the site’s usual processes. The 10 highest ranking scripts were shortlisted and announced as the ‘The Aussie List’ in October.
Together with producer Chris Veerhuis of Wa’s Veerhuis Pictures, WB then went through the scripts to determine the recipient of the script deal. That deal now commits Lahooti and McCall to write a new script (first draft and a...
- 12/13/2018
- by jkeast
- IF.com.au
The Black List founder and CEO Franklin Leonard.
The top 10 scripts from Warner Bros, The Black List and Veerhuis Pictures’ Australian Scriptwriting Opportunity have been unveiled, with the writers now in consideration for a two-step blind feature film deal with WB.
The scripts on the short list have been whittled down from a whopping 400 submissions. Emerging Aussie writers were invited to opt-in to the opportunity via The Black List’s website, and their screenplays were then evaluated via the site’s usual processes, with the 10 highest ranking scripts shortlisted.
Producer Chris Veerhuis of Wa-based Veerhuis Pictures will now work with WB to determine from the list the recipient(s), if any, of the script deal. That opportunity will commit a writer to write a new script (first draft and a rewrite) for WB at Writers Guild of America rates, with a minimum fee of $US100,000. The aim would eventually be...
The top 10 scripts from Warner Bros, The Black List and Veerhuis Pictures’ Australian Scriptwriting Opportunity have been unveiled, with the writers now in consideration for a two-step blind feature film deal with WB.
The scripts on the short list have been whittled down from a whopping 400 submissions. Emerging Aussie writers were invited to opt-in to the opportunity via The Black List’s website, and their screenplays were then evaluated via the site’s usual processes, with the 10 highest ranking scripts shortlisted.
Producer Chris Veerhuis of Wa-based Veerhuis Pictures will now work with WB to determine from the list the recipient(s), if any, of the script deal. That opportunity will commit a writer to write a new script (first draft and a rewrite) for WB at Writers Guild of America rates, with a minimum fee of $US100,000. The aim would eventually be...
- 10/5/2018
- by jkeast
- IF.com.au
Exclusive: Altitude Film Sales, which previously sold U.S. box office hit 47 Meters Down, has boarded international sales rights to Aussie shark thriller Great White, I can reveal. The company will launch sales this week in Cannes and below I can reveal the movie’s first marketing poster.
Currently in pre-production, filming is set for later this year from director Martin Wilson, whose 2004 TV movie Roll was distributed by ShowTime and Sbs Independent in Australia. Michael Boughen’s (Killer Elite) screenplay charts how a blissful tourist trip quickly turns into a nightmare when five passengers on a seaplane become stranded miles from shore. In a desperate bid for survival the group try to make it to land before they either run out of supplies or are taken by the man-eating sharks lurking just beneath the surface.
The movie is produced by Reef and The Pack producer Michael Robertson and Neal Kingston...
Currently in pre-production, filming is set for later this year from director Martin Wilson, whose 2004 TV movie Roll was distributed by ShowTime and Sbs Independent in Australia. Michael Boughen’s (Killer Elite) screenplay charts how a blissful tourist trip quickly turns into a nightmare when five passengers on a seaplane become stranded miles from shore. In a desperate bid for survival the group try to make it to land before they either run out of supplies or are taken by the man-eating sharks lurking just beneath the surface.
The movie is produced by Reef and The Pack producer Michael Robertson and Neal Kingston...
- 5/7/2018
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
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