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14 May 2013 5:08 PM, PDT | IF.com.au | See recent IF.com.au news »

The Assg has today informed membership of the regrettable passing of veteran sound recordist Don Connolly.

Connolly has worked on a number of Australia.s most iconic films including Picnic at Hanging Rock, The Devil.s Playground and Gallipoli..

He was awarded two AFI Awards, one for his work on The Last Wave in 1978 and then for Gallipoli in 1981..

In 2000, the Assg recognised his contribution to the Australian Screen Sound industry and awarded him with the Assg Lifetime Achievement Award.

He was also awarded the Australian Centenary Medal in the 2001 Queen's New Years Honours List for his services to Australian society through Australian film production.

The Assg are calling for tributes to Connolly to be emailed to admin@assg.org.au..

Tributes are also welcome to be posted below.. »

- Emily Blatchford

9 May 2013 4:20 AM, PDT | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »

Hollywood often produces two films on one subject, but the six movies based on the Battle of Çanakkale are a sign of a healthy domestic market for Turkish products

Maybe one sign of a fully matured film industry is when it's capable of spewing out an Olympus Has Fallen and a White House Down at the same time – coinciding films with identical subjects. One of those little zeitgeist clots that suggest creative minds running in parallel, in a highly evolved community driven by the relentless background hum of close competition – and also, all those scripts passing between studios, with ample opportunities for intellectual-property theft. Mostly, these weird convergences seem to come in pairs: Deep Impact and Armageddon, A Bug's Life and Antz, and so on.

So what does it say about the emerging Turkish industry that it has six movies on the same subject either recently on release or imminent? »

- Phil Hoad

5 February 2013 10:10 PM, PST | IF.com.au | See recent IF.com.au news »

Screen Australia says it has not mismanaged its finances by spending its annual production funding in just six months - a state of affairs which it says reflects the strength of the local film industry.

The government screen agency revealed in mid-December 2012 that it had spent its entire annual $42 million drama production allocation due to the unprecedented number of quality feature film and television projects seeking support. The shock announcement was reminiscent of the agency's abrupt decision to cut its investment cap in 2009 while several films were mid-financed. That decision.threw several major Australian productions into dissaray including The Tree and the biggest box office hit of.2010, Tomorrow When the War Began (Omnilab Media had to increase its investment at the last minute to ensure production).

Overspending on such a scale has never occurred before, even going back to the era of Screen Australia.s predecessor funding arm, the Film Finance Corporation. »

- Brendan Swift

28 January 2013 2:25 PM, PST | Encore Magazine | See recent Encore Magazine news »

The Sapphires looks set to dominate this year’s Aacta Awards after dominating the categories announced at yesterday’s awards lunch.

The AACTAs – the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts – were held for the first time last year. Yesterday’s lunch at the Star casino in Sydney comes ahead of tomorrow night’s main Aacta ceremony.

The Sapphires won in five of the early categories, including best editing, sound and cinematography.

The event also paid tribute to producer Al Clark with the Raymond Longford Award. Clark was behind films including The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, Absolute Beginners and Nineteen Eighty Four.

Tributes were also paid to producer Pat Lovell, who died over the weekend. Lovell was a producer on films including Picnic At Hanging Rock and Gallipoli.

The winners:

Aacta Raymond Longford Award

Al Clark

Aacta Award For Best Visual Effects

Iron Sky. Samuli Torssonen, Jussi Lehtiniemi, »

- mumbrella

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