The case for flexible release windows for Australian and other independent films has been reinforced by the weekend debuts of My Mistress and Rise. Transmission launched My Mistress, Stephen Lance.s debut feature about the affair between a vulnerable teenager (Harrison Gilbertson) and a French S&M mistress (Emmanuelle Béart), grossing $8,029 at seven Palace locations and $1,329 from the Canberra International Film Festival. Including receipts from Melbourne International Film Festival, the total is $19,020. .My Mistress is a brave debut feature which has sold well internationally to a number of key territories including the Us, UK, Russia, Hong Kong and Japan (somewhat of a coup for an Australian film),. producer Leanne Tonkes tells If. .We had our world premiere at Miff where screenings were sold out. It is a well-known fact that distributing independent films is challenging - getting the word out about a film's screening schedule and creating a groundswell to...
- 11/10/2014
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Two very different Australian films, Maya the Bee Movie and William Kelly.s War, had unconventional launches in cinemas last weekend.
Studiocanal opened Maya, the 3D animated feature adapted from the ABC TV series, on 154 screens.
The Australian-German co-production produced by Barbara Stephen, written by Fin Edquist and directed by Alexs Stadermann, grossed $79,000 on Saturday and Sunday.
.Given the limited sessions (1-2 per day) we're pleased with the result,. Studiocanal CEO Robert Slaviero tells If. .The Sunday number was better than Saturday which is a good sign. Hopefully it holds up next weekend..
The theatrical release of the family film voiced by Coco Jack Gillies as Maya with Jacki Weaver, Richard Roxburgh, Noah Taylor, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Justine Clarke and Miriam Margolyes, is a prelude to the December 1 DVD/VoD launch via Beyond Entertainment. As an alternate content title the traditional 120-day holdback does not apply.
Studio 100 Media has...
Studiocanal opened Maya, the 3D animated feature adapted from the ABC TV series, on 154 screens.
The Australian-German co-production produced by Barbara Stephen, written by Fin Edquist and directed by Alexs Stadermann, grossed $79,000 on Saturday and Sunday.
.Given the limited sessions (1-2 per day) we're pleased with the result,. Studiocanal CEO Robert Slaviero tells If. .The Sunday number was better than Saturday which is a good sign. Hopefully it holds up next weekend..
The theatrical release of the family film voiced by Coco Jack Gillies as Maya with Jacki Weaver, Richard Roxburgh, Noah Taylor, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Justine Clarke and Miriam Margolyes, is a prelude to the December 1 DVD/VoD launch via Beyond Entertainment. As an alternate content title the traditional 120-day holdback does not apply.
Studio 100 Media has...
- 11/3/2014
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Barring a miracle or at least several hits, the Australian films released in cinemas this year have no hope of matching 2013.s combined gross of $38.5 million.
Through last Sunday, 43 local features and documentaries had racked up $18.5 million nationwide. That includes mostly small amounts earned by 20 titles that opened in 2013 or earlier. As the Safc.s Richard Harris has pointed out, the results of each film should be evaluated on the basis of its release strategy rather than regarding every film that earns less than $1 million as a disaster and proof that Australian audiences have turned away from Aussie cinema.
However distributors and producers were counting on far stronger ticket sales for the Spierig brothers. Predestination, Matt Saville.s Felony, David Michôd.s The Rover and Zak Hilditch.s These Final Hours.
Only The Railway Man (which opened on Boxing Day and has a lifetime cume of $7.3 million), Wolf Creek 2...
Through last Sunday, 43 local features and documentaries had racked up $18.5 million nationwide. That includes mostly small amounts earned by 20 titles that opened in 2013 or earlier. As the Safc.s Richard Harris has pointed out, the results of each film should be evaluated on the basis of its release strategy rather than regarding every film that earns less than $1 million as a disaster and proof that Australian audiences have turned away from Aussie cinema.
However distributors and producers were counting on far stronger ticket sales for the Spierig brothers. Predestination, Matt Saville.s Felony, David Michôd.s The Rover and Zak Hilditch.s These Final Hours.
Only The Railway Man (which opened on Boxing Day and has a lifetime cume of $7.3 million), Wolf Creek 2...
- 9/23/2014
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
In a sign of the rising volume of film production, 25 features are eligible for the 4th annual Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (Aacta) Awards in January.
That.s up from the 15 titles that were in contention for last January.s awards.
The contenders include Russell Crowe.s The Water Diviner, Julius Avery.s Son of a Gun, Stephen Lance.s My Mistress, Tony Mahony and Angus Sampson.s The Mule, Geoff Davis. William Kelly.s War and Jon Hewitt.s Turkey Shoot. Those titles will be among those unspooling at. the Aacta Awards Screenings program to be held from October 6-23 at Event Cinemas, Bondi Junction, and Melbourne.s Palace Cinema Como and Backlot Studios.
Universal is launching The Water Diviner on Boxing Day.. Son of a Gun is set for October 16 via eOne, Ifm/Filmways is releasing William Kelly's War on October 30 and Transmission opens My Mistress...
That.s up from the 15 titles that were in contention for last January.s awards.
The contenders include Russell Crowe.s The Water Diviner, Julius Avery.s Son of a Gun, Stephen Lance.s My Mistress, Tony Mahony and Angus Sampson.s The Mule, Geoff Davis. William Kelly.s War and Jon Hewitt.s Turkey Shoot. Those titles will be among those unspooling at. the Aacta Awards Screenings program to be held from October 6-23 at Event Cinemas, Bondi Junction, and Melbourne.s Palace Cinema Como and Backlot Studios.
Universal is launching The Water Diviner on Boxing Day.. Son of a Gun is set for October 16 via eOne, Ifm/Filmways is releasing William Kelly's War on October 30 and Transmission opens My Mistress...
- 9/16/2014
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Phil Avalon, playwright?
Yes, the producer-writer-director-actor wrote his first and only play, The Backstreet General, after graduating from drama school in the 1970s.
The Vietnam-set play was staged at six venues and gave Avalon the idea for a film which he now aims to shoot next year. He.s updated the setting to the current day so he can introduce the theme of terrorism.
The plot follows a young guy named Lenny who is captured by terrorists in Bali, where he learns of a plot to assassinate the Us Vice-President during an upcoming visit to Australia. The protagonist escapes and tries to intervene to thwart the assassination attempt.
Avalon will produce and direct and has co-written the script with Gold Coast-based writer Greg Clayton, with development assistance from Screen Queensland. He is confident of funding the $5 million budget from private investors and the producer offset.
.I had Ffc approval...
Yes, the producer-writer-director-actor wrote his first and only play, The Backstreet General, after graduating from drama school in the 1970s.
The Vietnam-set play was staged at six venues and gave Avalon the idea for a film which he now aims to shoot next year. He.s updated the setting to the current day so he can introduce the theme of terrorism.
The plot follows a young guy named Lenny who is captured by terrorists in Bali, where he learns of a plot to assassinate the Us Vice-President during an upcoming visit to Australia. The protagonist escapes and tries to intervene to thwart the assassination attempt.
Avalon will produce and direct and has co-written the script with Gold Coast-based writer Greg Clayton, with development assistance from Screen Queensland. He is confident of funding the $5 million budget from private investors and the producer offset.
.I had Ffc approval...
- 9/2/2014
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
William Kelly.s War, a drama set during WW1, will premiere in Cannes in May and be released in Australian cinemas in September.
Based on a true story, it.s the saga of two brothers and their cousin who leave their outback home to go to war and come back to find their family is under siege from a gang of bushrangers.
The writer-director is Geoff Davis, whose only previous experience as a feature director was a micro-budgeted 2003 film, Laughing Stock, a comedy about a middle-aged rock band whose life turns sour, which featured Bud Tingwell.
Davis works for a software company and has spent years in multi-media so he was familiar with digital effects and the post production process.
The producer, Phil Avalon, is in talks with sales agents to represent the film when it premieres at the Cannes market.
Davis. sons Josh and Mat play the brothers, Billy and Jack Kelly,...
Based on a true story, it.s the saga of two brothers and their cousin who leave their outback home to go to war and come back to find their family is under siege from a gang of bushrangers.
The writer-director is Geoff Davis, whose only previous experience as a feature director was a micro-budgeted 2003 film, Laughing Stock, a comedy about a middle-aged rock band whose life turns sour, which featured Bud Tingwell.
Davis works for a software company and has spent years in multi-media so he was familiar with digital effects and the post production process.
The producer, Phil Avalon, is in talks with sales agents to represent the film when it premieres at the Cannes market.
Davis. sons Josh and Mat play the brothers, Billy and Jack Kelly,...
- 2/16/2014
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
This week, we had to get the fallout from Bobby Roode threatening the health of Dixie Carter after beating Sting at Victory Road. If only she’d used the ample time she had to get out of the ring to her advantage. And so Dixie joined us to open the show. Dixie made out like she was going to fire the champ, but Sting came out and claimed firing him was letting him off easy. Sting then said that his position as leader was just not working. So he said hes coming back as a wrestler to fight for Dixie and step down as General Manager. He did however promise that he had someone to take the company right to the top. Sting asked Dixie to let him give him the power to the Real Hulk Hogan. Dixie did her best to act conflicted. Later on in the show, in the main event slot,...
- 3/26/2012
- by Patrick Farren
- Obsessed with Film
Welcome to the Hall Shame. NFL all-timer and onetime Dancing With the Stars contestant Lawrence Taylor narrowly escaped jailtime on Tuesday after pleading guilty to a lesser count stemming from his 2010 rape arrest. But Taylor is still getting a big black mark on his permanent record. As part of a plea deal with prosecutors, the famed footballer copped to misdemeanor charges of sexual misconduct and soliciting a prostitute. In return, he was sentenced by a judge in Rockland County New York to six years probation. He'll also now be required to spend the rest of his life registered as a convicted sex offender. In meting out Taylor's punishment, Judge William Kelly did not specify...
- 3/22/2011
- E! Online
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