Nominations for the 2011 Nsw Premier.s Literary Award were announced yesterday. including the $30,000 Script Writing Award. The award has been offered since 1990, and past recipients include Baz Luhrmann (Strictly Ballroom), Rolf de Heer (Bad Boy Bubby) and Chris Lilley (We Can Be Heroes). This year.s script writing award nominees include Shirley Barrett for South Solitary (Macgowan Films), Glen Dolman for telemovie Hawke (The Film Company), Michael Miller for The Hero.s Standard (Knapman Wyld TV, Sbs), John Misto for telemovie Sisters of War (Sisters of War Pty Ltd), Debra Oswald for TV series Offspring (Southern Star Entertainment) and Samantha Strauss for Dance Academy, Episode 13: Family (Werner Film Productions). Last year.s winners were Jane...
- 3/17/2011
- by Ruby Lennon
- IF.com.au
The shortlist for the 2011 Nsw Premier’s Literary Awards has been announced, and the script category includes South Solitary, Hawke, The Hero’s Standard, Sisters of War, Offspring and Dance Academy.
The winner, to be announced on May 16, will receive $30,000. The script nominees are:
Shirley Barrett, South Solitary (Macgowan Films) Glen Dolman, Hawke (The Film Company) Michael Miller, The Hero’s Standard (Knapman Wyld TV, Sbs) John Misto, Sisters of War (Sisters of War Pty Ltd) Debra Oswald, Offspring (Southern Star Entertainment) Samantha Strauss, Dance Academy, Episode 13: Family (Werner Film Productions)...
The winner, to be announced on May 16, will receive $30,000. The script nominees are:
Shirley Barrett, South Solitary (Macgowan Films) Glen Dolman, Hawke (The Film Company) Michael Miller, The Hero’s Standard (Knapman Wyld TV, Sbs) John Misto, Sisters of War (Sisters of War Pty Ltd) Debra Oswald, Offspring (Southern Star Entertainment) Samantha Strauss, Dance Academy, Episode 13: Family (Werner Film Productions)...
- 3/17/2011
- by Miguel Gonzalez
- Encore Magazine
The Nsw Government has used almost a quarter of its recently announced $25m budget for the film industry to fund five features, four TV series, one telemovie, 12 docos and one cross-platform project.
The projects include Mei Mei, an Australia/China co-production starring Guy Pearce, and The Hunter, with American actor Willem Dafoe.
The biggest winner is Joanna Werner’s children’s drama Dance Academy, with $500,000 towards production of season two.
Vincent Sheehan’s production The Hunter will be shot in Tasmania and China, with a majority of crew from Nsw and post-production also taking place in this state – it will receive $400,000 from the Government.
The production expenditure of these projects is expected to reach $62m.
These are the projects receiving funds from the Nsw Government in this round:
Features
Mei-mei
Production Company: Portal Pictures Finance: $200,000 Writers: Martin Edmond, Pauline Chan, Philip Dalkin. Producers: Penny Carl-Nelson, Pauline Chan, Lesley Stevens,...
The projects include Mei Mei, an Australia/China co-production starring Guy Pearce, and The Hunter, with American actor Willem Dafoe.
The biggest winner is Joanna Werner’s children’s drama Dance Academy, with $500,000 towards production of season two.
Vincent Sheehan’s production The Hunter will be shot in Tasmania and China, with a majority of crew from Nsw and post-production also taking place in this state – it will receive $400,000 from the Government.
The production expenditure of these projects is expected to reach $62m.
These are the projects receiving funds from the Nsw Government in this round:
Features
Mei-mei
Production Company: Portal Pictures Finance: $200,000 Writers: Martin Edmond, Pauline Chan, Philip Dalkin. Producers: Penny Carl-Nelson, Pauline Chan, Lesley Stevens,...
- 8/4/2010
- by Miguel Gonzalez
- Encore Magazine
Screen Australia has announced an investment of $15m on 13 productions, including a German/Australian co-production directed by Cate Shortland and development for Bruce Beresford, Sarah Watt and Phillip Noyce projects.
In terms of films, Fred Schepisi’s The Eye of the Storm - which began production without financial support from Screen Australia – is one of the beneficiaries.
Shortland’s co-production Lore will be produced by Liz Watts, Karsten Stöter, Benny Drechsel, Paul Welsh and Gabriele Kranzelbinder and set in 1945 Germany.
The third feature to receive support is Kieran Darcy-Smith’s debut Say Nothing, written in conjuction with Felicity Price and produced by Angie Felder.
TV series The Slap, Cleo and Blood Brother, as well as series two of Spirited. also received financial support.
The agency estimates that these projects will generate production worth $72m.
The projects are:
The Eye Of The Storm
Paper Bark Films Eos Pty Ltd
Executive Producers Jonathan Shteinman,...
In terms of films, Fred Schepisi’s The Eye of the Storm - which began production without financial support from Screen Australia – is one of the beneficiaries.
Shortland’s co-production Lore will be produced by Liz Watts, Karsten Stöter, Benny Drechsel, Paul Welsh and Gabriele Kranzelbinder and set in 1945 Germany.
The third feature to receive support is Kieran Darcy-Smith’s debut Say Nothing, written in conjuction with Felicity Price and produced by Angie Felder.
TV series The Slap, Cleo and Blood Brother, as well as series two of Spirited. also received financial support.
The agency estimates that these projects will generate production worth $72m.
The projects are:
The Eye Of The Storm
Paper Bark Films Eos Pty Ltd
Executive Producers Jonathan Shteinman,...
- 7/9/2010
- by Miguel Gonzalez
- Encore Magazine
Film Victoria finished its investment production for 2009/10 with $1.45m on eighth projects, including the TV adaptation of The Slap and a second series of Nsw-shot Dance Academy.
Other projects include ABC3 show Prank Patrol, the telemovie Sisters of War, and four documentaries.
The state agency’s board also approved a writer’s fellowship for Roger Monk for the script Romeo and Cheryl. It will allow him to work on the project over a significant period rather than stage-by-stage.
Further funding was approved for market support; Scott Alexander will attend XMediaLab Animation Market China 2010 with his project The Last Andy. It will be a loan, part of the agency’s professional development program.
The funded projects are:
The Slap
Matchbox Pictures. Prod: Helen Bowden and Michael McMahon’ Writers: Alice Bell, Emily Ballou, Brendan Cowell, Kris Mrska and Cate Shortland; Directors: Jessica Hobbs, Tony Ayres, Cate Shortland and Robert Connolly.
At a suburban barbecue,...
Other projects include ABC3 show Prank Patrol, the telemovie Sisters of War, and four documentaries.
The state agency’s board also approved a writer’s fellowship for Roger Monk for the script Romeo and Cheryl. It will allow him to work on the project over a significant period rather than stage-by-stage.
Further funding was approved for market support; Scott Alexander will attend XMediaLab Animation Market China 2010 with his project The Last Andy. It will be a loan, part of the agency’s professional development program.
The funded projects are:
The Slap
Matchbox Pictures. Prod: Helen Bowden and Michael McMahon’ Writers: Alice Bell, Emily Ballou, Brendan Cowell, Kris Mrska and Cate Shortland; Directors: Jessica Hobbs, Tony Ayres, Cate Shortland and Robert Connolly.
At a suburban barbecue,...
- 7/2/2010
- by Miguel Gonzalez
- Encore Magazine
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