Australian and New Zealand indie distributor Umbrella Entertainment will launch Brollie, a free of charge, ad-supported streaming service later this month. It will lean on Umbrella’s library of classic content and claims to be the first free streaming platform specializing in Australian film and TV content.
Brollie will launch on Nov. 23 with over 300 titles including: “Babadook”; “Two Hands” (dir. Gregor Jordan, 1999); cult classics “Sweat”; “Erskineville Kings”; and “Cut” starring Kylie Minogue.
Brollie will also have a section for Indigenous Australia, including a collection of films starring Aboriginal screen legend David Gulpilil. These include “Walkabout”; “Storm Boy”; and “The Last Wave”.
A documentary slate includes “Servant or Slave” and “Ablaze”.
Subscribers will be invited to be part of the Brollie Film Club, where Brollie’s in-house team handpicks the best of the catalogue twice a month. Members can terrify themselves with the ‘Australian Nightmares’ collection exploring the best of Aussie...
Brollie will launch on Nov. 23 with over 300 titles including: “Babadook”; “Two Hands” (dir. Gregor Jordan, 1999); cult classics “Sweat”; “Erskineville Kings”; and “Cut” starring Kylie Minogue.
Brollie will also have a section for Indigenous Australia, including a collection of films starring Aboriginal screen legend David Gulpilil. These include “Walkabout”; “Storm Boy”; and “The Last Wave”.
A documentary slate includes “Servant or Slave” and “Ablaze”.
Subscribers will be invited to be part of the Brollie Film Club, where Brollie’s in-house team handpicks the best of the catalogue twice a month. Members can terrify themselves with the ‘Australian Nightmares’ collection exploring the best of Aussie...
- 11/14/2023
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
The talented Director of the Wa Screen Academy and Head of Screenwriting at the Edith Cowan University, John Rapsey, was recently awarded, ‘Outstanding Contribution to the Industry' at the West Australian Screen Awards. Rapsey burst onto small screens in 1992 with the hit television program, Ship to Shore. In 1996, he paved the way for the late Heath Ledger's career with the creation of the series, Sweat, in which Ledger starred. He has been Guest Chairman of the Australia Writers' Guild since 1992, as well as heading the West Australian branch. In 1998, John Rapsey became a lecturer at Edith Cowan University, where he wanted to help other screenwriters achieve their dreams.
- 3/18/2010
- FilmInk.com.au
One of Australia's most prestigious film schools, the Perth based Wa Screen Academy, is gearing up to interview potential Sydney and Melbourne applicants in light of selecting candidates for their 2010 program. This prestigious academy works in association with Waapa (Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts) to produce students of a very high standard and is widely regarded as being one of the leading screen production training programs in Australia. Screen Academy Director, John Rapsey and Associate Director Andrew Lewis will both be in Sydney from November 17 to 20 to speak to potential applicants, and Rapsey will carry on interviews in Melbourne on November 21 and 22.
- 10/26/2009
- FilmInk.com.au
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