Slate led by genre feature ‘Diabolic’.
Australian companies Monster Pictures, Pictures In Paradise and Sunjive Studios are partnering on a 12m production fund for an initial three-picture slate, opening with Daniel J. Phillips’ genre title Diabolic.
The slate is financed by Amcomri Productions, the UK’s Head Gear Films and Sunjive Studios, with international rights handled by UK-based 101 Films International.
The first project is Phillips’ genre title Diabolic, which is set to shoot in South Australia this year. The film follows a woman who takes part in a fundamentalist religious ritual to cure her debilitating chronic disease, only to...
Australian companies Monster Pictures, Pictures In Paradise and Sunjive Studios are partnering on a 12m production fund for an initial three-picture slate, opening with Daniel J. Phillips’ genre title Diabolic.
The slate is financed by Amcomri Productions, the UK’s Head Gear Films and Sunjive Studios, with international rights handled by UK-based 101 Films International.
The first project is Phillips’ genre title Diabolic, which is set to shoot in South Australia this year. The film follows a woman who takes part in a fundamentalist religious ritual to cure her debilitating chronic disease, only to...
- 5/21/2022
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Two years after releasing Union, roots-rock pioneers Son Volt will return with their tenth album Electro Melodier in July. The album features a new group of personal reflections and socio-political songs from frontman Jay Farrar, who originally set out to make a nostalgic record that paid tribute to the music of his youth.
“I wanted to concentrate on the melodies which got me into music in the first place,” Farrar said in a statement. “I wanted politics to take a back seat this time, but it always seems to find a way back in there.
“I wanted to concentrate on the melodies which got me into music in the first place,” Farrar said in a statement. “I wanted politics to take a back seat this time, but it always seems to find a way back in there.
- 5/13/2021
- by Jonathan Bernstein
- Rollingstone.com
Screen Australia is investing $5.4 million in six feature films from directors Gillian Armstrong,. Jeremy Sims and Paul Cox and rising filmmakers Kim Farrant, Mark Grentell and Alexs Stadermann.
Nicole Kidman, Guy Pearce and Hugo Weaving will star in Farrant.s Strangerland, a mystery drama about a couple whose lives unravel after their two teenage children go missing in the harsh Australian desert.
Michael Caton and Jacki Weaver are attached to star in Sims. Last Cab to Darwin, a comedy-drama about a dying man.s final journey based on Reg Cribb's play Last Cab to Darwin.
Caton will play Rex, a terminally ill cab driver who drove 3,000 km from his home in Broken Hill to Darwin in the early 1990s in hopes of taking advantage of the Northern Territory's voluntary euthanasia laws. Ningali Lawford has been cast as Polly, an Aboriginal woman who is Rex.s next door neighbour and occasional lover,...
Nicole Kidman, Guy Pearce and Hugo Weaving will star in Farrant.s Strangerland, a mystery drama about a couple whose lives unravel after their two teenage children go missing in the harsh Australian desert.
Michael Caton and Jacki Weaver are attached to star in Sims. Last Cab to Darwin, a comedy-drama about a dying man.s final journey based on Reg Cribb's play Last Cab to Darwin.
Caton will play Rex, a terminally ill cab driver who drove 3,000 km from his home in Broken Hill to Darwin in the early 1990s in hopes of taking advantage of the Northern Territory's voluntary euthanasia laws. Ningali Lawford has been cast as Polly, an Aboriginal woman who is Rex.s next door neighbour and occasional lover,...
- 10/20/2013
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
The South Australian Film Corporation has announced the teams that will participate in its factual content initiative The FACTory.
The teams are Mark Patterson and Kay Pavlou from Go Patterson Films; Matthew Bate, Sophie Hyde and Caroline Man from Closer Productions, Mike Piper and Corey Piper from Piper Films; David Ngo, Emily Griggs and Nick Matthews from Projector Films; Kristian Moliere, Julie Byrne, Vikki Sugars, Jen Jones and Colin Thrupp from Cineum; Quentin Kenihan and Shane McNeil from Q Productions; and Lindy Taylor and Justin O’Donoghue from The Snowglobe Factory.
The FACTory is a $2.1m initiative between the Safc and the ABC, to develop South Australian factual content for the broadcaster’s prime time slots.
“The FACTory initiative aims to provide a real shot in the arm to the local documentary sector. So many initiatives start with good intentions but ultimately fail to deliver – working with ABC TV and...
The teams are Mark Patterson and Kay Pavlou from Go Patterson Films; Matthew Bate, Sophie Hyde and Caroline Man from Closer Productions, Mike Piper and Corey Piper from Piper Films; David Ngo, Emily Griggs and Nick Matthews from Projector Films; Kristian Moliere, Julie Byrne, Vikki Sugars, Jen Jones and Colin Thrupp from Cineum; Quentin Kenihan and Shane McNeil from Q Productions; and Lindy Taylor and Justin O’Donoghue from The Snowglobe Factory.
The FACTory is a $2.1m initiative between the Safc and the ABC, to develop South Australian factual content for the broadcaster’s prime time slots.
“The FACTory initiative aims to provide a real shot in the arm to the local documentary sector. So many initiatives start with good intentions but ultimately fail to deliver – working with ABC TV and...
- 3/3/2011
- by Miguel Gonzalez
- Encore Magazine
IMDb.com, Inc. takes no responsibility for the content or accuracy of the above news articles, Tweets, or blog posts. This content is published for the entertainment of our users only. The news articles, Tweets, and blog posts do not represent IMDb's opinions nor can we guarantee that the reporting therein is completely factual. Please visit the source responsible for the item in question to report any concerns you may have regarding content or accuracy.