Archive for category Australiia
Roadshow Films returns to television production
Posted by BrianDzyak in Australiia on July 6, 2016
THE AUSTRALIAN Michael Bodey Film editor/media journalist Sydney Australia’s major screen entertainment group, Roadshow Films, will venture back into television production for the first time in almost three decades with producer John Edwards, as revealed in Diary last week. And Mr Edwards said the new Rough Diamond Roadshow production company may not be confined to long-form […]
Variety Western Australia Launches $12 Million Film Fund
Posted by BrianDzyak in Australiia, Tax Incentives on May 9, 2016
Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief Western Australia has launched a US$12 million (A$16 million) film fund intended to attract and increase inbound production from Australia and the rest of the world. The Western Australian Regional Film Fund, which becomes operational from July 1, draws its funding from the state’s Royalties for Regions cash pool. It […]
Hollywood’s big part in the Queensland film industry
Posted by BrianDzyak in Australiia on December 5, 2015
Paul SyvretThe Courier-Mail THE night the 2014 season finale of popular American sitcom Modern Family went to air, Qantas reported a 25 per cent spike in website traffic out of the US. For Qantas it was an initial pay-off for a reported $500,000-plus investment the airline had made in bringing cast and crew to Australia on a […]
How much does Australia really subsidise overseas films? And is it worth it?
Posted by BrianDzyak in Australiia, Tax Incentives on October 27, 2015
Greg Jericho Ridley Scott’s next film and the latest Chris Hemsworth vehicle, Thor: Ragnarok, will be filmed in Australia. The joyful announcement by the foreign minister, Julie Bishop, and the arts minister, Mitch Fifield, celebrated their fine work in persuading 20th Century Fox and Marvel Studies to bring their productions here. The fine work was really done by […]
Tax incentives for film and TV production around the world
Posted by BrianDzyak in Asia, Australiia, Canada, European Union EU, Middle East, South Africa, South America, Tax Incentives, United States on October 19, 2015
By REUTERS MADRID, Oct 18 (Reuters) – Many countries around the world offer tax rebates or tax credits to attract foreign film or TV productions, as well as animation or video game projects, which can boost local economies. Spain is trying to catch up, with a 15 percent rebate for international production costs up to a […]
Australia’s film industry reels
Posted by BrianDzyak in Australiia on October 17, 2015
Jamie Waters High quality global journalism requires investment. Two years ago, Robert Connolly, the Australian director and producer renowned for films such as 2009’s East Timor-set drama Balibo, was finding it “incredibly hard” to source backing for his newest, unlikeliest project: a children’s film about a boy who competes in the world paper-plane championships. Then he […]
Australia’s VFX industry Receives $1 Million Boost for Future Film Artists
Posted by BrianDzyak in Australiia, Education on September 26, 2015
Vancouver-based online education provider CG Spectrum collaborates with Iloura VFX to invest up to $1 million in scholarships and paid internships. By Jennifer Wolfe Vancouver-based online education provider CG Spectrum is making a mark as Australia’s most globally connected film and game school by collaborating with Iloura, the VFX company behind that wayward and rebellious bear, Ted. CG Spectrum […]
Australian film industry celebrates best year in two decades amid brawl over foreign actors’ visas
Posted by BrianDzyak in Australiia, Tax Incentives on August 2, 2015
By Adrian Raschella The Australian film industry has done a roaring trade at the local box office this year, with 2015 shaping up to be the best year in two decades. Blockbuster Mad Max: Fury Road has led the charge, taking more than $21 million at the cinema, placing it at ninth spot in the […]
New philanthropy program raises nearly $40,000 for WA film industry
Posted by BrianDzyak in Australiia on June 18, 2015
By Hayley Roman The Film and Television Institute (FTI) of WA has raised nearly $40,000 for local screen projects, under a new philanthropy program launched less than a fortnight ago. While philanthropy is common in visual and performing arts, the film sector typically sees people invest for a financial return. The FTI worked for nearly two […]
No fun for you darling – the ugly truth in Australian film production
Posted by BrianDzyak in Australiia on June 6, 2015
The dominance of men in the Australian feature industry is the Beast That Will Not Die. Not yet, anyway. The gender disparity figures in the Australian film industry are stark and have been highlighted once again in the latest issue of Lumina, the house journal of AFTRS, the Australian Film, Television and Radio School. It is edited […]
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