MPA APSA FILM FUND 2012 GRANT RECIPIENTS ANNOUNCED
Projects from Australia, Islamic Republic of Iran, Israel and Turkey
The Asia Pacific Screen Awards (APSA) has announced the four successful projects to be awarded development grants of US$25,000 in the 2012 MPA (Motion Picture Association) APSA Academy Film Fund. Established in 2010, the fund is intended to stimulate film production in Asia Pacific.
The US$25,000 development grants go to:
• Mohammad Rasoulof from the Islam...
The 2011 BigPond Adelaide Film Festival has been a huge success with 30 sold out sessions and an overall increase in attendances of 22%, contributing to a 16% increase in box office revenue from 2009.
BAFF audience members also voted via SMS and online to vote the stunning new Australian film SNOWTOWN (Best Feature) ,the thrilling and poignant SENNA (Best Documentary) and the moving THE PALACE (Best Short) in the BigPond Audience Awards.
Of the 48 Australian films that screene...
The 2011 BigPond Adelaide Film Festival has been a huge success with 30 sold out sessions and an overall increase in attendances of 22%, contributing to a 16% increase in box office revenue from 2009.
BAFF audience members also voted via SMS and online to vote the stunning new Australian film SNOWTOWN (Best Feature) ,the thrilling and poignant SENNA (Best Documentary) and the moving THE PALACE (Best Short) in the BigPond Audience Awards.
Of the 48 Australian films that screened at ...
Acclaimed Australian film Samson & Delilah has won the Best Feature Film Award at the third annual Asia Pacific Screen Awards, announced tonight on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.
Produced by Kath Shelper and written and directed by Warwick Thornton, Samson & Delilah previously won the Camera d'Or prize at this year's Cannes Film Festival, six major awards at the recent Inside Film Awards in Australia and has been nominated for 13 Australian Film Ins...
Winners of Lexus Inside Film Awards 2005 in Sydney on November 23rd.The Lexus Inside Film Awards are the people's choice awards for Australian films.The Lexus Inside Film Awards celebrate and champion Australian film and creative talent. The Inside Film Awards creates a unique dialogue between Australian filmmakers and their audience, supports and promotes Australian cinema and invigorates a national screen culture.The Lexus Inside Film Awards are held in November each year. This year the event ...
The Lexus IF (Inside Film) Awards celebrate the key areas of filmmaking with awards presented in nineteen categories for feature films, shorts, animations and documentaries.There are 20 awards presented in total, ten of which are rated by audiences in the national scoring circuit. A panel of industry professionals and past Lexus Inside Film Award winners selects the remaining ten craft and special category award winners.LEXUS IF AWARDS 2005 NOMINATIONSGray & Perkins Lawyers IF Award for Best Sho...
DISCOVERIES AND WINDOWS TO WORLD CINEMA PLEASE PATRONSDiscoveries at this year’s Sydney Film Festival included the Urban Cinefile Audience Award winning low budget Australian drama, Blacktown and as a window on world cinema, the program boasted the likes of the award winning drama Brothers (Denmark) and the animated short Journey to Mars (Argentina), plus Kontroll (Hungary), Moolaade (Senegal), Life Is A Miracle (Serbia) and Howl’s Moving Castle (Japan, Closing Night Film). But there was st...
A selection of the best Australian short films will screen in a mini festival this Saturday 25 June when the finalists in the Dendy Awards for Australian Short Films are shown at the State Theatre.The 17 finalists across six categories will have a one-off public screening during the last day of the Festival with the winners announced on Closing Night.This year’s finalists cover such diverse topics as offal eating, capitalism, apartheid, the quest for freedom, family, faith and first dates and ...
