Encore Magazine articles from January 2005

Encore Magazine archives from January 2005

Editor's note.(NEWS)(Editorial)
January 1, 2005... This year we kick off with what we plan will be a big year of coverage of not only what's happening in the Australian production arena but also a greater awareness of international events and conferences that affect the way we do business here....

FFC green lights TV, features.(NEWS)(Film Finance Corporation)
January 1, 2005... SEVEN FEATURES, five television dramas and five documentaries have received funding in the final round of Film Finance Corporation Australia (FFC) funding for the calendar year 2004. The television-friendly funding for the year 2004/05 has...

AFC launches IndiVision low-budget initiative.(NEWS)(Australian Film Commission)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... THE Australian Film Commission (AFC) has launched a set of initiatives designed to foster low-budget feature filmmaking. IndiVision programs will draw on $15 million over the next three years as well as an additional $2.5 million in...

Western Australia in 'raptures' over German mini-series.(NEWS)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... PRODUCTION has been completed in Western Australia on Rapture of the Deep, a 2 X 90-minute mini-series produced by Robert Greenough for Granada and German broadcaster SAT-1. Rapture of the Deep (a loose translation of the German title,...

Sydney lures US mermaid pic.(Aquamarine )
January 1, 2005... FOX Searchlight looks set to shoot the US mermaid comedy Aquamarine in Sydney with Steve McGlothen attached as producer. McGlothen is no stranger to Australia, having produced the 1998 made-for-TV Moby Dick and When Good Ghouls Go Bad,...

Rothkrans to exit AusFILM.(NEWS)(Trisha Rothkrans )(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... AUSFILM chief executive Trisha Rothkrans will exit her role as head of the industry's key international marketing body when her contract expires in June 2005. Rothkrans has been chief executive of Ausfilm since 1999 and said, "it is the...

Cutler to head SBS news.(PEOPLE MOVES)(Paul Cutler joins SBS Television)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... SBS Television has appointed the head of CNN's Asia and Pacific operation to be its new director of news and current affairs. Paul Cutler, Asia and Pacific managing editor for CNN International, will take up his new position in February...

Martin kicks on to Dendy.(PEOPLE MOVES)(Nicki Martin joins Dendy Films/Becker Entertainment )(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... Nicki Martin has joined Dendy Films/Becker Entertainment as national marketing manager to oversee the marketing for all Dendy and Becker Entertainment film releases. Martin will take up her new position in 2005, replacing outgoing marketing...

Howarth to Foxtel.(PEOPLE MOVES)(Richard Howarth)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... Foxtel has recruited Richard Howarth to head its newly restructured marketing department as general manager, Marketing, following November's decision to merge the television and marketing opertion into one unit. Brian Walsh, executive director,...

Crombie heads to AFTRS.(PEOPLE MOVES)(Australian Film Television and Radio School)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... Donald Crombie has been appointed head of directing at the Australian Film Television and Radio School (AFTRS). Crombie's 20 years in the industry as a writer, director and producer includes 40 feature films, television movies, mini-series and...

Kodak ups Pappas.(PEOPLE MOVES)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... Mary Pappas has joined the Entertainment Imaging division of Kodak as the company's Victorian account manager. Pappas has been with Kodak for six years, working within a number of business units.

WA commuter drama to be played out on screen.(NEWS)(Western Australia)(Long Way to Freo)
January 1, 2005... A PSYCHOLOGICAL thriller set on a suburban train travelling from Perth to Fremantle is likely to commence production as early as next month, the first recipient of a new WA Government low-budget feature finance initiative. Long Way to Freo...

AIDC ramps up debate, screenings.(NEWS)(Australian International Documentary Conference)
January 1, 2005... ORGANISERS of the Australian International Documentary Conference (AIDC) have taken heed of delegate feedback by increasing the emphasis on master class and screening programs to better complement marketplace sessions at this year's event, to...

SLR launches 'Deadly'.(NEWS)
January 1, 2005... Suzanne Ryan (pictured above) of SLR Productions held a launch party on November 23 for her project Deadly, a 13 X 24 minute animation series based on the best selling book series by Paul Jennings (left) and Morris Gleitzman (right). The party...

Queensland set to benefit from Dutch-backed New Holland Pictures.(NEWS)
January 1, 2005... QUEENSLAND production levels will get a boost as early as next year with the arrival of New Holland Pictures, a Brisbane-based joint venture that marries producers Mark and Cathy Overett with Dutch drama expertise and investment. They are...

Flickerfest names competitors.(Film festivals)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... The annual Flickerfest international short film festival was launched at the Icebergs bar and dining room in Sydney's Bondi on December 6. Organisers of the 2005 festival announced films to compete at the event to be held from January 7-16 at...

'Wolf Creek' flows into park city.(SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL)(Movie Review)
January 1, 2005... WHEN Greg McLean's debut feature, horror thriller Wolf Creek was invited to the inaugural first World Cinema competition section at Sundance, his jubilation was well deserved. This was no new kid on the block; in fact, he'd amassed quite a...

Indigenous stories score well with Sundance selectors.(SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL)
January 1, 2005... WHEN the 2005 Sundance selection was announced, Australian films scored highly with a feature and documentary invited into newly-created competition sections, as well as a record four short films invited to screen at the prestigious film...

Australians take a closer look at Asian opportunities: Ray Pedretti reports from the Asia TV Forum held in Singapore.(TV FORUM)
January 1, 2005... At first glance it would seem that the Asia Media Festival is far from a happening event. Centred mainly on the Shangri-La Hotel in Singapore, the only obvious evidence of a media market is the number of flags flying outside the lobby. Inside...

Architecture & morality.(Australian movies in the market)
January 1, 2005... In My Father's Den on second viewing looks to me like a true world masterpiece: all that you instinctively recognise as life in a country town: the thwarted, shrivelled, cranky adult lives, the billowing dreams of plump girlhood, the addictive...

Big budget mini-series sails into production.(ON LOCATION)(Cover Story)
January 1, 2005... An amazing, true and yet little known story about a convict's voyage to Australia, has finally been realised as the largest mini-series ever shot in this country, with a budget in excess of $15 million. The mini-series follows the fortunes...

Australia week kicks off big year for AusFILM.(LA INSIDER)
January 1, 2005... As many companies and studio executives wind down during the holiday period, the AusFILM office is winding up for Australia Week in Los Angeles, and NATPE in Las Vegas running back to back. The Australian Consulate of Los Angeles, with the...

Production report.
January 1, 2005... ENCORE's production report includes all known features and television drama and non-drama television programs which have a network presale (excluding news). Projects in the planning stage appear once only and the listing ends when a project...

Foxtel launches into summer.(television programs)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... PAY-TV PROVIDER FOXTEL HOSTED A LAVISH SUMMER PROGRAMMING LAUNCH AT SYDNEY'S THE LOFT ON NOVEMBER 30. REPRESENTATIVES OF VARIOUS PROGRAMMING STRANDS TOOK THE OPPORTUNITY TO OUTLINE PROGRAM OFFERINGS APPEARING ON FOXTEL CHANNELS. 1. Foxtel...

Seven & ten fight for 2nd: well connected industry columnist Harvey Shore keeps his ear close to the ground for the latest gossip doing the rounds at the major broadcasters.(HARVEY'S HEARSAY)(Seven Network)(Ten Network)
January 1, 2005... The biggest show in TV-land this year will be the ratings battle between Ten and Seven. Few doubt Nine will remain on top. It finished last year with 30.3 percent of the total available prime-time audience--a little down on its 31.2...