Australia’s lucky run at the box office continues. Four out of the five highest grossing films last weekend were local titles, with new release Long Story Short joining the ranks with The Dry, Penguin Bloom and High Ground.
However, the national Bo was depressed, with Victorian cinemas – which typically boast around 27 per cent national market share – shuttered in the wake of a state-wide lockdown.
Roadshow’s The Dry remains the top performer, adding $711,168 in its seventh weekend to progress to $17.3 million; it is now the 15th highest grossing Australian film of all time (without adjusting for inflation).
Stablemate Penguin Bloom was again no. 2, bringing in $444,989 to advance to $5.9 million.
Writer-director Josh Lawson’s Long Story Short opened on $315,590 from 278 screens for Studiocanal, or $332,961 with previews.
The rom-com follows Teddy (Rafe Spall), a serial procrastinator who wakes up the morning after his wedding to discover that he’s jumped forward a year in his life.
However, the national Bo was depressed, with Victorian cinemas – which typically boast around 27 per cent national market share – shuttered in the wake of a state-wide lockdown.
Roadshow’s The Dry remains the top performer, adding $711,168 in its seventh weekend to progress to $17.3 million; it is now the 15th highest grossing Australian film of all time (without adjusting for inflation).
Stablemate Penguin Bloom was again no. 2, bringing in $444,989 to advance to $5.9 million.
Writer-director Josh Lawson’s Long Story Short opened on $315,590 from 278 screens for Studiocanal, or $332,961 with previews.
The rom-com follows Teddy (Rafe Spall), a serial procrastinator who wakes up the morning after his wedding to discover that he’s jumped forward a year in his life.
- 2/15/2021
- by Jackie Keast
- IF.com.au
Phil Liggett and Nickolas Bird.
Before the pandemic, tackling post on the feature doc Phil Liggett: The Voice of Cycling would have been a straightforward task for Eleanor Sharpe and Nickolas Bird.
The filmmakers spent a total of 11 weeks in South Africa, the UK, Australia and France to chronicle the 51-year career of Liggett, the 76-year-old English cycling commentator/journalist, as he faces retirement.
Adding pathos to the film, the 2019 cycling season was the first for Liggett since the death from a heart attack of his long time broadcast partner Paul Sherwen.
“This is not a cycling film. It’s a film about a man facing retirement, reflecting on his amazing life,” Bird tells If. “It’s about grief, courage and ageing.”
Working from home, the current challenge for Bird and Sharpe is liaising with lead editor Tony Stevens and post production supervisor Darius Family.
The producers/directors did not...
Before the pandemic, tackling post on the feature doc Phil Liggett: The Voice of Cycling would have been a straightforward task for Eleanor Sharpe and Nickolas Bird.
The filmmakers spent a total of 11 weeks in South Africa, the UK, Australia and France to chronicle the 51-year career of Liggett, the 76-year-old English cycling commentator/journalist, as he faces retirement.
Adding pathos to the film, the 2019 cycling season was the first for Liggett since the death from a heart attack of his long time broadcast partner Paul Sherwen.
“This is not a cycling film. It’s a film about a man facing retirement, reflecting on his amazing life,” Bird tells If. “It’s about grief, courage and ageing.”
Working from home, the current challenge for Bird and Sharpe is liaising with lead editor Tony Stevens and post production supervisor Darius Family.
The producers/directors did not...
- 4/13/2020
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
David Doepel.
Cinema on-demand operator Demand Film aims to raise a seven-figure sum via an equity crowdfunding platform to accelerate its global roll-out and ramp up the volume of releases.
Co-founder and MD David Doepel is confident its 110,000 customers, of whom 40,000 are in Australia, will respond to the opportunity to buy shares in the company which launched in 2014.
Today it invited expressions of interest via Birchal.com but the precise sum it is seeking won’t be revealed until the formal launch of the equity crowdfunding campaign in about three weeks.
Doepel tells If the goal is to raise somewhere between $1 million and $2 million by June 30, which would dilute the stakes held by himself and co-founders Andrew Hazelton and Barbara Connell.
“We will have a smaller slice of a bigger pie as we add more territories and put more money into releasing and marketing films,” he says.
The firm currently operates in seven territories: Australia,...
Cinema on-demand operator Demand Film aims to raise a seven-figure sum via an equity crowdfunding platform to accelerate its global roll-out and ramp up the volume of releases.
Co-founder and MD David Doepel is confident its 110,000 customers, of whom 40,000 are in Australia, will respond to the opportunity to buy shares in the company which launched in 2014.
Today it invited expressions of interest via Birchal.com but the precise sum it is seeking won’t be revealed until the formal launch of the equity crowdfunding campaign in about three weeks.
Doepel tells If the goal is to raise somewhere between $1 million and $2 million by June 30, which would dilute the stakes held by himself and co-founders Andrew Hazelton and Barbara Connell.
“We will have a smaller slice of a bigger pie as we add more territories and put more money into releasing and marketing films,” he says.
The firm currently operates in seven territories: Australia,...
- 5/7/2019
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
Demand Film, an Australia-based cinema-on-demand distributor, has launched a new cryptocurrency, called Screencreds, to reward users who watch and promote trailers for their upcoming releases.
Demand Film is rolling out the new currency ahead of its launch in Germany on Tuesday. Founded in 2016, Demand Film already operates across the English-speaking world, organizing single-event theatrical screenings for feature films and documentaries based on online user demand. The German launch marks the company's first foray into a non-English language territory.
Speaking exclusively to The Hollywood Reporter, Demand Film CEO and managing director David Doepel said the new cryptocurrency will give users ...
Demand Film is rolling out the new currency ahead of its launch in Germany on Tuesday. Founded in 2016, Demand Film already operates across the English-speaking world, organizing single-event theatrical screenings for feature films and documentaries based on online user demand. The German launch marks the company's first foray into a non-English language territory.
Speaking exclusively to The Hollywood Reporter, Demand Film CEO and managing director David Doepel said the new cryptocurrency will give users ...
- 8/17/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Demand Film, an Australia-based cinema-on-demand distributor, has launched a new cryptocurrency, called Screencreds, to reward users who watch and promote trailers for their upcoming releases.
Demand Film is rolling out the new currency ahead of its launch in Germany on Tuesday. Founded in 2016, Demand Film already operates across the English-speaking world, organizing single-event theatrical screenings for feature films and documentaries based on online user demand. The German launch marks the company's first foray into a non-English language territory.
Speaking exclusively to The Hollywood Reporter, Demand Film CEO and managing director David Doepel said the new cryptocurrency will give users ...
Demand Film is rolling out the new currency ahead of its launch in Germany on Tuesday. Founded in 2016, Demand Film already operates across the English-speaking world, organizing single-event theatrical screenings for feature films and documentaries based on online user demand. The German launch marks the company's first foray into a non-English language territory.
Speaking exclusively to The Hollywood Reporter, Demand Film CEO and managing director David Doepel said the new cryptocurrency will give users ...
- 8/17/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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