2014 Eff short The Guests, which was directed by Shane Danielsen and premiered at Cannes.
Screen Nsw's Emerging Filmmakers Fund for emerging short filmmakers has been renamed and rejigged.
In 2016, Generator: Emerging Filmmakers Fund will "require the inclusion of a female director and priority will be given to teams that include people from under-represented groups," said Screen Nsw.
Each Generator round will $30,000 to projects for production and/or post-production of a short film. There is one round annually and in 2016 funding will be provided for up to three projects.
This year, Aquarius Films (Angie Fielder, Polly Staniford, Cecilia Ritchie, Bec Cubitt and Alice Willison) will act as mentors and executive producers for all the Generator shorts..
Aquarius' slate includes the upcoming Lion, directed by Garth Davis, and Berlin Syndrome, directed by Cate Shortland.
Projects can be drama, factual, animation or experimental and no more than 30 minutes long. Applications close October 30.
http://www.
Screen Nsw's Emerging Filmmakers Fund for emerging short filmmakers has been renamed and rejigged.
In 2016, Generator: Emerging Filmmakers Fund will "require the inclusion of a female director and priority will be given to teams that include people from under-represented groups," said Screen Nsw.
Each Generator round will $30,000 to projects for production and/or post-production of a short film. There is one round annually and in 2016 funding will be provided for up to three projects.
This year, Aquarius Films (Angie Fielder, Polly Staniford, Cecilia Ritchie, Bec Cubitt and Alice Willison) will act as mentors and executive producers for all the Generator shorts..
Aquarius' slate includes the upcoming Lion, directed by Garth Davis, and Berlin Syndrome, directed by Cate Shortland.
Projects can be drama, factual, animation or experimental and no more than 30 minutes long. Applications close October 30.
http://www.
- 8/26/2016
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
The organizers of the festival have announced the films that will compete for the Korean and International Section.
This year the Korean Competition will showcase 17 films (14 fictions, 1 experimental, 1 documentary and 1 animation) and the International Competition consists of 37 films (28 fictions, 5 documentaries, 3 experimental and 1 animation). The 33rd Busan International Short Film Festival (Bisff) will take place from April 22th to 26th at the Busan Cinema Center in Busan (South Korea). We will keep you updated as soon as more information about the films is available.
Korean Competition
Ga Hyang: a road of no return by Kim Youngjae (Fiction)
The Plants: Jakarta Monorail 103 by Park Yongseok (Experimental)
My fact_or_y by Park Koonje (Documentary)
New Rapids by Choi Jungmoon (Fiction)
iLuv by Park Junghwan (Fiction)
The Transfer Student by Park Jiin (Fiction)
Bargain by Lee Chunghyun (Fiction)
Seol-hee by Bae Yeonhee (Fiction)
Fangs by Shin Jonghun (Fiction)
Like soldiers, like children by...
This year the Korean Competition will showcase 17 films (14 fictions, 1 experimental, 1 documentary and 1 animation) and the International Competition consists of 37 films (28 fictions, 5 documentaries, 3 experimental and 1 animation). The 33rd Busan International Short Film Festival (Bisff) will take place from April 22th to 26th at the Busan Cinema Center in Busan (South Korea). We will keep you updated as soon as more information about the films is available.
Korean Competition
Ga Hyang: a road of no return by Kim Youngjae (Fiction)
The Plants: Jakarta Monorail 103 by Park Yongseok (Experimental)
My fact_or_y by Park Koonje (Documentary)
New Rapids by Choi Jungmoon (Fiction)
iLuv by Park Junghwan (Fiction)
The Transfer Student by Park Jiin (Fiction)
Bargain by Lee Chunghyun (Fiction)
Seol-hee by Bae Yeonhee (Fiction)
Fangs by Shin Jonghun (Fiction)
Like soldiers, like children by...
- 3/21/2016
- by Sebastian Nadilo
- AsianMoviePulse
Cate Blanchett is set to direct a new Australian TV series after her project was earmarked for Screen Australia funding.
Blanchett.s Stateless is one of 23 film and TV projects that Screen Australia has today announced will receive development funding of $640,000..
The successful projects also to be funded include works from Bryan Brown and Rachel Ward, Richard Roxburgh, Marieke Hardy, Jan Chapman, Stephan Elliott and Bondi Hipsters. Nicholas Boshier.
Cate Blanchett.s TV project Stateless centres on the tragic and true story of Cornelia Rau which made headlines in 2004..
The young German/Australian woman escaped a frightening cult only to be trapped in the notorious Baxter Immigration Detention Centre after battling with the legal system..
Stateless will be Cate Blanchett.s first venture into high-end TV.
A cult is also at the centre of another high-end TV project, Trust . a drama based on a journalist.s mission to expose a...
Blanchett.s Stateless is one of 23 film and TV projects that Screen Australia has today announced will receive development funding of $640,000..
The successful projects also to be funded include works from Bryan Brown and Rachel Ward, Richard Roxburgh, Marieke Hardy, Jan Chapman, Stephan Elliott and Bondi Hipsters. Nicholas Boshier.
Cate Blanchett.s TV project Stateless centres on the tragic and true story of Cornelia Rau which made headlines in 2004..
The young German/Australian woman escaped a frightening cult only to be trapped in the notorious Baxter Immigration Detention Centre after battling with the legal system..
Stateless will be Cate Blanchett.s first venture into high-end TV.
A cult is also at the centre of another high-end TV project, Trust . a drama based on a journalist.s mission to expose a...
- 7/21/2015
- by Brian Karlovsky
- IF.com.au
While writing and directing a well-received short film can be a great stepping stone to features, aspiring feature directors should avoid the trap of making short after short.
Producer Raquelle David expressed that view on social media, prompting a flood of comments, some in full support, others disagreeing.
.Australian writers and directors that have made one solid short film need to stop making more,. said David, who has produced more than a dozen shorts and is developing several features.
.Seriously, stop. Focus on the feature or high-end TV concept and work with producers that will help you realise it. I'm so worried about our industry pumping out great shorts but bugger all else..
Screenwriter Shane Danielsen, who made his directing debut on the short The Guests, which screened in official competition in Cannes, produced by David, responded, .Could not agree more..
Danielsen, who wrote the features Errors of the Human Body...
Producer Raquelle David expressed that view on social media, prompting a flood of comments, some in full support, others disagreeing.
.Australian writers and directors that have made one solid short film need to stop making more,. said David, who has produced more than a dozen shorts and is developing several features.
.Seriously, stop. Focus on the feature or high-end TV concept and work with producers that will help you realise it. I'm so worried about our industry pumping out great shorts but bugger all else..
Screenwriter Shane Danielsen, who made his directing debut on the short The Guests, which screened in official competition in Cannes, produced by David, responded, .Could not agree more..
Danielsen, who wrote the features Errors of the Human Body...
- 6/16/2015
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Australia hasn.t had a film in official competition at the Cannes Film Festival since 2011 but Justin Kurzel will fly the flag with Macbeth at next month.s festival.
Michael Fassbender plays the troubled Scottish king and Marion Cotillard is Lady Macbeth in the Shakespearian drama produced by See-Saw Films. Iain Canning and Emile Sherman.
The UK production financed by Studiocanal and Film4 will be released in Oz by Transmission Films, probably in October.. Kurzel's Snowtown screened during Critics Week in Cannes in 2011, where it got a special mention and he was nominated for the Golden Camera award for best first feature.
Also among the 17 titles competing for the Palme d'Or is Carol, Todd Haynes. lesbian romance set in 1950s New York, which stars Cate Blanchett, Rooney Mara and Sarah Paulson.
Based on a Patricia Highsmith novel about a department-store clerk who dreams of a better life and falls for an older,...
Michael Fassbender plays the troubled Scottish king and Marion Cotillard is Lady Macbeth in the Shakespearian drama produced by See-Saw Films. Iain Canning and Emile Sherman.
The UK production financed by Studiocanal and Film4 will be released in Oz by Transmission Films, probably in October.. Kurzel's Snowtown screened during Critics Week in Cannes in 2011, where it got a special mention and he was nominated for the Golden Camera award for best first feature.
Also among the 17 titles competing for the Palme d'Or is Carol, Todd Haynes. lesbian romance set in 1950s New York, which stars Cate Blanchett, Rooney Mara and Sarah Paulson.
Based on a Patricia Highsmith novel about a department-store clerk who dreams of a better life and falls for an older,...
- 4/16/2015
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Read More: Cannes Will Open With a Film by a Female Director for the First Time Since 1987 Official selections for the 2015 Cannes Film Festival continue to roll in. This morning, the festival unveiled its lineup for the short film and Cinéfondation (or student film) competitions, selections for both of which come from all over the world. In the short film category, the selection committee received 4,550 entries, up 1,000 from last year, from over 100 countries. Nine films were chosen to compete. To mark the 18th anniversary of Cinéfondation, 18 films from 16 countries were selected for competition. Over a third of the film schools represented in the category will be featured at Cannes for the first time. Read on below for the full lineups of each category. The 2015 Short Films Competition "Waves '98," directed by Ely Daghar (Lebanon/Qatar) "The Guests," directed by Shane Danielsen (Australia) "Sali," directed...
- 4/15/2015
- by David Canfield
- Indiewire
Abderrahmane Sissako to head the Cinéfondation and Short Films jury.
With the Official Selection of features for the 68th Cannes Film Festival set to be revealed tomorrow (April 16), the line-up of Short Films has been unveiled in advance.
This year the Selection Committee received 4,550 short films – 1,000 more than in 2014 – from more than 100 countries.
Nine films (including one animation) will compete for the Short Film Palme d’or, to be awarded by Timbuktu director Abderrahmane Sissako, president of the Cinéfondation and Short Films jury, at the festival’s awards ceremony on May 24.
Short Films In Competition:
Waves ’98
dir: Ely Dagher (Lebanon, Qatar)
The Guests
dir: Shane Danielsen (Australia)
Sali (Tuesday)
dir: Ziya Demirel (Turkey, France)
Le Repas Dominical (Sunday Lunch)
dir: Céline Devaux (France)
Love Is Blind
dir: Dan Hodgson (UK)
Ave Maria
dir: Basil Khalil (Palestine, France, Germany)
Copain (Buddy)
dir: Jan Roosens, Raf Roosens (Belgium)
Patriot
dir: Eva Riley (UK)
Presente Imperfecto (Present Imperfect)
dir: Iair Said...
With the Official Selection of features for the 68th Cannes Film Festival set to be revealed tomorrow (April 16), the line-up of Short Films has been unveiled in advance.
This year the Selection Committee received 4,550 short films – 1,000 more than in 2014 – from more than 100 countries.
Nine films (including one animation) will compete for the Short Film Palme d’or, to be awarded by Timbuktu director Abderrahmane Sissako, president of the Cinéfondation and Short Films jury, at the festival’s awards ceremony on May 24.
Short Films In Competition:
Waves ’98
dir: Ely Dagher (Lebanon, Qatar)
The Guests
dir: Shane Danielsen (Australia)
Sali (Tuesday)
dir: Ziya Demirel (Turkey, France)
Le Repas Dominical (Sunday Lunch)
dir: Céline Devaux (France)
Love Is Blind
dir: Dan Hodgson (UK)
Ave Maria
dir: Basil Khalil (Palestine, France, Germany)
Copain (Buddy)
dir: Jan Roosens, Raf Roosens (Belgium)
Patriot
dir: Eva Riley (UK)
Presente Imperfecto (Present Imperfect)
dir: Iair Said...
- 4/15/2015
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
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