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Sadly, Deb
McBride is leaving Screenworks to pursue her PURELY ANIMAL business and
television pilot. We thank her for her extraordinary contribution to
the start-up of Screenworks and wish her well with her endeavours.
Liliana Munoz
will be acting in the position (2 days pw) until mid December. Liliana
is a producer of HOOKED, a Homegrown Filmworks film, with experience in
DVD marketing and distribution, producer of PLANET X, viewing producer
for BIG BROTHER, field producer for GENERATION, and associate producer
with Channel 9’s GETAWAY and WATCHDOG programs. The job-share position
will be advertised over the Xmas period and will start late January in
2005.
Also,
congratulations are in order to Screenwork’s Chair Catherine Marciniak
who has taken on the position of Commissioning Editor for the ABC
series Compass. She will be moving to Sydney to fulfil this role.
Thanks to the
applicants for the Producers' Incubator. All applications are with
three assessors and the selected four projects will be announced in the
coming fortnight.
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UPCOMING SEMINARS AND CLINICS
Finding the Story with Belinda Chayko
Friday November 19. 10-12.30. Clinic from 1.30-4.30pm.
Belinda will cover basic story structure and how you give your story the best chance of
success. Belinda works as a script editor, has been a Project Manager
at the FTO and wrote and directed City Loop, an AFC
million-dollar-movie initiative and wrote and directed award winning
short Swimming.
Creating TV for the Market with Valerie Hardy and Jen Cornish
Friday December 3. 10-12.30. Clinic from 1.30- 4.30pm.
Between them Valerie and Jen have extensive television experience.
Valerie has experience as a senior executive for a broadcaster, Jen as
the principal of a large documentary distribution company. Find out
what is happening currently and how best to tap into that the
television market.
RSVP for all seminars and clinic appointments (one on one meeting sessions) on 6680 9220 or info@screenworks.com.au
PREVIOUS SCREENWORKS SEMINARS
Screenworks recently held seminars with Yantra de Vilder on composing
and Alana Valentine on surviving as a writer. Both seminars were
extremely inspiring for participants. They are available on VHS from
Screenworks for those who were unable to attend.
MEDIAWORKS DEADLINE IS FRIDAY 5 NOVEMBER
MediaWorks is a three day project intensive workshop aimed at media practitioners based in the Northern Rivers region.
This is a
project-focused, intensive workshop that aims to assist participants
with the planning, development, financing and distribution of their
film, TV or new media project. Over the three days, the workshop will
cover development, financing, distribution and production paths. Case
studies of successful projects that have been produced locally, as well
as successful national and international projects will also be
examined.
Over the three
days, participants will work together in a confidential environment to
brainstorm pathways for each phase of the production cycle, from
concept to distribution. One of the aims is to look at ways of
exploiting new media technologies and the internet to help with the
financing and distribution of projects. Other aims include ensuring
that projects are being appropriately marketed, be they at concept
stage or completed and ready for distribution.
The workshop will
provide the contact details for the gatekeepers and organisations
relevant to projects. It will also encourage participants to seek
collaborative opportunities with other practitioners.
Filmmaker and
author Marcus Gillezeau will facilitate the workshop. Marcus has had
more than fifteen years experience as a producer, specialising more
recently in digital technology and new media. His highly acclaimed book
‘Hands On – A practical guide to film, TV and new media.’ has been
embraced by film, TV and new media professionals and is now used by
many universities and colleges around the country. Last year, Marcus
ran a similar workshop with ScreenWorks that was highly successful.
Guest speaker
includes Paul Wiegard of Madman Entertainment who have been
distributors of anime video and DVD since 1997, bringing such manga
animation smashes as Dragon Ball Z and Neon Genesis Evangelion to
Australian shores and diversifying in adding an armoury of strong
arthouse/foreign dramas with considerable market success. Highlight
titles include Sex: The Annabel Chong Story, Shadow of the Vampire,
Innocence and The Girl Next Door.
The other speaker
is David Franken who has worked for Seven Brisbane for twenty-one
years. He has focused on format-building, manipulation, enhancement and
series development. He has worked with many independent practitioners
and will forecast opportunities and financing models in the broadcast
arena.
MediaLab is 24,
25, 26 November held at the Community Centre. It is free, supported by
the Australian Film Commission and NSW Film and Television Office.
Applicants will
be required to pitch their project at the workshop, and will be given
the opportunity to receive project pitch training on 10 November.
To apply to
MediaWorks, forward a one page description of the project, be it a
documentary, short, feature, animation or television program to
Screenworks. Provide a brief biography of the key principals of the
project – writer, director, producer. Outline the audience for the
project and how you intend to bring the project to market.
Last year’s comments:
“Cutting edge info from people who are driving the changes in the industry”
“High level informative insightful window into the cutting edge working life of independent filmmakers…fascinating!”
“Very informative. Great to hear and learn from other people’s projct and hear feedback on mine”
“Excellent. Cutting edge information presented in a very accessible, useful, entertaining way”
“Incredibly informative with great material to take away with us”
Deadline for applications is Friday 5 November. (Producer Incubator applicants need not apply.)
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MEAT TRAY
Congratulations to Frank Coorey whose film MEAT TRAY received the
people’s choice award at the recent Bangalow Outdoor Film Festival.
Meat Tray was shot by Stephen Shearer, produced by Richard Johnson and
Gerard Alison, edited by Sam Clarke and Aran Major and starring Phil
Free and Troy Planet. It was shot in 2002 with the edit completed
recently. MEAT TRAY will now do the festival circuit and we look
forward to hearing future accolades.
IT TAKES TWO TO TANGO
Screening with Somersault at BOFF’s closing night, was a film that was
produced by Di Robertson with director Luke Shanahan. Encouraged by
Sally Browning, at one of Screenwork’s clinics, Di went on to produce
this self-funded short which has screened at both Melbourne and
Brisbane International Film Festivals this year.
What they are doing
- Tristan Bancks is acting in David Caesar’s SBS mini-series RAN, being shot in Torres Straight Islands.
- Producer Mark Lewis is shooting in the US a documentary on a cattle show.
- Producer Sophia Zachariou is currently in pre-production for the micro-movies series.
- Cathy
Henkel has just started post-production on a documentary about Spike
Milligan, after returned from the UK shoot earlier this week.
- Kerry Sunderland and Jeff Canin have been selected to attend XMediaLab in Melbourne (see below for more).
- Roger Monk is currently finalising FAT TUESDAY, a new SBS series using Mardi Gras as the backdrop.
- David
Bradbury has just returned from Argentina where he has been shooting a
film for SBSi about Raul Castells, a leader of a social movement
against globalisation, who is on a hunger strike in prison. David has
just advised he is returning to Argentina to cover these latest
developments – at the time of writing Castells had been on the hunger
strike for 34 days.
- The Film
Artists Co-op has met five times with four film productions underway.
They have completed an artists demo cd prototype.
- Frank
Coorey, Faye Livecock & Aran Major have launched their new
initiative Ffrankaz digital advertising, the principal sponsor of the
Byron Film Club.
- Tweed’s Homegrown FilmWorks films have completed principal shooting and are on track for post production.
- North Coast CAMERA is closed for business, having suspended operations due to unforseen circumstances.
Let us know what is going on with your projects for next newsletter by emailing kate@screenwokrs.com.au
Sound Foundation
If you know any independent musicians, let them know that the first
part of Sound Foundation are now accepting submissions from independent
artists, vocalists, singers, songwriters and performers who would like
to have their music launched on the web on 1 January 2005. Its purpose
is to create a professional platform to release their music, with great
rewards and even better royalties. This is a locally generated
initiative. Check out their web site and info kit at http://www.soundfoundation.com.au/launch/
Hatchling Productions earns accolades all round
Hatchling Productions' Cathy Henkel has been elected onto the SPAA
Board as the documentary rep. This will mean she will also sit on the
ASDA/SPAA Documentary Council.
Hatchling
Productions has been selected for Enterprise Tasman, a business
development workshop funded by the AFC and state agencies. Jeff Canin
will attend the workshop in early Novemmber on behalf of the
Clunes-based production company.
Hatchling's
latest release, THE MAN WHO STOLE MY MOTHER'S FACE, has been nominated
for an IF Award for Best Doco and has also earned a nomination for an
Australian Film Critics Circle Award. Cathy Henkel has also been
nominated for an AFI for Best Direction in a Documentary. The AFI
Awards take place on 29 October.
Hatchling's next
project, a documentary about Spike Milligan, has been selected as one
of only eight projects in this year's X-Media Lab, which kicks off this
Friday in Melbourne. Jeff Canin will be attending along with the
company's new media partner, Kerry Sunderland from Evolve Media.
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Byron Film Club
Friday 26 November @ 9pm Byron Lounge Cinema
Arts Factory Byron Tickets from 8.30pm
Feature + Doco
Film Artists Co-op
Next meeting is Thursday 4 November at 7.30pm, Screenwork’s offices.
Agenda includes matters regarding 3rd party insurance, the Byron Film
Club’s short film acquisition program and three pitches by Sally
Lancaster, Peter Hastrich and Stirling Nougher.
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ScreenSound New director and upgrade of facilities
The Sydney office of ScreenSound Australia, the National Screen and
Sound Archive is to move to new premises that will include
climate-controlled storage facilities; a nitrate vault for safekeeping
flammable film, a discreet film handling area and viewing rooms. They
will be co-locating with the AFC in William Street in Sydney. Also, Dr
Paolo Cherchi Usai has this month taken up the role of Director. Dr
Cherchi Usai is one of the world's leading and most knowledgeable
authorities on audiovisual archiving.
Network Ten inaugural client of Full Circle Entertainment
Network Ten will be the inaugural client of Full Circle Entertainment
(FCE), a new company formed by Ten group strategy manager - sales,
Brian Gallagher.
BBC factual programming picked up by Seven
A recent deal between the Seven Network and BBC Worldwide will see the broadcaster air new factual programming from the BBC.
Concerns for program numbers
Do we have the technology but not the programs? Who will fill the many channels of the digital age? Read the SMH article at www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/10/07/1097089485499.html
Interview cut
Emmy-award winning Melbourne film director Tahir Cambis will lodge a
formal complaint with the ABC, claiming that he was pulled off air
during an interview on Triple J.
AFI Award tickets on sale
Tickets are now on sale for the 2004 Australian Film Institute Awards,
scheduled to take place at the Regent Theatre in Melbourne on October
29. See http://www.afi.org.au/. They will be broadcast on the ABC and Ovation channels. Local filmmaker Cathy Henkel is one of the nominees.
Media Watch to lose David Marr
The presenter of the ABC's Media Watch, David Marr, will not renew his
contract when the present season comes to an end in November.
Sohonet acquires FIBRE
Australia's Film Industry Broadband Resource Enterprise (FIBRE), which
has a node on the Gold Coast, has been acquired by an UK international
film industry broadband network, Sohonet.
Foxtel makes exclusive volume deals with US studios
FOXTEL Director Of Television, Brian Walsh, has announced new and
exclusive volume deals with major US studios that will see popular
series make their Australian syndication debuts across the FOXTEL Owned
and Operated (O and O) Channels.
Tribunal decision blows Telstra $30bn plan for pay TV
Telstra's long-term plan for a $30 billion investment in fibre-optic
technology for all Australian homes is under a cloud after a legal
victory by the Seven Network
Possible film treaty with China
The Chinese Government has approached the Australian Government to
discuss the possibility of forming closer relations in terms of film
productions and is interested in formalising a co-production treaty
with Australia.
New mag from AFC
The AFC's new statistics publication, Australia's Audiovisual Markets,
is now available. This free 96-page magazine-style publication is the
first of a new series of printed reports which feature key data from
Get the Picture Online. It covers Australia’s cinema, video, TV and
interactive media markets. Screenworks has a copy or you can download
from Get the Picture Online or order a copy from publishing@afc.gov.au. See www.afc.gov.au/gtp/markets.html
The Searchable Film Database
Includes Australian and co-produced features, TV drama and
documentaries from 1990 and shorts from 1998 and is now updated on the
AFC website each month. Make sure your programs are listed – contact info@afc.gov.au
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AFC funding round deadlines for Film Development
22 October: Strand D - Draft Funding
27 October: Fellowships
5 November: General Development Investment
19 November: Strand L - Shooting Time-Critical Material Indigenous
19 November: Long Black - Feature Development
26 November: Documentary Development and Cultural Development
http://www.afc.gov.au/funding
18 Oct PFTC/ABC Arts Documentary Accord
The PFTC/ABC Arts Documentary Accord is for a one (1) hour arts
documentary suitable for broadcast in a prime time documentary slot.
See http://www.pftc.com.au/ for details.
29 October - Woodford National Short Film Competition
Calling for entries from filmmakers. The competition is open to any
short film under 20 minutes made in the last 12 months. Great prizes.
For info emailmailto:rosiered44@yahoo.com.auor log onto http://www.woodfordfolkfestival.com/
31 October: MTV call for feature film scripts
MTV Films are currently looking for a script to turn into a big budget
blockbuster movie. They want to make a movie by the MTV generation for
the MTV generation. Preferably they want a scary horror script or a
sexy romance sojourn aimed at a young funky audience but if you think
you have a script that will blow them away in another genre, feel free
to try and convince them. All scripts must be copyright protected and
submissions must be accompanied by a treatment and scene breakdown.
Check out http://www.pftc.com.au/
1 November - Young Film Makers Fund
Download application forms and guidelines from http://www.fto.nsw.gov.au/ or telephone 1300 556 386
1 November - Regional Arts Fund
The Regional Arts Fund (RAF) is an Australian Government initiative
supporting the arts in regional and remote Australia. It is designed to
support arts and cultural activities that are sustainable, have long
term cultural, economic and social benefits, develop partnerships and
cultural networks and provide skills development opportunities. Funding
is available in a number of categories and a state panel has been
established to assess applications. Download application form and
guidelines from www.regionalartsnsw.com.au. Further enquiries 02 9247
8577 ext 8.
12 November – Mardi Gras film festival entries
The Mardi Gras Film Festival is calling for entries for next year’s film Festival. Check: http://www.queerscreen.com.au/
15 November - PFTC 2004 Feature Film Initiative
As part of its 2004 Feature Film Initiative, the PFTC has formed an
alliance with producer Phil Avalon (Liquid Bridge, The Pact) of
Intertropic Films to develop up to eight (8) feature film screenplays
that fall into either of these two categories:
• Family Animation (eg: Shrek, Finding Nemo, The Lion King)
• Youth Genre (ie: projects of ANY genre that specifically target a 13 - 22-year-old demographic)
19 November - AFC Feature Film Initiative Indigenous Unit
The Australian Film Commission has just announced its Feature Film
Initiative. The Indigenous Unit is seeking to invest in the development
of outstanding feature length drama projects which are based on strong
ideas, are well crafted, are varying in styles and content, exhibit a
high level of creative ambition and can demonstrate the possibility of
being financed for production. The aim of the initiative is to
encourage and support Indigenous filmmakers to work in the longer
format and to bring to the screen stories authored and crafted by
Indigenous people. Guidelines and application forms are available
online at www.afc.gov.au
19 November - Silver Halide in fourth year
The QPIX 'Silver Halide' production initiative is about to launch into
its fourth year with applications open until November 19. Check out http://www.qpix.org.au/
19 November - Call for Scripts: Raw Nerve 2004
QPIX is calling for script applications for Raw Nerve 2004. Raw Nerve,
entering its third year, is a national project of the Australian Film
Commission and Screen Development Australia, of which QPIX is a
founding member. The theme for 2004 is Crazy for Love.
22 November – My Queer Career
My Queer Career is open to works under 30 minutes made by filmmakers in
Australia and New Zealand. The major prize on offer is $2,500 from the
Stephen Cummins Film Trust, as well as a number of other great prizes.
Check out http://www.queerscreen.com.au/
10 December - Over The Fence Comedy Film Festival
Over the Fence aims to encourage and celebrate Australian Culture and
Humour through Film Production, particularly from emerging and
independent film... all information available from http://www.overthefence.com.au/
31 December - Commonwealth Film Festival
Australian filmmakers are invited to submit entries to the 4th
Commonwealth Film festival, scheduled for April and May 2005, in
Manchester, England. 2005 festival will include a full program of
discussions, seminars and masterclasses. Submission deadline is 31
December 2004. More information and entry form can be found on http://www.commonwealthfilm.com/
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11th Annual AIMIA Awards for digital content
Entries are now open for the Australian Interactive Media Industry
Association prestigious 11th Annual Awards. For details and entry forms
log onto http://www.aimia.com.au
$80,000 scholarship for Australian film score composers
An $80,000 academic scholarship for local film composers will see the
winner take the Film Scoring Certificate course at the University of
Southern California (USC) Thornton School of Music in the United
States. The Brian May Scholarship, dedicated to the late Australian
film score composer Brian May (Mad Max; Gallipoli), provides up to
$80,000 towards the travel, tuition and accommodation costs of an
Australian film composer to study films scoring for nine months. See
www.brianmayscholarship.org
31 October - Call For Entries: Dance Flicks At Dancehouse
Call for submissions for an evening of short dance works for screen.
Works must be up to 15 minutes in length, be previously unscreened and
experiment with the choreo-cinematic form. They are not looking for
documentation of live performance. Contact Dianne Reid on 0404 379 851
or email hipsync@optusnet.com.au or David Corbet 0402 061 043 or email dc@slightly.net
So…you think you’re creative?
TV Think Tank is on the hunt for highly gifted idea-generators and
visionaries whose religion is television to participate in a creative
think tank. They’re interested in hearing from all fresh thinkers and
talented individuals. To be considered for a paid place in this
eclectic mix, please email a letter of interest including a brief note
of who you are with all your contact details to Think Tank Coordinator
at tvthinktank@yahoo.com.au (NB. Screenworks has tried to find out who this group is – no luck at this stage)
1 December Australian International Documentary Conference - early bird applications
February 21 - 24 2005. Adelaide. AIDC is a must attend event for anyone
working in documentary film and television production. Ph: (08) 8271
1488. Email: info@aidc.com.au
Call for Submissions - BRIZ 31's Short Film Distillery 16 Sep - 31 Dec
Briz 31's Short Film Distillery is now accepting submissions for its
4th Season. Briz31's latest in house production endeavour. Short Film
Distillery covers productions from all areas of Brisbane's Growing
creative Film and television industries. Download submission forms from
http://www.briz31.tv/ and send a copy of your film to: Short Film Distillery PO Box 3138 South Brisbane, Qld 4101. For further info, email kittygarrett@hotmail.com
Call For Papers SPAA 05
SPAA runs from 13 - 16 August 2005. The call for session ideas is now open. http://www.spaa.org.au/display_news.cfm?news_id=G037&dx=m1936I
Do you know about Screenrights?
Screenrights, is a non-profit organisation that links rightsholders in
film and television to the people who use their work. Screenrights
assists where it is difficult or impossible to negotiate individual
copyright clearances, ensuring that the people who want to use film and
television can do so, provided they make a fair payment for this use.
Find out more about Screenrights from their web site at http://www.screen.org/Visit Screenrights' Online portal of resources for educators at http://www.enhancetv.com.au/ and find out how you can use this site to promote your programs to schools, TAFEs and universities for free.
Internships expanded for Queensland film and TV
Queensland's Internship Scheme for the film and television industry
will be expanded under a new pilot program initiated by the Department
of Education and Training and the Pacific Film and Television
Commission (PFTC). See www.pftc.com.au for details.
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