‘Run Rabbit Run’ Adds Cast
Damon Herriman and Greta Scacchi have joined Sarah Snook in Run Rabbit Run, the horror-thriller that commenced production this week in South Australia and Victoria. Further cast includes Trevor Jamieson, Neil Meville, Naomi Rukavina, Georgina Naidu, Genevieve Morris, Katherine Slattery and newcomer Sunny Whelan. In the movie, Snook plays a fertility doctor whose firm grasp on the cycle of life is put to the test as her young daughter begins to exhibit increasingly strange behavior. Daina Reid is directing the project. Hannah Kent wrote the script from an original idea developed with Carver Films, with Anna McLeish and Sarah Shaw of Carver Films producing. XYZ Films is executive producing, financing and handling world sales.
Spanish Soccer Piracy Case
Mediapro, the Spanish media outfit that controls the majority of soccer rights in the country, is calling for a six-year jail term for the creator of Rojadirecta.
Damon Herriman and Greta Scacchi have joined Sarah Snook in Run Rabbit Run, the horror-thriller that commenced production this week in South Australia and Victoria. Further cast includes Trevor Jamieson, Neil Meville, Naomi Rukavina, Georgina Naidu, Genevieve Morris, Katherine Slattery and newcomer Sunny Whelan. In the movie, Snook plays a fertility doctor whose firm grasp on the cycle of life is put to the test as her young daughter begins to exhibit increasingly strange behavior. Daina Reid is directing the project. Hannah Kent wrote the script from an original idea developed with Carver Films, with Anna McLeish and Sarah Shaw of Carver Films producing. XYZ Films is executive producing, financing and handling world sales.
Spanish Soccer Piracy Case
Mediapro, the Spanish media outfit that controls the majority of soccer rights in the country, is calling for a six-year jail term for the creator of Rojadirecta.
- 1/25/2022
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
Top Australian actor Damon Herriman and U.K.-Italian star Greta Scacchi join “Succession” star Sarah Snook in horror-thriller “Run Rabbit Run” from “The Handmaid’s Tale” director Daina Reid. The film starts production in Victoria and South Australia this week.
Snook replaced Elizabeth Moss who was previously attached, but who dropped out late last year due to scheduling clashes. Snook plays a fertility doctor whose firm grasp on the cycle of life is put to the test as her young daughter begins to exhibit increasingly strange behavior.
The script was written by acclaimed South Australian novelist Hannah Kent (“Devotion,” “Burial Rites”) from an original idea developed with Carver Films. Anna McLeish and Sarah Shaw of Carver Films are producing.
Los Angeles-based XYZ Films is executive producing, financing and handling world sales, having taken over sales duties from STX International which previously touted the project at 2020’s virtual Cannes Market. Storyd...
Snook replaced Elizabeth Moss who was previously attached, but who dropped out late last year due to scheduling clashes. Snook plays a fertility doctor whose firm grasp on the cycle of life is put to the test as her young daughter begins to exhibit increasingly strange behavior.
The script was written by acclaimed South Australian novelist Hannah Kent (“Devotion,” “Burial Rites”) from an original idea developed with Carver Films. Anna McLeish and Sarah Shaw of Carver Films are producing.
Los Angeles-based XYZ Films is executive producing, financing and handling world sales, having taken over sales duties from STX International which previously touted the project at 2020’s virtual Cannes Market. Storyd...
- 1/25/2022
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
Stories that are “big, bold and surprising” or “provocative with a purpose” are the kinds Sbs scripted acting commissioning editor Donna Chang hopes to see ushered through the new feature initiative the broadcaster has launched with Film Victoria and Arenamedia.
Titled Originate, the joint initiative, announced today, seeks to back low budget fiction features from writers and directors of diverse background.
The structured program will see the partners work with creatives on their projects from initial concept, through development, with the aim of getting into production. UK-based story developer Angeli McFarlane has helped to devise the program.
Originate starts in May with a series of online writers’ seminars, which will then see up to six teams selected to take part in a week-long writers’ lab in August. The third stage is a three-month writers’ intensive with up to three teams. One project will then be selected for production investment.
That...
Titled Originate, the joint initiative, announced today, seeks to back low budget fiction features from writers and directors of diverse background.
The structured program will see the partners work with creatives on their projects from initial concept, through development, with the aim of getting into production. UK-based story developer Angeli McFarlane has helped to devise the program.
Originate starts in May with a series of online writers’ seminars, which will then see up to six teams selected to take part in a week-long writers’ lab in August. The third stage is a three-month writers’ intensive with up to three teams. One project will then be selected for production investment.
That...
- 3/9/2021
- by Jackie Keast
- IF.com.au
Fifteen Indigenous and culturally and linguistically diverse (Cald) practitioners are set to participate in Cinespace Inc’s Package to Pitch program, an online masterclass on pitching into the market.
Selected by a culturally diverse panel, they include: Amal Awad, Alan Nguyen, Ana Tiwary, Orson Dijle, Serah Nathan, Karl Fernando, Eliza Matengu, Vonne Patiag, Theresa Gunarso, Jeremy Nguyen, Divya Vaman, Kim Ho, Michelle Ny, Sam Calafiore and Eva Justine Torkkola. Each has a pilot TV script they’re ready to pitch.
The program, supported via the Screenrights Cultural Fund, has been designed and facilitated by filmmaker John Kassab to help bridge the gap between outstanding emerging diverse creatives and the broader industry.
To be held online in February and March, the program will feature talks with a range of industry heavy hitters including Tony Ayres, Laura Waters, Michael McMahon, Donna Chang, Robert Connolly, Rachel Okine, Genevieve Chang, Ian Collie, Katherine Slattery,...
Selected by a culturally diverse panel, they include: Amal Awad, Alan Nguyen, Ana Tiwary, Orson Dijle, Serah Nathan, Karl Fernando, Eliza Matengu, Vonne Patiag, Theresa Gunarso, Jeremy Nguyen, Divya Vaman, Kim Ho, Michelle Ny, Sam Calafiore and Eva Justine Torkkola. Each has a pilot TV script they’re ready to pitch.
The program, supported via the Screenrights Cultural Fund, has been designed and facilitated by filmmaker John Kassab to help bridge the gap between outstanding emerging diverse creatives and the broader industry.
To be held online in February and March, the program will feature talks with a range of industry heavy hitters including Tony Ayres, Laura Waters, Michael McMahon, Donna Chang, Robert Connolly, Rachel Okine, Genevieve Chang, Ian Collie, Katherine Slattery,...
- 1/27/2021
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
(Top to bottom, L-r:) Tony Ayres, Rachel Okine, Michael McMahon, Jenevieve Chang, Laura Waters, Ian Collie, Katherine Slattery and Robert Connolly.
Cinespace has enlisted a group of industry heavy-hitters to deliver an initiative for emerging creatives from First Nations or culturally diverse background who have a pilot TV script ready to pitch.
The online masterclass, titled ‘Package to Pitch’, will build on each participant’s ability to read the market. In particular, it will look at:
A checklist and explanation of the necessary agreements and pitch materialsWhat elements packaged together make up the perfect projectHow to pitch effectively to producers, production companies, networks and agenciesAn insight into how producers and market buyers think when looking at projects
Facilitated by Egyptian-Australian producer John Kassab, speakers will include Tony Ayres, Laura Waters, Rachel Okine, Michael McMahon, Ian Collie, Jenevieve Chang, Robert Connolly and Katherine Slattery – with more to come. The initiative is backed by Screenrights’ Cultural Fund.
Cinespace has enlisted a group of industry heavy-hitters to deliver an initiative for emerging creatives from First Nations or culturally diverse background who have a pilot TV script ready to pitch.
The online masterclass, titled ‘Package to Pitch’, will build on each participant’s ability to read the market. In particular, it will look at:
A checklist and explanation of the necessary agreements and pitch materialsWhat elements packaged together make up the perfect projectHow to pitch effectively to producers, production companies, networks and agenciesAn insight into how producers and market buyers think when looking at projects
Facilitated by Egyptian-Australian producer John Kassab, speakers will include Tony Ayres, Laura Waters, Rachel Okine, Michael McMahon, Ian Collie, Jenevieve Chang, Robert Connolly and Katherine Slattery – with more to come. The initiative is backed by Screenrights’ Cultural Fund.
- 10/27/2020
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
Paris-based sales house Celluloid Dreams has boarded Australian comedy “Babyteeth.’ The film stars Ben Mendelsohn and Essie Davis and is the feature directorial debut of Shannon Murphy. Celluloid will pitch the film at next week’s Cannes Film Market.
The story involves a couple whose seriously ill teenage daughter has fallen madly in love with a drug dealer. The girl doesn’t want to play it safe any more, morals go out the window, and the family’s friends and neighbors get sucked into the maelstrom. The script was based on a successful stage play by Rita Kalnejais, which debuted at Sydney’s Belvoir theater in 2012.
“Babyteeth” is produced by Alex White and executive produced by Jan Chapman. It is a Whitefalk Films production with major production investment from Screen Australia, in association with Create Nsw, and was financed with the support of WeirAnderson.com, Whitefalk Films, Jan Chapman Films and Spectrum Films.
The story involves a couple whose seriously ill teenage daughter has fallen madly in love with a drug dealer. The girl doesn’t want to play it safe any more, morals go out the window, and the family’s friends and neighbors get sucked into the maelstrom. The script was based on a successful stage play by Rita Kalnejais, which debuted at Sydney’s Belvoir theater in 2012.
“Babyteeth” is produced by Alex White and executive produced by Jan Chapman. It is a Whitefalk Films production with major production investment from Screen Australia, in association with Create Nsw, and was financed with the support of WeirAnderson.com, Whitefalk Films, Jan Chapman Films and Spectrum Films.
- 5/2/2018
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
Bittersweet comedy is adapted from Rita Kalnejais’s critically-acclaimed play.
Celluloid Dreams has boarded world sales on Australian director Shannon Murphy’s debut feature Babyteeth, starring Ben Mendelsohn and Essie Davis as the parents of a seriously-ill teenage daughter who falls for a drug addict and dealer.
The bittersweet comedy, which is entering pre-production, is adapted from the hit play by Australian playwright Rita Kalnejais, whose work has enjoyed successful theatre runs at home and in the UK.
Rising Australian producer Alex White is producing, under her burgeoning Sydney-based Whitefalk Films banner, with the veteran, Oscar-nominated producer Jan Chapman on board as executive producer.
Celluloid Dreams has boarded world sales on Australian director Shannon Murphy’s debut feature Babyteeth, starring Ben Mendelsohn and Essie Davis as the parents of a seriously-ill teenage daughter who falls for a drug addict and dealer.
The bittersweet comedy, which is entering pre-production, is adapted from the hit play by Australian playwright Rita Kalnejais, whose work has enjoyed successful theatre runs at home and in the UK.
Rising Australian producer Alex White is producing, under her burgeoning Sydney-based Whitefalk Films banner, with the veteran, Oscar-nominated producer Jan Chapman on board as executive producer.
- 5/2/2018
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- ScreenDaily
Richard Roxburgh in Sue Brooks' Looking for Grace
Richard Roxburgh is gearing up for a busy year..
There's his starring role in the new Australian feature film Looking for Grace, directed by Sue Brooks (Japanese Story), opening on January 26, as well as a new season of Rake airing in February..
If things pan out, there's also Babyteeth, Roxburgh's next film as a director - the actor's first foray behind the lens since 2007's Romulus, My Father.
Roxburgh describes Looking for Grace, the fragmented story of parents (Roxburgh and Radha Mitchell) trying to track down their runaway daughter (Odessa Young), as one of "these little independent films [that] are such an important part of the whole diagram of our industry".
Roxburgh's also coming off a film that's at the other end of the local filmmaking spectrum (and one that has provoked grumbling in some quarters) - Mel Gibson's Hacksaw Ridge.
Richard Roxburgh is gearing up for a busy year..
There's his starring role in the new Australian feature film Looking for Grace, directed by Sue Brooks (Japanese Story), opening on January 26, as well as a new season of Rake airing in February..
If things pan out, there's also Babyteeth, Roxburgh's next film as a director - the actor's first foray behind the lens since 2007's Romulus, My Father.
Roxburgh describes Looking for Grace, the fragmented story of parents (Roxburgh and Radha Mitchell) trying to track down their runaway daughter (Odessa Young), as one of "these little independent films [that] are such an important part of the whole diagram of our industry".
Roxburgh's also coming off a film that's at the other end of the local filmmaking spectrum (and one that has provoked grumbling in some quarters) - Mel Gibson's Hacksaw Ridge.
- 1/11/2016
- by Harry Windsor
- IF.com.au
Screen Australia will provide $1.35 million in funding for ten emerging screen professionals as part of a $10 million suite of enterprise programs.
The industry placement scheme will allow the selected candidates to work alongside the best and brightest in the sector..
Screen Australia.s Enterprise People provides individuals with a wage of up to $70,000 a year for full-time employment for one to two years.
The program, Enterprise People, gives on-the-job training and a critical bridge to long-term and sustainable employment for a new generation of screen practitioners.
Enterprise People is part of Screen Australia.s three-year, $10 million suite of Enterprise programs that aim to facilitate screen businesses to invest in development, talent and innovation for the benefit of the sector.
The 2015 program attracted applicants with a diverse range of talent..
While all were looking for hands-on opportunities in the screen sector, they had a variety of objectives, including: seeking to move...
The industry placement scheme will allow the selected candidates to work alongside the best and brightest in the sector..
Screen Australia.s Enterprise People provides individuals with a wage of up to $70,000 a year for full-time employment for one to two years.
The program, Enterprise People, gives on-the-job training and a critical bridge to long-term and sustainable employment for a new generation of screen practitioners.
Enterprise People is part of Screen Australia.s three-year, $10 million suite of Enterprise programs that aim to facilitate screen businesses to invest in development, talent and innovation for the benefit of the sector.
The 2015 program attracted applicants with a diverse range of talent..
While all were looking for hands-on opportunities in the screen sector, they had a variety of objectives, including: seeking to move...
- 12/2/2015
- by Inside Film Correspondent
- IF.com.au
Multi-platform projects from Ludo Studio and Hoodlum were among nine to receive funding from Screen Australia this week.
Fresh from winning a Digital Emmy® for #7 Days Later, Ludo Studio is producing Doodles, an animated comedy series which takes drawings sourced via social media and turns them into micro-movies with a touch of insanity. Daley Pearson is the director and the producers are Nick Boshier and Charlie Aspinwall. Another digital Emmy winner, Hoodlum (Secrets & Lies, The Stranger Calls) is collaborating with filmmakers Michael Cox and Paul Mayze on Illusion Five Sweeper Squad, a sci-fi comedy series about a dysfunctional team of cleaners tasked with mopping up after the super heroes.
Multiplattform comedy series Four Quarters tells the fictional story of a group of footy fans during the current, real-time Afl season, produced by Wbmc.s Aidan O.Bryan and Janelle Landers.
Katering is a parody of popular cooking shows written and...
Fresh from winning a Digital Emmy® for #7 Days Later, Ludo Studio is producing Doodles, an animated comedy series which takes drawings sourced via social media and turns them into micro-movies with a touch of insanity. Daley Pearson is the director and the producers are Nick Boshier and Charlie Aspinwall. Another digital Emmy winner, Hoodlum (Secrets & Lies, The Stranger Calls) is collaborating with filmmakers Michael Cox and Paul Mayze on Illusion Five Sweeper Squad, a sci-fi comedy series about a dysfunctional team of cleaners tasked with mopping up after the super heroes.
Multiplattform comedy series Four Quarters tells the fictional story of a group of footy fans during the current, real-time Afl season, produced by Wbmc.s Aidan O.Bryan and Janelle Landers.
Katering is a parody of popular cooking shows written and...
- 5/29/2014
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
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