After tackling children held in detention as the subject of her Aftrs graduate film, Blue Lucine is shooting a feature documentary on another controversial topic.
The writer-director is examining the plight of residents who are being evicted from public housing in Millers Point in Sydney by the Nsw government.
She is focussing on six people, three who have moved out after their houses were sold, and three who say they refuse to budge and the police or army will have to forcibly remove them.
Lucine has teamed up with experienced documentary makers Tom Zubrycki and Helen Barrow, who are serving as the producers. Screen Australia and Screen Nsw funded the early development.
She showed. the rushes to Zubrycki when she was doing some filming and editing work for him and he readily agreed to come aboard.
The doc.s working title is Forced Out. She is aiming for festival exposure...
The writer-director is examining the plight of residents who are being evicted from public housing in Millers Point in Sydney by the Nsw government.
She is focussing on six people, three who have moved out after their houses were sold, and three who say they refuse to budge and the police or army will have to forcibly remove them.
Lucine has teamed up with experienced documentary makers Tom Zubrycki and Helen Barrow, who are serving as the producers. Screen Australia and Screen Nsw funded the early development.
She showed. the rushes to Zubrycki when she was doing some filming and editing work for him and he readily agreed to come aboard.
The doc.s working title is Forced Out. She is aiming for festival exposure...
- 7/7/2015
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Director Kimble Rendall will shoot the final concert featuring all eight current and previous members of the Hoodoo Gurus at the Vivid Festival next month for his feature-length documentary on the band.
Rendall won.t be able to call the shots as he.ll be on stage as a co-founder of the band, whose four original and four later members reunited for the Be My Guru concert at Scarborough Beach Amphitheatre last November.
So, working with producer/DoP Helen Barrow and Perth producer Tenille Kennedy, he will arrange the set-up of the 5-8 cameras and plan the shooting schedule. Tania Chambers is the Ep.
Featuring Rendall on guitar, The Gurus will play sold-out concerts at the festival in Sydney on May 22 and 23. Funded by ScreenWest, he shot fly-on-the-wall scenes at the Scarborough concert.
He.s had approaches from an Australian broadcaster and hopes the documentary (working title: Hoodoo Gurus Gravy...
Rendall won.t be able to call the shots as he.ll be on stage as a co-founder of the band, whose four original and four later members reunited for the Be My Guru concert at Scarborough Beach Amphitheatre last November.
So, working with producer/DoP Helen Barrow and Perth producer Tenille Kennedy, he will arrange the set-up of the 5-8 cameras and plan the shooting schedule. Tania Chambers is the Ep.
Featuring Rendall on guitar, The Gurus will play sold-out concerts at the festival in Sydney on May 22 and 23. Funded by ScreenWest, he shot fly-on-the-wall scenes at the Scarborough concert.
He.s had approaches from an Australian broadcaster and hopes the documentary (working title: Hoodoo Gurus Gravy...
- 4/28/2015
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
When director Kimble Rendall takes to the stage with the Hoodoo Gurus in Perth on Sunday, it won.t just be the first time the band.s founders have performed together since 1982.
Rendall and producer/DoP Helen Barrow will shoot fly-on-the-wall scenes at the concert for a trailer which they hope will lead to a feature-length docu on the durable rock group.
Screen West is funding the shoot at the Scarborough Beach Amphitheatre, which will feature all past and current members of the band.
.The docu will look at the band over the course of 30 years and what happened to each of us,. Rendall, who played rhythm guitar, tells If.
The producers intend to work with Leap Frog Films. David Doepel to release the film via cinema-on-demand platform Tugg.
In addition to that project, Rendall plans to write and direct a sequel to his 2012 hit Bait 3D, which has the working title Nest.
Rendall and producer/DoP Helen Barrow will shoot fly-on-the-wall scenes at the concert for a trailer which they hope will lead to a feature-length docu on the durable rock group.
Screen West is funding the shoot at the Scarborough Beach Amphitheatre, which will feature all past and current members of the band.
.The docu will look at the band over the course of 30 years and what happened to each of us,. Rendall, who played rhythm guitar, tells If.
The producers intend to work with Leap Frog Films. David Doepel to release the film via cinema-on-demand platform Tugg.
In addition to that project, Rendall plans to write and direct a sequel to his 2012 hit Bait 3D, which has the working title Nest.
- 11/28/2014
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Screen Australia today announced it will invest $5 million in 13 documentary projects. The National Documentary Program has given the green light to three series and a one-off documentary, Welcome to Puntland, which follows the plight of a group of Somali Australians who return to their homeland in hope of repairing the fractured state. Produced for the Sbs by Andrew Ogilvie and Claire Jager, the project comes from writer/director Victoria Pitt and director/camera operator Tim Wise. Once Upon a Time in Carlton comes after the success of Sbs.s Once Upon a Time in Cabramatta and, subsequently, Once Upon a Time in Punchbowl, which is currently in production. The series, produced by Sue Clothier, will delve into 70 years of Italian migrant history in Carlton, Melbourne. The second series of art + soul will build on its success, offering new insights into contemporary Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists, art and culture,...
- 12/12/2012
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
Joe Hildebrand will return to Australian TV screens in 2013 with a new factual series taking aim at Australia’s belief it is ‘the lucky country.”
The Daily Telegraph journo reunites with Cordell Jigsaw Zapruder, the team behind his previous series Dumb Drunk & Racist for a six part series to air on ABC2.
The series is one of 13 documentary projects announced to receive funding from Screen Australia. The $5m agency investment is expected to trigger nearly $15m worth of production.
Produced by Michael Cordell and Toni Malone, and directed by Ivan O’Mahoney, “The Daily Telegraph’s rebel-rousing columnist travels the lucky country, shattering our myths, bursting our bubbles and slaughtering some sacred Australian cows,” according to a press release.
Dumb Drunk & Racist delivered a decent audience for ABC2, it’s debut episode rating 266,000.
Cordell Jigsaw Zapruder has also received funding for Two Men in China, the continuing environmental buddy series...
The Daily Telegraph journo reunites with Cordell Jigsaw Zapruder, the team behind his previous series Dumb Drunk & Racist for a six part series to air on ABC2.
The series is one of 13 documentary projects announced to receive funding from Screen Australia. The $5m agency investment is expected to trigger nearly $15m worth of production.
Produced by Michael Cordell and Toni Malone, and directed by Ivan O’Mahoney, “The Daily Telegraph’s rebel-rousing columnist travels the lucky country, shattering our myths, bursting our bubbles and slaughtering some sacred Australian cows,” according to a press release.
Dumb Drunk & Racist delivered a decent audience for ABC2, it’s debut episode rating 266,000.
Cordell Jigsaw Zapruder has also received funding for Two Men in China, the continuing environmental buddy series...
- 12/12/2012
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
Gough Whitlam
The story of former Prime Minister Gough Whitlam’s time in power and the changes of the era is among five documentary projects to receive $2m of investment from Screen Australia
Whitlam, produced by Beyond Screen Productions and Bombora Film and Music Co, will be a 2×55-minute documentary written and directed by Paul Clarke with Penny Robins producing, and Robins and Mark Hamlyn executive producing.
To air on the ABC, the documentary’s synopsis reads: “Whitlam examines an era and the man when as a country we were at our most confident and flamboyant, when we took risks and went to the margins. It was a time of power, of passion… and which divided us as a nation in a way that hadn’t happened before – nor since.”
The funding is part of Screen Australia’s National Documentary Program.
The funding round also included two films in the...
The story of former Prime Minister Gough Whitlam’s time in power and the changes of the era is among five documentary projects to receive $2m of investment from Screen Australia
Whitlam, produced by Beyond Screen Productions and Bombora Film and Music Co, will be a 2×55-minute documentary written and directed by Paul Clarke with Penny Robins producing, and Robins and Mark Hamlyn executive producing.
To air on the ABC, the documentary’s synopsis reads: “Whitlam examines an era and the man when as a country we were at our most confident and flamboyant, when we took risks and went to the margins. It was a time of power, of passion… and which divided us as a nation in a way that hadn’t happened before – nor since.”
The funding is part of Screen Australia’s National Documentary Program.
The funding round also included two films in the...
- 8/17/2012
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
Paul Clarke.s documentary Whitlam and Gregory Miller.s and Nick Bleszynkski.s two-part Breaker Morant the Retrial are among the latest documentaries to receive Screen Australia funding.
Also receiving a slice of $2 million in total funding are The Search for the Ocean.s Super Predator, Outback Coroner, and Who Do You Think You Are?
.Backed by high-calibre and experienced filmmaking these documentaries will shine a light on a broad slice of Australian life,. Screen Australia.s documentary manager Liz Stevens said in a statement. .The result will be compelling and entertaining stories..
Whitlam is a National Documentary Program funded two-part documentary focusing on the life of Gough Whitlam. Made for the ABC, the production is produced by Penny Robins and executive produced by both Penny Robins and Mark Hamlyn.
Breaker Morant the Retrial is funded through the International Documentary Program and is being made for the History Channel. Directors...
Also receiving a slice of $2 million in total funding are The Search for the Ocean.s Super Predator, Outback Coroner, and Who Do You Think You Are?
.Backed by high-calibre and experienced filmmaking these documentaries will shine a light on a broad slice of Australian life,. Screen Australia.s documentary manager Liz Stevens said in a statement. .The result will be compelling and entertaining stories..
Whitlam is a National Documentary Program funded two-part documentary focusing on the life of Gough Whitlam. Made for the ABC, the production is produced by Penny Robins and executive produced by both Penny Robins and Mark Hamlyn.
Breaker Morant the Retrial is funded through the International Documentary Program and is being made for the History Channel. Directors...
- 8/17/2012
- by Anthony Soegito
- IF.com.au
More than 84 Australian documentary filmmakers have signed a petition asking Prime Minister Julia Gillard “to confirm publicly Australia’s commitment to freedom of political comunication”, in support of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange.
They’re being coordinated by Carmela Baranowska, as part of a broader petition started on the ABC’s website and incorporating more than 500 signatures.
The petition has been signed by:
Carmela Baranowska – director, journalist Sharon Connolly – producer Bree Mckilligan – filmmaker Jono Van Hest – director Sarah Zadeh – filmmaker Joan Robinson – director Kerry Negara – director, producer Rebecca McLean – director Daryl Dellora – director, producer Sharyn Prentice – producer Fabio Cavadini – director, producer Mandy King – director, producer Sally Ingleton – documentary filmmaker Trish FitzSimons – filmmaker Georgia Wallace-Crabbe – producer, director Lana Schwarcz – puppeteer, filmmaker Tim Anderson – filmmaker Nick Torrens – director, producer Deborah Szapiro – producer Liz Burke – producer Nicholas Hansen – director, producer Philippa Campey – filmmaker Marsha Emerman – director, producer Trevor Blainey – producer Gil Scrine – distributor and...
They’re being coordinated by Carmela Baranowska, as part of a broader petition started on the ABC’s website and incorporating more than 500 signatures.
The petition has been signed by:
Carmela Baranowska – director, journalist Sharon Connolly – producer Bree Mckilligan – filmmaker Jono Van Hest – director Sarah Zadeh – filmmaker Joan Robinson – director Kerry Negara – director, producer Rebecca McLean – director Daryl Dellora – director, producer Sharyn Prentice – producer Fabio Cavadini – director, producer Mandy King – director, producer Sally Ingleton – documentary filmmaker Trish FitzSimons – filmmaker Georgia Wallace-Crabbe – producer, director Lana Schwarcz – puppeteer, filmmaker Tim Anderson – filmmaker Nick Torrens – director, producer Deborah Szapiro – producer Liz Burke – producer Nicholas Hansen – director, producer Philippa Campey – filmmaker Marsha Emerman – director, producer Trevor Blainey – producer Gil Scrine – distributor and...
- 12/16/2010
- by Miguel Gonzalez
- Encore Magazine
The Nsw Government has used almost a quarter of its recently announced $25m budget for the film industry to fund five features, four TV series, one telemovie, 12 docos and one cross-platform project.
The projects include Mei Mei, an Australia/China co-production starring Guy Pearce, and The Hunter, with American actor Willem Dafoe.
The biggest winner is Joanna Werner’s children’s drama Dance Academy, with $500,000 towards production of season two.
Vincent Sheehan’s production The Hunter will be shot in Tasmania and China, with a majority of crew from Nsw and post-production also taking place in this state – it will receive $400,000 from the Government.
The production expenditure of these projects is expected to reach $62m.
These are the projects receiving funds from the Nsw Government in this round:
Features
Mei-mei
Production Company: Portal Pictures Finance: $200,000 Writers: Martin Edmond, Pauline Chan, Philip Dalkin. Producers: Penny Carl-Nelson, Pauline Chan, Lesley Stevens,...
The projects include Mei Mei, an Australia/China co-production starring Guy Pearce, and The Hunter, with American actor Willem Dafoe.
The biggest winner is Joanna Werner’s children’s drama Dance Academy, with $500,000 towards production of season two.
Vincent Sheehan’s production The Hunter will be shot in Tasmania and China, with a majority of crew from Nsw and post-production also taking place in this state – it will receive $400,000 from the Government.
The production expenditure of these projects is expected to reach $62m.
These are the projects receiving funds from the Nsw Government in this round:
Features
Mei-mei
Production Company: Portal Pictures Finance: $200,000 Writers: Martin Edmond, Pauline Chan, Philip Dalkin. Producers: Penny Carl-Nelson, Pauline Chan, Lesley Stevens,...
- 8/4/2010
- by Miguel Gonzalez
- Encore Magazine
Screen Australia has invested $4.5m in 20 documentaries, with a production volume worth $15m.
The agency said the demands on this month’s round of the domestic documentary program were high, with ABC, Sbs and pay TV “using close to their full allocation for the financial year”. Therefore, Screen Australia will pool its funds across the domestic and international programs for a total alloction of $7.5m.
The next two rounds in the 2010/11 year will be worth $1.8m each.
The approved projects are:
Wide Open Road
Bombora Films and Music Producer/Director Paul Clarke Broadcaster ABC TV Sales & Distribution ABC Commercial, Roadshow Synopsis An Australian social history of the 20th century – viewed through the windscreen of the cars that we so cherished.
Arthouse
Paalma Pty Ltd Producer/Writer Marian Bartsch Director Britt Arthur Broadcaster ABC Sales & Distribution ABC Content Sales Synopsis ArtHouse looks at the changing face of architecture, innovation and design...
The agency said the demands on this month’s round of the domestic documentary program were high, with ABC, Sbs and pay TV “using close to their full allocation for the financial year”. Therefore, Screen Australia will pool its funds across the domestic and international programs for a total alloction of $7.5m.
The next two rounds in the 2010/11 year will be worth $1.8m each.
The approved projects are:
Wide Open Road
Bombora Films and Music Producer/Director Paul Clarke Broadcaster ABC TV Sales & Distribution ABC Commercial, Roadshow Synopsis An Australian social history of the 20th century – viewed through the windscreen of the cars that we so cherished.
Arthouse
Paalma Pty Ltd Producer/Writer Marian Bartsch Director Britt Arthur Broadcaster ABC Sales & Distribution ABC Content Sales Synopsis ArtHouse looks at the changing face of architecture, innovation and design...
- 7/27/2010
- by Miguel Gonzalez
- Encore Magazine
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