A new Australian film in limited release has opened quietly across just 16 screens.
Billed as Australian noir, Swerve had its world premiere at last year’s Melbourne International Film Festival and opened the Australian Film Festival in March.
Directed by Craig Lahiff and produced by Helen Leake the film took $24,487 at the box office for a $1,530 screen average.
The original strategy to be released in the USA through Cohen Media Group before Australia. In February Leake told Encore: “Our Australian market is so tricky I thought why not start overseas and bring it back home. We have to balance this tightrope really well and break through the little film syndrome.”
Set in the dusty country town of Neverest, around a suitcase full of cash, Swerve stars Jason Clarke, Emma Booth, Vince Colosimo, David Lyons and Roy Billing.
In a wide release of 467 screens, Ridley Scott’s sci-fi film Prometheus took...
Billed as Australian noir, Swerve had its world premiere at last year’s Melbourne International Film Festival and opened the Australian Film Festival in March.
Directed by Craig Lahiff and produced by Helen Leake the film took $24,487 at the box office for a $1,530 screen average.
The original strategy to be released in the USA through Cohen Media Group before Australia. In February Leake told Encore: “Our Australian market is so tricky I thought why not start overseas and bring it back home. We have to balance this tightrope really well and break through the little film syndrome.”
Set in the dusty country town of Neverest, around a suitcase full of cash, Swerve stars Jason Clarke, Emma Booth, Vince Colosimo, David Lyons and Roy Billing.
In a wide release of 467 screens, Ridley Scott’s sci-fi film Prometheus took...
- 6/13/2012
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
An Australian film noir has announced it will open in June but will hold back on its Us release.
Swerve, which had its world premiere at last year’s Melbourne International Film Festival, will now open on June 7.
The film will have a modest open of around 20 screens locally, the distribution company, Jump Street Films has told Encore.
Produced by Helen Leake’s Duo Art Productions and written and directed by Craig Lahiff, Swerve is an outback neo-noir story with a strong cast from Emma Booth, Jason Clark, David Lyons, Vince Colosimo and Roy Billing.
When Encore last spoke with Leake, the film, which sold to Cohen Media Group for distribution in the Us, was going to see a simultaneous release however the film will now be held back in the States after a local release.
Swerve, which had its world premiere at last year’s Melbourne International Film Festival, will now open on June 7.
The film will have a modest open of around 20 screens locally, the distribution company, Jump Street Films has told Encore.
Produced by Helen Leake’s Duo Art Productions and written and directed by Craig Lahiff, Swerve is an outback neo-noir story with a strong cast from Emma Booth, Jason Clark, David Lyons, Vince Colosimo and Roy Billing.
When Encore last spoke with Leake, the film, which sold to Cohen Media Group for distribution in the Us, was going to see a simultaneous release however the film will now be held back in the States after a local release.
- 4/13/2012
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
Australian thriller Swerve has secured distribution in America and the United Kingdom.
British film sales company Moviehouse Entertainment announced at the Berlin Film Festival's European Film Market on Wednesday that the feature had been sold to the Cohen Media Group for North America and High Fliers for the UK.
Independent distributor Jump Street Films will release the film locally in June, in conjunction with production company Duo Art Entertainment. The film will be released simultaneously in both Australia and the Us.
Swerve, which has also sold in the Middle East, Italy and Germany, is written and directed by Craig Lahiff. Described as Australian noir, the film follows Colin (Jason Clarke), who finds a briefcase full of money at the scene of a fatal accident. After turning it into the local cop, Colin finds himself at the centre of series of fateful events.
The film's cast also includes Emma Booth, Roy Billing and Vince Colosimo.
British film sales company Moviehouse Entertainment announced at the Berlin Film Festival's European Film Market on Wednesday that the feature had been sold to the Cohen Media Group for North America and High Fliers for the UK.
Independent distributor Jump Street Films will release the film locally in June, in conjunction with production company Duo Art Entertainment. The film will be released simultaneously in both Australia and the Us.
Swerve, which has also sold in the Middle East, Italy and Germany, is written and directed by Craig Lahiff. Described as Australian noir, the film follows Colin (Jason Clarke), who finds a briefcase full of money at the scene of a fatal accident. After turning it into the local cop, Colin finds himself at the centre of series of fateful events.
The film's cast also includes Emma Booth, Roy Billing and Vince Colosimo.
- 2/15/2012
- by Amanda Diaz
- IF.com.au
An Australian film will be release in the Us and Australia simultaneously, with the aim of getting international traction.
Jump Street Films, with production company Duo Art Productions, will release outback neo-noir film Swerve, written and directed by Craig Lahiff, in the Us through Cohen Media Group, the same company that handled Oranges and Sunshine in the Us.
Helen Leake, head of Duo Art Productions told Encore: “Our Australian market is so tricky I thought why not start overseas and bring it back home. If you fail in your home market you have a problem so we’re just quietly getting good sales overseas. We’ve sold Germany, UK, and we’re about to close with Benelux, all of which are happy to wait for the Us release.
“We have to balance this tightrope really well and break through the little film syndrome.”
The film about a guy who finds...
Jump Street Films, with production company Duo Art Productions, will release outback neo-noir film Swerve, written and directed by Craig Lahiff, in the Us through Cohen Media Group, the same company that handled Oranges and Sunshine in the Us.
Helen Leake, head of Duo Art Productions told Encore: “Our Australian market is so tricky I thought why not start overseas and bring it back home. If you fail in your home market you have a problem so we’re just quietly getting good sales overseas. We’ve sold Germany, UK, and we’re about to close with Benelux, all of which are happy to wait for the Us release.
“We have to balance this tightrope really well and break through the little film syndrome.”
The film about a guy who finds...
- 2/15/2012
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
The Melbourne International Film Festival has announced the next round of projects that will receive financial support from its Premiere Fund, including Mark Hartley’s ‘re-imagining’ of the 70s thriller Patrick.
Swerve, shot earlier this year in South Australia, will receive completion funds.
The projects are:
Patrick
Mark Hartley makes his narrative feature debut with a re-imaging of the 1970s Australian medical telekinetic thriller. It was Hartley’s 2008 documentary Not Quite Hollywood that brought Patrick to the attention of a new generation of genre film fans. It will be produced by Tony Ginnane, who also produced the 1978 version directed by Richard Franklin.
Swerve
A rural neo-noir thriller starring from Director Craig Lahiff (Black & White), Producer Helen Leake and Executive Producer Bryce Menzies starring Jason Clarke, Emma Booth, David Lyons, Travis McMahon, Vince Colosimo and Roy Billing. Shot in South Australia.
AutoLuminescent: Rowland S. Howard
A feature documentary about the turbulent...
Swerve, shot earlier this year in South Australia, will receive completion funds.
The projects are:
Patrick
Mark Hartley makes his narrative feature debut with a re-imaging of the 1970s Australian medical telekinetic thriller. It was Hartley’s 2008 documentary Not Quite Hollywood that brought Patrick to the attention of a new generation of genre film fans. It will be produced by Tony Ginnane, who also produced the 1978 version directed by Richard Franklin.
Swerve
A rural neo-noir thriller starring from Director Craig Lahiff (Black & White), Producer Helen Leake and Executive Producer Bryce Menzies starring Jason Clarke, Emma Booth, David Lyons, Travis McMahon, Vince Colosimo and Roy Billing. Shot in South Australia.
AutoLuminescent: Rowland S. Howard
A feature documentary about the turbulent...
- 10/10/2010
- by Miguel Gonzalez
- Encore Magazine
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