Barbara Connell.
Barbara Connell starts at Screenwest today as drama development manager, responsible for the delivery and management of the agency’s drama development programs including the assessment and selection processes of these funding initiatives for all platforms.
In effect she takes over from Ross Grayson Bell who departed as Screenwest scripted executive in June after one year in the post.
Connell joins from Demand Film where she was chief operating officer and director, development, in charge of early acquisition of narrative features and feature documentaries and working with filmmakers to develop and deliver finished products for theatrical distribution in multiple territories.
Screenwest’s head of screen investment and strategic projects Matthew Horrocks said: “Barbara has an uncommon mix of experience. Having a development manager who has also run her own distribution company will be a major asset for Screenwest.”
Connell added: “I’m looking forward to working with filmmakers...
Barbara Connell starts at Screenwest today as drama development manager, responsible for the delivery and management of the agency’s drama development programs including the assessment and selection processes of these funding initiatives for all platforms.
In effect she takes over from Ross Grayson Bell who departed as Screenwest scripted executive in June after one year in the post.
Connell joins from Demand Film where she was chief operating officer and director, development, in charge of early acquisition of narrative features and feature documentaries and working with filmmakers to develop and deliver finished products for theatrical distribution in multiple territories.
Screenwest’s head of screen investment and strategic projects Matthew Horrocks said: “Barbara has an uncommon mix of experience. Having a development manager who has also run her own distribution company will be a major asset for Screenwest.”
Connell added: “I’m looking forward to working with filmmakers...
- 11/24/2019
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
David Doepel.
Cinema on-demand operator Demand Film aims to raise a seven-figure sum via an equity crowdfunding platform to accelerate its global roll-out and ramp up the volume of releases.
Co-founder and MD David Doepel is confident its 110,000 customers, of whom 40,000 are in Australia, will respond to the opportunity to buy shares in the company which launched in 2014.
Today it invited expressions of interest via Birchal.com but the precise sum it is seeking won’t be revealed until the formal launch of the equity crowdfunding campaign in about three weeks.
Doepel tells If the goal is to raise somewhere between $1 million and $2 million by June 30, which would dilute the stakes held by himself and co-founders Andrew Hazelton and Barbara Connell.
“We will have a smaller slice of a bigger pie as we add more territories and put more money into releasing and marketing films,” he says.
The firm currently operates in seven territories: Australia,...
Cinema on-demand operator Demand Film aims to raise a seven-figure sum via an equity crowdfunding platform to accelerate its global roll-out and ramp up the volume of releases.
Co-founder and MD David Doepel is confident its 110,000 customers, of whom 40,000 are in Australia, will respond to the opportunity to buy shares in the company which launched in 2014.
Today it invited expressions of interest via Birchal.com but the precise sum it is seeking won’t be revealed until the formal launch of the equity crowdfunding campaign in about three weeks.
Doepel tells If the goal is to raise somewhere between $1 million and $2 million by June 30, which would dilute the stakes held by himself and co-founders Andrew Hazelton and Barbara Connell.
“We will have a smaller slice of a bigger pie as we add more territories and put more money into releasing and marketing films,” he says.
The firm currently operates in seven territories: Australia,...
- 5/7/2019
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
‘Dying to Live.’
Illustrating the global appetite for on-demand cinema, Demand Film is growing fast in Australia and internationally, currently offering tickets to 550 events in seven countries.
Richard Todd’s feature documentary Dying to Live, which spotlights people who are awaiting life-saving organs, is among the best sellers in Australia, with 29 screenings now on sale and a further 10 being arranged in response to requests.
Supported by Screen Australia, Screenwest, Screen Queensland and Good Pitch Australia, Todd’s film has screened at the major Australian festivals, grossing $23,000, and it generated $7,500 from the first five on-demand screenings.
David Doepel, who co-founded Demand Film with Andrew Hazelton and Barbara Connell, hopes the film will end up making as much as $150,000 in Australia, observing: “We’re very pleased with the level of press we received for the film and the related ‘What would Jesus do?’ campaign, which is leading to requests for screenings.
“We...
Illustrating the global appetite for on-demand cinema, Demand Film is growing fast in Australia and internationally, currently offering tickets to 550 events in seven countries.
Richard Todd’s feature documentary Dying to Live, which spotlights people who are awaiting life-saving organs, is among the best sellers in Australia, with 29 screenings now on sale and a further 10 being arranged in response to requests.
Supported by Screen Australia, Screenwest, Screen Queensland and Good Pitch Australia, Todd’s film has screened at the major Australian festivals, grossing $23,000, and it generated $7,500 from the first five on-demand screenings.
David Doepel, who co-founded Demand Film with Andrew Hazelton and Barbara Connell, hopes the film will end up making as much as $150,000 in Australia, observing: “We’re very pleased with the level of press we received for the film and the related ‘What would Jesus do?’ campaign, which is leading to requests for screenings.
“We...
- 11/4/2018
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
Entries are open for the Adelaide Film Festival and the Australian Writers. Guild.s biennial screenwriting development initiative, the Insite Award — presented to the writer of a screenplay that hasn.t yet secured a producer or funding..
Screenwriter Blake Ayshford.s screenplay Cut Snake was the inaugural winner of the award back in 2003. It was made into a feature film by Tony Ayres, premiering internationally at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival..
The most recent winner was Harry Alteras for his script Martingale. The win saw Alteras inducted into the Awg.s Pathways Program. He also received a Scripted Ink-funded mentorship with Ayshford and development funding for a second draft.
.Since winning the 2015 Insite award, Martingale has received a level of exposure and recognition that simply wouldn't be possible without the continued support of the Australian Writers' Guild and the Pathways Program,. said Alteras..
Awg Executive Director Jacqueline Elaine said Insite...
Screenwriter Blake Ayshford.s screenplay Cut Snake was the inaugural winner of the award back in 2003. It was made into a feature film by Tony Ayres, premiering internationally at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival..
The most recent winner was Harry Alteras for his script Martingale. The win saw Alteras inducted into the Awg.s Pathways Program. He also received a Scripted Ink-funded mentorship with Ayshford and development funding for a second draft.
.Since winning the 2015 Insite award, Martingale has received a level of exposure and recognition that simply wouldn't be possible without the continued support of the Australian Writers' Guild and the Pathways Program,. said Alteras..
Awg Executive Director Jacqueline Elaine said Insite...
- 4/6/2017
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
Andrew Hazelton, Barbara Connell, Anika Noni Rose, Biyi Bandele, David Doepel
Upstart Australian distributor Leap Frog Films has acquired its third film, a drama set during the Nigerian civil war that tore the country apart from 1967-1970.
Based on a 2006 novel by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Half of a Yellow Sun premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival.
Directed by Nigerian novelist and playwright Biyi Bandele, it stars Chiwetel Ejiofor (12 Years a Slave) and Thandie Newton (The Pursuit of Happyness) as an upper class couple whose marriage is put to the test when war erupts. Anika Noni Rose plays the twin sister of Newton's character.
The producers are Andrea Calderwood (The Last King of Scotland) and Gail Egan (The Constant Gardener).
.We are thrilled to be able to bring this incredibly powerful and compelling story to Australia and New Zealand,. said David Doepel, Leap Frog Films MD, who plans to release...
Upstart Australian distributor Leap Frog Films has acquired its third film, a drama set during the Nigerian civil war that tore the country apart from 1967-1970.
Based on a 2006 novel by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Half of a Yellow Sun premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival.
Directed by Nigerian novelist and playwright Biyi Bandele, it stars Chiwetel Ejiofor (12 Years a Slave) and Thandie Newton (The Pursuit of Happyness) as an upper class couple whose marriage is put to the test when war erupts. Anika Noni Rose plays the twin sister of Newton's character.
The producers are Andrea Calderwood (The Last King of Scotland) and Gail Egan (The Constant Gardener).
.We are thrilled to be able to bring this incredibly powerful and compelling story to Australia and New Zealand,. said David Doepel, Leap Frog Films MD, who plans to release...
- 11/12/2013
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Australia.s newest distributor, David Doepel.s Leap Frog Films, has taken on a new partner and has confirmed its second acquisition, The Sea, a drama starring Ciaran Hinds and Charlotte Rampling. Andrew Hazelton, a former Roadshow Films and Greater Union executive, has joined the company and will spearhead acquisitions. Based in Los Angeles, Hazelton most recently was VP Distribution & Marketing at Michael Favelle.s Odin.s Eye Entertainment. Hazelton met Doepel at this year.s Cannes Film Festival where Doepel bought his first film, Wrinkles, a Spanish animated film directed by Ignacio Ferreras. A surprisingly funny and touching film set in an aged care facility, it won the award for best animated feature at the Spanish Goya Awards in 2012. Doepel is a former ordained minster who spent 22 years in the Us, including 10 years making educational documentaries. He also served as the Western Australian Government.s Trade Commissioner based in L.
- 10/16/2013
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
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