Film Preservation
India’s Film Heritage Foundation (Fhf), which enjoys the support of cinema greats Martin Scorsese and Amitabh Bachchan, is conducting the third edition of the Biennial Audio-Visual Archival Summer School in partnership with the International Federation of Film Archives. The global film preservation training workshop is coming to India for the first time and will be held at the India International Centre in Delhi Oct. 10–19.
Fhf founder Shivendra Singh Dungarpur said that the final selection of some 50 participants, from 13 African countries, Asia, Europe, Australia, South and North America reaffirms the organization’s goal to “create a worldwide network of film archivists who can work together to save their film heritage around the globe.”
Scorsese said: “The World Cinema Project is committed to locating, preserving and distributing films from all over the world. A program like Bavass benefits this mission enormously by educating future film preservationists who can share...
India’s Film Heritage Foundation (Fhf), which enjoys the support of cinema greats Martin Scorsese and Amitabh Bachchan, is conducting the third edition of the Biennial Audio-Visual Archival Summer School in partnership with the International Federation of Film Archives. The global film preservation training workshop is coming to India for the first time and will be held at the India International Centre in Delhi Oct. 10–19.
Fhf founder Shivendra Singh Dungarpur said that the final selection of some 50 participants, from 13 African countries, Asia, Europe, Australia, South and North America reaffirms the organization’s goal to “create a worldwide network of film archivists who can work together to save their film heritage around the globe.”
Scorsese said: “The World Cinema Project is committed to locating, preserving and distributing films from all over the world. A program like Bavass benefits this mission enormously by educating future film preservationists who can share...
- 9/19/2023
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Netflix executive Susie Jones has followed the streamer’s former head of physical production Chris Oliver-Taylor over to the ABC, with the broadcaster also welcoming Stan senior commissioning editor Rachel Okine. Jones and Okine will take on the roles of head of factual and head of scripted, respectively, reporting to head of screen content Jennifer Collins. It comes as the ABC undergoes its biggest restructure since 2017, establishing programming pillars for content and news, while also transitioning to a digital-first approach...
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- 7/7/2023
- by Sean Slatter
- IF.com.au
Wayne Blair and Nel Minchin’s Firestarter: The Story of Bangarra has been named best arts program at this year’s Rose d’Or Awards, continuing a stellar run for the pair.
The In Films documentary, which tells the origin story of the renowned Bangarra Dance Company through the eyes of its artistic director Stephen Page and other members, beat out competition from the Netherlands, Germany, and the US to take the prize.
Firestarter won the Aacta Award for Best Documentary in 2020, as well as Adelaide Film Festival’s documentary competition and inaugural Change Award. It released theatrically through Icon, before airing on the ABC, and is distributed internationally by ABC Commercial.
In Films producer Ivan O’Mahoney said he was “absolutely delighted” with the latest accolade.
“The stated mission of Bangarra Dance Theatre is to create inspiring theatrical experiences that promote and help raise awareness of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture,...
The In Films documentary, which tells the origin story of the renowned Bangarra Dance Company through the eyes of its artistic director Stephen Page and other members, beat out competition from the Netherlands, Germany, and the US to take the prize.
Firestarter won the Aacta Award for Best Documentary in 2020, as well as Adelaide Film Festival’s documentary competition and inaugural Change Award. It released theatrically through Icon, before airing on the ABC, and is distributed internationally by ABC Commercial.
In Films producer Ivan O’Mahoney said he was “absolutely delighted” with the latest accolade.
“The stated mission of Bangarra Dance Theatre is to create inspiring theatrical experiences that promote and help raise awareness of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture,...
- 11/30/2021
- by Sean Slatter
- IF.com.au
The ABC has updated its head of arts role, naming producer and director Edwina Throsby as managing editor of arts.
The position incorporates the responsibility for digital content that was part of the head of arts role but also includes overseeing arts content from across the ABC and building partnerships with arts institutions, as well as leading the creative and editorial execution of ABC TV Plus’ new dedicated weekly arts program Art Works.
It marks a return to the ABC for Throsby, who was series producer of Big Ideas from 2008-10 and worked as a producer on programs such as Sunday Afternoon Arts, Q+A, Four Corners, and Media Watch.
Since then, she spent time as head of curation for TEDxSydney, where she devised and oversaw the artistic and creative vision for the annual talks and culture festival.
Throsby also ran Chequerboard Productions from 2002-17, working across multiple film and media projects.
The position incorporates the responsibility for digital content that was part of the head of arts role but also includes overseeing arts content from across the ABC and building partnerships with arts institutions, as well as leading the creative and editorial execution of ABC TV Plus’ new dedicated weekly arts program Art Works.
It marks a return to the ABC for Throsby, who was series producer of Big Ideas from 2008-10 and worked as a producer on programs such as Sunday Afternoon Arts, Q+A, Four Corners, and Media Watch.
Since then, she spent time as head of curation for TEDxSydney, where she devised and oversaw the artistic and creative vision for the annual talks and culture festival.
Throsby also ran Chequerboard Productions from 2002-17, working across multiple film and media projects.
- 6/25/2021
- by Sean Slatter
- IF.com.au
Love is in the air this May when Northern Pictures’ Love on the Spectrum returns to the ABC for a second season, telling more stories of people on the autism spectrum as they navigate the world of dating and relationships.
With a few familiar faces, and some new ones, this new season represents an even wider range of people and personalities, showing just how diverse the autism spectrum really is.
Cian O’Clery is the supervising producer and series director, and the series producer Jenni Wilks. Executive producers include Northern Pictures’ Karina Holden, ABC manager of documentaries Stephen Oliver; ABC managing editor factual Richard Huddleston and ABC head of factual and culture Jennifer Collins. Screen Australia and Screen Nsw have supported the production.
Narrated by Brooke Satchwell, the five-part original format screens from Tuesday 18 May at 8.30pm on ABC TV and iview.
The post ‘Love on the Spectrum’ (Season 2 Trailer) appeared first on If Magazine.
With a few familiar faces, and some new ones, this new season represents an even wider range of people and personalities, showing just how diverse the autism spectrum really is.
Cian O’Clery is the supervising producer and series director, and the series producer Jenni Wilks. Executive producers include Northern Pictures’ Karina Holden, ABC manager of documentaries Stephen Oliver; ABC managing editor factual Richard Huddleston and ABC head of factual and culture Jennifer Collins. Screen Australia and Screen Nsw have supported the production.
Narrated by Brooke Satchwell, the five-part original format screens from Tuesday 18 May at 8.30pm on ABC TV and iview.
The post ‘Love on the Spectrum’ (Season 2 Trailer) appeared first on If Magazine.
- 4/20/2021
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
Screen Producers Australia has named the members of its two advisory boards for the upcoming Screen Forever conference.
The programming advisory board, made up of a group of producers, directors and writers, will help set the strategic direction for the February event, aiding in the creation of a program that will reflect the challenges and opportunities facing the industry in the wake of the pandemic.
This year, Spa has also enlisted the help of a market and financing advisory board for the first time, comprised of representatives from broadcasters and screen organisations across Australia, Canada and the United States. The aim is to maximise the global business opportunities available to delegates at the Spa Connect market.
“After such an unprecedented year, having the guidance of two dynamic and multi-disciplined boards who will focus on the key pillars of Screen Forever – discovery and deal-making – will no doubt pay dividends for our delegates,...
The programming advisory board, made up of a group of producers, directors and writers, will help set the strategic direction for the February event, aiding in the creation of a program that will reflect the challenges and opportunities facing the industry in the wake of the pandemic.
This year, Spa has also enlisted the help of a market and financing advisory board for the first time, comprised of representatives from broadcasters and screen organisations across Australia, Canada and the United States. The aim is to maximise the global business opportunities available to delegates at the Spa Connect market.
“After such an unprecedented year, having the guidance of two dynamic and multi-disciplined boards who will focus on the key pillars of Screen Forever – discovery and deal-making – will no doubt pay dividends for our delegates,...
- 10/20/2020
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
Nick Hayden.
The ABC has promoted entertainment manager Nick Hayden, who created the iso-comedy At Home Alone Together, Whovians, Tonightly and the Australia Talks live show, to head of entertainment.
Hayden will drive the entertainment slate including Gruen, Hard Quiz, Mad As Hell, The Weekly, You Can’t Ask That and the upcoming Reputation Rehab.
His appointment completes a restructuring of the content divisions which resulted in the exit of head of entertainment and factual Josie Mason-Campbell.
Last week Jennifer Collins was named the ABC’s inaugural head of factual and culture, leading the development and production across arts, religion, science, education, health, history and social affairs.
Earlier Todd Abbott came on board as head of comedy, a role held by a number of execs in an acting capacity after the departure of Rick Kalowski.
Since joining the ABC in 2016 as an executive producer, entertainment, he developed and produced the Spicks and Specks Reunion Specials,...
The ABC has promoted entertainment manager Nick Hayden, who created the iso-comedy At Home Alone Together, Whovians, Tonightly and the Australia Talks live show, to head of entertainment.
Hayden will drive the entertainment slate including Gruen, Hard Quiz, Mad As Hell, The Weekly, You Can’t Ask That and the upcoming Reputation Rehab.
His appointment completes a restructuring of the content divisions which resulted in the exit of head of entertainment and factual Josie Mason-Campbell.
Last week Jennifer Collins was named the ABC’s inaugural head of factual and culture, leading the development and production across arts, religion, science, education, health, history and social affairs.
Earlier Todd Abbott came on board as head of comedy, a role held by a number of execs in an acting capacity after the departure of Rick Kalowski.
Since joining the ABC in 2016 as an executive producer, entertainment, he developed and produced the Spicks and Specks Reunion Specials,...
- 10/5/2020
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
Jennifer Collins.
Jennifer Collins is set to return to the ABC as its inaugural head of factual and culture, where she will lead the development and production of content across arts, religion, science, education, health, history and social affairs.
The new factual and culture team, an arm of the ABC’s entertainment and specialist, was announced in June as part of ABC’s five year plan.
It brings together all factual content makers into a single unit across TV, radio and digital, including including Radio National, podcast creation hub Audio Studios and flagship programs such as Compass, and Catalyst.
ABC director of entertainment and specialist Michael Carrington said: “Jen is well known and respected by ABC people and partners alike and her unique skills across multiple platforms will help drive our transition towards digital content and services.
“Australians love and trust the ABC’s Factual content, from our feature-length arts programs to long-form audio documentaries.
Jennifer Collins is set to return to the ABC as its inaugural head of factual and culture, where she will lead the development and production of content across arts, religion, science, education, health, history and social affairs.
The new factual and culture team, an arm of the ABC’s entertainment and specialist, was announced in June as part of ABC’s five year plan.
It brings together all factual content makers into a single unit across TV, radio and digital, including including Radio National, podcast creation hub Audio Studios and flagship programs such as Compass, and Catalyst.
ABC director of entertainment and specialist Michael Carrington said: “Jen is well known and respected by ABC people and partners alike and her unique skills across multiple platforms will help drive our transition towards digital content and services.
“Australians love and trust the ABC’s Factual content, from our feature-length arts programs to long-form audio documentaries.
- 10/1/2020
- by jkeast
- IF.com.au
Aidan Laverty.
Aidan Laverty, the ABC’s head of specialist content until he was forced to quit three weeks ago due to ill health, died on Tuesday.
ABC managing director David Anderson said today: “Aidan was an inspiring and endlessly energetic content maker and manager who played a substantial role in reinvigorating our content and strategy.
“Aidan was an outstanding storyteller, a great media executive and a delight to know. He was highly regarded, liked and respected by all who worked with him.”
The UK-born exec joined the ABC in 2017 as executive producer of Catalyst, was appointed manager science in 2018 and promoted to head of specialist last October, overseeing factual and specialist content across multiple platforms.
After he departed the ABC to seek further treatment overseas for an unexpected and rare medical condition, former Fremantle director of content Jennifer Collins was named acting head of specialist.
Collins worked for the...
Aidan Laverty, the ABC’s head of specialist content until he was forced to quit three weeks ago due to ill health, died on Tuesday.
ABC managing director David Anderson said today: “Aidan was an inspiring and endlessly energetic content maker and manager who played a substantial role in reinvigorating our content and strategy.
“Aidan was an outstanding storyteller, a great media executive and a delight to know. He was highly regarded, liked and respected by all who worked with him.”
The UK-born exec joined the ABC in 2017 as executive producer of Catalyst, was appointed manager science in 2018 and promoted to head of specialist last October, overseeing factual and specialist content across multiple platforms.
After he departed the ABC to seek further treatment overseas for an unexpected and rare medical condition, former Fremantle director of content Jennifer Collins was named acting head of specialist.
Collins worked for the...
- 8/7/2020
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
Joel Williams.
Fremantle has hired Joel Williams, a former head of programming – content and consumer engagement at Disney, to head up its children’s division.
Williams’ hire marks a push into kids for Fremantle, which is keen to partner with local independent producers on the development and co-production of projects in both the scripted and unscripted space. The key focus is targeting children 5-12 years old with unequivocally Australian stories.
Williams’ role will see him drive the development slate, and work with local and international broadcasters to assess market requirements. He will report into director of content Jennifer Collins.
In a joint statement Fremantle Asia Pacific CEO Chris Oliver-Taylor and Collins said: “We are thrilled to have secured someone of Joel’s calibre to help us understand the global children’s content market and our potential place in it. Joel has been tasked to work with his incredible contacts around...
Fremantle has hired Joel Williams, a former head of programming – content and consumer engagement at Disney, to head up its children’s division.
Williams’ hire marks a push into kids for Fremantle, which is keen to partner with local independent producers on the development and co-production of projects in both the scripted and unscripted space. The key focus is targeting children 5-12 years old with unequivocally Australian stories.
Williams’ role will see him drive the development slate, and work with local and international broadcasters to assess market requirements. He will report into director of content Jennifer Collins.
In a joint statement Fremantle Asia Pacific CEO Chris Oliver-Taylor and Collins said: “We are thrilled to have secured someone of Joel’s calibre to help us understand the global children’s content market and our potential place in it. Joel has been tasked to work with his incredible contacts around...
- 8/16/2019
- by jkeast
- IF.com.au
Chris Oliver-Taylor on the set of ‘Neighbours’.
Since taking the helm of Fremantle’s Asia Pacific operations last September, Chris Oliver-Taylor has been busy realigning the Australasian business.
Adhering to Fremantle’s global mantra as “the place creatives call home,” the CEO has significantly upped the drama development budget and is prepared to commission blind scripts, i.e., before a network is aboard.
Oliver-Taylor and his team led by Jennifer Collins, the Australian director of content, are discussing projects with a host of A-grade writers including Robert Connolly, Giula Sandler, Katherine Thomson, Tommy Murphy and Matt Cameron.
“We want to work with world-class writers, predominantly but not exclusively Australian,” he tells If in his first interview since moving over from Matchbox Pictures, succeeding Ian Hogg.
“The second part of the strategy is having great IP, whether it’s a book, a play or an original idea. The third is a strong financial strategy.
Since taking the helm of Fremantle’s Asia Pacific operations last September, Chris Oliver-Taylor has been busy realigning the Australasian business.
Adhering to Fremantle’s global mantra as “the place creatives call home,” the CEO has significantly upped the drama development budget and is prepared to commission blind scripts, i.e., before a network is aboard.
Oliver-Taylor and his team led by Jennifer Collins, the Australian director of content, are discussing projects with a host of A-grade writers including Robert Connolly, Giula Sandler, Katherine Thomson, Tommy Murphy and Matt Cameron.
“We want to work with world-class writers, predominantly but not exclusively Australian,” he tells If in his first interview since moving over from Matchbox Pictures, succeeding Ian Hogg.
“The second part of the strategy is having great IP, whether it’s a book, a play or an original idea. The third is a strong financial strategy.
- 2/3/2019
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
‘Anna’s 12 Steps to Love’
Fremantle Australia has signed a first-look deal with Keshet International (Ki) covering the global producer/distributor’s non-scripted formats catalogue in Australia/New Zealand.
That includes formats such as singing show Showdown – Aviv/Eyal, dance series Masters of Dance, celebrity-led docu-reality series Anna’s 12 Steps To Love plus upcoming titles.
The arrangement also encompasses entertainment and factual entertainment formats from independent production companies supported by the UK’s Greenbird Media, in which Ki acquired a majority stake earlier this year.
Among those formats are Tuesday Child’s musical game show Playlisters, Crackit Productions’ reality series Bad Habits, Holy Orders, Rumpus Media’s algorithm-powered dating show Personal Dater and Top Hat’s social experiment format Bussing.
Back in 2013 Keshet Australia was launched as a joint venture between Ki and Racat, the production group owned by David Haslingden, but that folded. Racat was sold to Canada’s Blue Ant Media last year.
Fremantle Australia has signed a first-look deal with Keshet International (Ki) covering the global producer/distributor’s non-scripted formats catalogue in Australia/New Zealand.
That includes formats such as singing show Showdown – Aviv/Eyal, dance series Masters of Dance, celebrity-led docu-reality series Anna’s 12 Steps To Love plus upcoming titles.
The arrangement also encompasses entertainment and factual entertainment formats from independent production companies supported by the UK’s Greenbird Media, in which Ki acquired a majority stake earlier this year.
Among those formats are Tuesday Child’s musical game show Playlisters, Crackit Productions’ reality series Bad Habits, Holy Orders, Rumpus Media’s algorithm-powered dating show Personal Dater and Top Hat’s social experiment format Bussing.
Back in 2013 Keshet Australia was launched as a joint venture between Ki and Racat, the production group owned by David Haslingden, but that folded. Racat was sold to Canada’s Blue Ant Media last year.
- 11/21/2018
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
Washington — The patchwork of states that have legalized medical marijuana — now 29 and Washington D.C. — still leaves patients facing difficult decisions, like legal action or the threat arrest.
That’s why medical marijuana advocates believe that federal action is ultimately necessary, given the gaps in legality and the need to cross state lines.
This was one of the issues at a Brookings Institute and Variety-sponsored screening of “The Life She Deserves: Medical Marijuana in the United States,” followed by a panel. The project is Brookings’ first foray into documentary filmmaking, this time by personalizing an issue that otherwise would have been explained via a study or white paper.
The movie, directed by George Burroughs and John Hudak, looks at the case of Jennifer Collins, a Virginia teenager whose family struggled to find some kind of treatment for her epileptic seizures. Pharmaceuticals proved to have debilitating side effects and be of limited effectiveness,...
That’s why medical marijuana advocates believe that federal action is ultimately necessary, given the gaps in legality and the need to cross state lines.
This was one of the issues at a Brookings Institute and Variety-sponsored screening of “The Life She Deserves: Medical Marijuana in the United States,” followed by a panel. The project is Brookings’ first foray into documentary filmmaking, this time by personalizing an issue that otherwise would have been explained via a study or white paper.
The movie, directed by George Burroughs and John Hudak, looks at the case of Jennifer Collins, a Virginia teenager whose family struggled to find some kind of treatment for her epileptic seizures. Pharmaceuticals proved to have debilitating side effects and be of limited effectiveness,...
- 6/1/2018
- by Ted Johnson
- Variety Film + TV
While legal marijuana dispensaries all over Los Angeles and California get ready to mark their first-ever Green Friday in the post-“adult use” era with tomorrow’s 4/20 celebration, the medical uses of cannabis tend to get overshadowed in all the hoopla.
Last night (April 18) at the London Hotel in West Hollywood, the Brookings Institution, a Washington, DC non-profit dedicated to “conducting in-depth research that leads to new ideas for problems facing society,” co-hosted with Variety a screening of its documentary, “The Life She Deserves,” a departure from its usual white-paper approach. The half-hour film highlights Virginia teenager Jennifer Collins and her family’s fight to help overcome a lifelong struggle with an epilepsy disorder which saw her suffering from multiple seizures. The entire film can be viewed here.
The heart-wrenching tale follows Jennifer (pictured at far right), her mother Beth and father Pat, as they sought treatment for their daughter’s condition,...
Last night (April 18) at the London Hotel in West Hollywood, the Brookings Institution, a Washington, DC non-profit dedicated to “conducting in-depth research that leads to new ideas for problems facing society,” co-hosted with Variety a screening of its documentary, “The Life She Deserves,” a departure from its usual white-paper approach. The half-hour film highlights Virginia teenager Jennifer Collins and her family’s fight to help overcome a lifelong struggle with an epilepsy disorder which saw her suffering from multiple seizures. The entire film can be viewed here.
The heart-wrenching tale follows Jennifer (pictured at far right), her mother Beth and father Pat, as they sought treatment for their daughter’s condition,...
- 4/19/2018
- by Roy Trakin
- Variety Film + TV
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