The Katering Show, Marc Furmie.s Airlock and nine-year-old Grace Mulgrew have won key prizes at the second annual Australian Online Video Awards.
Kate McCartney and Kate McLennan's The Katering Show, which parodies the obsession with food culture, was named best overall video and best performance at the OVAs staged in Melbourne on Wednesday night.
The duo, who are repped by Wme and are hoping to crack the Us market, win a trip to YouTube.s Creator Space in Los Angeles to learn from world leaders in online video production and marketing, supported by YouTube.
Funded by Screen Australia, the show follows McLennan as a horrendously smug foodie as she tries to teach McCartney, a food-intolerant anti-foodie, how to cook new dishes. The series has had nearly 5 million views, according to producer Tamasin Simpkin.
McCartney tells If, "When we started The Katering Show we hoped we would get 10,000 views.
Kate McCartney and Kate McLennan's The Katering Show, which parodies the obsession with food culture, was named best overall video and best performance at the OVAs staged in Melbourne on Wednesday night.
The duo, who are repped by Wme and are hoping to crack the Us market, win a trip to YouTube.s Creator Space in Los Angeles to learn from world leaders in online video production and marketing, supported by YouTube.
Funded by Screen Australia, the show follows McLennan as a horrendously smug foodie as she tries to teach McCartney, a food-intolerant anti-foodie, how to cook new dishes. The series has had nearly 5 million views, according to producer Tamasin Simpkin.
McCartney tells If, "When we started The Katering Show we hoped we would get 10,000 views.
- 10/21/2015
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
The Tunnel producer Enzo Tedeschi is launching a global online distribution platform for genre movies and series.
Monikered Deadhouse Films, the site will offer content to rent or download-to-own, starting with the 3-part sci-fi web series Airlock produced by Tedeschi.s Distracted Media.
The producer tells If he is in final negotiations to handle two third-party titles. He aims to tap into Distracted Media.s sizable database of genre fans built from The Tunnel and the web series Event Zero.
Funded by Screen Australia and. Distracted Media and directed by Marc Furmie, Airlock stars Dan Mor, Mark Coles Smith, Zoe Carides, Dwaine Stevenson, Brendan Clearkin, Dean Kyrwood and Branden Christine.
The plot follows a derelict space ship which docks with the remote Dakota space station. Lieutenant Jonah Ashbrook (Coles Smith) is charged with leading an investigation into the mysterious deaths of the crew. The discovery of a group of hidden...
Monikered Deadhouse Films, the site will offer content to rent or download-to-own, starting with the 3-part sci-fi web series Airlock produced by Tedeschi.s Distracted Media.
The producer tells If he is in final negotiations to handle two third-party titles. He aims to tap into Distracted Media.s sizable database of genre fans built from The Tunnel and the web series Event Zero.
Funded by Screen Australia and. Distracted Media and directed by Marc Furmie, Airlock stars Dan Mor, Mark Coles Smith, Zoe Carides, Dwaine Stevenson, Brendan Clearkin, Dean Kyrwood and Branden Christine.
The plot follows a derelict space ship which docks with the remote Dakota space station. Lieutenant Jonah Ashbrook (Coles Smith) is charged with leading an investigation into the mysterious deaths of the crew. The discovery of a group of hidden...
- 3/16/2015
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
The Tunnel producer Enzo Tedeschi is launching a global online distribution platform for genre movies and series.
Monikered Deadhouse Films, the site will offer content to rent or download-to-own, starting with the 3-part sci-fi web series Airlock produced by Tedeschi.s Distracted Media.
The producer tells If he is in final negotiations to handle two third-party titles. He aims to tap into Distracted Media.s sizable database of genre fans built from The Tunnel and the web series Event Zero.
Funded by Screen Australia and. Distracted Media and directed by Marc Furmie, Airlock stars Dan Mor, Mark Coles Smith, Zoe Carides, Dwaine Stevenson, Brendan Clearkin, Dean Kyrwood and Branden Christine.
The plot follows a derelict space ship which docks with the remote Dakota space station. Lieutenant Jonah Ashbrook (Mor) is charged with leading an investigation into the mysterious deaths of the crew. The discovery of a group of hidden refugees...
Monikered Deadhouse Films, the site will offer content to rent or download-to-own, starting with the 3-part sci-fi web series Airlock produced by Tedeschi.s Distracted Media.
The producer tells If he is in final negotiations to handle two third-party titles. He aims to tap into Distracted Media.s sizable database of genre fans built from The Tunnel and the web series Event Zero.
Funded by Screen Australia and. Distracted Media and directed by Marc Furmie, Airlock stars Dan Mor, Mark Coles Smith, Zoe Carides, Dwaine Stevenson, Brendan Clearkin, Dean Kyrwood and Branden Christine.
The plot follows a derelict space ship which docks with the remote Dakota space station. Lieutenant Jonah Ashbrook (Mor) is charged with leading an investigation into the mysterious deaths of the crew. The discovery of a group of hidden refugees...
- 3/16/2015
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Projects depicting a fight between Harry Potter and Luke Skywalker, a terrorism attack in Sydney and encounters between renowned Australians and international figures were among the winners of the inaugural Online Video Awards (OVAs). Danny Philippou.s Harry Potter vs Star Wars, which cost just $200 and has been viewed more than 11 million times, took out the top prize at the awards presented during the Open Channel.s Generation Next conference at Docklands on Tuesday night. Philippou wins a trip to YouTube.s Creator Space in Los Angeles to learn from world leaders in online video production and marketing, supported by YouTube. Event Zero, seven interconnected stories about people caught up in a terrorism event at Circular Quay, from Enzo Tedeschi and Julian Harvey, creators of The Tunnel, was named best drama series. Alex Light.s Knapsack Bartender, a three-part documentary series that explores weird and wonderful drinking cultures across the world,...
- 10/14/2014
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Australian cinemagoers preferred watching a chick flick about vengeful females to the latest adventures of Spider-Man in a surprising result last weekend.
Less surprising was the mediocre opening of Johnny Depp.s sci-fi thriller Transcendence, which was only marginally better than its dud debut in the Us the previous weekend.
Box-office takings stayed strong with a haul of $18.6 million, off just 10% on the Easter weekend, according to Rentrak.s estimates.
The curiosity of the frame was 3D Naked Ambition, a raunchy Hong Kong comedy about a frustrated sex writer whose popularity is waning in the era of free internet porn, which scored a lusty $121,000 on 15 screens.
The top title was The Other Woman, the only wide release targeted at females. The Nick Cassavetes-directed comedy which follows three women (Cameron Diaz, Leslie Mann and Kate Upton) as they plot revenge against a philandering husband/lover (Nikolai Coster-Waldau), grabbed $4.3 million in its second weekend,...
Less surprising was the mediocre opening of Johnny Depp.s sci-fi thriller Transcendence, which was only marginally better than its dud debut in the Us the previous weekend.
Box-office takings stayed strong with a haul of $18.6 million, off just 10% on the Easter weekend, according to Rentrak.s estimates.
The curiosity of the frame was 3D Naked Ambition, a raunchy Hong Kong comedy about a frustrated sex writer whose popularity is waning in the era of free internet porn, which scored a lusty $121,000 on 15 screens.
The top title was The Other Woman, the only wide release targeted at females. The Nick Cassavetes-directed comedy which follows three women (Cameron Diaz, Leslie Mann and Kate Upton) as they plot revenge against a philandering husband/lover (Nikolai Coster-Waldau), grabbed $4.3 million in its second weekend,...
- 4/28/2014
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Feature Ryan Lambie 22 Nov 2013 - 06:39
This week's crowdfunding selection includes a miniature sculpting tutorial, a sci-fi web series and a horror videogame documentary...
The sheer number of projects that appear on crowdfunding websites each week means that, inevitably, some great ones slip through the net on occasion. One recent example is The Squidder, artist Ben Templesmith's graphic novel project about an ancient war among tentacled creatures.
Described as Mad Max meets Cthulhu, it's full of Templesmith's typically detailed artwork, and it's been met with a hugely positive response. So positive, in fact, that it's already made more than four times its $18,000 minimum funding goal with 15 days left to run. Nevertheless, we thought we'd mention it here, since it's well worth a look if you enjoyed Templesmith's other work, such as the excellent 30 Days Of Night.
Now, here's this week's selection of other projects, starting with a documentary dedicated...
This week's crowdfunding selection includes a miniature sculpting tutorial, a sci-fi web series and a horror videogame documentary...
The sheer number of projects that appear on crowdfunding websites each week means that, inevitably, some great ones slip through the net on occasion. One recent example is The Squidder, artist Ben Templesmith's graphic novel project about an ancient war among tentacled creatures.
Described as Mad Max meets Cthulhu, it's full of Templesmith's typically detailed artwork, and it's been met with a hugely positive response. So positive, in fact, that it's already made more than four times its $18,000 minimum funding goal with 15 days left to run. Nevertheless, we thought we'd mention it here, since it's well worth a look if you enjoyed Templesmith's other work, such as the excellent 30 Days Of Night.
Now, here's this week's selection of other projects, starting with a documentary dedicated...
- 11/21/2013
- by ryanlambie
- Den of Geek
It was all the way back in June of 2010 that we first came across producers Enzo Tedeschi and Julian Harvey and their Distracted Media. the young Australian duo were determined to mess with established means of distribution with their feature film The Tunnel, a horror film which they funded by selling individual frames to backers in advance with the stated goal of releasing the completed film for free on BitTorrent when complete. And not only did they do it, but the film was quite good.The Tunnel was followed up by award winning web series Event Zero and they're moving along again now with upcoming scifi series Airlock. When a derelict ship docks with an isolated space station, Security Officer Jonah Wright is tasked with...
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- 11/18/2013
- Screen Anarchy
Crowdfunding platform Kickstarter launched in Australia today and one of the first local projects is Airlock, an online science-fiction/thriller series.
The writers/producers, Distracted Media.s Enzo Tedeschi and Julian Harvey, aim to raise $100,000 via Kickstarter to supplement Screen Australia.s $350,000 investment.
The 3 x 30 minute series is set in deep space where a derelict ship docks with an isolated space station. The ship isn.t answering radio calls and the scanners show no life forms. Security officer Jonah is sent to investigate and finds the crew murdered and a destitute group of stow-away asylum seekers who have a secret that may threaten humanity. Jonah battles intergalactic racism and prejudices to try to save those he can and warn humanity of the impending alien threat.
Kickstarter.s arrival is not perceived as a threat to Pozible, the Australian crowdfunding platform that launched in 2010. .Pozible was one of the first platforms...
The writers/producers, Distracted Media.s Enzo Tedeschi and Julian Harvey, aim to raise $100,000 via Kickstarter to supplement Screen Australia.s $350,000 investment.
The 3 x 30 minute series is set in deep space where a derelict ship docks with an isolated space station. The ship isn.t answering radio calls and the scanners show no life forms. Security officer Jonah is sent to investigate and finds the crew murdered and a destitute group of stow-away asylum seekers who have a secret that may threaten humanity. Jonah battles intergalactic racism and prejudices to try to save those he can and warn humanity of the impending alien threat.
Kickstarter.s arrival is not perceived as a threat to Pozible, the Australian crowdfunding platform that launched in 2010. .Pozible was one of the first platforms...
- 11/12/2013
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Writer-director Kim Mordaunt.s debut film The Rocket was voted best narrative feature at the Sydney Film Festival in the Foxtel Movie Channels Audience Awards.
The award is a propitious sign in the lead-up to the Lao-set film.s premiere on August 29. Sitthiphon Disamoe stars as Ahlo, a boy who enters a rocket festival competition to help save his poverty-stricken family after they are uprooted by the construction of a hydro-electric dam.
The gong for most popular documentary went to The Crossing, director Julian Harvey.s account of two young Aussies, Clark Carter and Chris Bray, who decide to cross a remote island in the Arctic for the hell of it.
The Rocket beat Saudi Arabian director Haifaa Al Mansour.s Wadjda, Iranian director Asghar Farhadi.s The Past, Belgian director Felix van Groeningen.s The Broken Circle Breakdown and Spanish director Pablo Berger.s Blancanieves.
In the docs category...
The award is a propitious sign in the lead-up to the Lao-set film.s premiere on August 29. Sitthiphon Disamoe stars as Ahlo, a boy who enters a rocket festival competition to help save his poverty-stricken family after they are uprooted by the construction of a hydro-electric dam.
The gong for most popular documentary went to The Crossing, director Julian Harvey.s account of two young Aussies, Clark Carter and Chris Bray, who decide to cross a remote island in the Arctic for the hell of it.
The Rocket beat Saudi Arabian director Haifaa Al Mansour.s Wadjda, Iranian director Asghar Farhadi.s The Past, Belgian director Felix van Groeningen.s The Broken Circle Breakdown and Spanish director Pablo Berger.s Blancanieves.
In the docs category...
- 6/19/2013
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Earlier this week we heard the Jury picks for the 60th Sydney Film Festival; Refn and Gosling's Only God Forgives won the Official Competition prize and Buckskin won the Foxtel Documentary Prize. Now comes the Audience Awards.Two Australian films won both prizes. The Rocket, directed by Australian director Kim Mordaunt (Bomb Harvest), won the Audience Award for Best Narrative Feature. This coming-of-age tale set entirely in Laos screened at the Tribeca Film Festival, where it won the Best Narrative Feature and Best Actor prizes; and was earlier awarded three prizes at the Berlinale, including the Crystal Bear.Meanwhile, The Crossing, directed by Julian Harvey, won the Audience Award for Best Documentary. The Crossing screened in the Foxtel Australian Documentary competition and follows two young Australians, Clark Carter and...
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- 6/19/2013
- Screen Anarchy
Martin Connor has won best editing in a feature film award at the Australian Screen Editors Awards held over the weekend.
Connor won for his work on Burning Man, directed by Jonathan Teplitzky. The film is constructed with a non-linear storyline.
Connor and Burning Man beat Jill Bilcock for Mental, Dany Cooper for The Sapphires and Jason Ballantine for Wish You Were Here. Read the full list of nominees.
Roberta Horslie was honoured with a lifetime membership, while Sally Fryer and Lawrence Silvstrin were both accredited with Ase titles.
In the advertising category, Drew Thompson won for his edit of the Volkswagen Tiguan’s commercial, Cross Country.
Full list of winners:
Best Editing, Open Content
Event Zero – Episode 4, Julian Harvey
Best Editing in a Short Film
The Wilding, Anthony Cox
Best Editing in a Music Video
‘Bird on the Buffalo’ – Angus Stone, Peter Barton
Best Editing in a Commercial
Volkswagen...
Connor won for his work on Burning Man, directed by Jonathan Teplitzky. The film is constructed with a non-linear storyline.
Connor and Burning Man beat Jill Bilcock for Mental, Dany Cooper for The Sapphires and Jason Ballantine for Wish You Were Here. Read the full list of nominees.
Roberta Horslie was honoured with a lifetime membership, while Sally Fryer and Lawrence Silvstrin were both accredited with Ase titles.
In the advertising category, Drew Thompson won for his edit of the Volkswagen Tiguan’s commercial, Cross Country.
Full list of winners:
Best Editing, Open Content
Event Zero – Episode 4, Julian Harvey
Best Editing in a Short Film
The Wilding, Anthony Cox
Best Editing in a Music Video
‘Bird on the Buffalo’ – Angus Stone, Peter Barton
Best Editing in a Commercial
Volkswagen...
- 12/10/2012
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
The Australian Screen Editors Guild announced their 2012 award winners at the seventh annual Ase awards held over the weekend.
Affectionately dubbed .The Ellies,. because of the bronze elephant statues awarded to winners, the ceremony aims to honour achievements in editing across all visual mediums.
Held at Notes in Newtown in Sydney on Saturday December 8, the Ellies drew a strong crowd, capping off what Guild President Jason Ballentine described as being a successful year.
.This has been a brilliant year. I think we can all be proud of our association,. he said.
.The Ase further expanded its national presence and is now active in five States. We continued to increase membership numbers, staged outstanding events and forums, offered free training to Members, broadened The Ellies. Award categories and strengthened our partnerships with other Guilds. It's an incredible achievement given everyone on the Executive and State committees volunteers their time around their 'day jobs',...
Affectionately dubbed .The Ellies,. because of the bronze elephant statues awarded to winners, the ceremony aims to honour achievements in editing across all visual mediums.
Held at Notes in Newtown in Sydney on Saturday December 8, the Ellies drew a strong crowd, capping off what Guild President Jason Ballentine described as being a successful year.
.This has been a brilliant year. I think we can all be proud of our association,. he said.
.The Ase further expanded its national presence and is now active in five States. We continued to increase membership numbers, staged outstanding events and forums, offered free training to Members, broadened The Ellies. Award categories and strengthened our partnerships with other Guilds. It's an incredible achievement given everyone on the Executive and State committees volunteers their time around their 'day jobs',...
- 12/10/2012
- by Emily Blatchford
- IF.com.au
The Australian Screen Editors’ Guild has added a new category to include online and new content streams to its awards night and announced the nominees for the 2012 Ase Awards.
The announcement:
The Australian Screen Editors’ (Ase) Guild is dedicated to the pursuit and recognition of excellence in screen editing across all its forms. It aims to highlight the often invisible art of editing to the public while supporting the people who construct our screen narratives frame by frame.
In 2012 the Ase expanded its activities by opening a new Committee in Brisbane, growing the membership base already established in Sydney, Melbourne, Perth and Adelaide, and expanding its year-round program of seminars, screenings, masterclasses, training days and mentorships. This year the Ase also celebrated its 10th anniversary of Accreditation, the highest honour the Guild can bestow on an editor.
The culmination of the Guild’s year happens at the annual Ase Awards,...
The announcement:
The Australian Screen Editors’ (Ase) Guild is dedicated to the pursuit and recognition of excellence in screen editing across all its forms. It aims to highlight the often invisible art of editing to the public while supporting the people who construct our screen narratives frame by frame.
In 2012 the Ase expanded its activities by opening a new Committee in Brisbane, growing the membership base already established in Sydney, Melbourne, Perth and Adelaide, and expanding its year-round program of seminars, screenings, masterclasses, training days and mentorships. This year the Ase also celebrated its 10th anniversary of Accreditation, the highest honour the Guild can bestow on an editor.
The culmination of the Guild’s year happens at the annual Ase Awards,...
- 11/14/2012
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
Whether you immediately discard the notion of a documentary-style horror film as a bandwagon leaper you can’t deny that, in the right hands, the recently-revived genre is capabale of worrying the trousers of many of us.
The key point here, among the Paranormal Activities, the Grave Encounters and the [Rec]s of recent years, is to be true to the story you’re telling and not to dash mindlessly through a scary location waving your camera around like a butterlfy net and screaming Wtf and Omg and Btaboag* in the darkness.
This preamble is not to denigrate the work done by Aussie director Carlo Ledesma and his writer/producers Julian Harvey and Enzo Tedeschi as I’ve yet to see their film, The Tunnel, instead I wanted to intorduce this exclusive clip with a modicum of restraint on finding out the method of filmmaking.
The DVD is out on the...
The key point here, among the Paranormal Activities, the Grave Encounters and the [Rec]s of recent years, is to be true to the story you’re telling and not to dash mindlessly through a scary location waving your camera around like a butterlfy net and screaming Wtf and Omg and Btaboag* in the darkness.
This preamble is not to denigrate the work done by Aussie director Carlo Ledesma and his writer/producers Julian Harvey and Enzo Tedeschi as I’ve yet to see their film, The Tunnel, instead I wanted to intorduce this exclusive clip with a modicum of restraint on finding out the method of filmmaking.
The DVD is out on the...
- 8/2/2012
- by Jon Lyus
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
If the recent glut of low quality found footage flicks has been leaving a rather sour taste in your mouth, then get ready for a bit of refreshment as director Carlo Ledesma’s Australian faux-documentary The Tunnel will be putting the frighteners on DVD and Blu-ray in the UK on August 6th, courtesy of Arrow Films.
Delve in here for the dark details...
Directed by Carlo Ledesma (The Last One, Food Matters, Locked, The Haircut), and produced by Enzo Tedeschi and Julian Harvey, The Tunnel is part of the 135k Project, a crowd-funding initiative that invites film fans to buy individual digital frames from films in pre-production to fund the costs of production. The aim of 135k Films is to make movies unencumbered by box office constraints.
No info as of yet regarding special features, but trust us -- this one’s creepy enough to warrant a look regardless!
Check...
Delve in here for the dark details...
Directed by Carlo Ledesma (The Last One, Food Matters, Locked, The Haircut), and produced by Enzo Tedeschi and Julian Harvey, The Tunnel is part of the 135k Project, a crowd-funding initiative that invites film fans to buy individual digital frames from films in pre-production to fund the costs of production. The aim of 135k Films is to make movies unencumbered by box office constraints.
No info as of yet regarding special features, but trust us -- this one’s creepy enough to warrant a look regardless!
Check...
- 7/18/2012
- by Pestilence
- DreadCentral.com
The winning webseries in the 2011 Movie Extra Webfest 2.0 competition, Event Zero, has now been released in its entirety.The first episode launched on May 22 as a teaser to the rest of the series, and has received over 9000 views, many of which were from you, our readers! So if you enjoyed Episode 1, check out the rest of the webseries below. About Event Zero: Created by Enzo Tedeschi and Julian Harvey (producers of The Tunnel), Event Zero stars a host of Australian actors including Zoe Carides (Crownies, Out of the Blue), Valentino Del Toro (Gabriel, Underbelly: Infiltration), Harry Pavlidis (Gabriel, East West 101, All Saints) and Steve Davis (The Tunnel). As well as collaborations with several directors including Carlo Ledesma (The Tunnel), Andrew Traucki...
- 6/11/2012
- Screen Anarchy
Coming off the success of The Tunnel, production partners Enzo Tedeschi and Julian Harvey have released the first episode of their seven part web series, Event Zero.
.We wanted The Tunnel to appear real in every way., says Harvey, producer and co-creator of the hit Australian horror film, .but for Event Zero, we.re going for a hugely cinematic feel. Hopefully people will be caught off guard by what we accomplished with the money we had. We wanted to show people that we could tackle the big scenes..
Event Zero is a collection of seven stories all centered on a train derailment near Circular Quay. When the emergency services arrive at the scene, seemingly unaffected people begin to die. The story is loosely based on the 1995 Sarin gas attacks in Tokyo.
Tedeschi and Harvey received funding for Event Zero through Screen Australia and Movie Extra after their concept won the 2012 Movie Extra Webfest 2.0 competition.
.We wanted The Tunnel to appear real in every way., says Harvey, producer and co-creator of the hit Australian horror film, .but for Event Zero, we.re going for a hugely cinematic feel. Hopefully people will be caught off guard by what we accomplished with the money we had. We wanted to show people that we could tackle the big scenes..
Event Zero is a collection of seven stories all centered on a train derailment near Circular Quay. When the emergency services arrive at the scene, seemingly unaffected people begin to die. The story is loosely based on the 1995 Sarin gas attacks in Tokyo.
Tedeschi and Harvey received funding for Event Zero through Screen Australia and Movie Extra after their concept won the 2012 Movie Extra Webfest 2.0 competition.
- 5/24/2012
- by Matthew Worboys
- IF.com.au
The first episode of a new web series funded by an Australian TV network and the national screen agency premiered on YouTube yesterday.
Originating from the film trailer competition Movie Extra Webfest, Event Zero is produced by the creative team behind 2011 horror film The Tunnel.
Movie Extra Webfest, an initiative of Movie Network Channels, now in its second year, has also seen Screen Australia put $50,000 behind the project, doubling the production budget to $100,000.
Producer Enzo Tedeschi said: “For an Australian web-series, the $100,000 was a fair whack of cash.”
Despite the investment Tedeschi said that web-series as a platform isn’t far off from being recognised as a competitive screen platform to film and TV: “I don’t know if web-series are being treated seriously just yet but there is something happening around the industry with well-timed, well-placed series, like the Bondi Hipsters, which actually they already proved with Beached Az.
Originating from the film trailer competition Movie Extra Webfest, Event Zero is produced by the creative team behind 2011 horror film The Tunnel.
Movie Extra Webfest, an initiative of Movie Network Channels, now in its second year, has also seen Screen Australia put $50,000 behind the project, doubling the production budget to $100,000.
Producer Enzo Tedeschi said: “For an Australian web-series, the $100,000 was a fair whack of cash.”
Despite the investment Tedeschi said that web-series as a platform isn’t far off from being recognised as a competitive screen platform to film and TV: “I don’t know if web-series are being treated seriously just yet but there is something happening around the industry with well-timed, well-placed series, like the Bondi Hipsters, which actually they already proved with Beached Az.
- 5/22/2012
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
Movie Extra Webfest 2.0 winning web-series, Event Zero, has just premiered on Movie Extra's YouTube Channel. The first episode of the seven-part series has been embedded below for your viewing pleasure. It looks fantastic. About Event Zero: Created by Enzo Tedeschi and Julian Harvey (producers of The Tunnel), Event Zero stars a host of Australian actors including Zoe Carides (Crownies, Out of the Blue), Valentino Del Toro (Gabriel, Underbelly: Infiltration), Harry Pavlidis (Gabriel, East West 101, All Saints) and Steve Davis (The Tunnel). As well as collaborations with several directors including Carlo Ledesma (The Tunnel), Andrew Traucki (The Reef) and Shane Abbess (Gabriel).Event Zero tells seven interconnected stories of people caught up in an event much bigger than they are. A report comes in of a...
- 5/22/2012
- Screen Anarchy
The production company behind horror film The Tunnel, Distracted Media, is to bring the story of Australian explorers Clark Carter and Chris Bray to cinemas.
The Crossing follows Carter and Bray as they attempt to cross the Canadian Arctic’s Victoria Island.
Shot by the explorers, Distracted’s Julian Harvey has directed and produced a feature film out of more than 100 hours of footage.
Harvey said: “As someone who has done a fair bit of mountaineering, I’ve come across quite a lot of adventure stories, but this one stood out straight away. Not only because of the quality of the footage they captured but the incredible determination Clark and Chris showed to reach their goal. It is a truly inspiring story.”
Of the adventure, Carter said: “Nothing comes easy with Victoria Island so to finally finish the expedition after four years of blood, sweat and tears was really an amazing feeling.
The Crossing follows Carter and Bray as they attempt to cross the Canadian Arctic’s Victoria Island.
Shot by the explorers, Distracted’s Julian Harvey has directed and produced a feature film out of more than 100 hours of footage.
Harvey said: “As someone who has done a fair bit of mountaineering, I’ve come across quite a lot of adventure stories, but this one stood out straight away. Not only because of the quality of the footage they captured but the incredible determination Clark and Chris showed to reach their goal. It is a truly inspiring story.”
Of the adventure, Carter said: “Nothing comes easy with Victoria Island so to finally finish the expedition after four years of blood, sweat and tears was really an amazing feeling.
- 3/12/2012
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
The highly anticipated web-series Event Zero, by Enzo Tedeschi and Julian Harvey (The Tunnel producers and winners of the 2011 Movie Extra Webfest 2.0 competition), will be commencing production on March 19. The suspenseful new web-series will see Tedeschi and Harvey collaborate once again with The Tunnel director, Carlo Ledesma. Set and filmed in Sydney, the seven part web-series carries an Australian $100,000 production budget. A report comes in of a train derailment near Circular Quay. Smoke billows from the wreckage and victims pour onto the streets. As the emergency workers arrive at the chaotic scene, they realise the biggest threat is only just emerging. People without a scratch are collapsing on the ground and dying - and it is spreading. Unless someone can work out...
- 3/10/2012
- Screen Anarchy
Written and produced by Julian Harvey and Enzo Tedeschi and directed by Carlo Ledesma, Australian horror The Tunnel was a grand experiment in alternative distribution. Funded largely by 'selling' individual frames in the film for a dollar to a rabid fan base and then distributed for free online via BitTorrent, The Tunnel has proven to be successful enough that Harvey and Tedeschi are gearing up to do it all again. Twice. In slightly different ways.First, there is the upcoming sequel The Tunnel: Dead End. Following a more traditional funding model - i.e. it is backed by Screen Australia rather than crowd funded and, thus, not bloody likely to be given away free - the story will pick up after the first, following the sister...
- 3/6/2012
- Screen Anarchy
The nifty little flick The Tunnel is getting itself a sequel, and we have the very first details of what's coming for you this time should you venture out into the dark.
According to Screen Daily the team behind the Australian horror film is now in development on the sequel The Tunnel: Dead-End. The project has just received funding from Screen Australia.
"The story will pick up years later as Tangles' sister tries to find out what happened to her brother in the tunnels."
From there Distracted Media’s Enzo Tedeschi and Julian Harvey are also going to use The Tunnel’s crowdfunding model (a 135k Project) to help finance sci-fi thriller Airlock, which it says is in the vein of Alien.
Look for more on both of these soon.
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According to Screen Daily the team behind the Australian horror film is now in development on the sequel The Tunnel: Dead-End. The project has just received funding from Screen Australia.
"The story will pick up years later as Tangles' sister tries to find out what happened to her brother in the tunnels."
From there Distracted Media’s Enzo Tedeschi and Julian Harvey are also going to use The Tunnel’s crowdfunding model (a 135k Project) to help finance sci-fi thriller Airlock, which it says is in the vein of Alien.
Look for more on both of these soon.
Visit The Evilshop @ Amazon!
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- 3/2/2012
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
The team behind the super bland Australian horror film The Tunnel is now in development on sequel The Tunnel: Dead-End. The project has just received funding from Screen Australia. "The story will pick up the story years later as Tangles' sister tries to find out what happened to her brother in the tunnels." Too bad the viewers of the first film don't even know as everything happens offscreen. I can only hope they truly delve into what actually happened down in those tunnels. Distracted Medias Enzo Tedeschi and Julian Harvey are also going to use The Tunnels crowdfunding model (a 135k Project) to help finance sci-fi thriller Airlock, which it says is the vein of Alien. Hopefully this time they'll give investors more than a ridiculous DVD...
- 3/2/2012
- bloody-disgusting.com
Wolf Creek director Greg McLean has received development support from Screen Australia for a new film set in Vietnam.
McLean’s project Black Echoes is among 13 projects to have been selected in the latest round of funding from the national screen agency.
Set in in the Vietnamese countryside, the film is about a group of tourists who go on an adventure into Viet Cong tunnels more claustrophic and scary than the famous Cu Chi tunnels.
Other projects to receive funding include The Outrageous Barry Rush, directed by Red Dog’s Kriv Stenders, written by Andy Cox and produced by Alan Harris, The Dressmaker by written and directed by Jocelyn Moorhouse and produced by Sue Maslin and the sequel to last year’s online hit, The Tunnel, called The Tunnel: Dead End by Enzo Tedeschi and Julian Harvey.
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McLean’s project Black Echoes is among 13 projects to have been selected in the latest round of funding from the national screen agency.
Set in in the Vietnamese countryside, the film is about a group of tourists who go on an adventure into Viet Cong tunnels more claustrophic and scary than the famous Cu Chi tunnels.
Other projects to receive funding include The Outrageous Barry Rush, directed by Red Dog’s Kriv Stenders, written by Andy Cox and produced by Alan Harris, The Dressmaker by written and directed by Jocelyn Moorhouse and produced by Sue Maslin and the sequel to last year’s online hit, The Tunnel, called The Tunnel: Dead End by Enzo Tedeschi and Julian Harvey.
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- 3/2/2012
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
The creative team behind last year’s Australian horror film The Tunnel has announced it’s working on a new project with a similar funding model.
The Tunnel was created with the 135K Project, which tried to raise $135,000 by selling frames to the movie at a dollar a frame.
Based on the success of the scheme, the team, Distracted Media will produce a new film. Airlock is a claustrophobic science fiction film in the vein of Alien.
The team have also received funding from Screen Australia to produce a sequel to The Tunnel, called The Tunnel: Dead End.
Filmmakers Enzo Tedeschi and Julian Harvey said: “The Tunnel: Dead End is a great opportunity to take Distracted Media into a different playing field but as producers we still very much believe in the basic principles of the 135k Project. Having a more mainstream film in The Tunnel: Dead End...
The Tunnel was created with the 135K Project, which tried to raise $135,000 by selling frames to the movie at a dollar a frame.
Based on the success of the scheme, the team, Distracted Media will produce a new film. Airlock is a claustrophobic science fiction film in the vein of Alien.
The team have also received funding from Screen Australia to produce a sequel to The Tunnel, called The Tunnel: Dead End.
Filmmakers Enzo Tedeschi and Julian Harvey said: “The Tunnel: Dead End is a great opportunity to take Distracted Media into a different playing field but as producers we still very much believe in the basic principles of the 135k Project. Having a more mainstream film in The Tunnel: Dead End...
- 3/1/2012
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
A sequel to last year.s successful low-budget horror film The Tunnel is currently in the works.
The sequel . titled The Tunnel: Dead End . received development funding from Screen Australia earlier this month and will pick up the story years down the track. No shoot date has been set for the horror flick.
It.s a sequel creators Enzo Tedeschi and Julian Harvey weren.t planning on. .Initially, we weren.t anticipating doing another Tunnel film but the overwhelmingly positive reaction to the original . as well as our fans clamouring for another on an almost daily basis . made us go back and give it a second thought,. Tedeschi and Harvey, of Distracted Media, said in a joint statement.
.We weren't going to go ahead unless we could find a story we were 100 per cent behind, which we now have, and are thrilled to have the support of Screen Australia.
The sequel . titled The Tunnel: Dead End . received development funding from Screen Australia earlier this month and will pick up the story years down the track. No shoot date has been set for the horror flick.
It.s a sequel creators Enzo Tedeschi and Julian Harvey weren.t planning on. .Initially, we weren.t anticipating doing another Tunnel film but the overwhelmingly positive reaction to the original . as well as our fans clamouring for another on an almost daily basis . made us go back and give it a second thought,. Tedeschi and Harvey, of Distracted Media, said in a joint statement.
.We weren't going to go ahead unless we could find a story we were 100 per cent behind, which we now have, and are thrilled to have the support of Screen Australia.
- 2/29/2012
- by Sam Dallas
- IF.com.au
A sequel to last year.s successful low-budget horror film The Tunnel is currently in the works. The sequel . titled The Tunnel: Dead End . received development funding from Screen Australia earlier this month and will pick up the story years down the track. No shoot date has been set for the horror flick. It.s a sequel creators Enzo Tedeschi and Julian Harvey weren.t planning on. .Initially, we weren.t anticipating doing another Tunnel film but the overwhelmingly positive reaction to the original . as well as our fans clamouring for another on an almost daily basis . made us go back and give it a second thought,. Tedeschi and Harvey, of Distracted Media, said in a joint statement. .We weren't going to go ahead...
- 2/29/2012
- by Sam Dallas
- IF.com.au
Helen Bowden and Helen Panckhurst, photo: Cynthia Sciberras
Matchbox Pictures has been named Independent Producer of the Year at the 2011 Spaa Independent Producers Awards.
The production company is behind adult drama series The Slap, children’s show My Place and the upcoming crime series The Straits. Matchbox Pictures was formed by executives Helen Bowden and Helen Panckhurst, and producers Penny Chapman, Tony Ayres and Michael McMahon.
Winners were announced across a number of categories at the awards night on Monday night as part of the Spaa Conference.
See-Saw Films won best feature film for The Kings Speech. The production company run by Emile Sherman and Iain Canning also produced Oranges and Sunshine.
Breakthrough award went to the producers of The Tunnel, Julian Harvey and Enzo Tedeschi with their innovative business model to maximise viewership through an agreement with BitTorrent.
Essential Media and Entertainment won best television drama for their series Rake starring Richard Roxburgh.
Matchbox Pictures has been named Independent Producer of the Year at the 2011 Spaa Independent Producers Awards.
The production company is behind adult drama series The Slap, children’s show My Place and the upcoming crime series The Straits. Matchbox Pictures was formed by executives Helen Bowden and Helen Panckhurst, and producers Penny Chapman, Tony Ayres and Michael McMahon.
Winners were announced across a number of categories at the awards night on Monday night as part of the Spaa Conference.
See-Saw Films won best feature film for The Kings Speech. The production company run by Emile Sherman and Iain Canning also produced Oranges and Sunshine.
Breakthrough award went to the producers of The Tunnel, Julian Harvey and Enzo Tedeschi with their innovative business model to maximise viewership through an agreement with BitTorrent.
Essential Media and Entertainment won best television drama for their series Rake starring Richard Roxburgh.
- 11/15/2011
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
With the 11th annual Screamfest La Film Festival having commenced this past Friday, October 14th (it runs through the 22nd), at Manns Chinese 6 in Hollywood, California, we hit the carpet Saturday night, October 15th, to bring you some additional eye candy and to catch the anticipated Short Film Program #1 and the premiere screenings of the features Crawl, The Tunnel, and Rosewood Lane. Read on!
Those in attendance for the packed day and walking the black carpet included Rosewood Lane director Victor Salva as well as that flick’s cast members Ray Wise, Lin Shaye, Sonny Marinelli, Tom Tarantini and Lesley-Ann Down (look for our review soon). Joining them were Crawl writer/director Paul China and his producing partner and brother, Benjamin China, along with The Tunnel director Paul Ledesma, writers Enzo Tedeschi and Julian Harvey, and star Bel Delia.
In the short films arena, An Evening with My Comatose Mother...
Those in attendance for the packed day and walking the black carpet included Rosewood Lane director Victor Salva as well as that flick’s cast members Ray Wise, Lin Shaye, Sonny Marinelli, Tom Tarantini and Lesley-Ann Down (look for our review soon). Joining them were Crawl writer/director Paul China and his producing partner and brother, Benjamin China, along with The Tunnel director Paul Ledesma, writers Enzo Tedeschi and Julian Harvey, and star Bel Delia.
In the short films arena, An Evening with My Comatose Mother...
- 10/18/2011
- by SeanD.
- DreadCentral.com
With the 11th annual Screamfest La Film Festival having kicked off October 14th (it runs through the 22nd at Manns Chinese 6 in Hollywood, CA at Hollywood and Highland), Dread Central hit the carpet that night to bring you some eye candy and to catch a screening of director Kim J-hoon’s Korean monster flick Sector 7 in 3D.
Check out our overflowing gallery below, and then get your tickets to the venerated event by clicking here.
Those walking the black carpet and in attendance for the packed opening included (take a breath) the following: Gravedancers director Mike Mendez, Abominable director Ryan Schifrin, actresses Chelsea Rendon and Jessica Cameron, Paranormal Activity director Oren Peli, Madison County director Eric England and actors Ace Marrero and Matt Mercer, The Tunnel director Carlo Ledesma with producers Enzo Tedeschi and Julian Harvey and actors Steve Davis and Bel Delia, actor-producer Tom Malloy (The Alphabet Killer), filmmaker...
Check out our overflowing gallery below, and then get your tickets to the venerated event by clicking here.
Those walking the black carpet and in attendance for the packed opening included (take a breath) the following: Gravedancers director Mike Mendez, Abominable director Ryan Schifrin, actresses Chelsea Rendon and Jessica Cameron, Paranormal Activity director Oren Peli, Madison County director Eric England and actors Ace Marrero and Matt Mercer, The Tunnel director Carlo Ledesma with producers Enzo Tedeschi and Julian Harvey and actors Steve Davis and Bel Delia, actor-producer Tom Malloy (The Alphabet Killer), filmmaker...
- 10/16/2011
- by SeanD.
- DreadCentral.com
Australian self-financed horror The Tunnel will have its Us premiere screening at Los Angeles’ Screamfest on Saturday October 15 at legendary Mann’s Chinese Theater in Hollywood.
A Q&A with director Carlo Ledesma and Co-producers/writers Enzo Tedeschi and Julian Harvey will follow the screening. The venue, situated next to the Hollywood Walk of Fame is home to some of the world’s biggest film premieres and has also previously hosted the Oscars ceremony.
The team has also confirmed a Us DVD release through Blackrock Films on December 27, 2011.
“It is an exciting time for The Tunnel as we break into the Us market. We expect a great reaction to our little Aussie movie at Screamfest and are thrilled American horror fans will have the opportunity to own our film when it comes out on DVD in December” said Tedeschi.
The film had its world premiere at Popcorn Taxi in May with a Q&A,...
A Q&A with director Carlo Ledesma and Co-producers/writers Enzo Tedeschi and Julian Harvey will follow the screening. The venue, situated next to the Hollywood Walk of Fame is home to some of the world’s biggest film premieres and has also previously hosted the Oscars ceremony.
The team has also confirmed a Us DVD release through Blackrock Films on December 27, 2011.
“It is an exciting time for The Tunnel as we break into the Us market. We expect a great reaction to our little Aussie movie at Screamfest and are thrilled American horror fans will have the opportunity to own our film when it comes out on DVD in December” said Tedeschi.
The film had its world premiere at Popcorn Taxi in May with a Q&A,...
- 10/10/2011
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
About three weeks ago, I wrote an article announcing Shadowlocked's involvement in this year's Telluride Horror Show and my role as 'Master Host'. Some of you have been wondering what films will be on tap for those in attendance, and lemme tell ya, there are some real doozies. Whether their horror tastes lie with the moody and atmospheric or with over the top fountains of gore, fright fans will find that the Horror Show has something for everyone this year.
Back by popular demand is the extremely popular horror/comedy Tucker & Dale vs. Evil, one of last year's Horror Show crown jewels returning for a repeat performance. Also on tap is The Tunnel, an Australian horror in the 'found footage' genre. Director Carlo Ledesma and producers Enzo Tedeschi and Julian Harvey will be in attendance. Making their United States debuts are shoot-o-rama The Scarlet Worm and tournament-style gorefest Monster Brawl.
Back by popular demand is the extremely popular horror/comedy Tucker & Dale vs. Evil, one of last year's Horror Show crown jewels returning for a repeat performance. Also on tap is The Tunnel, an Australian horror in the 'found footage' genre. Director Carlo Ledesma and producers Enzo Tedeschi and Julian Harvey will be in attendance. Making their United States debuts are shoot-o-rama The Scarlet Worm and tournament-style gorefest Monster Brawl.
- 10/2/2011
- Shadowlocked
Danish film expert Thomas Mai has joined forces with Sydney-based post-production house Spectrum Films to create Spectrum 2.0 specialising in digital production, finance and marketing initiatives.
Mai, an international film sales and marketing expert with 15 years sales experience, has worked with Lars Von Trier’s Zentropa and has sold hundreds of films globally but more recently has refined crowd funding models and online marketing consulting on two Australian productions, The Tunnel and Finnish/Germany/Australian co-production Iron Sky.
Spectrum’s Managing Director Josh Pomeranz said in a statement, “Our business has grown recently and this move to bring Thomas Mai to Australia is a perfect example of how we want to work with the industry to provide opportunities to work internationally and how we believe our business needs to develop.”
While Pomeranz will head the core business of Spectrum, Mai will manage Spectrum 2.0 with the first new initiative from Spectrum 2.0 will be Audience Republic,...
Mai, an international film sales and marketing expert with 15 years sales experience, has worked with Lars Von Trier’s Zentropa and has sold hundreds of films globally but more recently has refined crowd funding models and online marketing consulting on two Australian productions, The Tunnel and Finnish/Germany/Australian co-production Iron Sky.
Spectrum’s Managing Director Josh Pomeranz said in a statement, “Our business has grown recently and this move to bring Thomas Mai to Australia is a perfect example of how we want to work with the industry to provide opportunities to work internationally and how we believe our business needs to develop.”
While Pomeranz will head the core business of Spectrum, Mai will manage Spectrum 2.0 with the first new initiative from Spectrum 2.0 will be Audience Republic,...
- 9/1/2011
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
For the second consecutive year, Encore has chosen a select group of screen professionals who have achieved new heights in 2010/2011, whose decisions influence and shape Australia’s audiovisual industry, and whose work has stood out from the crowd. These are our Power 50.
1. Emile Sherman – Producer
Last February, Sherman became the first Australian producer to receive an Academy Award for Best Picture, alongside his See-Saw Films partner Iain Canning, and Bedlam Productions’ Gareth Unwin. It also won at the BAFTAs and the Producers Guild of America, in addition to the many other honours for its cast and crew.
While technically a UK production, the Australianness of the film is undeniable – and so is its success; with a modest U$15m budget, The King’s Speech has grossed more than $405m worldwide – one of the most successful independent films of all time. Read Emile Sherman interview
2. Baz Luhrmann – Director, writer, producer
There...
1. Emile Sherman – Producer
Last February, Sherman became the first Australian producer to receive an Academy Award for Best Picture, alongside his See-Saw Films partner Iain Canning, and Bedlam Productions’ Gareth Unwin. It also won at the BAFTAs and the Producers Guild of America, in addition to the many other honours for its cast and crew.
While technically a UK production, the Australianness of the film is undeniable – and so is its success; with a modest U$15m budget, The King’s Speech has grossed more than $405m worldwide – one of the most successful independent films of all time. Read Emile Sherman interview
2. Baz Luhrmann – Director, writer, producer
There...
- 6/9/2011
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
It's near-impossible to discuss The Tunnel without addressing the inherent gimmickry. It's a singularly unusual film, not just because of its content, but also because of the history behind its creation. Funded directly through fan contributions via what became known as The 135K Project ($135,00 being the estimated budget), The Tunnel was created through voluntary contributions. Then, to make things even more unusual, it was released entirely for free, via Bittorent. It's an impressive undertaking and an intriguing set of ideas, one that makes for worthwhile conversation before we even begin talking about the film itself. It's been garnering minor attention over the course of its development from several movie sites (we showed a couple of their trailers as well), and on May 19th, it was finally released. DVD copies are available for purchase, though viewers can still legally and freely obtain the film through torrent downloading.
All of that finally...
All of that finally...
- 6/2/2011
- by TK
Director: Carlos Ledesma.
Writers: Enzo Tedeschi and Julian Harvey.
The Tunnel is an independent Australian feature from The 135K Project production company and writers Enzo Tedeschi and Julian Harvey. This feature is unique, by allowing fans of filmmaking to purchase frames from the production, to partially fund this film. Now, horror fans can freely download The Tunnel through legal bittorrents. Released May 19th, The Tunnel is a claustrophobic look at a creature living hundreds of feet below Sydney. Here, several news reporters find an exclusive news story that is very hazardous to their health.
The film begins with Natasha (Bel Delia), Peter (Andy Rodoreda), Steve (Steve Davis) and Tangles (Luke Arnold) venturing deep below grounds, in search of a horrifying news story. Apparently, several homeless people have disappeared in several pre-World War II bomb shelters. Their disappearances and rumours of lumbering monsters are also holding up a water recycling program.
Writers: Enzo Tedeschi and Julian Harvey.
The Tunnel is an independent Australian feature from The 135K Project production company and writers Enzo Tedeschi and Julian Harvey. This feature is unique, by allowing fans of filmmaking to purchase frames from the production, to partially fund this film. Now, horror fans can freely download The Tunnel through legal bittorrents. Released May 19th, The Tunnel is a claustrophobic look at a creature living hundreds of feet below Sydney. Here, several news reporters find an exclusive news story that is very hazardous to their health.
The film begins with Natasha (Bel Delia), Peter (Andy Rodoreda), Steve (Steve Davis) and Tangles (Luke Arnold) venturing deep below grounds, in search of a horrifying news story. Apparently, several homeless people have disappeared in several pre-World War II bomb shelters. Their disappearances and rumours of lumbering monsters are also holding up a water recycling program.
- 5/24/2011
- by Remove28DaysLaterAnalysisThis@gmail.com (Michael Allen)
- 28 Days Later Analysis
The discussion at a recent screening of the new Australian horror film The Tunnel inevitably begins with its radical approach towards film funding and distribution. Everything was in train for a traditional pitch to investors, when writer-producers Enzo Tedeschi and Julian Harvey, "sat down and looked at the numbers" - and realised their first-time feature wasn't going to sell conventionally. At this point the duo, prompted by a sister's recent purchase of a Star Wars frame, had the "crazy" idea of pre-selling each one of their film's 135 thousand frames over the internet for a dollar a pop, thus gradually covering the film's modest 135K budget.
- 5/24/2011
- FilmInk.com.au
Today’s the day the world finds out if The Tunnel is a clever fundraising/distribution idea, or a clever fundraising/distribution idea with an accomplished film attached to it. Oscar winning producer, Ted Hope (21 Grams, Adventureland) thinks the latter.
The film, written and produced by Enzo Tedeschi and Julian Harvey and directed by Carlo Ledesma, had its world premiere at Popcorn Taxi last night, followed by Q&A with the afformentioned creators as well as executive producer Andrew Denton.
The world premiere was hotly followed by an airing on Showtime Premiere last night (10.30pm), while going live to download for free on BitTorrent. It is released today on DVD by Transmission Films (with short films as extras).
Ted Hope has got behind the film by inviting ScreenLaunch’s Ross Howden (The Tunnel Cannes film representative) to write a guest post on his blog on Indiewire, answering the question, ‘How...
The film, written and produced by Enzo Tedeschi and Julian Harvey and directed by Carlo Ledesma, had its world premiere at Popcorn Taxi last night, followed by Q&A with the afformentioned creators as well as executive producer Andrew Denton.
The world premiere was hotly followed by an airing on Showtime Premiere last night (10.30pm), while going live to download for free on BitTorrent. It is released today on DVD by Transmission Films (with short films as extras).
Ted Hope has got behind the film by inviting ScreenLaunch’s Ross Howden (The Tunnel Cannes film representative) to write a guest post on his blog on Indiewire, answering the question, ‘How...
- 5/19/2011
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
Release Date: May 19, 2011 on both BitTorrent and DVD.
Comparisons will no doubt be made as The Tunnel nears its international release. There is very little that is actually known about this film’s inspirational sources when considering everything the teaser trailer alludes to. Similarities to other films will no doubt exist, and in an exclusive interview to 28 Days Later Analysis, producer Enzo Tedeschi, tells all.
“We certainly wear our influences on our sleeve on this one,” says Tedeschi, “If we have drawn upon the gothic tale, it's likely through being influenced by these kinds of films than anything else.”
The list includes the Blair Witch Project, Rec and The Descent. And one defining trait is the sense of isolation for many sordid tales of terror in both the literary and theatrical world. For Tedeschi and co-writer Julian Harvey, they do hope that The Tunnel will offer a fresh take to a classic tale.
Comparisons will no doubt be made as The Tunnel nears its international release. There is very little that is actually known about this film’s inspirational sources when considering everything the teaser trailer alludes to. Similarities to other films will no doubt exist, and in an exclusive interview to 28 Days Later Analysis, producer Enzo Tedeschi, tells all.
“We certainly wear our influences on our sleeve on this one,” says Tedeschi, “If we have drawn upon the gothic tale, it's likely through being influenced by these kinds of films than anything else.”
The list includes the Blair Witch Project, Rec and The Descent. And one defining trait is the sense of isolation for many sordid tales of terror in both the literary and theatrical world. For Tedeschi and co-writer Julian Harvey, they do hope that The Tunnel will offer a fresh take to a classic tale.
- 4/20/2011
- by noreply@blogger.com (Ed Sum)
- 28 Days Later Analysis
The forthcoming horror film has embraced filesharing to build word-of-mouth for its DVD release – but is crowd-sourced funding its truly revolutionary move?
Twelve months have passed since they launched their online funding campaign. And although writer-producers Enzo Tedeschi and Julian Harvey are still far short of breaking even, they have a major studio on board – and horror fans salivating – for their debut feature film. The Tunnel is a guerrilla-style film blending real-life politics – a local government plan to recycle underground water – with a fictitious cover-up. It follows an ambitious news crew deep inside a labyrinth of disused train tunnels beneath central Sydney. What they find isn't pretty.
This low-budget experiment – a first for Tedeschi and Harvey and their like-minded director, Carlo Ledesma – sidestepped traditional film-funding models. The portion of the modest budget ($AU435,000) that would otherwise have had to come from government-funding bodies ($AU135,000) was raised online via social-networking donations.
Twelve months have passed since they launched their online funding campaign. And although writer-producers Enzo Tedeschi and Julian Harvey are still far short of breaking even, they have a major studio on board – and horror fans salivating – for their debut feature film. The Tunnel is a guerrilla-style film blending real-life politics – a local government plan to recycle underground water – with a fictitious cover-up. It follows an ambitious news crew deep inside a labyrinth of disused train tunnels beneath central Sydney. What they find isn't pretty.
This low-budget experiment – a first for Tedeschi and Harvey and their like-minded director, Carlo Ledesma – sidestepped traditional film-funding models. The portion of the modest budget ($AU435,000) that would otherwise have had to come from government-funding bodies ($AU135,000) was raised online via social-networking donations.
- 4/7/2011
- The Guardian - Film News
Everybody knows there is no exact formula to raise the funds necessary to produce a film or television program, but it doesn’t hurt to ask those who have done it successfully, using both traditional and new methods.
(note from the editor: this article was originally published in the November issue of Encore, before Screen Australia released the Drama Production Report for 2009/10)
According to the most recent National Survey of Feature Film and TV Drama Production, in 2008/09 thirteen features were financed mainly by film/TV industry sources (including cash flow against the Producer Offset); 11 were financed “substantially” by Screen Australia, State agencies and the Adelaide/Melbourne festival funds; seven (including three co-productions) were financed mainly from foreign sources; and one was financed mainly from private sources. Private investment dropped from $40m in 2007/08 to $5m in 2008/09, mainly due to the disappearance of the 10Ba model.
Under Screen Australia’s revised Terms of Trade,...
(note from the editor: this article was originally published in the November issue of Encore, before Screen Australia released the Drama Production Report for 2009/10)
According to the most recent National Survey of Feature Film and TV Drama Production, in 2008/09 thirteen features were financed mainly by film/TV industry sources (including cash flow against the Producer Offset); 11 were financed “substantially” by Screen Australia, State agencies and the Adelaide/Melbourne festival funds; seven (including three co-productions) were financed mainly from foreign sources; and one was financed mainly from private sources. Private investment dropped from $40m in 2007/08 to $5m in 2008/09, mainly due to the disappearance of the 10Ba model.
Under Screen Australia’s revised Terms of Trade,...
- 12/16/2010
- by Miguel Gonzalez
- Encore Magazine
Well, as far as gimmick films go, this is one of the more interesting. Below are the trailer and poster for the Australian film The Tunnel, about a news crew that travels underneath Sydney to investigate water resources. As you can imagine, shit goes wrong, although exactly what sort of shit that may be (zombies? ghosts? demons? vampires? midget albino cannibals?) is not revealed.
What makes the film interesting is that it's got a strong online viral campaign going, and it's completely fan-funded. Which on the surface is sometimes annoying -- a lot of people thought the pleas for money for the Nazi mooonbase movie Iron Sky smacked of opportunism, but with The Tunnel, they're going one step further -- they're releasing the film for free, via bittorrent.
This is actually a pretty awesome idea. If the movie sucks, who cares, you saw it for free. If it's anything more than that -- sweet!
What makes the film interesting is that it's got a strong online viral campaign going, and it's completely fan-funded. Which on the surface is sometimes annoying -- a lot of people thought the pleas for money for the Nazi mooonbase movie Iron Sky smacked of opportunism, but with The Tunnel, they're going one step further -- they're releasing the film for free, via bittorrent.
This is actually a pretty awesome idea. If the movie sucks, who cares, you saw it for free. If it's anything more than that -- sweet!
- 12/9/2010
- by TK
The Sydney filmmaking team behind upcoming viral horror film The Tunnel are doing a very good job of keeping audiences excited for its free Bit Torrent release in early 2011, this week unveiling a new teaser poster, trailer and what seems to be the first clues in a wider online game related to the world of the film.
Eagle-eyed viewers should be able to spot an 'easter egg' hidden in the new trailer (which I won't spoil), and my own initial searches have revealed the rabbit hole goes deeper than you might think, in terms of setting up one of the film's characters.
It's a basic start but already there are some cool surprises awaiting people who want to dig down into the world of The Tunnel.
You can check out the new teaser trailer below and also the new poster (left), which features the names of first 1000 people who bought frames in the crowd-funded project.
Eagle-eyed viewers should be able to spot an 'easter egg' hidden in the new trailer (which I won't spoil), and my own initial searches have revealed the rabbit hole goes deeper than you might think, in terms of setting up one of the film's characters.
It's a basic start but already there are some cool surprises awaiting people who want to dig down into the world of The Tunnel.
You can check out the new teaser trailer below and also the new poster (left), which features the names of first 1000 people who bought frames in the crowd-funded project.
- 12/8/2010
- Screen Anarchy
Indie Thriller Alert: Carlo Ledesma's Second Teaser for Horror Thriller The Tunnel is Released Here!
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A second, longer teaser trailer is available for Carlo Ledesma's The Tunnel. This film is currently being shot in Australia under an abandoned train station. In the trailer, several characters descend into the station and not only find a controversial story involving water storage, but a terror awaiting beneath.
This film made waves for using a unique form of distribution - bit torrents. Also, the film was financed through the sale of each individual frame for a dollar. Click on the poster left and see the first 1000 financial contributors listed in tiny lettering. Also, check out the second teaser for this independent horror production below.
The full synopsis for The Tunnel here:
"In 2007 the New South Wales government suddenly scrapped a plan to utilize the water in the disused underground train tunnels beneath Sydney's St James Train Station.
In 2008, chasing rumours of a government coverup and...
A second, longer teaser trailer is available for Carlo Ledesma's The Tunnel. This film is currently being shot in Australia under an abandoned train station. In the trailer, several characters descend into the station and not only find a controversial story involving water storage, but a terror awaiting beneath.
This film made waves for using a unique form of distribution - bit torrents. Also, the film was financed through the sale of each individual frame for a dollar. Click on the poster left and see the first 1000 financial contributors listed in tiny lettering. Also, check out the second teaser for this independent horror production below.
The full synopsis for The Tunnel here:
"In 2007 the New South Wales government suddenly scrapped a plan to utilize the water in the disused underground train tunnels beneath Sydney's St James Train Station.
In 2008, chasing rumours of a government coverup and...
- 12/7/2010
- by 28DaysLaterAnalysis@gmail.com (Michael Allen)
- 28 Days Later Analysis
The team behind the crowd-funded thriller The Tunnel held a screening in Sydney for the film’s new trailer and some behind the scenes footage.
Writer / Producer team Enzo Tedeschi and Julian Harvey, director, Carlo Ledesma, Zapruder’s Other Films’ Peter Thompson (executive producer) and Dlshs’ Ahmed Salama (producer / director of online and viral) discussed how the project has challenged release models by choosing torrents as the platform for its release, in an effort to reach out to the increasing online audience.
The film will be released online next year.
Writer / Producer team Enzo Tedeschi and Julian Harvey, director, Carlo Ledesma, Zapruder’s Other Films’ Peter Thompson (executive producer) and Dlshs’ Ahmed Salama (producer / director of online and viral) discussed how the project has challenged release models by choosing torrents as the platform for its release, in an effort to reach out to the increasing online audience.
The film will be released online next year.
- 12/7/2010
- by Miguel Gonzalez
- Encore Magazine
The Internet Movie Database has reviewed its previous decision not to list the Australian independent film made for BitTorrent distribution, The Tunnel.
“We won,” producer Enzo Tedeschi told Encore.
In the film’s blog, Tedeschi thanked “everyone who made lots of noise online about The Tunnel and IMDb”.
“As of the weekend (and not the 29th of Sept as the listing seems to cite), our project is officially listed as in post-production on IMDb.com. We’re very happy to see that IMDb is still able to listen to their users, the people that made them the massive resource that they are over the last 20 years. We’ve sent an official thankyou to IMDb.com,” wrote Tedeschi.
This is the producers’ letter to the IMDb:
Dear IMDb,
We are writing this time to thank you for including “The Tunnel” on your online database.
It may seem like a small thing to IMDb,...
“We won,” producer Enzo Tedeschi told Encore.
In the film’s blog, Tedeschi thanked “everyone who made lots of noise online about The Tunnel and IMDb”.
“As of the weekend (and not the 29th of Sept as the listing seems to cite), our project is officially listed as in post-production on IMDb.com. We’re very happy to see that IMDb is still able to listen to their users, the people that made them the massive resource that they are over the last 20 years. We’ve sent an official thankyou to IMDb.com,” wrote Tedeschi.
This is the producers’ letter to the IMDb:
Dear IMDb,
We are writing this time to thank you for including “The Tunnel” on your online database.
It may seem like a small thing to IMDb,...
- 10/5/2010
- by Miguel Gonzalez
- Encore Magazine
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