Australia-China co-pro 'Guardians of the Tomb' (formerly 'Nest') stars Chinese mega-star Li Bingbing..
The official co-production treaty between China and Australia entered into force in 2008. Since then, despite growing interest in working with the burgeoning film power, only a handful of official co-productions have been made. They include The Dragon Pearl, 33 Postcards.and The Children of the Silk Road (made under a Mou prior to the signing of the treaty)..
However in the past 18 months, things have started to shift. The biggest co-pro to date, Kimble Rendall.s Guardians of the Tomb (formerly Nest), shot on the Gold Coast early last year, and gangster film Dog Fight shot in Victoria last September. Both films are now in post..
Two other projects, Pauline Chan.s My Extraordinary Wedding and Nadia Tass and David Parker.s Tying the Knot,.have been issued provisional approval but are yet to enter production.
The official co-production treaty between China and Australia entered into force in 2008. Since then, despite growing interest in working with the burgeoning film power, only a handful of official co-productions have been made. They include The Dragon Pearl, 33 Postcards.and The Children of the Silk Road (made under a Mou prior to the signing of the treaty)..
However in the past 18 months, things have started to shift. The biggest co-pro to date, Kimble Rendall.s Guardians of the Tomb (formerly Nest), shot on the Gold Coast early last year, and gangster film Dog Fight shot in Victoria last September. Both films are now in post..
Two other projects, Pauline Chan.s My Extraordinary Wedding and Nadia Tass and David Parker.s Tying the Knot,.have been issued provisional approval but are yet to enter production.
- 4/21/2017
- by Jackie Keast
- IF.com.au
China’s Monumental Films will produce with Australia’s Roadman Films and Story Bridge Films.
Screen Australia announced the eighth official China-Australia co-production, At Last, to be written and directed by Yiwei Liu at the on-going Beijing International Film Festival (April 16-23).
The project will be produced by China’s Monumental Films with Australian production outfits Roadman Films and Story Bridge Films.
The story follows a couple from Beijing who find themselves caught in a complex art heist while on holiday in Australia. Jackie Jiao, Todd Fellman, Charles Fan and Vanessa Wu will produce.
Casting is currently underway on the project with production expected to commence in Australia from mid-July. Financiers on the film include Orient Image Entertainment, Gravity Films, Shineland Media, China Lion and Screen Queensland.
Screen Queensland CEO Tracey Vieira said At Last would shoot in Queensland [pictured], providing around 200 jobs and injecting $10.8m into the local economy.
“At Last has come to Queensland as a direct...
Screen Australia announced the eighth official China-Australia co-production, At Last, to be written and directed by Yiwei Liu at the on-going Beijing International Film Festival (April 16-23).
The project will be produced by China’s Monumental Films with Australian production outfits Roadman Films and Story Bridge Films.
The story follows a couple from Beijing who find themselves caught in a complex art heist while on holiday in Australia. Jackie Jiao, Todd Fellman, Charles Fan and Vanessa Wu will produce.
Casting is currently underway on the project with production expected to commence in Australia from mid-July. Financiers on the film include Orient Image Entertainment, Gravity Films, Shineland Media, China Lion and Screen Queensland.
Screen Queensland CEO Tracey Vieira said At Last would shoot in Queensland [pictured], providing around 200 jobs and injecting $10.8m into the local economy.
“At Last has come to Queensland as a direct...
- 4/20/2017
- by lizshackleton@gmail.com (Liz Shackleton)
- ScreenDaily
Sydney Films is building a slate of 20 China-Australia co-pros.
Screen Australia and private production outfit Sydney Films announced a slew of China-Australian co-production projects at the on-going Beijing International Film Festival (April 16-23).
Described as the eighth official China-Australia co-production, At Last will be directed by Yiwei Liu and produced by China’s Monumental Films with Australian production outfits Roadman Films and Story Bridge Films.
The film tells the story of a couple from Beijing who find themselves caught in a complex art heist while on holiday in Australia. Jackie Jiao, Todd Fellman, Charles Fan and Vanessa Wu will produce.
Casting is currently underway on the project with production expected to commence in Australia from mid-July. Financiers on the film include Orient Image Entertainment, Gravity Films, Shineland Media, China Lion and Screen Queensland.
Screen Queensland CEO Tracey Vieira said At Last would shoot in Queensland, providing around 200 jobs and injecting $10.8m into the local economy.
“At Last has...
Screen Australia and private production outfit Sydney Films announced a slew of China-Australian co-production projects at the on-going Beijing International Film Festival (April 16-23).
Described as the eighth official China-Australia co-production, At Last will be directed by Yiwei Liu and produced by China’s Monumental Films with Australian production outfits Roadman Films and Story Bridge Films.
The film tells the story of a couple from Beijing who find themselves caught in a complex art heist while on holiday in Australia. Jackie Jiao, Todd Fellman, Charles Fan and Vanessa Wu will produce.
Casting is currently underway on the project with production expected to commence in Australia from mid-July. Financiers on the film include Orient Image Entertainment, Gravity Films, Shineland Media, China Lion and Screen Queensland.
Screen Queensland CEO Tracey Vieira said At Last would shoot in Queensland, providing around 200 jobs and injecting $10.8m into the local economy.
“At Last has...
- 4/20/2017
- by lizshackleton@gmail.com (Liz Shackleton)
- ScreenDaily
Chongqing.
The extraordinary growth of the Chinese film industry has seen it emerge as a global player. The Chinese industry is looking abroad to futher its filmmaking expertise and help bring its films to an international audience. In If's first China Report, Jackie Keast examines what this means for Australia. As Hollywood and film industries across the world enthusiastically court the Chinese market, can we compete?
The film industry in China is booming. Within just a few years, China has become the world.s second largest market, predicted to eclipse the Us in less than five years..
By 2015, annual ticket sales had reached 44 billion yuan, or $USD6.78 billion — a growth of 48.7 per cent from 2014..
While 2016 saw a slowdown, annual receipts nevertheless tallied 45.7 billion yuan by year.s end.
In 2016, 27 new screens opened across China each day, bringing the country.s total close to 40,000..
Chinese real estate and entertainment conglomerate Wanda...
The extraordinary growth of the Chinese film industry has seen it emerge as a global player. The Chinese industry is looking abroad to futher its filmmaking expertise and help bring its films to an international audience. In If's first China Report, Jackie Keast examines what this means for Australia. As Hollywood and film industries across the world enthusiastically court the Chinese market, can we compete?
The film industry in China is booming. Within just a few years, China has become the world.s second largest market, predicted to eclipse the Us in less than five years..
By 2015, annual ticket sales had reached 44 billion yuan, or $USD6.78 billion — a growth of 48.7 per cent from 2014..
While 2016 saw a slowdown, annual receipts nevertheless tallied 45.7 billion yuan by year.s end.
In 2016, 27 new screens opened across China each day, bringing the country.s total close to 40,000..
Chinese real estate and entertainment conglomerate Wanda...
- 1/30/2017
- by Jackie Keast
- IF.com.au
Re-teaming with Darclight, the company behind her most recent movie Zhongkui: Snow Girl And The Dark Crystal, Bingbing Li will next head for The Nest. She's producing and will star in the arachnophobic sci-fi thriller. Kimble Rendall (Second-Unit on the Matrix sequels, I, Robot and Killer Elite) is directing.The plot involves a team of scientists who, in order to get to the "discovery of the century", must negotiate a labyrinth of carnivorous spiders. There's always bloody something, isn't there?It's a Chinese-Australian co-production: the fourth to come about through an arrangement between Screen Australia and the China Film Co-Production Corporation since 2006. It's being touted as the biggest-budget project to come out of that deal so far, although the number isn't being specified. Given that the previous three co-productions - Children Of The Silk Road, The Dragon Pearl and 33 Postcards - amount to a combined total budget of about $60m,...
- 9/15/2015
- EmpireOnline
Australia’s biggest ever delegation to the Beijing Film Festival includes producer Alan Lindsay, who is seeking Chinese partners for the animated family film Piccolo The Dolphin Prince, written and directed by Greg Mclean, whose gory breakout film was Wolf Creek.
“It is Romeo and Juliet set in the world of dolphins,” said Lindsay, who is managing director of Vue Group. Since Mclean brought him the concept two years ago there has been considerable R&D on the dolphin characters and continued development on the underlying theme of the human impact on dolphins.
Lindsay will also be meeting with potential partners on Silver Spoon (working title), which he describes as “Downton Abbey set in Shanghai during the turbulent 1930s”. The live action drama inspired by real life focuses on a Chinese family that owns a lavish department store and once lived in Australia.
Lindsay regards China as his “second home” and has developed many partners there. His latest...
“It is Romeo and Juliet set in the world of dolphins,” said Lindsay, who is managing director of Vue Group. Since Mclean brought him the concept two years ago there has been considerable R&D on the dolphin characters and continued development on the underlying theme of the human impact on dolphins.
Lindsay will also be meeting with potential partners on Silver Spoon (working title), which he describes as “Downton Abbey set in Shanghai during the turbulent 1930s”. The live action drama inspired by real life focuses on a Chinese family that owns a lavish department store and once lived in Australia.
Lindsay regards China as his “second home” and has developed many partners there. His latest...
- 4/16/2015
- by Sandy.George@me.com (Sandy George)
- ScreenDaily
Nadia Tass and David Parker will start shooting romantic comedy Tying the Knot in Melbourne and Shanghai in the first half of 2015, the first of three co-productions with a Chinese partner.
Tass and Parker.s Cascade Films and Mario Andreacchio.s Ampco Studios are joining forces with China.s Hcxm (Beijing) Film & Culture Co Ltd.
Hcxm has replaced the originally announced partner Shanghai Film and Video Technology Company. The Shanghai studio .wanted to shoot later in 2015, but we wanted to get going earlier," Parker tells If.
Inspired by a true incident in the 1970s, scripted by Parker and directed by Tass, Tying the Knot is the tale of an Australian boy and a Chinese girl whose plans to get hitched are thrown into jeopardy three days before the wedding when the groom is jailed after being wrongly accused of robbing a bank.
Andreacchio will produce with Tass, Parker and Qi Lin,...
Tass and Parker.s Cascade Films and Mario Andreacchio.s Ampco Studios are joining forces with China.s Hcxm (Beijing) Film & Culture Co Ltd.
Hcxm has replaced the originally announced partner Shanghai Film and Video Technology Company. The Shanghai studio .wanted to shoot later in 2015, but we wanted to get going earlier," Parker tells If.
Inspired by a true incident in the 1970s, scripted by Parker and directed by Tass, Tying the Knot is the tale of an Australian boy and a Chinese girl whose plans to get hitched are thrown into jeopardy three days before the wedding when the groom is jailed after being wrongly accused of robbing a bank.
Andreacchio will produce with Tass, Parker and Qi Lin,...
- 12/4/2014
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Pauline Chan.s Darkroom Films and Filmscope Entertainment have signed co-production deals with two Chinese partners for cross-cultural comedy My Extraordinary Wedding.
The alliance means the film budgeted at $5 million, written and directed by Chan, will get a wide release in Chinese cinemas. Due to shoot in Western Australia and China in the first half of next year, the film will follow a wedding that turns into a wild chase from Perth to Busselton and beyond.
The Chinese partners are Zhejiang Hengdian Film Production Company (Hengdian) and China Film Assist (Cfa), whose combined distribution networks encompass 5,600 screens nationwide.
Chan and Filmscope Entertainment.s Deidre Kitcher will produce with Hengdian.s Zhijiang Liu and Cfa.s Geng Ling. This will be the third collaboration between Chan and Liu following 33 Postcards, which she wrote and directed, and Mario Andreacchio.s The Dragon Pearl, which she produced.
.Each of the producers brings their special expertise and resources,...
The alliance means the film budgeted at $5 million, written and directed by Chan, will get a wide release in Chinese cinemas. Due to shoot in Western Australia and China in the first half of next year, the film will follow a wedding that turns into a wild chase from Perth to Busselton and beyond.
The Chinese partners are Zhejiang Hengdian Film Production Company (Hengdian) and China Film Assist (Cfa), whose combined distribution networks encompass 5,600 screens nationwide.
Chan and Filmscope Entertainment.s Deidre Kitcher will produce with Hengdian.s Zhijiang Liu and Cfa.s Geng Ling. This will be the third collaboration between Chan and Liu following 33 Postcards, which she wrote and directed, and Mario Andreacchio.s The Dragon Pearl, which she produced.
.Each of the producers brings their special expertise and resources,...
- 11/12/2014
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Mario Andreacchio.s Ampco Studios has clinched financing and production deals with Chinese entities for two films and created a China co-production film fund with an initial capital of $15 million.
The films are Trying the Knot, a romantic comedy from director Nadia Tass and producer-writer David Parker, and Shimalaya, a WW2 action/adventure from China/Taiwan director Roy Chin.
The deals were signed last week during an Australian trade mission to China attended by Trade Minister Andrew Robb.
Due to start shooting in July, Tying the Knot centres on an Australian guy who, three days before he is due to marry a Chinese girl, is thrown into jail after being wrongly accused of robbing a bank.
Parker wrote the script, inspired by a true incident in the 1970s. It.s a co-production between Parker and Tass. Cascade Films, Ampco Studios and Shanghai Film and Video Technology Company.
The producers are...
The films are Trying the Knot, a romantic comedy from director Nadia Tass and producer-writer David Parker, and Shimalaya, a WW2 action/adventure from China/Taiwan director Roy Chin.
The deals were signed last week during an Australian trade mission to China attended by Trade Minister Andrew Robb.
Due to start shooting in July, Tying the Knot centres on an Australian guy who, three days before he is due to marry a Chinese girl, is thrown into jail after being wrongly accused of robbing a bank.
Parker wrote the script, inspired by a true incident in the 1970s. It.s a co-production between Parker and Tass. Cascade Films, Ampco Studios and Shanghai Film and Video Technology Company.
The producers are...
- 4/13/2014
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
China, South Korea, Malaysia and Singapore offer significant opportunity to Australian screen producers while India, Indonesia, Japan and Thailand hold great potential.
That.s according to a new research report, Common Ground: Opportunities for Australian Screen Partnerships in Asia, commissioned by Screen Australia. The report identifies alternative sources of finance in the region such as Singapore.s Ifs Capital which has cash-flowed the Producer Offset for Australian feature films, and predicts this avenue will expand.
However it identifies South Korea and Thailand as the countries with the highest rate of perceived difficulty in establishing business relationships at 47%, and Malaysia as the lowest with 34%. Among the barriers cited by local producers are limited financial resources, costs of travel, accommodation and services such as translators, and the need to focus on a relatively small slate of production.
Conducted in conjunction with PricewaterhouseCoopers Australia, the research is based on a survey of 51 Australian...
That.s according to a new research report, Common Ground: Opportunities for Australian Screen Partnerships in Asia, commissioned by Screen Australia. The report identifies alternative sources of finance in the region such as Singapore.s Ifs Capital which has cash-flowed the Producer Offset for Australian feature films, and predicts this avenue will expand.
However it identifies South Korea and Thailand as the countries with the highest rate of perceived difficulty in establishing business relationships at 47%, and Malaysia as the lowest with 34%. Among the barriers cited by local producers are limited financial resources, costs of travel, accommodation and services such as translators, and the need to focus on a relatively small slate of production.
Conducted in conjunction with PricewaterhouseCoopers Australia, the research is based on a survey of 51 Australian...
- 10/30/2013
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Australian horror comedy 100 Bloody Acres was watched by a handful of people in Us and Australian cinemas -- a tiny fraction of the number who have illegally downloaded the film.
The producer, Cyan Films. Julie Ryan, said two independent companies that work in the online area estimate the film has been downloaded at least 35,000 times.
.That is three times more than we had thought,. Ryan told If. .Torrent Tracker doesn't pick up all the bit torrent sites so this figure is on the conservative side.
.These sites can't be shut down and unfortunately we can't tell where in the world this activity has occurred. But we do know that the film was on Pirate Bay the second day of the Us release, and we have anecdotal evidence in Australia where people have admitted to downloading it illegally.
.I just hope that some of these people buy the DVD when it releases in their country.
The producer, Cyan Films. Julie Ryan, said two independent companies that work in the online area estimate the film has been downloaded at least 35,000 times.
.That is three times more than we had thought,. Ryan told If. .Torrent Tracker doesn't pick up all the bit torrent sites so this figure is on the conservative side.
.These sites can't be shut down and unfortunately we can't tell where in the world this activity has occurred. But we do know that the film was on Pirate Bay the second day of the Us release, and we have anecdotal evidence in Australia where people have admitted to downloading it illegally.
.I just hope that some of these people buy the DVD when it releases in their country.
- 8/13/2013
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Title: The Dragon Pearl Directed by: Mario Andreacchio Starring: Sam Neill, Louis Corbett, Li Lin Jin, Robert Mammone, Wang Ji, Jordan Chan Running time: 95 minutes, Rated PG Special Features: Trailer Josh (Louis Corbett) and Ling (Li Lin Jin) have traveled to China on holiday to meet up with each of their parents who happen to be working at an archaeological site. On the way to see Josh’s dad Chris (Sam Neill), Ling can hear a flute playing (it’s China, doesn’t it always sound like that?). When they arrive at Chris’s office, they discover he had just thwarted an attempted robbery of an ancient artifact and is nursing a busted [ Read More ]
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- 6/26/2013
- by juliana
- ShockYa
Ketchup Entertainment is preparing to release “The Dragon Pearl” on DVD and Blu-ray exclusively at Walmart June 18. The DVD and Blu-ray will be in all locations beginning August 20. The film, directed by Mario Andreacchio, stars “Jurassic Park” star Sam Neill along with Louis Cobett and Lii Lin Jin. The trailer for the film is below, but if you want more info on “The Dragon Pearl,” here it is: “Josh (Louis Corbett) and Ling (Li Lin Jin) thought they were in for a boring vacation with each of their parents (Sam Neill, Jurassic Park and Wang Ji) at an archaeological dig in China. It turns into an adventure of [ Read More ]
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- 6/10/2013
- by monique
- ShockYa
An Australian production company has acquired the rights to the first book in a new series of young adult fiction.
The Adelaide based Ampco Films has acquired the rights to the adaptation of novel The Alchemyst, written by Michael Scott, the first in the series, “The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel.”
Production is expected to commence in early 2013 in both Australia and New Zealand.
Mario Andreacchio of Ampco Films will produce alongside Konstantin Thoeren, producer of Peter The Great.
The story is based on French alchemist Nicholas Flamel who in the 14th century discovered the secret of eternal life which he keeps secret in a book he protects. However mankind is jeopardised as Dr John Dee plans to steal the book. But teenage twins Sophie and Josh are the only ones who might be able to save the world.
Andreacchio said: “Michael Scott has an incredible gift to combine...
The Adelaide based Ampco Films has acquired the rights to the adaptation of novel The Alchemyst, written by Michael Scott, the first in the series, “The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel.”
Production is expected to commence in early 2013 in both Australia and New Zealand.
Mario Andreacchio of Ampco Films will produce alongside Konstantin Thoeren, producer of Peter The Great.
The story is based on French alchemist Nicholas Flamel who in the 14th century discovered the secret of eternal life which he keeps secret in a book he protects. However mankind is jeopardised as Dr John Dee plans to steal the book. But teenage twins Sophie and Josh are the only ones who might be able to save the world.
Andreacchio said: “Michael Scott has an incredible gift to combine...
- 6/21/2012
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
The Alchemyst, based on Michael Scott's popular fantasy novel, is set to be filmed in Australia and New Zealand in early-2013.
Adelaide-based Ampco Films has acquired the rights to the book, which was originally published in 2007 and is the first in The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel six-part series. The film was previously set up with New Line before it was absorbed by Warner Bros, prompting the rights to revert back to Scott. Producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura then picked up the rights in 2009 before the latest deal.
The Alchemyst centers on the legendary 14th-century French alchemist, Nicholas Flamel, who is said to have discovered the secret of eternal life and is still alive today. The secret of eternal life is hidden within the book of Abraham the Mage which, Dr. John Dee plans to steal to use against the world. If the prophecy is right, teenage twins Sophie and...
Adelaide-based Ampco Films has acquired the rights to the book, which was originally published in 2007 and is the first in The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel six-part series. The film was previously set up with New Line before it was absorbed by Warner Bros, prompting the rights to revert back to Scott. Producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura then picked up the rights in 2009 before the latest deal.
The Alchemyst centers on the legendary 14th-century French alchemist, Nicholas Flamel, who is said to have discovered the secret of eternal life and is still alive today. The secret of eternal life is hidden within the book of Abraham the Mage which, Dr. John Dee plans to steal to use against the world. If the prophecy is right, teenage twins Sophie and...
- 6/20/2012
- by Brendan Swift
- IF.com.au
Ruth Harley
An Australian delegation of top film executives are to head to China for an industry forum.
Led by Screen Australia’s chief executive Ruth Harley, as well as See-Saw Film’s Emile Sherman and Happy Feet producer Doug Mitchell, the delegation will attend the Australia-China Film Industry Forum
The forum will coincide with the Beijing International Film Festival.
Held on Monday 23 April, the forum will include panel sessions and presentations by Australian film industry experts, producers and directors.
Harley said: “The Australian Embassy in Beijing, through the Australia-China Film Industry Forum, is once again providing an ideal opportunity for Australian producers to establish and further build relationships with Chinese producers and production companies.”
In August of 2011, relationships between the two countries were brought closer together with the Australia-China Screen Alliance, a joint cooperation between the Screen Producers Association of Australia and the China Film Producers Association.
The alliance...
An Australian delegation of top film executives are to head to China for an industry forum.
Led by Screen Australia’s chief executive Ruth Harley, as well as See-Saw Film’s Emile Sherman and Happy Feet producer Doug Mitchell, the delegation will attend the Australia-China Film Industry Forum
The forum will coincide with the Beijing International Film Festival.
Held on Monday 23 April, the forum will include panel sessions and presentations by Australian film industry experts, producers and directors.
Harley said: “The Australian Embassy in Beijing, through the Australia-China Film Industry Forum, is once again providing an ideal opportunity for Australian producers to establish and further build relationships with Chinese producers and production companies.”
In August of 2011, relationships between the two countries were brought closer together with the Australia-China Screen Alliance, a joint cooperation between the Screen Producers Association of Australia and the China Film Producers Association.
The alliance...
- 4/20/2012
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
South Australian filmmaker Brendon Skinner has won the Beijing Pitching Competition for his film The Pulse, an Australian-Chinese co-production.
Skinner was selected from sixteen emerging filmmakers from China and the Asia Pacific.
The Pulse, an adventure superhero story is set in Sydney and was conceived with co-director and co-producer Simon Williams.
The competition was run by the Motion Picture Association Asia Pacific and China International Copyright Expo with Australian contestants competiting in a national pitch contest that was first run as regional and state heats by Metro Screen in Nsw, Open Channel in Victoria and the Media Resource Centre in South Australia where Skinner first won his round.
Skinner said: “This win has given us the confidence to aim even higher with The Pulse. We have wonderful people behind us that really believe in what we’re trying to do. Now we know we can do it.”
A team already,...
Skinner was selected from sixteen emerging filmmakers from China and the Asia Pacific.
The Pulse, an adventure superhero story is set in Sydney and was conceived with co-director and co-producer Simon Williams.
The competition was run by the Motion Picture Association Asia Pacific and China International Copyright Expo with Australian contestants competiting in a national pitch contest that was first run as regional and state heats by Metro Screen in Nsw, Open Channel in Victoria and the Media Resource Centre in South Australia where Skinner first won his round.
Skinner said: “This win has given us the confidence to aim even higher with The Pulse. We have wonderful people behind us that really believe in what we’re trying to do. Now we know we can do it.”
A team already,...
- 12/8/2011
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
The Australia-China Screen Alliance (Acsa) - an industry initiative to assist both Australian and Chinese film and television producers navigate co-productions between the countries - was officially established at the Australian International Movie Convention this week. The initiative is being headed by director/producer Mario Andreacchio (whose credits include the family film Napoleon, the Kiefer Sutherland biopic Paradise Found, and most recently the Australian-Chinese co-production starring Sam Neill, The Dragon Pearl, about a young boy who travels to China and discovers a real-life dragon), who has considerable experience in the Chinese arena. The partnership has also been backed by the Screen Producers Association of Australia (Spaa), and The China Film Producers Association.
- 8/23/2011
- FilmInk.com.au
The Australia-China Screen Alliance (Acsa) was yesterday launched at the Australian International Movie Convention on the Gold Coast.
The initiative is a joint cooperation between the Screen Producers Association of Australia (Spaa) and the China Film Producers Association to help film and television producers navigate the logistics of co-productions between the two countries.
The alliance, sparked from director Mario Andreacchio’s experience to get film The Dragon Pearl off the ground was first announced in November of last year.
“This initiative has arisen from the Australian industry’s considerable interest in China as a screen co-production partner and the high demand for information and opinion. Acsa can be a starting point for the first time China co-production as much as a resource base for aspects such as legals and even translators,” Mario Andreacchio said.
Executive Director of Spaa, Geoff Brown, said Spaa was glad to have the support of the...
The initiative is a joint cooperation between the Screen Producers Association of Australia (Spaa) and the China Film Producers Association to help film and television producers navigate the logistics of co-productions between the two countries.
The alliance, sparked from director Mario Andreacchio’s experience to get film The Dragon Pearl off the ground was first announced in November of last year.
“This initiative has arisen from the Australian industry’s considerable interest in China as a screen co-production partner and the high demand for information and opinion. Acsa can be a starting point for the first time China co-production as much as a resource base for aspects such as legals and even translators,” Mario Andreacchio said.
Executive Director of Spaa, Geoff Brown, said Spaa was glad to have the support of the...
- 8/23/2011
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
The Australian-Chinese co-production, 33 Postcards, “will be released in every cinema in China,” Minister for the Arts, George Souris has announced.
At approximately 8000 screens, it’s a massive audience for the film, with China one of the largest cinema markets in the world. The film will be released in a Mandarin version on Friday 2 September.
“33 Postcards is only one of a handful of Australian films ever to break into the Chinese cinema circuit as only a small number of foreign films are released there each year,” said Minister Souris.
Shot both in Nsw and Hengdian World Studios in China, it was produced by Portal Pictures and Zhejiang Hengdian Film Productions, in association with Ifs Capital Limited and Screen Nsw who invested $200,000 in the film.
The film had its world premiere at the Sydney Film Festival and awarded the Crc Award, and had its international premiere at the Shanghai International Film Festival...
At approximately 8000 screens, it’s a massive audience for the film, with China one of the largest cinema markets in the world. The film will be released in a Mandarin version on Friday 2 September.
“33 Postcards is only one of a handful of Australian films ever to break into the Chinese cinema circuit as only a small number of foreign films are released there each year,” said Minister Souris.
Shot both in Nsw and Hengdian World Studios in China, it was produced by Portal Pictures and Zhejiang Hengdian Film Productions, in association with Ifs Capital Limited and Screen Nsw who invested $200,000 in the film.
The film had its world premiere at the Sydney Film Festival and awarded the Crc Award, and had its international premiere at the Shanghai International Film Festival...
- 8/22/2011
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
The film adaptation of Chinese author Qiu Xiaolong’s successful Inspector Chen novel series (not to be confused with the Detective Inspector Chen series by Liz Williams) will see Chief Inspector Chen come to life across seven films.
Producers Wieland Schulz-Keil (Neofilm, Berlin), Cordula Paetzel (Schmidt & Paetzel Fernsehfilme, Berlin) and Marian Macgowan (Macgowan Films, Sydney) acquired the rights to all seven novels, written in English and set in Shanghai, and are in negotiations with Chinese distribution, a production house and with international sales agents.
Wieland Schulz-Keil was producer on Children of the Silk Road (2008) and executive producer on The Cat’s Meow (2001). Marian Macgowan produced South Solitary (2010), Blessed (2009) and Two Hands (1999).
The co-production comes on the back of last year’s Australia China Screen Alliance, aimed to facilitate co-productions between the two countries. Other recent Australian-Chinese co-productions include 33 Postcards starring Guy Pearce and directed by Pauline Chan and The Dragon Pearl...
Producers Wieland Schulz-Keil (Neofilm, Berlin), Cordula Paetzel (Schmidt & Paetzel Fernsehfilme, Berlin) and Marian Macgowan (Macgowan Films, Sydney) acquired the rights to all seven novels, written in English and set in Shanghai, and are in negotiations with Chinese distribution, a production house and with international sales agents.
Wieland Schulz-Keil was producer on Children of the Silk Road (2008) and executive producer on The Cat’s Meow (2001). Marian Macgowan produced South Solitary (2010), Blessed (2009) and Two Hands (1999).
The co-production comes on the back of last year’s Australia China Screen Alliance, aimed to facilitate co-productions between the two countries. Other recent Australian-Chinese co-productions include 33 Postcards starring Guy Pearce and directed by Pauline Chan and The Dragon Pearl...
- 8/15/2011
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
Adelaide’s Rising Sun Pictures has appointed Mark Patterson as Head of Production and Development of their new production division, Rising Sun Entertainment.
Primarily a visual effects company, Rising Sun Pictures has worked most recently on Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Parts I & II) and Green Lantern.
The new production division will see the company aim to produce and develop films within the $7-50 million mark with a strong visual effects component, CEO Michael Taylor told Encore.
Patterson’s background as film producer (The Dragon Pearl, Kalaupapa Heaven), executive producer (The Remarkable Mr Kaye) and development executive with South Australian Film Corporation and FilmSouth will see him develop film projects for Rising Sun as either producer or co-producer.
Taylor said in a statement, “Mark has a lot of experience as a producer, he knows the market well, and he is well respected in the Australian film community and internationally.
Primarily a visual effects company, Rising Sun Pictures has worked most recently on Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Parts I & II) and Green Lantern.
The new production division will see the company aim to produce and develop films within the $7-50 million mark with a strong visual effects component, CEO Michael Taylor told Encore.
Patterson’s background as film producer (The Dragon Pearl, Kalaupapa Heaven), executive producer (The Remarkable Mr Kaye) and development executive with South Australian Film Corporation and FilmSouth will see him develop film projects for Rising Sun as either producer or co-producer.
Taylor said in a statement, “Mark has a lot of experience as a producer, he knows the market well, and he is well respected in the Australian film community and internationally.
- 7/20/2011
- 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 $405m worldwide – one of the most successful independent films of all time. Read Emile Sherman interview
2. Baz Luhrmann – Director, writer, producer
There...
- 6/9/2011
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
By Brendan Swift Chinese-Australian co-production The Dragon Pearl has become the highest grossing film in China over the weekend after attracting an audience of more than half a million people. The film, which was directed by Emmy award-winning Adelaide filmmaker Mario Andreacchio and produced by his company Ampco Films, was shown across more than 18,000.sessions and grossed 16.2 million.Cny ($A2.46 million). The result was also the highest session dollar average for the week and the highest session attendance for the week, Andreacchio said. "It's a remarkable achievement, not only because of the initial dollar value, but that we were able to make a film that crosses culture and resonates," he said. The film follows teenagers Josh (Louis Corbett)...
- 3/21/2011
- by Inside Film Correspondent
- IF.com.au
The first official co-production between China and Australia . The Dragon Pearl . is set to have its world co-premiere at the BigPond Adelaide Film Festival on Sunday. The local screening of the film, directed by Emmy award-winning Adelaide filmmaker Mario Andreacchio, will coincide with the final leg of a massive promotional push in China. On March 7, a 45-minute promotional event will be broadcast to an expected audience of more than 20 million across China ahead of the film.s release on more than 3500 screens. The film follows teenagers Josh (Louis Corbett) and Ling (Li Lin Jin), who join their respective parents, Chris (Sam Neill) and Dr Li (Wang Ji) on an archaeological dig in China. However, they soon find a .monster. deep in a cave, which...
- 3/4/2011
- by Brendan Swift
- IF.com.au
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