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Subject: FTONEWS # 224 Date: Tuesday, 28 August 2007 6:43 PM From: ftonews <[email protected]> To: ftonews <[email protected]> Conversation: FTONEWS # 224 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FTONEWS #224: --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FTO NEWS Industry & Audience Development Grants – 07-08 FTO Funding Decisions 3 NSW Features for New York Market – No Borders Stacks of Facts – 07-08 Edition Now Available Young Filmmakers Fund – Deadline Oct 15 Production Investment – EOI Deadline Oct 15 AURORA – Deadline Nov 26 INDUSTRY NEWS SPAA Fringe – A Very Fast Film Competition Federal Legislation Tabled For Producer Offset, Location And PDV Offsets APEC Forum – Filming Restrictions Update Heyy Babyy Premiere Screening – Sydney September – Selected for Toronto International Film Festival SBS Launches Marx And Venus ABS Surveys – Screen Content Industry Metro Screen Job – Mobile Unit Coordinator, Deadline Sept 17 ICE Job – Administrator, Deadline Aug 31 EVENTS/DEADLINES Communications Policy & Research Forum – Sept 24-25 3rd Edition of the Asia-Australia Media Executive Leadership Program 2007 Russian Resurrection Film Festival – Tickets Giveaway Metro Screen Updates Popcorn Taxi Program Updates Canberra Short Film Festival – Deadline Aug 31 Asian Festival of 1st Films – Entries Deadline Aug 31 Screen Editors Awards – Entries Deadline Sept 14 Flickerfest – Entries Deadline Sept 14 FIFO 2008 – Submission Deadline Oct 15 Children's Feature Film Development Initiative – Deadline, Oct 29 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- INDUSTRY & AUDIENCE DEVELOPMENT – 07-08 FTO Funding Decisions Funding approvals for the 07-08 Round of the Industry and Audience Development Grants program, are now available on the FTO web site: Web: http://www.fto.nsw.gov.au/fund.asp?Id=52&subID=2&round=202 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3 NSW FEATURES FOR NEW YORK MARKET – NO BORDERS Five feature film projects from Australia and New Zealand have been invited to the US No Borders Co-production Market to be held in New York next month. The selected films are AN IMAGINARY LIFE, from New South Wales, based on the book by David Malouf, with Producer Penny Chapman (THE ROAD FROM COORAIN), Director Fred Schepisi (PLENTY, SIX DEGREES OF SEPARATION) and Writer John Alsop (My Brother Jack, Brides Of Christ); MY YEAR WITHOUT SEX, from New South Wales, with Producer Bridget Ikin (LOOK BOTH WAYS, AN ANGEL AT MY TABLE), Writer/Director Sarah Watt (LOOK BOTH WAYS); FIREBIRD, from New Zealand, with Producer Catherine Fitzgerald, Directors Christine Parker and Peter Wells, and Writers Peter Wells and Christine Parker; HOLLOW POINT, from Victoria, with Producer Peter Ford (STORM WARNING), Director/Co-writer Matthew George (LET’S GET SKASE, FOUR JACKS) and Co-writer Christopher Kelly; and MYSELF: SOMETIMES, from New South Wales, with emerging feature team Producer Melissa Beauford and Writer/Director Kieran Galvin. The Producers from each of the invited projects will attend round table discussions, social events, and one-on-one meetings with financiers, sales agents and international television buyers at the IFP. The FTO, Film Victoria and the New Zealand Film Commission (NZFC) formed a strategic partnership in 2004 to secure places at No Borders held during the annual Independent Film Producer Market (IFP) in New York City. Tania Chambers, FTO Chief Executive said: “One of the FTO’s key strategies is to assist our filmmakers directly engage with the international marketplace both in terms of financing and the sales and marketing of their films. No Borders successfully gave the NSW feature CLUBLAND a strong presence in the US where it was recently released across 50 North American cities.” Film Victoria CEO, Sandra Sdraulig, said: “We are once again thrilled to be involved in this exciting initiative with the FTO and NZFC. No Borders offers an exceptional opportunity for our filmmakers to meet with key decision makers who can assist in propelling their project forward into the next stage of development.” Ruth Harley, NZFC Chief Executive Officer, said “NZFC’s continuing partnership with the FTO, Film Vic and IFP has provided an excellent opportunity for NZ projects to access the North American market. Last year’s attendance at No Borders was very productive for our project THE STRENGTH OF WATER which has just started production in New Zealand. We look forward once again to the opportunities this year’s market will provide.” -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- STACKS OF FACTS 07-08 – NOW AVAILABLE The latest edition of Stacks of Facts is available and free. If you’re on the Facts mailing list you should have received a copy by now. If you aspire to be on the mailing list and/or haven’t received a copy, please send your details to [email protected] Stacks of Facts is a directory prepared annually by the FTO for the film and television Page 1 of 8 industry. It outlines the contact details, filming policies, fee schedules and other important information for metropolitan and regional councils, government departments and various NSW locations. The directory also contains information on the eight Regional Film Offices, which exist specifically to assist productions in regional New South Wales. If you’re filming regionally, we strongly advise you to contact the relevant Regional Film Office, to take advantage of their local knowledge and expertise. Stacks of Facts contains listings for more than 350 locations, authorities and councils. If you discover that any of the listed information is out-of-date or incorrect, please let us know, we’ll be posting regular pdf updates to our website throughout the year. For information: PH: 9264 6400 Email: [email protected]. Web: http://filming.fto.nsw.gov.au/content.asp?content=10&Id=36 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- YOUNG FILMMAKERS FUND – DEADLINE OCT 15 Are you a NSW resident aged 18-35? Do you have a story to tell? On Screen? Online? Since the inception of the program in 1995, the FTO has funded 107 projects with an exceptional variety of subject matter including short dramas, documentaries, animation, and experimental films. Applications Deadline: Monday 15 October 2007. Guidelines, application forms, and all the information you require contact: Valerie Allerton, Coordinator YFF & Digital FX PH: 02-9264-6400 Email: [email protected] Web: http://www.fto.nsw.gov.au/fund.asp?id=48 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PRODUCTION INVESTMENT ROUND 19 – DEADLINE 0CT 15 Expressions of Interest Deadline: 10am, Monday 15 October 2007. Please advise the FTO via an EXPRESSION OF INTEREST (EOI) if intending to submit to this round. NO APPLICATION FORM IS REQUIRED AT THIS STAGE. This is a preliminary EOI and should consist only of the following: 1. Applicant details including company and contact details. 2. The creative team and cast attached if any (max 1 page) 3. An extended synopsis of the project, and type of project (max 1 page) 4. Proposed Financing plan and Status of finance and proposed FTO amount requested. (max 2 pages) Once an EOI is received Project Officers will liaise with producers as the financing of their project develops. Only those projects able to demonstrate financial readiness will be invited to progress formally into the round. At this time, a formal application form along with usual submission materials will be required and assessment will proceed in the normal way. Funding decisions will be made at the FTO Board meeting in December 2007. For more information about the FTO’s EOI: Contact: Angelique Edmonds, Assistant, Development & Investment PH: 02-9264-6400 Email: [email protected] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AURORA – DEADLINE NOV 26 The FTO is looking for well developed feature scripts, written in any genre for the FTO’s Aurora Script Workshop. Projects must have a Director and Producer attached. Applications Deadline: Monday, 26 November 2007. Guidelines and Application Forms will be available early October from the FTO website: http://www.fto.nsw.gov.au/fund.asp?id=219 For more information about AURORA contact: Harriet McKern, Coordinator Aurora PH: 02-9264-6400 Email: [email protected] --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SPAA FRINGE – A VERY FAST FILM COMPETITION Organisers of this year’s SPAA Fringe Conference are calling for teams of Writers, Producers, Directors, DOPs, and Editors to enter the Very Fast Film Competition. Five teams will produce, edit and live stream a short screen story during SPAA Fringe, which is now returning to Sydney from Brisbane with the support of the FTO and local partners. The competition is aimed at passionate content creators who will be rewarded with prizes, develop working relationships with like-minded people, and the opportunity to showcase their work to thousands of people in the industry. The competition is open to SPAA Fringe registered delegates only. Individuals or teams can apply by submitting scripts to SPAA Fringe,