30 October 2006 Subject: FTONEWS #201 Date: 30 October 2006 From: ftonews <[email protected]> Conversation: FTONEWS #201 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FTONEWS #201: --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FTO’S STACKS OF FACTS 06/07 NOW AVAILABLE This comprehensive listing of location bodies and authorities in NSW contains contact details, filming policies, fee schedules and other important information for a variety of locations and the authorities that control them: state, local, federal and private. The FTO strongly recommends locations managers and production managers take advantage of this free resource. Each section is also available for download from the FTO website at: http://filming.fto.nsw.gov.au/content.asp?content=10&Id=36 To obtain a hard copy, contact: Aden Rolfe – Locations Database Officer PH: 02-9264-6400 Email: [email protected] --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NSW CELEBRATES OVER 50 AFI NOMINATIONS NSW productions supported by the New South Wales Film & Television Office (FTO) have received more than 50 nominations in the AFI Awards. Jane Smith, Chief Executive of the FTO: “This is a stunning result for the New South Wales film and television industry. The FTO congratulates all of the NSW nominees and wishes them well for the AFI Awards in December.” CANDY, which received production investment from the FTO, and JINDABYNE, developed with the assistance of the FTO, were both nominated for Best Film. SUBURBAN MAYHEM, also made with FTO investment, received 12 nominations, the most for any single film. The nominations are for Best Direction (Paul Goldman), Best Original Screenplay (Alice Bell), Best Cinematography (Robert Humphreys), Best Editing (Stephen Evans), Best Sound (Liam Egan, Phil Judd & Steven Jackson-Vaughan), Best Original Music Score (Mick Harvey), Best Production Design (Nell Hanson), Best Costume Design (Melinda Doring), Best Lead Actress (Emily Barclay), Best Supporting Actor (Anthony Hayes), Best Supporting Actress (Genevieve Lemon) and Young Actor Award (Mia Wasikowska.) As well as the Best Film nomination for producers April Films and Catherine Jarman, JINDABYNE has also been nominated for Best Direction (Ray Lawrence), Best Adapted Screenplay (Beatrix Christian), Best Cinematography (David Williamson), Best Sound (Andrew Plain, Peter Grace, Nada Mikis, Peter Miller, Linda Murdoch & Robert Sullivan),Best Original Music Score (Paul Kelly and Dan Luscombe), Best Lead Actor (Gabriel Byrne), Best Lead Actress (Laura Linney) and Best Supporting Actress (Deborra-lee Furness). CANDY, nominated for Best Film for producers Margaret Fink and Emile Sherman, received nominations for Best Adapted Screenplay (Luke Davies and Neil Armfield), Best Editing (Dany Cooper), Best Production Design (Robert Cousins), Best Lead Actor (Heath Ledger), Best Lead Actress (Abbie Cornish), Best Supporting Actor (Geoffrey Rush) and Best Supporting Actress (Noni Hazlehurst). THE BOOK OF REVELATION, which received production investment from the FTO, was nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay (Ana Kokkinos & Andrew Bovell), Best Original Music Score (Cezary Skubiszewski) and Best Costume Design (Anna Borghesi). In television, RAN (Remote Area Nurse) received nine nominations. RAN, which received production investment from the FTO, was nominated for Best Telefeature or Mini Series (Penny Chapman), Best Screenplay in Television (Sue Smith), Best Lead Actor in Television Drama (Charles Passi), Best Lead Actress in Television Drama (Susie Porter), Best Guest or Supporting Actor in Television Drama (Luke Carroll, Aaron Fa’aoso), Best Guest or supporting Actress in Television Drama (Margaret Harvey, Merwez Whaleboat), Outstanding Achievement in Television Screen Craft (Ian Jones - Cinematography). Emily Barclay received a second AFI nomination as Best Guest or Supporting Actress in Television Page 1 of 5 Drama for the television drama THE SILENCE. THE SILENCE was also nominated for Best Telefeature or Mini (Jan Chapman) and Best Lead Actor in a Television Drama (Richard Roxburgh). The FTO invested in production of THE SILENCE and was one of the original investors in LOVE MY WAY, which again this year received several nominations. The FTO also invested in the Gillian Armstrong-directed documentary UNFOLDING FLORENCE – THE MANY LIVES OF FLORENCE BROADHURST. Gillian Armstrong has been nominated for Best Direction in a Documentary. The film also received nominations for Visual Effects Award (Simon Rippingale, Tim Richter and Nina Gibbs) and Best Sound in a Documentary (Annie Breslin, Gethin Creagh, Paul Finlay and Paul Grabowsky). Another NSW documentary, HUNT ANGELS, has been nominated for Best Documentary (Sue Maslin), Best Direction in a Documentary (Alec Morgan), Best Cinematography in a Documentary (Jackie Farkas) and Visual Effects Award (Rose Draper and Mike Seymour). BLUE WATER HIGH has been nominated for Best Children’s Television Drama (Noel Price and Dennis Kiely). Short films produced under the FTO’s Young Filmmakers Fund have received four nominations. A NATURAL TALENT has been nominated for Best Screenplay in a Short Film (Louise Fox) and Outstanding Achievement in Short Film Screen Craft (Skye Wansey – acting). SMALL BOXES has been nominated for Best Short Fiction Film (Rene Hernandez) and PAPER AND SAND for Best Screenplay in a Short Film (Matt Rubinstein and Ian Kennedy Williams). --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SLEEPWALKERS DOCO SCREENS ABC TV – NOV 2, 9.30PM A Paul Scott Films Production, THE SECRET LIVES OF SLEEPWALKERS, received documentary development funding as well as production investment from the FTO. It’s been sold to The Learning Channel and Discovery Europe and has been selected as an ATOM Awards finalist in the Best Documentary Science, Technology & The Environment category. For more information about the FTO’s Development Assistance: Web: http://www.fto.nsw.gov.au/fund.asp?id=45 For more information about the FTO’s Production Investment: Web: http://www.fto.nsw.gov.au/fund.asp?id=47 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- YOUNG FILMMAKERS FUND UPDATE As of October, the following YFF films have recently been accepted into or screened at festivals, or have received nominations and awards: WOBBERGONG – producer Lucas Jenner, writer/director Owen Trevor – Best Film Award at the ‘In The Bin’ Currumbin Film Festival Brisbane International Film Festival, SNOWYfest, Young At Heart Film Festival, Canberra Shorts Night, Heart of Gold International Film Festival, HomeBrewed Film Festival. I REMEMBER 1948 – producer Sohail Dahdal/ Martha Ansara (EP), writer/director Fadia Abboud - Festival Chicago Palestine Film Festival UNHCR Refugee Film Festival, Washington, D.C. - Palestine Centre Screenings, Brisbane International Film Festival. THE MOUSE THAT ATE MY BRAIN – producer Nicholas Goldsworthy, writer/director Phillip Middleton - Special Jury Recognition Award, Los Angeles International Short Film Festival. CHECKPOINT – co-producers Tim Kriebig & Ben Phelps, writer/director Ben Phelps - Prix du Jury (Jury Prize) in the Official Competition for short films at the Montreal World Film Festival. VEND – producer Natasha Gray, writer/director James Findlay – IF Awards Nominee, Fitzroy Shorts, Sidewalk Moving Picture Festival (Alabama, US), Golden Lion Film Festival (Swaziland, Africa), International Short Film Festival Interfilm, Jameson Show Me Shorts, Woodford Folk Festival (QLD) For more in information about the FTO’s Young Filmmaker’s Fund: Contact Valerie Allerton, Coordinator, YFF & DFX PH: 02-9264-6400 Email: [email protected] Web: http://www.fto.nsw.gov.au/fund.asp?id=48 Page 2 of 5 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- REGIONAL FILMING FUND – SEPTEMBER SUPPORTED SEPTEMBER, the first project to be produced under the Tropfest Feature Program has been granted $100,000 from the FTO’s Regional Filming Fund. John Polson (Swimfan, Hide and Seek) and Serena Paull, the dynamic team behind Tropfest, will team up with Lynda House (Muriel’s Wedding) to produce the film with writer/director Peter Carstairs. Set in the outback wheat-belt in 1968, SEPTEMBER is a coming-of-age story about two 15 year old boys — one black, one white — whose pure and unaffected friendship falls apart under the pressures of the turbulent social changes happening around them. Shooting will take place this November/December in Boorowa, Yass and Harden. SEPTEMBER is scheduled for completion in June 2007. For more information about the Regional Filming Fund: Contact: Melissa Lee – Regional & Industry Services Officer PH: 02-9264-6400 Email: [email protected] Web: http://www.fto.nsw.gov.au/fund.asp?id=49 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AURORA SCRIPTWRITING DEADLINE – DECEMBER 11 The FTO is inviting applications for the next Aurora scriptwriting program by Monday 11 December, 2006. Aurora has one round per year, which supports up to four projects through an intensive residential script workshop and development process. The program also assists producers with marketing