Given the Delta outbreak and the impact on cinemas around the country, the Australian International Movie Convention (Aimc) will move from October to February.
The decision to postpone was a joint one between Naco (National Association of Cinema Operators Australasia) and presenting partners Mpdaa (Motion Picture Distributors Association of Australia), Roadshow Films and Aida (Australian Independent Distributors Association).
The event will continue to be held at Sydney’s The State Theatre as planned, moving to February 8-10, 2022.
“The postponement is required to protect the health and wellbeing of delegates, staff, and affiliates,” said Naco executive chairman Michael Hawkins.
“We are focussed on delivering a successful event that allows film distributors to present their upcoming slates and excite cinema exhibitors. Even though this will be a very different convention from previous years, it is possibly the most important one, as the calibre of movies ready to release is phenomenal and our...
The decision to postpone was a joint one between Naco (National Association of Cinema Operators Australasia) and presenting partners Mpdaa (Motion Picture Distributors Association of Australia), Roadshow Films and Aida (Australian Independent Distributors Association).
The event will continue to be held at Sydney’s The State Theatre as planned, moving to February 8-10, 2022.
“The postponement is required to protect the health and wellbeing of delegates, staff, and affiliates,” said Naco executive chairman Michael Hawkins.
“We are focussed on delivering a successful event that allows film distributors to present their upcoming slates and excite cinema exhibitors. Even though this will be a very different convention from previous years, it is possibly the most important one, as the calibre of movies ready to release is phenomenal and our...
- 8/25/2021
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
Producer Helen Leake has been appointed to the Screen Australia board for a three-year term.
She brings a wealth of experience to the role, having helmed the South Australian Film Corporation from 2004 to 2007, served on the board of Ausfilm and chaired the board of the Australian International Documentary Conference (Aidc).
As founder and owner of Dancing Road Productions and Duo Arts Productions, Leake’s credits include Heaven’s Burning, Black and White, Swerve, and Wolf Creek 2.
Prior to entering the film industry, Leake worked in Australia and the United Kingdom for International Computers Ltd and also ran her own computing consultancy firm.
Her term at Screen Australia, which commenced on June 27, comes after she was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia in the Australia Day Honours for significant service to film and professional organisations.
The rest of the board consists of chair Nicholas Moore, deputy chair Megan Brownlow,...
She brings a wealth of experience to the role, having helmed the South Australian Film Corporation from 2004 to 2007, served on the board of Ausfilm and chaired the board of the Australian International Documentary Conference (Aidc).
As founder and owner of Dancing Road Productions and Duo Arts Productions, Leake’s credits include Heaven’s Burning, Black and White, Swerve, and Wolf Creek 2.
Prior to entering the film industry, Leake worked in Australia and the United Kingdom for International Computers Ltd and also ran her own computing consultancy firm.
Her term at Screen Australia, which commenced on June 27, comes after she was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia in the Australia Day Honours for significant service to film and professional organisations.
The rest of the board consists of chair Nicholas Moore, deputy chair Megan Brownlow,...
- 7/21/2021
- by Sean Slatter
- IF.com.au
The Federal Government has announced $8.7 million in funding for 158 independent cinemas under the Supporting Cinemas’ Retention Endurance and Enhancement of Neighbourhoods (Screen) Fund, but remains coy on whether assistance will be provided to major exhibitors.
Applications opened in April for the Screen Australia-facilitated fund, which is designed to support independent cinema operators with one-off business continuity grants of up to $85,000 if they have experienced significant declines in revenue due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
While many cinemas have been welcoming back audiences at pre-pandemic levels for blockbusters such as Black Widow, F9 or Godzilla vs. Kong, those in Greater Sydney have been forced to close during the traditionally strong school holiday period as the city battles an outbreak of the Delta strain.
Of the operators that will share in the first round of Screen funding, 52 are from Nsw, 38 are from Victoria, 29 are from Queensland, 19 are from Wa, 14 are from South Australia,...
Applications opened in April for the Screen Australia-facilitated fund, which is designed to support independent cinema operators with one-off business continuity grants of up to $85,000 if they have experienced significant declines in revenue due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
While many cinemas have been welcoming back audiences at pre-pandemic levels for blockbusters such as Black Widow, F9 or Godzilla vs. Kong, those in Greater Sydney have been forced to close during the traditionally strong school holiday period as the city battles an outbreak of the Delta strain.
Of the operators that will share in the first round of Screen funding, 52 are from Nsw, 38 are from Victoria, 29 are from Queensland, 19 are from Wa, 14 are from South Australia,...
- 7/15/2021
- by Sean Slatter
- IF.com.au
The National Association of Cinema Operators (Naco) is optimistic about securing Covid-19 assistance funding for major exhibitors, days after blasting the government’s $20 million commitment to support independent cinemas.
In a statement released on Friday, executive director Michael Hawkins said he was “immensely disappointed” the government had failed to support the majority of the Australian cinema industry with the Supporting Cinemas’ Retention Endurance and Enhancement of Neighbourhoods (Screen) Fund.
Administered by Screen Australia, the fund will allow independent cinema operators who have experienced declines in revenue to be able to apply for one-off business grants of up to $85,000. Independent cinemas make up around 30 per cent of the exhibition sector.
But Hawkins now believes there is hope for non-independent operators struggling from the ongoing impact of the pandemic, following subsequent discussions between Naco and the Treasury.
“I’m pleased the government has been receptive to understanding this plight of cinemas is uniform and not just independents,...
In a statement released on Friday, executive director Michael Hawkins said he was “immensely disappointed” the government had failed to support the majority of the Australian cinema industry with the Supporting Cinemas’ Retention Endurance and Enhancement of Neighbourhoods (Screen) Fund.
Administered by Screen Australia, the fund will allow independent cinema operators who have experienced declines in revenue to be able to apply for one-off business grants of up to $85,000. Independent cinemas make up around 30 per cent of the exhibition sector.
But Hawkins now believes there is hope for non-independent operators struggling from the ongoing impact of the pandemic, following subsequent discussions between Naco and the Treasury.
“I’m pleased the government has been receptive to understanding this plight of cinemas is uniform and not just independents,...
- 3/31/2021
- by Sean Slatter
- IF.com.au
National Association of Cinema Operators (Naco) executive director Michael Hawkins, former Seven Network CEO Maureen Kerridge, and actress Val Lehman are among the screen industry professionals to be recognised as part of the Australia Day honours.
Hawkins, who is also the chairman of the Asia Pacific Screen Awards advisory board and the director of Creative Content Australia, was named a Member of the Order of Australia (Am) for significant service to the film and television industry, and to screen content.
In addition to his role with Naco, Hawkins is also the executive director of the Australian International Movie Convention (Aimc), and sits on the Screen Australia board.
He was also executive chairman of Brisbane Asia Pacific Film Festival from 2014 to 2017, and of CEO Australian Multiplex Cinemas from 1994 to 2010.
Hawkins told If being able to advocate for sectors of the industry had been an important part of his career.
“Right now,...
Hawkins, who is also the chairman of the Asia Pacific Screen Awards advisory board and the director of Creative Content Australia, was named a Member of the Order of Australia (Am) for significant service to the film and television industry, and to screen content.
In addition to his role with Naco, Hawkins is also the executive director of the Australian International Movie Convention (Aimc), and sits on the Screen Australia board.
He was also executive chairman of Brisbane Asia Pacific Film Festival from 2014 to 2017, and of CEO Australian Multiplex Cinemas from 1994 to 2010.
Hawkins told If being able to advocate for sectors of the industry had been an important part of his career.
“Right now,...
- 1/25/2021
- by Sean Slatter
- IF.com.au
Incoming Apsa chair Tracey Vieira.
While the major ceremony will not go ahead given Covid-19 restrictions, the Asia Pacific Screen Academy (Apsa) will still present a smaller number of awards in a live presentation in late November, while also running the concurrent industry event, the Asia Pacific Screen Forum, online.
The awards, to be broadcast from Hota on the Gold Coast, will consist of two major prizes, the Fiapf Award for Outstanding Achievement in Film, and the Apsa Young Cinema Award acknowledging the cinematic excellence of an emerging filmmaker.
The four recipients of the MPA Apsa Academy Film Fund, a US $25,000 script development grant, will also be unveiled during the presentation.
The news coincides with appointment of Tracey Vieira as Apsa chair. Vieira is the chief content officer at Hoodlum Entertainment and former CEO of Screen Queensland, and succeeds Michael Hawkins, who remains on the board together with founding chair Des Power.
While the major ceremony will not go ahead given Covid-19 restrictions, the Asia Pacific Screen Academy (Apsa) will still present a smaller number of awards in a live presentation in late November, while also running the concurrent industry event, the Asia Pacific Screen Forum, online.
The awards, to be broadcast from Hota on the Gold Coast, will consist of two major prizes, the Fiapf Award for Outstanding Achievement in Film, and the Apsa Young Cinema Award acknowledging the cinematic excellence of an emerging filmmaker.
The four recipients of the MPA Apsa Academy Film Fund, a US $25,000 script development grant, will also be unveiled during the presentation.
The news coincides with appointment of Tracey Vieira as Apsa chair. Vieira is the chief content officer at Hoodlum Entertainment and former CEO of Screen Queensland, and succeeds Michael Hawkins, who remains on the board together with founding chair Des Power.
- 9/23/2020
- by jkeast
- IF.com.au
The Asia Pacific Screen Awards, held annually in Brisbane, Australia, will run in November in a slimmed down fashion. Earlier this year the event’s future seemed deeply clouded due to financial problems and the coronavirus.
Where normally a dozen prizes are awarded to artistic films from across the vast Unesco-defined Asia region, the event this year will focus on two: the FIAPF Award for Outstanding Achievement in Film, to be presented to a personality who has shaped the industry through innovation and creativity, and the APSA Young Cinema Award. The ceremony will retain the Nov. 26 date that was previously announced date before it was thrown into limbo.
In June, the Brisbane City Council and its offshoot Brisbane Marketing, notified Apsa organizers that they would not be able to fund the event in the next financial year, which runs July to June, due to the impact of the coronavirus on the city’s finances.
Where normally a dozen prizes are awarded to artistic films from across the vast Unesco-defined Asia region, the event this year will focus on two: the FIAPF Award for Outstanding Achievement in Film, to be presented to a personality who has shaped the industry through innovation and creativity, and the APSA Young Cinema Award. The ceremony will retain the Nov. 26 date that was previously announced date before it was thrown into limbo.
In June, the Brisbane City Council and its offshoot Brisbane Marketing, notified Apsa organizers that they would not be able to fund the event in the next financial year, which runs July to June, due to the impact of the coronavirus on the city’s finances.
- 9/23/2020
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
The Asia Pacific Screen Awards, the annual Asian film prize ceremony that has been held annually in Brisbane, has been put on hold. It was scheduled to be held in November.
The Brisbane City Council and its offshoot Brisbane Marketing have notified the organizers that they will not be able to fund the event in the next financial year, which runs July to June, due to the impact of the coronavirus on the city’s finances. That means limbo for the 14th edition, which had been scheduled for Nov. 26, 2020 at the Brisbane Conventions & Exhibitions Centre.
“Considering the challenges to the film industry and the city’s position, the Apsa advisory board and Brisbane Marketing have had to make the difficult decision to place Apsa on hold for the time being, as we consider what is possible to deliver in 2020, and as we seek a new home for the event,” Michael Hawkins,...
The Brisbane City Council and its offshoot Brisbane Marketing have notified the organizers that they will not be able to fund the event in the next financial year, which runs July to June, due to the impact of the coronavirus on the city’s finances. That means limbo for the 14th edition, which had been scheduled for Nov. 26, 2020 at the Brisbane Conventions & Exhibitions Centre.
“Considering the challenges to the film industry and the city’s position, the Apsa advisory board and Brisbane Marketing have had to make the difficult decision to place Apsa on hold for the time being, as we consider what is possible to deliver in 2020, and as we seek a new home for the event,” Michael Hawkins,...
- 6/26/2020
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
Peter Davey.
Lawyer, corporate advisor and former Village Roadshow and ITV Studios Australia executive Peter Davey has been appointed to the Screen Australia board.
In other board moves, Joanna Werner’s term has been extended for another three years and deputy chair Megan Brownlow has been reappointed for one year.
Davey, who previously served on the boards of the Film Finance Corporation and Ausfilm, was MD, corporate and international development at Village Roadshow and MD of ITV Studios Australia.
His CV also includes roles at Macquarie Group, Davis Polk & Wardwell (New York) and King & Wood Mallesons.
Screen Australia’s eight-member board includes chair Nicholas Moore, Michael Hawkins, Claudia Karvan, Richard King and Deborah Mailman.
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Lawyer, corporate advisor and former Village Roadshow and ITV Studios Australia executive Peter Davey has been appointed to the Screen Australia board.
In other board moves, Joanna Werner’s term has been extended for another three years and deputy chair Megan Brownlow has been reappointed for one year.
Davey, who previously served on the boards of the Film Finance Corporation and Ausfilm, was MD, corporate and international development at Village Roadshow and MD of ITV Studios Australia.
His CV also includes roles at Macquarie Group, Davis Polk & Wardwell (New York) and King & Wood Mallesons.
Screen Australia’s eight-member board includes chair Nicholas Moore, Michael Hawkins, Claudia Karvan, Richard King and Deborah Mailman.
The post Peter Davey joins Screen Australia board appeared first on If Magazine.
- 6/19/2020
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
Cinema Nova.
Melbourne’s Cinema Nova, the Eddie Tamir family-owned cinemas and Village Cinemas’ Coburg drive-in will re-open next month – but indications are that most cinemas in other states are unlikely to turn on the lights until July.
Palace Cinemas will open its doors nationally on July 2, with most locations limited to three sessions a day to allow time for extra cleaning.
Among the titles it will screen are Universal’s The King of Staten Island and The High Note and Sony’s The Burnt Orange Heresy.
Cinema Nova and the Classic, Lido and Cameo Cinemas will resume trading on June 22 when the Victorian government will allow gatherings of up to 50 people.
“We will be very pleased to welcome our audience back. Nothing replaces seeing films made for theatrical release than screening in the cinema on the big screen,” Cinema Nova joint executive director Natalie Miller tells If.
“We will...
Melbourne’s Cinema Nova, the Eddie Tamir family-owned cinemas and Village Cinemas’ Coburg drive-in will re-open next month – but indications are that most cinemas in other states are unlikely to turn on the lights until July.
Palace Cinemas will open its doors nationally on July 2, with most locations limited to three sessions a day to allow time for extra cleaning.
Among the titles it will screen are Universal’s The King of Staten Island and The High Note and Sony’s The Burnt Orange Heresy.
Cinema Nova and the Classic, Lido and Cameo Cinemas will resume trading on June 22 when the Victorian government will allow gatherings of up to 50 people.
“We will be very pleased to welcome our audience back. Nothing replaces seeing films made for theatrical release than screening in the cinema on the big screen,” Cinema Nova joint executive director Natalie Miller tells If.
“We will...
- 5/26/2020
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
Here’s the latest update on the prospects for cinemas re-opening in Australia and New Zealand, which according to 2019 stats is the world’s ninth biggest box office market.
New Zealand has hit the headlines recently with its successful handling of the coronavirus and the positive relaxing of its lockdown, with cinemas now allowed to re-open in the country. The green light, however, hasn’t resulted in a huge amount of activity, with the vast majority of venues left shuttered, including the top three chains Reading, Hoyts and Event.
According to Michael Hawkins, executive director of the National Association of Cinema Operators Australasia, the issue is as much to do with a lack of available movies to screen, as it is to do with gathering restrictions, which presently limit group sizes to 10 (expected to increase to 20 next week) and 100 people max in any one space at a time.
Roughly 30 indie...
New Zealand has hit the headlines recently with its successful handling of the coronavirus and the positive relaxing of its lockdown, with cinemas now allowed to re-open in the country. The green light, however, hasn’t resulted in a huge amount of activity, with the vast majority of venues left shuttered, including the top three chains Reading, Hoyts and Event.
According to Michael Hawkins, executive director of the National Association of Cinema Operators Australasia, the issue is as much to do with a lack of available movies to screen, as it is to do with gathering restrictions, which presently limit group sizes to 10 (expected to increase to 20 next week) and 100 people max in any one space at a time.
Roughly 30 indie...
- 5/21/2020
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
Robert Pattinson and John David Washington in ‘Tenet’ (Photo credit: Warner Bros).
Christopher Nolan’s time-travel thriller Tenet and Niki Caro’s live-action adventure-drama Mulan will be the first two major Hollywood releases in July, if Australian cinemas are allowed to open that month – along with cinemas in most other territories.
Warner Bros. has dated Tenet for July 17 in the Us, so it would open here on July 16. Disney has scheduled Mulan, the tale of a young Chinese maiden who disguises herself as a male warrior in order to save her father, for the following week.
WB has booked Patty Jenkins’ Wonder Woman 1984 a month later while the first Paramount Pictures release will be John Krasinski’s A Quiet Place Part II day-and-date with the Us on September 3, postponed from late March.
The National Association of Cinema Operators, which represents more than 2,000 screens at nearly 500 locations with 12,000 employees, said it...
Christopher Nolan’s time-travel thriller Tenet and Niki Caro’s live-action adventure-drama Mulan will be the first two major Hollywood releases in July, if Australian cinemas are allowed to open that month – along with cinemas in most other territories.
Warner Bros. has dated Tenet for July 17 in the Us, so it would open here on July 16. Disney has scheduled Mulan, the tale of a young Chinese maiden who disguises herself as a male warrior in order to save her father, for the following week.
WB has booked Patty Jenkins’ Wonder Woman 1984 a month later while the first Paramount Pictures release will be John Krasinski’s A Quiet Place Part II day-and-date with the Us on September 3, postponed from late March.
The National Association of Cinema Operators, which represents more than 2,000 screens at nearly 500 locations with 12,000 employees, said it...
- 5/5/2020
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
Australian actors, producers, writers, directors and crew members have slammed the Federal Government’s decision to deny access to the JobKeeper wage subsidy to freelancers and other casual workers.
Meanwhile already stressed exhibitors are worried about having to cash flow payments to workers until they are reimbursed by the government, so some of their staff will miss out and have to claim the JobSeeker payment.
The legislation was passed by the Senate late last night after amendments by Labour and the Greens to provide a support package for the arts and entertainment sector, most of whose workers are ineligible, were defeated.
The Meaa said tens of thousands of freelance and casual performers and crew – and many of their employers – will not get the $1,500 per fortnight wage subsidy.
“Freelance employees and many loyal casuals will – without urgent changes to the JobKeeper rules, be at least $200 a week worse off. For those...
Meanwhile already stressed exhibitors are worried about having to cash flow payments to workers until they are reimbursed by the government, so some of their staff will miss out and have to claim the JobSeeker payment.
The legislation was passed by the Senate late last night after amendments by Labour and the Greens to provide a support package for the arts and entertainment sector, most of whose workers are ineligible, were defeated.
The Meaa said tens of thousands of freelance and casual performers and crew – and many of their employers – will not get the $1,500 per fortnight wage subsidy.
“Freelance employees and many loyal casuals will – without urgent changes to the JobKeeper rules, be at least $200 a week worse off. For those...
- 4/9/2020
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
The Federal Government’s decision to rule out extending the $1,500 a fortnight JobKeeper wage subsidy to casual workers who had employed for less than a year will penalize many thousands of cinema industry employees and screen sector freelancers.
In addition, the free-to-air networks, Foxtel and the larger production companies are highly unlikely to qualify for the assistance because their revenues had not fallen by more than 30 per cent for firms with annual revenues under $1 billion and 50 per cent for those which clock more than $1 billion.
Attorney-General Christian Porter told Sunrise today the 1.1 million workers who have been employed for less than a year or rely on sporadic work will not have access to the subsidy.
“You have to have some kind of eligibility definitions, even in a package this enormous,” he said, adding that these workers can claim the $1,100 fortnightly JobSeeker payment.
While screen industry executives are waiting to see...
In addition, the free-to-air networks, Foxtel and the larger production companies are highly unlikely to qualify for the assistance because their revenues had not fallen by more than 30 per cent for firms with annual revenues under $1 billion and 50 per cent for those which clock more than $1 billion.
Attorney-General Christian Porter told Sunrise today the 1.1 million workers who have been employed for less than a year or rely on sporadic work will not have access to the subsidy.
“You have to have some kind of eligibility definitions, even in a package this enormous,” he said, adding that these workers can claim the $1,100 fortnightly JobSeeker payment.
While screen industry executives are waiting to see...
- 4/5/2020
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
The closure of Australian cinemas and entertainment venues as well as licensed clubs, hotels and pubs, casinos and nightclubs is a body blow to Village Roadshow Ltd (Vrl) and the broader exhibition and distribution sector.
After warning of the prospect of closures last week, Vrl told investors today it is implementing contingency plans including employee stand downs and further cost savings such as reducing the cost of leases, deferral of government taxes and ceasing capital expenditure.
It said only employees in business-critical functions would continue working.
Vrl CEO Clark Kirby said: “We have made this decision with heavy hearts but we know it is the right thing for the safety and well-being of our employees, patrons and the community.
“We are grateful for the support of our employees and will adopt strategies to reduce the financial impact on them as much as possible.
“We will plan for our businesses to...
After warning of the prospect of closures last week, Vrl told investors today it is implementing contingency plans including employee stand downs and further cost savings such as reducing the cost of leases, deferral of government taxes and ceasing capital expenditure.
It said only employees in business-critical functions would continue working.
Vrl CEO Clark Kirby said: “We have made this decision with heavy hearts but we know it is the right thing for the safety and well-being of our employees, patrons and the community.
“We are grateful for the support of our employees and will adopt strategies to reduce the financial impact on them as much as possible.
“We will plan for our businesses to...
- 3/22/2020
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
‘Buoyancy’.
Two Australian films – Rodd Rathjen’s debut feature Buoyancy and Daniel Gordon’s feature documentary The Australian Dream – are nominated for Asia Pacific Screen Awards (Apsa).
Some 37 films for 22 countries are nominated for the 13th iteration of the awards, which will be presented in Brisbane in November. Overall, films from China received the most nominations; 13 in total across seven films – the country is represented in all but one category.
Wang Xiaoshuai’s So Long, My Son (Di Jiu Tian Chang) leads the tally with nominations across six categories: actor (Wang Jingchun), actress (Yong Mei), screenplay, cinematography (Kim Hyunseok), directing (Wang Xiaoshuai) and Best Feature Film.
Fellow nominees for Best Feature Film are Pema Tseden’s Balloon; Kantemir Balagov’s Beanpole, Ridham Janve’s The Gold-Laden Sheep and The Sacred Mountain and Bong Joon-ho’s Palme d’Or winning Parasite.
Announced today alongside the nominations was the Asia Pacific Screen Forum,...
Two Australian films – Rodd Rathjen’s debut feature Buoyancy and Daniel Gordon’s feature documentary The Australian Dream – are nominated for Asia Pacific Screen Awards (Apsa).
Some 37 films for 22 countries are nominated for the 13th iteration of the awards, which will be presented in Brisbane in November. Overall, films from China received the most nominations; 13 in total across seven films – the country is represented in all but one category.
Wang Xiaoshuai’s So Long, My Son (Di Jiu Tian Chang) leads the tally with nominations across six categories: actor (Wang Jingchun), actress (Yong Mei), screenplay, cinematography (Kim Hyunseok), directing (Wang Xiaoshuai) and Best Feature Film.
Fellow nominees for Best Feature Film are Pema Tseden’s Balloon; Kantemir Balagov’s Beanpole, Ridham Janve’s The Gold-Laden Sheep and The Sacred Mountain and Bong Joon-ho’s Palme d’Or winning Parasite.
Announced today alongside the nominations was the Asia Pacific Screen Forum,...
- 10/16/2019
- by jkeast
- IF.com.au
1976: Ryan's Hope's Delia searched for evidence against Frank.
1978: All My Children's Erica Kane married Tom Cudahy.
1985: General Hospital's Robin Scorpio arrived in Port Charles.
2011: All My Children's Erica met Verla Grubbs."History speaks to artists. It changes the artist's thinking and is constantly reshaping it into different and unexpected images."
― Anselm Kiefer
"Today in Soap Opera History" is a collection of the most memorable, interesting and influential events in the history of scripted, serialized programs. From birthdays and anniversaries to scandals and controversies, every day this column celebrates the soap opera in American culture.
On this date in...
1948: On radio soap opera Claudia, Claudia (Dorothy McGuire) had opening night jitters.
1976: On Ryan's Hope, Delia Ryan (Ilene Kristen) lied to her husband, Frank (Michael Hawkins), when he found her searching through his things
1976: On Another World, Sharlene Frame (Laurie Heineman) confessed her...
1978: All My Children's Erica Kane married Tom Cudahy.
1985: General Hospital's Robin Scorpio arrived in Port Charles.
2011: All My Children's Erica met Verla Grubbs."History speaks to artists. It changes the artist's thinking and is constantly reshaping it into different and unexpected images."
― Anselm Kiefer
"Today in Soap Opera History" is a collection of the most memorable, interesting and influential events in the history of scripted, serialized programs. From birthdays and anniversaries to scandals and controversies, every day this column celebrates the soap opera in American culture.
On this date in...
1948: On radio soap opera Claudia, Claudia (Dorothy McGuire) had opening night jitters.
1976: On Ryan's Hope, Delia Ryan (Ilene Kristen) lied to her husband, Frank (Michael Hawkins), when he found her searching through his things
1976: On Another World, Sharlene Frame (Laurie Heineman) confessed her...
- 9/6/2019
- by Unknown
- We Love Soaps
1976: Ryan's Hope's Delia talked her way around Frank's suspicions.
1999: Passions premiered on NBC.
2001: As the World Turns' Simon found Katie on an island.
2002: Stephanie Gatschet debuted as Tammy on Guiding Light."History speaks to artists. It changes the artist's thinking and is constantly reshaping it into different and unexpected images."
― Anselm Kiefer
"Today in Soap Opera History" is a collection of the most memorable, interesting and influential events in the history of scripted, serialized programs. From birthdays and anniversaries to scandals and controversies, every day this column celebrates the soap opera in American culture.
On this date in...
1966: On The Guiding Light, Bert Bauer (Charita Bauer) met Leslie Jackson (Lynne Adams).
1966: New head writer William J. Bell's first Days of our Lives script aired. By this point NBC had canceled Ted Corday's other two daytime soaps launched in 1965, Morning Star and Paradise Bay,...
1999: Passions premiered on NBC.
2001: As the World Turns' Simon found Katie on an island.
2002: Stephanie Gatschet debuted as Tammy on Guiding Light."History speaks to artists. It changes the artist's thinking and is constantly reshaping it into different and unexpected images."
― Anselm Kiefer
"Today in Soap Opera History" is a collection of the most memorable, interesting and influential events in the history of scripted, serialized programs. From birthdays and anniversaries to scandals and controversies, every day this column celebrates the soap opera in American culture.
On this date in...
1966: On The Guiding Light, Bert Bauer (Charita Bauer) met Leslie Jackson (Lynne Adams).
1966: New head writer William J. Bell's first Days of our Lives script aired. By this point NBC had canceled Ted Corday's other two daytime soaps launched in 1965, Morning Star and Paradise Bay,...
- 7/5/2019
- by Roger Newcomb
- We Love Soaps
Deborah Mailman.
Deborah Mailman has been appointed to the Screen Australia board for three years, the second Indigenous person to serve in that role following Rachel Perkins.
The stage and screen actor currently serves on Screen Australia’s Gender Matters task force and has been a member of the Sydney Opera House Trust since 2015.
In 2017 she received an Order of Australia Medal for her services to the performing arts and as a role model for Indigenous performers.
Currently she is starring in Blackfella Films’ Black B*tch (working title), a six-part drama for the ABC directed by Rachel Perkins.
She plays Alex Irving, a charismatic and contradictory Indigenous woman who is thrust into the national limelight after a horrific event. Rachel Griffiths co-stars as Australia’s embattled Prime Minister Rachel Anderson, who, seeing a publicity goldmine for her party, makes Alex a captain’s pick for the Senate.
In Seth Larney...
Deborah Mailman has been appointed to the Screen Australia board for three years, the second Indigenous person to serve in that role following Rachel Perkins.
The stage and screen actor currently serves on Screen Australia’s Gender Matters task force and has been a member of the Sydney Opera House Trust since 2015.
In 2017 she received an Order of Australia Medal for her services to the performing arts and as a role model for Indigenous performers.
Currently she is starring in Blackfella Films’ Black B*tch (working title), a six-part drama for the ABC directed by Rachel Perkins.
She plays Alex Irving, a charismatic and contradictory Indigenous woman who is thrust into the national limelight after a horrific event. Rachel Griffiths co-stars as Australia’s embattled Prime Minister Rachel Anderson, who, seeing a publicity goldmine for her party, makes Alex a captain’s pick for the Senate.
In Seth Larney...
- 3/26/2019
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
The Asia Pacific Screen Awards are to increase their role in film funding through the establishment of a new film development prize worth $20,000.
The Apsa Academy Sun Yat-Sen Bo Ai Film Fund is launched as a venture between the awards body and the Sun Yat-Sen Cultural Foundation, a charitable organization founded by descendants of 20th century Chinese leader Sun Yat-sen.
The first recipient is “The Cave,” a treatment for a feature documentary about five women doctors who work in an underground hospital in war-torn Syria. The film is written and directed by Feras Fayyad. The announcement was made Thursday, during the Apsa ceremony in Brisbane Australia.
Selection of the winner was made by a committee involving producer and sales agent Alexandra Sun, festival selector Philip Cheah, and Apsa founding chairman Des Power. “(‘The Cave’) is a film that exudes compassion, the best of the human spirit at a time of the worst in human behavior,...
The Apsa Academy Sun Yat-Sen Bo Ai Film Fund is launched as a venture between the awards body and the Sun Yat-Sen Cultural Foundation, a charitable organization founded by descendants of 20th century Chinese leader Sun Yat-sen.
The first recipient is “The Cave,” a treatment for a feature documentary about five women doctors who work in an underground hospital in war-torn Syria. The film is written and directed by Feras Fayyad. The announcement was made Thursday, during the Apsa ceremony in Brisbane Australia.
Selection of the winner was made by a committee involving producer and sales agent Alexandra Sun, festival selector Philip Cheah, and Apsa founding chairman Des Power. “(‘The Cave’) is a film that exudes compassion, the best of the human spirit at a time of the worst in human behavior,...
- 11/29/2018
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
1967: Dark Shadows' Barnabas choked, thanks to Angelique.
1987: Santa Barbara's Mason and Julie had sex in a cave.
1989: Another World's Rachel spent Thanksgiving without Mac.
1999: Chloe Lane first appeared on Days of our Lives."The best prophet of the future is the past."
― Lord Byron
"Today in Soap Opera History" is a collection of the most memorable, interesting and influential events in the history of scripted, serialized programs. From birthdays and anniversaries to scandals and controversies, every day this column celebrates the soap opera in American culture.
On this date in...
1967: On Dark Shadows, Angelique Bouchard (Lara Parker) put a handkerchief around the toy soldier's neck. As she tightened it, Barnabas Collins (Jonathan Frid) began to choke, and he eventually collapsed on the floor.
1975: On Ryan's Hope, Mrs. Huber (Martha Greenhouse) complained to Frank Ryan (Michael Hawkins) about her apartment building possibly being sold without the tenant's approval.
1987: Santa Barbara's Mason and Julie had sex in a cave.
1989: Another World's Rachel spent Thanksgiving without Mac.
1999: Chloe Lane first appeared on Days of our Lives."The best prophet of the future is the past."
― Lord Byron
"Today in Soap Opera History" is a collection of the most memorable, interesting and influential events in the history of scripted, serialized programs. From birthdays and anniversaries to scandals and controversies, every day this column celebrates the soap opera in American culture.
On this date in...
1967: On Dark Shadows, Angelique Bouchard (Lara Parker) put a handkerchief around the toy soldier's neck. As she tightened it, Barnabas Collins (Jonathan Frid) began to choke, and he eventually collapsed on the floor.
1975: On Ryan's Hope, Mrs. Huber (Martha Greenhouse) complained to Frank Ryan (Michael Hawkins) about her apartment building possibly being sold without the tenant's approval.
- 11/24/2018
- by Roger Newcomb
- We Love Soaps
1933: The Romance of Helen Trent premiered.
1987: Matthew Ashford debuted as Jack on Days of our Lives.
1985: Guiding Light's Reva almost ran into Josh at Cedars.
2008: All My Children's Reese and Miranda surprised Bianca."The best prophet of the future is the past."
― Lord Byron
"Today in Soap Opera History" is a collection of the most memorable, interesting and influential events in the history of scripted, serialized programs. From birthdays and anniversaries to scandals and controversies, every day this column celebrates the soap opera in American culture.
On this date in...
1933: The Romance of Helen Trent debuted over CBS Radio. The show aired 7,222 episodes during its run until June 24, 1960. Created by the husband-and-wife team of Frank and Anne Hummert, Helen Trent was conceived as the epitome of virtue in a world where behavior was usually judged in black-and-white terms. Helen Trent never smoked, drank, or...
1987: Matthew Ashford debuted as Jack on Days of our Lives.
1985: Guiding Light's Reva almost ran into Josh at Cedars.
2008: All My Children's Reese and Miranda surprised Bianca."The best prophet of the future is the past."
― Lord Byron
"Today in Soap Opera History" is a collection of the most memorable, interesting and influential events in the history of scripted, serialized programs. From birthdays and anniversaries to scandals and controversies, every day this column celebrates the soap opera in American culture.
On this date in...
1933: The Romance of Helen Trent debuted over CBS Radio. The show aired 7,222 episodes during its run until June 24, 1960. Created by the husband-and-wife team of Frank and Anne Hummert, Helen Trent was conceived as the epitome of virtue in a world where behavior was usually judged in black-and-white terms. Helen Trent never smoked, drank, or...
- 10/31/2018
- by Roger Newcomb
- We Love Soaps
“Shoplifters,” the Japanese drama that won the Palme d’Or at Cannes this year, leads the race for the Asia Pacific Screen Awards. It is nominated for best film and in in two other categories.
The four other films nominated for best feature film are: Lee Chang-dong’s “Burning” (Korea), Adilkhan Yerzhanov’s “The Gentle Indifference of the World”, Khavn de la Cruz’s “Balangiga: Howling Wilderness” (Philippines), and Phuttiphong Aroonpheng’s “Manta Ray”.
Nomination in 11 categories were announced on Wednesday. They include 46 films from 22 countries. The awards will be presented at a ceremony in Brisbane, Australia, on Nov. 29, 2018.
This year, films from Japan and China lead the tally with 7 nominations each. Films from Australia, India and Kazakhstan each received 5 nominations. Uzbekistan (actor Karim Mirkhadiyev for his role in “Fortitude”) received a nomination for the first time.
Best director nominations go to: Hirokazu Kore-eda for “Shoplifters”; Ivan Ayr for “Soni...
The four other films nominated for best feature film are: Lee Chang-dong’s “Burning” (Korea), Adilkhan Yerzhanov’s “The Gentle Indifference of the World”, Khavn de la Cruz’s “Balangiga: Howling Wilderness” (Philippines), and Phuttiphong Aroonpheng’s “Manta Ray”.
Nomination in 11 categories were announced on Wednesday. They include 46 films from 22 countries. The awards will be presented at a ceremony in Brisbane, Australia, on Nov. 29, 2018.
This year, films from Japan and China lead the tally with 7 nominations each. Films from Australia, India and Kazakhstan each received 5 nominations. Uzbekistan (actor Karim Mirkhadiyev for his role in “Fortitude”) received a nomination for the first time.
Best director nominations go to: Hirokazu Kore-eda for “Shoplifters”; Ivan Ayr for “Soni...
- 10/17/2018
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
Bruce Beresford, nominated for Achievement in Directing at the Apsa Awards, on the set of ‘Ladies in Black’. (Photo courtesy of Sony Pictures Releasing).
Four Australian films – Ladies in Black, Gurrumul, Breath and Mary Magdalene – have received nominations for the Asia Pacific Screen Awards, to be held in Brisbane in November.
Overall, 46 films from 22 countries have been nominated for the awards, which celebrate films from the region.
The Palme d’Or winning Shoplifters, from Japanese auteur Kore-eda Hirokazu, is the only film to receive three nominations, including Best Feature Film, Best Screenplay and Achievement in Directing. It will compete for Best Feature Film against Burning (Korea), The Gentle Indifference of the World, Balangiga: Howling Wilderness (Philippines) and Manta Ray.
Competing against Kore-eda for the directing award is Australia’s Bruce Beresford, nominated for his work on 1960s comedy drama Ladies in Black. Also up in the category are Nadine Labaki...
Four Australian films – Ladies in Black, Gurrumul, Breath and Mary Magdalene – have received nominations for the Asia Pacific Screen Awards, to be held in Brisbane in November.
Overall, 46 films from 22 countries have been nominated for the awards, which celebrate films from the region.
The Palme d’Or winning Shoplifters, from Japanese auteur Kore-eda Hirokazu, is the only film to receive three nominations, including Best Feature Film, Best Screenplay and Achievement in Directing. It will compete for Best Feature Film against Burning (Korea), The Gentle Indifference of the World, Balangiga: Howling Wilderness (Philippines) and Manta Ray.
Competing against Kore-eda for the directing award is Australia’s Bruce Beresford, nominated for his work on 1960s comedy drama Ladies in Black. Also up in the category are Nadine Labaki...
- 10/17/2018
- by jkeast
- IF.com.au
1976: Ryan's Hope's Delia searched for evidence against Frank.
1978: All My Children's Erica Kane married Tom Cudahy.
1985: General Hospital's Robin Scorpio arrived in Port Charles.
2011: All My Children's Erica met Verla Grubbs."The best prophet of the future is the past."
― Lord Byron
"Today in Soap Opera History" is a collection of the most memorable, interesting and influential events in the history of scripted, serialized programs. From birthdays and anniversaries to scandals and controversies, every day this column celebrates the soap opera in American culture.
On this date in...
1948: On radio soap opera Claudia, Claudia (Dorothy McGuire) had opening night jitters.
1976: On Ryan's Hope, Delia Ryan (Ilene Kristen) lied to her husband, Frank (Michael Hawkins), when he found her searching through his things
1976: On Another World, Sharlene Frame (Laurie Heineman) confessed her sordid past to a devastated Russ Matthews (David Bailey), then downed a bottle of pills.
1978: All My Children's Erica Kane married Tom Cudahy.
1985: General Hospital's Robin Scorpio arrived in Port Charles.
2011: All My Children's Erica met Verla Grubbs."The best prophet of the future is the past."
― Lord Byron
"Today in Soap Opera History" is a collection of the most memorable, interesting and influential events in the history of scripted, serialized programs. From birthdays and anniversaries to scandals and controversies, every day this column celebrates the soap opera in American culture.
On this date in...
1948: On radio soap opera Claudia, Claudia (Dorothy McGuire) had opening night jitters.
1976: On Ryan's Hope, Delia Ryan (Ilene Kristen) lied to her husband, Frank (Michael Hawkins), when he found her searching through his things
1976: On Another World, Sharlene Frame (Laurie Heineman) confessed her sordid past to a devastated Russ Matthews (David Bailey), then downed a bottle of pills.
- 9/8/2018
- by Roger Newcomb
- We Love Soaps
1976: Ryan's Hope's Delia talked her way around Frank's suspicions.
1999: Passions premiered on NBC.
2001: As the World Turns' Simon found Katie on an island.
2002: Stephanie Gatschet debuted as Tammy on Guiding Light."All true histories contain instruction; though, in some, the treasure may be hard to find, and when found, so trivial in quantity that the dry, shrivelled kernel scarcely compensates for the trouble of cracking the nut."
― Anne Brontë in "Agnes Grey"
"Today in Soap Opera History" is a collection of the most memorable, interesting and influential events in the history of scripted, serialized programs. From birthdays and anniversaries to scandals and controversies, every day this column celebrates the soap opera in American culture.
On this date in...
1966: On The Guiding Light, Bert Bauer (Charita Bauer) met Leslie Jackson (Lynne Adams).
1966: New head writer William J. Bell's first Days of our Lives script aired.
1999: Passions premiered on NBC.
2001: As the World Turns' Simon found Katie on an island.
2002: Stephanie Gatschet debuted as Tammy on Guiding Light."All true histories contain instruction; though, in some, the treasure may be hard to find, and when found, so trivial in quantity that the dry, shrivelled kernel scarcely compensates for the trouble of cracking the nut."
― Anne Brontë in "Agnes Grey"
"Today in Soap Opera History" is a collection of the most memorable, interesting and influential events in the history of scripted, serialized programs. From birthdays and anniversaries to scandals and controversies, every day this column celebrates the soap opera in American culture.
On this date in...
1966: On The Guiding Light, Bert Bauer (Charita Bauer) met Leslie Jackson (Lynne Adams).
1966: New head writer William J. Bell's first Days of our Lives script aired.
- 7/5/2018
- by Roger Newcomb
- We Love Soaps
1955: Love of Life's Van wanted to adopt Carol.
1986: Search for Tomorrow's Jo had a dream.
2000: All My Children's Bianca came out to Erica.
2008: Atwt's Lucinda didn't know Brian wanted her grandson."History is a vast early warning system."
― Norman Cousins
"Today in Soap Opera History" is a collection of the most memorable, interesting and influential events in the history of scripted, serialized programs. From birthdays and anniversaries to scandals and controversies, every day this column celebrates the soap opera in American culture.
On this date in...
1939: On Bachelor's Children, Sam and Ruth Ann kept an anxious vigil at the hospital as Sam's wife, Janet, delivered their first child. Complications ensued during the birth, and the ordeal stretched late into the night. Sam tried to rest in the deserted waiting room and fitfully dozed as memories spanning the breadth of his relationship with Janet flickered through his semi-conscious mind.
1986: Search for Tomorrow's Jo had a dream.
2000: All My Children's Bianca came out to Erica.
2008: Atwt's Lucinda didn't know Brian wanted her grandson."History is a vast early warning system."
― Norman Cousins
"Today in Soap Opera History" is a collection of the most memorable, interesting and influential events in the history of scripted, serialized programs. From birthdays and anniversaries to scandals and controversies, every day this column celebrates the soap opera in American culture.
On this date in...
1939: On Bachelor's Children, Sam and Ruth Ann kept an anxious vigil at the hospital as Sam's wife, Janet, delivered their first child. Complications ensued during the birth, and the ordeal stretched late into the night. Sam tried to rest in the deserted waiting room and fitfully dozed as memories spanning the breadth of his relationship with Janet flickered through his semi-conscious mind.
- 12/22/2017
- by Roger Newcomb
- We Love Soaps
1975: Delia took action to save her marriage on Ryan's Hope.
1979: Deer hunters shot at Deborah on The Edge of Night.
1985: Santa Barbara's Lionel (Don Stewart) apologized to Brick.
2006: One Life to Live's Blair worried about her baby."History is a vast early warning system."
― Norman Cousins
"Today in Soap Opera History" is a collection of the most memorable, interesting and influential events in the history of scripted, serialized programs. From birthdays and anniversaries to scandals and controversies, every day this column celebrates the soap opera in American culture.
On this date in...
1946: DuMont Television Network aired the final episode of the first network TV soap opera, Faraway Hill. The show, created by David P. Lewis, premiered two and a half months earlier on October 2nd.
1967: On The Doctors, when Dr. Matt Powers (James Pritchett) told Dr. Althea Davis (Elizabeth Hubbard) that she had...
1979: Deer hunters shot at Deborah on The Edge of Night.
1985: Santa Barbara's Lionel (Don Stewart) apologized to Brick.
2006: One Life to Live's Blair worried about her baby."History is a vast early warning system."
― Norman Cousins
"Today in Soap Opera History" is a collection of the most memorable, interesting and influential events in the history of scripted, serialized programs. From birthdays and anniversaries to scandals and controversies, every day this column celebrates the soap opera in American culture.
On this date in...
1946: DuMont Television Network aired the final episode of the first network TV soap opera, Faraway Hill. The show, created by David P. Lewis, premiered two and a half months earlier on October 2nd.
1967: On The Doctors, when Dr. Matt Powers (James Pritchett) told Dr. Althea Davis (Elizabeth Hubbard) that she had...
- 12/18/2017
- by Roger Newcomb
- We Love Soaps
1975: Frank told Delia he was leaving her on Ryan's Hope.
1993: A new Blair debuted on One Life to Live.
2007: The paternity of Victoria's baby was revealed on Y&R.
2007: General Hospital's Georgie was murdered."History is a vast early warning system."
― Norman Cousins
"Today in Soap Opera History" is a collection of the most memorable, interesting and influential events in the history of scripted, serialized programs. From birthdays and anniversaries to scandals and controversies, every day this column celebrates the soap opera in American culture.
On this date in...
1957: On The Edge of Night, Virginia Dalton (Cathleen Cordell) interrupted her husband Peter's (Stephen Elliot) call with the governor, insisting he fire Sybil Gordon (Priscilla Gillette). She later became furious when Peter ignored her warnings about associating with Bruce Thompson's people.
1968: On Dark Shadows, David (David Henesy) felt guilty for causing Roger's "accident."
1975: On Ryan's Hope,...
1993: A new Blair debuted on One Life to Live.
2007: The paternity of Victoria's baby was revealed on Y&R.
2007: General Hospital's Georgie was murdered."History is a vast early warning system."
― Norman Cousins
"Today in Soap Opera History" is a collection of the most memorable, interesting and influential events in the history of scripted, serialized programs. From birthdays and anniversaries to scandals and controversies, every day this column celebrates the soap opera in American culture.
On this date in...
1957: On The Edge of Night, Virginia Dalton (Cathleen Cordell) interrupted her husband Peter's (Stephen Elliot) call with the governor, insisting he fire Sybil Gordon (Priscilla Gillette). She later became furious when Peter ignored her warnings about associating with Bruce Thompson's people.
1968: On Dark Shadows, David (David Henesy) felt guilty for causing Roger's "accident."
1975: On Ryan's Hope,...
- 12/18/2017
- by Roger Newcomb
- We Love Soaps
Joanna Werner..
The Federal Government has made three new appointments to the Screen Australia board, including PricewaterhouseCoopers. Megan Brownlow as deputy chair.
Brownlow, who has worked in media and marketing for 20 years, is the editor of PwC.s annual publication The Australian Entertainment & Media Outlook.
She.s joined on the board by producer Joanna Werner (Dance Academy, Secret City) and financial services lawyer at Vanguard Investment Australia, Jenny Taing. Each will serve a three year term.
In a statement, Minister for Arts and Communications Mitch Fifield[/link] said Brownlow.s experience as a media and entertainment industry advisor would add a strong commercial element to the board.
He also said Werner.s experience in children.s content would be invaluable, and Taing.s regulatory and governance work across different sectors would bring a high level of expertise to the board.
Other members of the Screen Australia board include Nicholas Moore (chair), Al Clark,...
The Federal Government has made three new appointments to the Screen Australia board, including PricewaterhouseCoopers. Megan Brownlow as deputy chair.
Brownlow, who has worked in media and marketing for 20 years, is the editor of PwC.s annual publication The Australian Entertainment & Media Outlook.
She.s joined on the board by producer Joanna Werner (Dance Academy, Secret City) and financial services lawyer at Vanguard Investment Australia, Jenny Taing. Each will serve a three year term.
In a statement, Minister for Arts and Communications Mitch Fifield[/link] said Brownlow.s experience as a media and entertainment industry advisor would add a strong commercial element to the board.
He also said Werner.s experience in children.s content would be invaluable, and Taing.s regulatory and governance work across different sectors would bring a high level of expertise to the board.
Other members of the Screen Australia board include Nicholas Moore (chair), Al Clark,...
- 3/20/2017
- by Inside Film Correspondent
- IF.com.au
Lion.
Saroo and Sue Brierley, whose story is at the heart of Garth Davis.s first feature Lion, will attend the Aimc premiere of the film.
The Brierleys will be be special guests at the red carpet event presented by Screen Australia and Transmission Films on October 12.
The film is adapted from the true story A Long Way Home, written by Saroo.
Saroo was five when he found himself on a train bound the wrong direction from his home in northern India. Frightened and bewildered, he ended up forced to live on the streets of Kolkata, thousands of kilometres away. He was then adopted by an Australian couple and brought up in Tasmania wondering if he would ever see his Indian family again. Using memories and Google Earth, he tracked down his birth mother and her family.
Lion was lauded at the recent Toronto Film Festival, named as first runner-up...
Saroo and Sue Brierley, whose story is at the heart of Garth Davis.s first feature Lion, will attend the Aimc premiere of the film.
The Brierleys will be be special guests at the red carpet event presented by Screen Australia and Transmission Films on October 12.
The film is adapted from the true story A Long Way Home, written by Saroo.
Saroo was five when he found himself on a train bound the wrong direction from his home in northern India. Frightened and bewildered, he ended up forced to live on the streets of Kolkata, thousands of kilometres away. He was then adopted by an Australian couple and brought up in Tasmania wondering if he would ever see his Indian family again. Using memories and Google Earth, he tracked down his birth mother and her family.
Lion was lauded at the recent Toronto Film Festival, named as first runner-up...
- 10/3/2016
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
The 2016 Asian Animation Summit (Aas) is set to be held in Brisbane this November..
Aas is designed to attract animation practitioners interested in co-producing projects with partners in the Asia Pacific, as well as broadcasters, distributors and investors from the region and beyond.
During the three-day industry event, 24 new projects from Australia, Korea, Malaysia, Thailand and elsewhere in the Asia Pacific looking for financing and partners will be presented. Around 200 film practitioners are expected to converge on Brisbane for the event.
The summit will also coincide with the Asia Pacific Screen Awards (Aspa) and the opening night of Brisbane Asia Pacific Film Festival.
Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said showcasing the animated films and filmmakers of the Asia Pacific boosted the profile of Queensland as an international screen hub.
.The Queensland Government has attracted the Asian Animation Summit to Brisbane, which will provide great opportunities for Queensland and Australian animation producers...
Aas is designed to attract animation practitioners interested in co-producing projects with partners in the Asia Pacific, as well as broadcasters, distributors and investors from the region and beyond.
During the three-day industry event, 24 new projects from Australia, Korea, Malaysia, Thailand and elsewhere in the Asia Pacific looking for financing and partners will be presented. Around 200 film practitioners are expected to converge on Brisbane for the event.
The summit will also coincide with the Asia Pacific Screen Awards (Aspa) and the opening night of Brisbane Asia Pacific Film Festival.
Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said showcasing the animated films and filmmakers of the Asia Pacific boosted the profile of Queensland as an international screen hub.
.The Queensland Government has attracted the Asian Animation Summit to Brisbane, which will provide great opportunities for Queensland and Australian animation producers...
- 8/3/2016
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
Christian Slater has filed a motion to strike his father's defamation lawsuit against him. In legal documents obtained by People, Christian's mother Mary Jo Slater issued a declaration in support of her son's motion to strike the lawsuit, detailing claims of her ex-husband Thomas Knight Slater's diagnosis with manic-depressive schizophrenia and threw her into traffic when she was five months pregnant with Christian. (Thomas, 80, is suing his son for at least $20 million, claiming he "ruined" Thomas' acting career because the Mr. Robot star said his father was "suffering from manic-depressive schizophrenia" in a December 2015 interview - years after Thomas' last credited role on IMDb,...
- 4/19/2016
- by Aurelie Corinthios
- PEOPLE.com
Christian Slater doesn't need a medical degree to know his father is suffering from manic depressive schizophrenia -- he says he's gotten all the evidence he needs from his mother. The "Mr. Robot" star just filed docs to get his dad Thomas Knight Slater's defamation lawsuit tossed, and in the docs he says his mother first told him about his father's diagnosis. He says she told him Thomas was taken to Bellevue Hospital in...
- 4/19/2016
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
Christian Slater‘s father, the actor Michael Hawkins, is suing him for $20 million over comments he made in regard to his mental health in an interview last year. Christian Slater’s Dad Michael Hawkins‘s Lawsuit Hawkins, whose given name is Thomas Knight Slater, alleges in his suit that Slater has slandered, libeled and defamed him, making it impossible […]
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- 2/26/2016
- by Chelsea Regan
- Uinterview
The $20 million lawsuit filed by Thomas Knight Slater against his son Christian Slater has a complicated back story. Slater's father, 80, acted using the stage name Michael Hawkins. He appeared on the soap opera Ryan's Hope in the 1970s. The elder Slater claims his son "ruined" his acting career because the Mr. Robot star said his father was "suffering from manic-depressive schizophrenia" in a December 2015 interview — years after the elder Slater's last credited role on IMDb, a small part in the 1988 action film Midnight Run. But a family source says Slater's father a has long history of personal struggle. "His father has had his troubles,...
- 2/26/2016
- by George Stark, @GeorgeStark_
- PEOPLE.com
The $20 million lawsuit filed by Thomas Knight Slater against his son Christian Slater has a complicated back story. Slater's father, 80, acted using the stage name Michael Hawkins. He appeared on the soap opera Ryan's Hope in the 1970s. The elder Slater claims his son "ruined" his acting career because the Mr. Robot star said his father was "suffering from manic-depressive schizophrenia" in a December 2015 interview — years after the elder Slater's last credited role on IMDb, a small part in the 1988 action film Midnight Run. But a family source says Slater's father a has long history of personal struggle. "His father has had his troubles,...
- 2/26/2016
- by George Stark, @GeorgeStark_
- PEOPLE.com
Christian Slater is being sued for at least $20 million by his father Thomas Knight Slater.
According to documents obtained by People, Slater's father claims his son "ruined" his acting career after the Mr. Robot star said his father was "suffering from manic-depressive schizophrenia" in a December 2015 interview.
Thomas, whose stage name is Michael Hawkins, accuses his son and ex-wife Mary Jo Slater of slander, libel, defamation of character, intentional interference with prospective economic advantage, invasion of privacy as well as intentional infliction of emotional distress. A jury trial is demanded.
A representative for Slater has not responded to request for comment.
According to documents obtained by People, Slater's father claims his son "ruined" his acting career after the Mr. Robot star said his father was "suffering from manic-depressive schizophrenia" in a December 2015 interview.
Thomas, whose stage name is Michael Hawkins, accuses his son and ex-wife Mary Jo Slater of slander, libel, defamation of character, intentional interference with prospective economic advantage, invasion of privacy as well as intentional infliction of emotional distress. A jury trial is demanded.
A representative for Slater has not responded to request for comment.
- 2/25/2016
- by Karen Mizoguchi
- People.com - TV Watch
Christian Slater is being sued for at least $20 million by his father Thomas Knight Slater. According to documents obtained by People, Slater's father claims his son "ruined" his acting career after the Mr. Robot star said his father was "suffering from manic-depressive schizophrenia" in a December 2015 interview. Thomas, whose stage name is Michael Hawkins, accuses his son and ex-wife Mary Jo Slater of slander, libel, defamation of character, intentional interference with prospective economic advantage, invasion of privacy as well as intentional infliction of emotional distress. A jury trial is demanded. A representative for Slater has not responded to request for comment.
- 2/25/2016
- by Karen Mizoguchi
- PEOPLE.com
This should make things awkward at the next Slater family gathering. “Mr. Robot” star Christian Slater has been sued by his father, who claims that he’s been slandered, libeled and defamed. In the suit, Thomas Knight Slater — who also goes by Michael De Gainsborough and Michael Hawkins — claims that the younger Slater described his father as suffering from manic-depressive schizophrenia in an interview last year. Also Read: Bill Cosby Countersues 7 of His Accusers for Defamation The suit, filed in Los Angeles Superior Court on Wednesday, claims that the claim is the latest chapter in “an ongoing slandering, libeling and defaming” of.
- 2/25/2016
- by Tim Kenneally
- The Wrap
Christian Slater destroyed his father's acting career by going public with allegations his dad is suffering from mental illness ... according to a new defamation lawsuit. Thomas Knight Slater -- who's acted under the name Michael Hawkins -- says his son did an interview last year where he described his father as suffering from "manic-depressive schizophrenia." Hawkins denies the comment and points out his son has no medical creds to make such a diagnosis. In the...
- 2/24/2016
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
Australian director Stephen Page has won an Asia Pacific Screen Award .Special Mention for feature film Spear at a ceremony in Brisbane.
Spear tells a contemporary Indigenous story through movement and Dance..
The film follows young Indigenous man, Djali, as learns the ancient tradtions of becoming a man in a modern world.
Cemetery of Splendour, from Thai auteur Apichatpong Weerasethakul, won Best Feature Film.
Films from Thailand, Russian Federation, Turkey, People.s Republic of China, Japan, Palestine, Korea, Taiwan, Japan and Australia received accolades at the event.
The awards recognise and promote cinematic excellence and cultural diversity of the world.s fastest-growing film region: comprising 70 countries and areas, 4.5 billion people, and responsible for half of the world.s film output. In 2015, 39 films from 22 Asia Pacific countries and areas received Apsa nominations.
The Apsa Unesco Award for outstanding contribution to the promotion and preservation of cultural diversity through film was awarded...
Spear tells a contemporary Indigenous story through movement and Dance..
The film follows young Indigenous man, Djali, as learns the ancient tradtions of becoming a man in a modern world.
Cemetery of Splendour, from Thai auteur Apichatpong Weerasethakul, won Best Feature Film.
Films from Thailand, Russian Federation, Turkey, People.s Republic of China, Japan, Palestine, Korea, Taiwan, Japan and Australia received accolades at the event.
The awards recognise and promote cinematic excellence and cultural diversity of the world.s fastest-growing film region: comprising 70 countries and areas, 4.5 billion people, and responsible for half of the world.s film output. In 2015, 39 films from 22 Asia Pacific countries and areas received Apsa nominations.
The Apsa Unesco Award for outstanding contribution to the promotion and preservation of cultural diversity through film was awarded...
- 11/26/2015
- by Inside Film Correspondent
- IF.com.au
Emerging filmmakers Jakeb Anhvu and Mohanad Hayal will have a chance develop their projects after winning the latest round of the Asia Pacific Screen Lab.
The winners were announced by The Griffith Film School (Gfs), the Asia Pacific Screen Academy and Netpac (Network for the Promotion of Asia Pacific Cinema).
Iraqi filmmaker, Hayal, was selected to develop his feature film Haifi Street about the sniper of Haifi Street, who kills Ahmed on his wedding day and prevents anyone from reaching the Ahmed.s body.
Australian/Vietnamese filmmaker, Anhvu, will develop A Hundred Years of Happiness.
The film tells two women.s stories on two different journeys fuelled by similar family obligations..
One woman escapes with her son to find a safer future, while the other embarks on an arranged marriage across international and cultural borders.
.Each filmmaker will be paired with an Apsa Academy member and guided through a year-long...
The winners were announced by The Griffith Film School (Gfs), the Asia Pacific Screen Academy and Netpac (Network for the Promotion of Asia Pacific Cinema).
Iraqi filmmaker, Hayal, was selected to develop his feature film Haifi Street about the sniper of Haifi Street, who kills Ahmed on his wedding day and prevents anyone from reaching the Ahmed.s body.
Australian/Vietnamese filmmaker, Anhvu, will develop A Hundred Years of Happiness.
The film tells two women.s stories on two different journeys fuelled by similar family obligations..
One woman escapes with her son to find a safer future, while the other embarks on an arranged marriage across international and cultural borders.
.Each filmmaker will be paired with an Apsa Academy member and guided through a year-long...
- 10/20/2015
- by Inside Film Correspondent
- IF.com.au
Screen Queensland has a new board led by Linda Apelt, a former senior officer in the public service.
Apelt, who was Director -General of Queensland.s Housing and Community Service for 14 years, succeeds Professor Peter Little. Each director will serve a 3-year term.
The previous board comprised Peter Little, Professor Stuart Cunningham, Geoff Cooper,. Kathy MacDermott, Jan Grew, Peter Baston and Michael Hawkins.
The new board of seven comprises: Linda Apelt, who has more than 35 years. of government service. She has served as a non-Executive Director on a range of boards including QSuper Board of Trustees; Australian Institute of Health and Welfare; Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute and the Crèche and Kindergarten Association .
Patricia Heaton, co-director of real estate developer the Heaton Group and a former CEO. of Ausfilm and. Production Liaison Unit Manager of the Nsw Film and Television Office. She has worked in the screen sector for...
Apelt, who was Director -General of Queensland.s Housing and Community Service for 14 years, succeeds Professor Peter Little. Each director will serve a 3-year term.
The previous board comprised Peter Little, Professor Stuart Cunningham, Geoff Cooper,. Kathy MacDermott, Jan Grew, Peter Baston and Michael Hawkins.
The new board of seven comprises: Linda Apelt, who has more than 35 years. of government service. She has served as a non-Executive Director on a range of boards including QSuper Board of Trustees; Australian Institute of Health and Welfare; Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute and the Crèche and Kindergarten Association .
Patricia Heaton, co-director of real estate developer the Heaton Group and a former CEO. of Ausfilm and. Production Liaison Unit Manager of the Nsw Film and Television Office. She has worked in the screen sector for...
- 9/22/2015
- by Staff writer
- IF.com.au
I interviewed actor Christian Slater in November, 2008 for Venice Magazine. Having long had a reputation as an "enfant terrible" in his youth, Slater surprised me somewhat with his calm, measured demeanor and thoughtful outlook. He was promoting his well-reviewed, but ultimately short-lived, TV series "My Own Worst Enemy," which we discussed a bit, but Slater was eager to reflect on his entire career and life, which he did with aplomb. My other memory of the chat is that during our dinner, the power went out in the restaurant or hotel where we met (the location of which has been lost to time) and the halogen streetlights outside casting our talk in a strange, other-worldly glow for a good 30 minutes. All these factors made our meeting a memorable one. Slater can currently be seen on the new USA Network series "Mr. Robot," which is also being lauded critically, and will hopefully...
- 7/15/2015
- by The Hollywood Interview.com
- The Hollywood Interview
On the first day of shooting the new USA Network techno-thriller Mr. Robot (premiering on Weds, June 24th), Christian Slater faced one of those scenes that can make or break a television series. The show revolves a dangerously alienated super-hacker named Elliot (24's Rami Malek) who's recruited by Slater's mysterious "Mr. Robot" to join a band of cyber-saboteurs. In a nod to the 1949 movie classic The Third Man, the two men talk on Coney Island's Wonder Wheel, as Slater's character lays out his ideology and his plans to change the world — in other words,...
- 6/22/2015
- Rollingstone.com
During a candid chat in Interview magazine with his Nymphomaniac director, Lars von Trier, Christian Slater opened up about how his famous father, Michael Hawkins, suffers from manic-depressive schizophrenia. “He’s always had trouble — he was a fantastic actor and extraordinarily charismatic and very, very good looking, but he had a really difficult time working with directors, collaborating with people,” Slater said, explaining his 79-year-old famous father is a “manic-depressive schizophrenic.” Slater went nine years without speaking to his father because he was “in the middle of the [...]...
- 6/11/2015
- Us Weekly
Christian Slater recently opened up about mending his relationship with his father, actor Michael Hawkins, after an estrangement that lasted for years.
The actor, 45, had a candid discussion with his Nymphomaniac director Lars von Trier in the June-July issue of Interview magazine, in which he said that he has recently reconciled with his dad, now 79, a "manic-depressive schizophrenic."
"He's always had trouble – he was a fantastic actor and extraordinarily charismatic and very, very good looking, but he had a really difficult time working with directors, collaborating with people," Slater told the director, also noting that his mother was his father's agent.
The actor, 45, had a candid discussion with his Nymphomaniac director Lars von Trier in the June-July issue of Interview magazine, in which he said that he has recently reconciled with his dad, now 79, a "manic-depressive schizophrenic."
"He's always had trouble – he was a fantastic actor and extraordinarily charismatic and very, very good looking, but he had a really difficult time working with directors, collaborating with people," Slater told the director, also noting that his mother was his father's agent.
- 6/11/2015
- by Jacqueline Andriakos, @jandriakos
- People.com - TV Watch
Charlie.s Country, 52 Tuesdays and Maya the Bee Movie have all been nominated for awards at the 8th Asia Pacific Screen Awards, it was announced today.
Charlie.s Country led the pack with two nominations; one for David Gulpilil for Best Performance by an Actor and then another for Rolf de Heer, who was nominated in the Achievement in Directing category.
Sophie Hyde.s 52 Tuesdays is up for Best Youth Feature Film, while Maya the Bee Movie has received a nod for Best Animated Feature Film.
All in all, 36 different films from 21 Asia Pacific Countries are in the mix for the region.s highest film accolade.
Those in the running for Best Feature Film are Winter Sleep (Turkey, France,Germany), Leviathan (Russian Federation), I.m Not Angry (Islamic Republic of Iran), The Owners.(Kazakhstan), and Memories on Stone (Iraqi Kurdistan).
Lord Mayor of Brisbane, Graham Quirk, made the announcment this morning,...
Charlie.s Country led the pack with two nominations; one for David Gulpilil for Best Performance by an Actor and then another for Rolf de Heer, who was nominated in the Achievement in Directing category.
Sophie Hyde.s 52 Tuesdays is up for Best Youth Feature Film, while Maya the Bee Movie has received a nod for Best Animated Feature Film.
All in all, 36 different films from 21 Asia Pacific Countries are in the mix for the region.s highest film accolade.
Those in the running for Best Feature Film are Winter Sleep (Turkey, France,Germany), Leviathan (Russian Federation), I.m Not Angry (Islamic Republic of Iran), The Owners.(Kazakhstan), and Memories on Stone (Iraqi Kurdistan).
Lord Mayor of Brisbane, Graham Quirk, made the announcment this morning,...
- 10/28/2014
- by Emily Blatchford
- IF.com.au
The 69th Australian International Movie Convention has kicked off this morning with a spate of opening addresses from some of Australia.s key players in cinema.
Held at Jupiter.s Resort and Casino on the Gold Coast, the Aimc this year has drawn a record crowd, with over 100 of the 1,000+ attendees coming from overseas.
Executive Director of the National Association of Cinema Operators Australasia and Aimc host, Michael Hawkins, started proceedings with a welcoming address covering issues such as piracy, cinema marketing and, of course, box office, for which 2015 looks extremely promising.
.We suggested to you that this year.s convention was one not to be missed,. Hawkins said. .We have read from numerous sources that the box office for the 2015 and 2016 years will be record breaking. That the content will be mind-blowing and that the decisions you are required to make about what to put on your screens will be harder than ever.
Held at Jupiter.s Resort and Casino on the Gold Coast, the Aimc this year has drawn a record crowd, with over 100 of the 1,000+ attendees coming from overseas.
Executive Director of the National Association of Cinema Operators Australasia and Aimc host, Michael Hawkins, started proceedings with a welcoming address covering issues such as piracy, cinema marketing and, of course, box office, for which 2015 looks extremely promising.
.We suggested to you that this year.s convention was one not to be missed,. Hawkins said. .We have read from numerous sources that the box office for the 2015 and 2016 years will be record breaking. That the content will be mind-blowing and that the decisions you are required to make about what to put on your screens will be harder than ever.
- 10/13/2014
- by Emily Blatchford
- IF.com.au
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