Eighteen film and TV screenplays have been shortlisted for the inaugural Gateway La Script Development Program launched by Australians in Film (AiF).
The winner will get a cash prize to facilitate development of the script, a flight to Los Angeles, meetings with producers and executives and table reads.
AiF will announce the winner and runners-up, who will form an .Aussie List., determined by a panel of expert judges, and the value of the cash, in a month.
The projects were selected from more than 500 scripts submitted to the L.A.-based Australian entertainment industry guild. The program aims to provide Australians living and working in the Us with more opportunities for support and resources and to help Australian projects secure exposure to the best networks in the business.
"We're incredibly proud of the projects coming out of Australia and thrilled to be able to offer writers an opportunity to showcase...
The winner will get a cash prize to facilitate development of the script, a flight to Los Angeles, meetings with producers and executives and table reads.
AiF will announce the winner and runners-up, who will form an .Aussie List., determined by a panel of expert judges, and the value of the cash, in a month.
The projects were selected from more than 500 scripts submitted to the L.A.-based Australian entertainment industry guild. The program aims to provide Australians living and working in the Us with more opportunities for support and resources and to help Australian projects secure exposure to the best networks in the business.
"We're incredibly proud of the projects coming out of Australia and thrilled to be able to offer writers an opportunity to showcase...
- 3/22/2015
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
In a queasy example of art imitating life, Stephen Collins recently filmed a short independent film called “Penance” in which he played a priest who was also a pedophile.
The disgraced “7th Heaven” star, who has been accused of exposing himself to multiple young girls and even molesting one of them, worked with director Jeff Wolfe on the 11-minute project that was screened at the Los Angeles International Underground Film Festival and ended up winning Best Narrative Short.
Per the synopsis, "One man's journey of forgiveness. David Lyons (Safe Haven, Revolution) plays Thomas Walker, a man hounded by personal demons and inner turmoil who has lived long enough with the scars of his past. Stephen Collins (7th Heaven, Blood Diamond) is the Priest he visits to clear his conscience and discover exactly what it means to find forgiveness... or to give it."
Back in April, Collins told press, "To me...
The disgraced “7th Heaven” star, who has been accused of exposing himself to multiple young girls and even molesting one of them, worked with director Jeff Wolfe on the 11-minute project that was screened at the Los Angeles International Underground Film Festival and ended up winning Best Narrative Short.
Per the synopsis, "One man's journey of forgiveness. David Lyons (Safe Haven, Revolution) plays Thomas Walker, a man hounded by personal demons and inner turmoil who has lived long enough with the scars of his past. Stephen Collins (7th Heaven, Blood Diamond) is the Priest he visits to clear his conscience and discover exactly what it means to find forgiveness... or to give it."
Back in April, Collins told press, "To me...
- 10/15/2014
- GossipCenter
Paying Penance. Embattled 7th Heaven actor Stephen Collins, who allegedly admitted to molesting several girls in a leaked recording, ironically played a pedophile priest in a new short indie film called Penance. According to the film's summary, Collins plays a man of the cloth who is visited by a troubled parishioner. The summary on Penance's website reads: "One man's journey of forgiveness. David Lyons (Safe Haven, Revolution) plays Thomas Walker, a man hounded by personal demons and inner turmoil who has lived long enough with the scars [...]...
- 10/15/2014
- Us Weekly
In a single, extraordinary day more than $2 million in donations was pledged to seven Australian feature-length documentaries on Wednesday.
The scale of the financial support stunned the organisers of the first Good Pitch Australia event, which aids social impact documentaries.
Equally surprised were the recipients. .I am speechless,. said producer Marguerite Grey, who is collaborating with director Belinda Mason on Constance on the Edge, which looks at the struggles of a Sudanese refugee, Constance Okot, and her six children in Wagga Wagga.
The docu was the biggest single recipient with pledges of more than $500,000 for the production and an initial outreach strategy which includes hosted regional film screenings and education and training resources.
Screen Australia provided $15,000 for research and development in March and in September Screen Nsw gave $10,000 for filming a trailer for Good Pitch and for broadcasters to help secure project finance.
However the ABC and Sbs rejected the producer's initial requests for investment,...
The scale of the financial support stunned the organisers of the first Good Pitch Australia event, which aids social impact documentaries.
Equally surprised were the recipients. .I am speechless,. said producer Marguerite Grey, who is collaborating with director Belinda Mason on Constance on the Edge, which looks at the struggles of a Sudanese refugee, Constance Okot, and her six children in Wagga Wagga.
The docu was the biggest single recipient with pledges of more than $500,000 for the production and an initial outreach strategy which includes hosted regional film screenings and education and training resources.
Screen Australia provided $15,000 for research and development in March and in September Screen Nsw gave $10,000 for filming a trailer for Good Pitch and for broadcasters to help secure project finance.
However the ABC and Sbs rejected the producer's initial requests for investment,...
- 10/9/2014
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
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