James Cameron opens Australian office for Cameron Pace Group

James Cameron, director of Avatar and Titanic today opened an office in Australia for his company Cameron Pace Group (CPG).

Based in Melbourne, the office will be run by managing director Andrew Wight, producer of last year’s Sanctum. It is the first international office for the 3D technologies and production services company led by Cameron and Vince Pace.

The Australian office is to answer the growing demand for CPG’s technology and 3D camera equipment across feature films, television, live sports broadcasting.

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The Hoff joins Nine’s Celebrity Apprentice

David ‘The Hoff’ Hasselhoff will be a contestant in this season’s Celebrity Apprentice it has been officially announced today.

The show, which starts to filming today for Nine, has struggled to keep the former Baywatch singer a secret but confirmed the coup via the Daily Telegraph, who announced the full line up this morning.

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The Palace wins best Australian short film at Flickerfest

A film set during the 1974 Turkish innovation of Cyprus has  won Flickerfest’s Best Australian Short Film.

It marked a successful day for the film, which also won best screenplay for a short film, and best fiction short film at the Australian Academy Cinema Television Arts (AACTAs) earlier in the day.

The Palace, written and directed by Anthony Maras and produced by Maras, Kate Croser, and Andros Achilleos won took out the local competition at the Festival, now in its 21 year.

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Australian academy presents first AACTA Awards; Cinematographer Don McAlpine honoured

aacta awards logo 300x251 Australian academy presents first AACTA Awards; Cinematographer Don McAlpine honouredAustralian cinematographer Don McAlpine (ACS/ASC) received two standing ovations after tributes from longtime colleagues Jack Thompson and Bruce Beresford  at the inaugural Australian Academy Cinema Television Arts (AACTA) awards yesteryday.

McAlpine was awarded the coveted Raymond Longford Award for a lifetime achievement in cinema. McAlpine’s career spans over 50 films including Moulin Rouge and William Shakespeare’s Romeo + Juliet, Breaker Morant and most recently Mental.

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Bushwacked! begins principal photography

Principal photography has begun on Bushwacked!, a new children’s show for the ABC3 and NITV by North One TV Australia in the Tasmanian bush.

Hosted by Kayne Tremills and Brandon Walters, child actor in Baz Luhrmann’s Australia, the 13×26 minute series is shooting across Tasmania as well as tropical Queensland, the NT, NSW Eyre Peninsula in South Australia and urban Victoria.

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Ten makes room for The Biggest Loser in an evening reschedule

Channel Ten has made its first programming changes for 2012 with a reworking of its weekday evening line-up to make room for The Biggest Loser.

The biggest move has Ten shift The Project, now an hour long, to 6pm from its previous 7pm timeslot. The show will air Monday to Friday with a half hour episode on Sunday.

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Four Australian films head to France’s Clemont Ferrand

Four Australian films have been selected for the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival in France.

Two short films, Tethered, by writer/director Craig Irvin, which won Irvin best director of a short film at Sydney Film Festival and Paris Lakes by writer director/producer Robert Stephenson have been selected for International Competition.

Lab Competition, which highlights experimental films has selected Attach Boat to Motor by writer/director Nathan Lewis and writer/director Andrew Kavanagh’s At the Formal which won the Best Emerging Australian Filmmaker award at the Melbourne International Film Festival.

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Southern Star’s Callaghan “leaves great legacy” says John Edwards

rory callaghan Southern Stars Callaghan leaves great legacy says John EdwardsIn a surprise move, Rory Callaghan has resigned from his position of CEO at production company Southern Star, it has been announced today.

John Edwards, producer for Southern Star told Encore: “It’s a great legacy. He’ll be greatly missed. He’s a good guy.”

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Screen Australia’s Short Film Completion Fund recipients

Through its Short Film Completion Fund, Screen Australia has announced $133,000 in support for four short film productions.

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Freudenstein to speak at ASTRA Conference

Richard Freudenstein Freudenstein to speak at ASTRA ConferenceRichard Freudenstein will deliver his first address to the subscription TV industry as Foxtel CEO at the ASTRA (Australian Subscription Television and Radio Association) 2012 Conference, it was announced today.

The newly appointed CEO will deliver the Foxtel platform update and share his perspective on the media landscape in relation to the conference theme, ‘driving change’ which will look at the changes in the media environment and convergence.

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