The Australian state of Queensland has agreed to co-finance construction of one of the largest sound stages in the world at Village Roadshow’s Oxenford Studios on the Gold Coast. State premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said that her government had approved A$11 million (US$8 million) to build a 4,000 m2 stage. The facility will be used forContinue Reading →

Launches special events including Australia China Co-production Forum plus screen community engagements in Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne   SYDNEY/BEIJING: The 2015 International Chinese Film Festival (ICFF) made a series of announcements today in the lead up to the Festival week of events, scheduled for November 21-28, 2015. The 2015 Jury will be presided over byContinue Reading →

Thursday 16 April 2015: More than 50 screen practitioners and industry representatives will travel to Beijing, China, this week, marking the largest Australian delegation of screen producers on record to attend the 5th Australia-China Film Industry Forum (ACFIF), and the Beijing International Film Festival and Beijing Film Market. The Australian screen delegation will comprise ofContinue Reading →

Thursday 21 May 2015: Ausfilm in partnership with the Australian Embassy Beijing and Village Roadshow Pictures Asia (VRPA) welcomed today a delegation of leading Chinese filmmakers to Sydney for their first stop on an Industry Familiarisation Tour of Australian locations, Australia’s fourmajor studio complexes, screen services companies, post, sound and digital production facilities and visualContinue Reading →