Cinema on-demand platform Tugg Australia is growing month-by-month, delivering tidy sums to the producers of hot-button documentaries and incremental revenues for narrative features. The top-grossing title so far is Frackman, Richard Todd.s profile of environmental activist Dayne Pratzky, which has generated $160,000 from 90 screenings. Among other films in demand are Maya Newell.s Gayby Baby; Joao Dujon Pereira.s Black Hole, which chronicles the battle against Whitehaven Coal to save a woodland forest from being cleared to make way for an open cut coal mine; and Avi Lewis. This Changes Everything, an attempt to re-imagine the vast challenge of climate change filmed in nine countries and five continents over four years. Last week was a milestone as the platform had its biggest week ever since its soft launch in 2013, with 26 screenings and 3,000 ticket sales. .With 27 confirmed screenings through the end of the month, October will deliver more than 80 screenings and...
- 10/27/2015
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
The Tasmanian Breath of Fresh Air (Bofa) Film Festival will feature 15 feature films including two drive-in screenings, 20 documentaries and 35 shorts as well as four one-day action master classes and two half-day actions sessions.
Held. in Launceston, the sixth annual festival will run from Wednesday November 4 to Sunday November 8.
.Part of what makes Bofa so special is that we always try to make it more than just a chance to see compelling cinema,. says festival director Owen Tilbury. .Bofa is about getting inspired and seeing the world differently. So whatever your Bofa is . whether it.s features, docos, food-films, family films, offbeat films, eco films or movies that convey profound ideas. there is a chance to engage and discover this year.. Before the official opening night. will be a .Creating Community Change. action session on November 4, which will showcase the best practice in community change processes. There will also be a screening of Frackman,...
Held. in Launceston, the sixth annual festival will run from Wednesday November 4 to Sunday November 8.
.Part of what makes Bofa so special is that we always try to make it more than just a chance to see compelling cinema,. says festival director Owen Tilbury. .Bofa is about getting inspired and seeing the world differently. So whatever your Bofa is . whether it.s features, docos, food-films, family films, offbeat films, eco films or movies that convey profound ideas. there is a chance to engage and discover this year.. Before the official opening night. will be a .Creating Community Change. action session on November 4, which will showcase the best practice in community change processes. There will also be a screening of Frackman,...
- 9/21/2015
- by Staff writer
- IF.com.au
Campaigning against Csg exploration is an all-ages affair for the ‘mini Walter Whites’ dressing up as the accidental activist from the Australian documentary
Related: Frackman's accidental activist: 'There's blood in the water and I'm the shark'
Australian schoolchildren are voicing their opposition to coal seam gas by dressing up in costumes inspired by “accidental activist” Dayne Pratzky from the powerful anti-csg documentary Frackman.
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Related: Frackman's accidental activist: 'There's blood in the water and I'm the shark'
Australian schoolchildren are voicing their opposition to coal seam gas by dressing up in costumes inspired by “accidental activist” Dayne Pratzky from the powerful anti-csg documentary Frackman.
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- 9/9/2015
- by Luke Buckmaster
- The Guardian - Film News
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