Apart from providing film and video production services, Mango-A-GoGo Productions, an independent film production company based in Queensland, produces feature films with period Australia, colonial and indigenous themes. For Mango-A-GoGo’s director, Scot McPhie, the chance to share knowledge with Dauan Island’s indigenous community was a dream come true.
Feature drama producers are delighted. Directors have been advised to jog. But documentary makers have some concerns. THE HARD COPY analyses the Federal Government’s new production rebate.
Renowned filmmakers Clara Law (LETTERS TO ALI, TEMPTATION OF A MONK) and Rolf de Heer (TEN CANOES) joined Queensland Events Chairman Des Power and Premier Peter Beattie to launch the Asia Pacific Screen Awards in Brisbane in mid-April.