July has been a month of exciting screen announcements and activity in Australia!

The NSW Government via Create NSW has introduced a new 10% Post, Digital & VFX (PDV) Incentive and ILM announced it is opening a studio in Sydney. 

Marvel Studios announced Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings as the next Marvel film shooting in NSW and Thor: Love and Thunder announced it will film in NSW in 2020.

The VFX Wizards of Oz have done it again. KOJO brings 1825 Tasmania to The Nightingale, Method Studios Melbourne bring alien mobsters to life in Men in Black: International and Rising Sun Pictures' shows us the origin of the Elementals in Spider-Man: Far From Home .

Happy reading!

The Ausfilm Team 

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KOJO BRINGS 1825 TASMANIA TO LIFE FOR THE NIGHTINGALE

The team at KOJO completed post-production and VFX on the film having built a deep working partnership with Jennifer Kent and DP Radek Ladczuk.

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METHOD STUDIOS CREATE ALIEN MOBSTERS FOR MEN IN BLACK: INTERNATIONAL

Led by Method VFX Supervisor Glenn Melenhorst, Method’s Melbourne team helped bring a number of the film’s aliens to life.

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RSP JOURNEYS TO ANOTHER DIMENSION WITH SPIDER-MAN: FAR FROM HOME

In its first contribution to the Spider-Man franchise, Rising Sun Pictures produces a hologram that reveals the origin of the Elementals.

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MAKE IT IN AUSTRALIA

BAZ LUHRMANN FINDS HIS ELVIS

Baz Luhrmann will produce and direct his next masterpiece in Queensland with production starting next year.

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INDUSTRY NEWS

ALE ANNOUNCES NEW PROJECTS

Animal Logic Entertainment and Imagine Entertainment recently announced four new original animated and live-action hybrid projects from their joint venture.

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WHAT’S HAPPENING IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA

There's lots going on in South Australia's film and TV industry. Get your update here. 

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ICYMI

THOR: LOVE AND THUNDER DOWN UNDER

Australia welcomes its sixth international production since the introduction of the Australian Government’s AU$140 million Location Incentive in May 2018. Marvel Studios announces Thor: Love and Thunder is coming to NSW in 2020.

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ILM SETS UP A NEW STUDIO IN SYDNEY

The Disney-owned visual effects company Industrial Light and Magic (ILM) will establish a studio in Sydney, Australia, creating 500 new jobs.

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TRACEY VIEIRA TO DEPART SCREEN QUEENSLAND

Screen Queensland announced that its CEO, Tracey Vieira will depart the organisation at the end of August 2019 leaving the agency and Queensland's screen indusry in a period of strong growth after five years at the helm.

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SAFC's CEO, COURTNEY GIBSON TO DEPART THE SAFC

South Australian Film Corporation (SAFC) CEO, Courtney Gibson is leaving the agency, having ushered in a period of unprecedented growth and production activity in SA.

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AUSFILM ON WEEKEND SUNRISE

Network 7's Sunrise Weekend features Ausfilm's CEO Debra Richards discussing the history of international production to Australia.

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