Happy New Year

It's great to be back in your inbox! This month's newsletter is packed full of awesome content to kick off 2022.

Film Victoria takes us on a winter wonderland snowscape tour of the Victorian Alpine Region, in this month's regular Location Spotlight. For the First Nations Spotlight, the team at Screen Queensland interviewed the multi-talented First Nations Filmmaker, Writer, Director and Composer, Ivan Sen.

In our Aussie VFX Talent Spotlight, we meet Industrial Light & Magic's Sydney based Senior Texture Artist, Christina Ryan; Melbourne's Method Studios' Head of Animation, Nick Tripodi; and Melbourne based VFX Supervisor at Luma, Andrew Zink. Plus we've got news from MOD, Rising Sun Pictures, Heliguy, CATO, Film Victoria, Screenwest, SAFC, Screen NSW and more! 

Congratulations to ILM, Luma and Method who were nominated for VES Awards this year! 

Disney's TV Series Nautilus arrives in Queensland and NBC's hit TV series La Brea is confirmed to return to Victoria for season two. 

Happy reading and we trust you and your families are safe and well.

The Ausfilm Team

LOCATION & PDV OFFSET GUIDELINE UPDATES

The Office for the Arts, Screen Industry Section team (within the Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development & Communications) has made the following updates to their application process, guidelines and glossaries as follows:

• Applications for Provisional Certification under the Post, Digital and Visual Effects (PDV) Offset and the Location Offset can be made on the SmartyGrants platform, and applications for the Location Incentive are also lodged via SmartyGrants here.
• Applications for Final Certification under the PDV Offset can now be lodged online via SmartyGrants here.
• Applications for Final Certification under the Location Offset will be on SmartyGrants in due course. Application information is available here.
• Updated PDV Offset Guidelines here and Glossary here.
• Updated Location Offset Guidelines here and Glossary here.

Screen Canberra announce a new screen production rebate of up to 10%. Open to productions filming or completing post and VFX in the ACT.

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Easily establish an estimate of your incentive rebates from the Australian Government and from State and Territory Governments, if you make your production in Australia. There's a neat Federal and State Post and VFX Offset calculator too. Tap away!

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Snowscapes in Australia? Yes, you heard us correctly! When thinking of Australia, most minds jump to sandy beaches or the red centre, but Australia also offers pristine snow-capped alpine regions and Victoria is showing the way this month, with a stroll through an unexpected Aussie winter wonderland!

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Ivan Sen is one of Queensland's top First Nations' Filmmakers as well as being an acommplished Director, Writer and Composer. We hope you enjoy this wonderful Q&A with a very talented First Nations' Filmmaker.

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How to capture high-speed car scenes filled with turbulence that still come out butter-smooth? Heliguy give us a little sneak peek

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We caught up with the team from Heliguy on-set as they captured the beautiful scenes in Wolf Like Me, located in urban and rural Australia.

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The awesome team at Mod update us about their recent virtual projects like the world-first VR interactivity on their ground breaking VR documentary - A Clever Label; and the real-time performance pipeline project with LA-based immersive media company RYOT.

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The talented Christina Ryan is responsible for creating our favourite furry friends, as ILM's senior texture artist at their Sydney studio.

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Meet Luma's talented VFX Supervisor, Andrew Zink who received a nomination for his work on Candyman at the 2022 VES awards.

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Nick Tripodi is the Head of Animation at Method Studios Melbourne. He shares an insight to Method's success, and you guessed it, it's all in the team!

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Congrats to Rising Sun Pictures who have expanded into the sunny realms of Brisbane. Keeping up with industry demand is looking bright!

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The Post Lounge were busy providing post services on Season 1 of La Brea. The team are thrilled production will return to Victoria for round 2.

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Thanks to the incentive support from the Australian Government and Victorian Government through Film Victoria, La Brea has had major success with Season 1 filming in Victoria and now the team return for the much anticipated second season.

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Recently released Made Up Stories TV series, Wolf Like Me filmed in Sydney and Broken Hill and has us howling for more.

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Cato Location Services' offer Covid-safe mitigation strategies and protocols in compliance with Australian Government film production regulations. They're the first person you've gotta call when you're in pre-production.

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Premiering on new year's day in the UK to 4.58 million viewers, South Australian series, The Tourist, starring Jamie Dornan is already proving to be a fan favourite.

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Film Victoria reports on Robbie Williams teaming up with Aussie Director Michael Gracey to produce the upcoming biopic feature in Victoria!

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The critically acclaimed NSW-made, Firestarter: The Story of Bangarra (ABC) has been picked up for release by BBC in the UK and Ireland.

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Showcasing the formiddable beauty of South Australia's desert-scapes and otherworldy underground lairs, Firebite is out to impress reports South Australian Film Corporation.

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The spectacular documentary TV series Ningaloo with Tim Winton production is now underway in stunning Western Australia.

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We take a look back at a 2020 interview with the producers of Animal Logic’s Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway, filmed at Fox Studios Australia with the support of the Australian Government, Screen Australia and Screen NSW. We just can't get enough of those rabbits!

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