Man Vs. Car - Tasmanian feature film

Man vs Car is currently being filmed around the town of Broken Hill, NSW, and in rural Tasmania. It's a low budget indie directed by Sam Curtain who brought us the deliciously dark short-feature Minotaur a few years back. It's produced by co-writer Benjamin Clarke.

We can't wait to see this feature! With Mad Max 4 being pushed back again and again (this time by a bunch of flowers growing in the desert) then this film is sure to satisfy our need for roaring cars and jaded gunslingers prowling the dark highways - plus, with an indie production crew out there making it for the love, this film will probably be much closer to the style and ideal of the original Mad Max than Fury Road (which has a budget of AU$100million plus)! Would these blokes - making movies on a shoestring - let a bunch of flowers stop them? Take note, George Miller!

Forget Mad Max 4 - get into Man Vs. Car!

Some info from their website:

The Man

Jayden King, once a rising star in the motor sport world, was a man with a girl, a man with a dream, a man with a life. Now, a man driven by revenge. An all out assault force of vengeance. Hunting down every rouge killer car that he can find. Searching for the one that took his girl.

His Weapon

Jaydens trusty 1979 XD Falcon ute, decked out to be a machine with one purpose… War. A large bullbar at the front allows him to get up and personal with his target. Mounted in the tray is a homemade harpoon gun that allows him to strike his enemy from afar.

The Cars

Machines fuelled by animal instinct with only one thing that drives them… Death.

Desolate landscapes.

Engines that roar with fury.

A broken man.

The fight to survive.

The fight to destroy.

This is the world of Man vs. Car!

 

Channel 11: TV proposals wanted

The Screen Producers Association of Australia and Network Ten have launched a development initiative Eleven Out of Ten, which is seeking projects for a new digital channel  - Eleven.

They are seeking proposals for television series aimed at audiences in the 13-29 demographic.

Five finalists will pitch their concept during the SPAA Conference to a panel headed by Ten executives Paul Leadon and Rick Maier. The winner will be announced on November 19.

Entries close on October 15.

The SPAA Conference will be held in Sydney during November 16-19. For more information, guidelines and registration form, visit http://www.conference.spaa.org.au/

Stripped Bare wins Best National Film at the Canberra Short Film Festival

Stripped Bare - Official Trailer from Seventh Wave Project on Vimeo.

Tassie short film Stripped Bare has won Best National Film at the Canberra Short Film Festival! Congratulations to everyone who worked on the film - a veritable list of some of Tasmania's most talented emerging filmmakers including Director Lucien Simon and Producer Catherine Pettman.

Great news for Tasmanian film  - now lets see it get some love at the International Festivals!