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Seven film projects have been selected to be put in the shop window at this year’s Screen Producers Association of Australia conference.

SPAAmart, which runs alongside the Spaa conference features projects which are in an advanced state of production.

The criteria for being featured is that they are “well developed, distinctive, fresh and with the potential to be highly attractive to their intended audiences.”

The conference takes place in Sydney from November 13 to 16.

The seven selected projects are:

The Room Producer Matt Carroll; Directors Ian Watson and Andrew Hellen My Mistress Producer Leanne Tonkes; Director Stephen Lance Uno Producer Stuart Scowcroft; Director Giotto Barbieri Wake Up Dead Producers Joel Cohn and Josh Butt; Director Joel Cohen Red Car Producer Tony Leach; Director Paul Elliott Boys Club Producers Karin Altmann and Sue Maslin; Director Marcus Cole Alex And Eve Producer Murray Fahey; Director Peter Andrikidis

SPAAmart director Julie Marlow said:...

The Nsw Government has used almost a quarter of its recently announced $25m budget for the film industry to fund five features, four TV series, one telemovie, 12 docos and one cross-platform project.

The projects include Mei Mei, an Australia/China co-production starring Guy Pearce, and The Hunter, with American actor Willem Dafoe.

The biggest winner is Joanna Werner’s children’s drama Dance Academy, with $500,000 towards production of season two.

Vincent Sheehan’s production The Hunter will be shot in Tasmania and China, with a majority of crew from Nsw and post-production also taking place in this state – it will receive $400,000 from the Government.

The production expenditure of these projects is expected to reach $62m.

These are the projects receiving funds from the Nsw Government in this round:

Features

Mei-mei

Production Company: Portal Pictures Finance: $200,000 Writers: Martin Edmond, Pauline Chan, Philip Dalkin. Producers: Penny Carl-Nelson, Pauline Chan, Lesley Stevens,...

Screen Australia has invested $4.5m in 20 documentaries, with a production volume worth $15m.

The agency said the demands on this month’s round of the domestic documentary program were high, with ABC, Sbs and pay TV “using close to their full allocation for the financial year”. Therefore, Screen Australia will pool its funds across the domestic and international programs for a total alloction of $7.5m.

The next two rounds in the 2010/11 year will be worth $1.8m each.

The approved projects are:

Wide Open Road

Bombora Films and Music Producer/Director Paul Clarke Broadcaster ABC TV Sales & Distribution ABC Commercial, Roadshow Synopsis An Australian social history of the 20th century – viewed through the windscreen of the cars that we so cherished.

Arthouse

Paalma Pty Ltd Producer/Writer Marian Bartsch Director Britt Arthur Broadcaster ABC Sales & Distribution ABC Content Sales Synopsis ArtHouse looks at the changing face of architecture, innovation and design...