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Beautiful (2009 Film)
''Beautiful'' is a 2009 Australian independent film, written and directed by Dean O'Flaherty, which was released by Adelaide-based Kojo Pictures on 5 March 2009. The film marked the feature filmmaking debut of both O'Flaherty and Kojo Pictures. The South Australian Film Corporation provided approximately 10 per cent of the $1.5m budget, while the rest came from private investors. ''Beautiful'' was the first film in Australia to receive the new (at the time) 40% Producers Rebate from the Federal Government. The film received a poor response, taking only $56,000 at the Australian box office in its short cinema release. It was invited to screen at the 12th Shanghai International Film Festival, in June 2010, and later sold "to France and all French-speaking European territories ... Japan ... Poland, Middle East, Russia, Mexico and HBO Eastern Europe." Plot In the fictional Adelaide suburb of Sunshine Hills, three teenage girls have disappeared: Jenny Wells (found in a dumpster with ...
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Kent Smith (producer)
Kent Smith is an Australian cinematographer and film producer, and founding partner of the Kojo group of companies.LinkedIn
''Kent Smith''. Retrieved 12 March 2015.


Career

Smith began his career as a cinematographer in Australian Television with in 1972. After more than a decade working in network television in and

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2009 Directorial Debut Films
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Australian Independent Films
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Films Shot In Adelaide
A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere through the use of moving images. These images are generally accompanied by sound and, more rarely, other sensory stimulations. The word "cinema", short for cinematography, is often used to refer to filmmaking and the film industry, and to the art form that is the result of it. Recording and transmission of film The moving images of a film are created by photographing actual scenes with a motion-picture camera, by photographing drawings or miniature models using traditional animation techniques, by means of CGI and computer animation, or by a combination of some or all of these techniques, and other visual effects. Before the introduction of digital production, series of still images were recorded on a strip of chemically sensitized ...
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Films Set In South Australia
A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere through the use of moving images. These images are generally accompanied by sound and, more rarely, other sensory stimulations. The word "cinema", short for cinematography, is often used to refer to filmmaking and the film industry, and to the art form that is the result of it. Recording and transmission of film The moving images of a film are created by photographing actual scenes with a motion-picture camera, by photographing drawings or miniature models using traditional animation techniques, by means of CGI and computer animation, or by a combination of some or all of these techniques, and other visual effects. Before the introduction of digital production, series of still images were recorded on a strip of chemically sensitiz ...
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Australian Drama Films
Australian(s) may refer to: Australia * Australia, a country * Australians, citizens of the Commonwealth of Australia ** European Australians ** Anglo-Celtic Australians, Australians descended principally from British colonists ** Aboriginal Australians, indigenous peoples of Australia as identified and defined within Australian law * Australia (continent) ** Indigenous Australians * Australian English, the dialect of the English language spoken in Australia * Australian Aboriginal languages * ''The Australian ''The Australian'', with its Saturday edition, ''The Weekend Australian'', is a broadsheet newspaper published by News Corp Australia since 14 July 1964.Bruns, Axel. "3.1. The active audience: Transforming journalism from gatekeeping to gatew ...'', a newspaper * Australiana, things of Australian origins Other uses * Australian (horse), a racehorse * Australian, British Columbia, an unincorporated community in Canada See also * The Australian (other) ...
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2009 Films
The year 2009 saw the release of many films. Seven made the top 50 list of highest-grossing films. Also in 2009, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced that as of that year, their Best Picture category would consist of ten nominees, rather than five (the first time since the 1943 awards). Evaluation of the year Film critic Philip French of ''The Guardian'' said that 2009 "began with the usual flurry of serious major movies given late December screenings in Los Angeles to qualify for the Oscars. They're now forgotten or vaguely regarded as semi-classics: ''The Reader'', '' Che'', ''Slumdog Millionaire'', '' Frost/Nixon'', '' Revolutionary Road'', ''The Wrestler'', ''Gran Torino'', '' The Curious Case of Benjamin Button''. It soon became apparent that horror movies would be the dominant genre once again, with vampires the pre-eminent sub-species, the most profitable inevitably being '' New Moon'', the latest in Stephenie Meyer's ''Twilight'' saga, the best the ...
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List Of Australian Films
1890s–1930s Australian filmmakers were at the forefront of cinema and film, having created what is considered the first feature-length narrative film with the release of ''The Story of the Kelly Gang'' and other early films by directors John Gavin, W. J. Lincoln and Alfred Rolfe. Notable Australian films of the 1890s: *''Passengers Alighting from Ferry Brighton at Manly'' (1896) – first film produced and screened in Australia *'' The Melbourne Cup'' (1896) – multiple reel sports documentary of the Melbourne Cup Carnival *''Patineur Grotesque'' (1897) – comedy roller-skater routine originally filmed in 1896 *'' Prince Ranjitsinhji Practising Batting in the Nets'' (1897) – featuring Ranjitsinhji one of the earliest surviving cricket films *''Social Salvation'' (1898) – documentary about living conditions produced by Herbert Booth for the Salvation Army in Australia Notable Australian films of the early 1900s: *'' Soldiers of the Cross'' (1900) – religious drama p ...
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List Of Films Shot In Adelaide
This is a list of films shot in Adelaide or in the state of South Australia. Films See also * Australian Film Commission * Cinema of Australia * Film Australia * Screen Australia * South Australian Film Corporation * World cinema * List of Australian films * List of films set in Australia * List of films shot in Darwin * List of films shot in Melbourne * List of films shot in Queensland * List of films shot in Sydney * List of films shot in Tasmania * List of films shot in Western Australia References Further reading * Adamson, Judith. ''A Film Australia miscellany''. Lindfield, N.S.W. : Film Australia, 1991. * Collins, Felicity, and Theresa Davis. ''Australian Cinema After Mabo''. Sydney: Cambridge University Press, 2004. * Dawson, Jonathan, and Bruce Molloy, eds. ''Queensland Images in Film and Television''. Brisbane: University of Queensland Press, 1990. * Dermody, Susan and Elizabeth Jacka, eds. ''The Screening of Australia, Volume 1: Anatomy of a Film Industry''. Sydn ...
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Cinema Of Australia
The cinema of Australia had its beginnings with the 1906 production of ''The Story of the Kelly Gang'', arguably the world's first feature film. Since then, Australian crews have produced many films, a number of which have received international recognition. Many actors and filmmakers with international reputations started their careers in Australian films, and many of these have established lucrative careers in larger film-producing centres such as the United States. Commercially successful Australian films include: ''Crocodile Dundee'', George Miller's '' Mad Max: Fury Road'', Baz Luhrmann's ''Moulin Rouge!'', and Chris Noonan's ''Babe''. Award-winning productions include ''Picnic at Hanging Rock'', ''Gallipoli'', ''The Tracker'', ''Shine'' and ''Ten Canoes''. Australian actors of renown include Errol Flynn, Peter Finch, Rod Taylor, Paul Hogan, Jack Thompson, Bryan Brown, Judy Davis, Jacki Weaver, Geoffrey Rush, Hugo Weaving, Eric Bana, Guy Pearce, Hugh Jackman, Cat ...
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Australian Films Of 2009
2009 See also

* 2009 in Australia * 2009 in Australian television * List of 2009 box office number-one films in Australia {{DEFAULTSORT:Australian Films Of 2009 Lists of Australian films by year, 2009 Lists of 2009 films by country or language 2009 in Australian cinema, Films ...
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