24 December 2004

West Coast Development Trust Supports “April Sun” Film Production

The West Coast Development Trust is supporting McBride Brothers Productions in the post production editing phase of their film “April Sun”.

Filmed on the West Coast, April Sun has been in production for the past eighteen months. The West Coast Development Trust has agreed to provide $20,000 towards the final stage of the project.

Once complete, the movie will be forwarded to a range of festivals, including Cannes, with the hope of having it shown on the international stage.

“The potential for the film industry on the West Coast is huge with dramatic scenic, historic and cultural locations, and many Coasters involved on both a professional and amateur basis,” says Development Trust chairman, Frank Dooley.

“We’re pleased to be able to assist what has the potential to become a very active industry in our region.”

ENDS

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Gordon Campbell: On the Sony cyber attack

Given the layers of meta-irony involved, the saga of the Sony cyber attack seemed at the outset more like a snarky European art film than a popcorn entry at the multiplex.

Yet now with (a) President Barack Obama weighing in on the side of artistic freedom and calling for the US to make a ‘proportionate response’quickly followed by (b) North Korea’s entire Internet service going down, and with both these events being followed by (c) Sony deciding to backtrack and release The Interview film that had made it a target for the dastardly North Koreans in the first place, then ay caramba…the whole world will now be watching how this affair pans out. More>>