Update on Australian Release

We have been receiv­ing numer­ous queries regard­ing the release of Bro­ken Hill in Aus­tralia so we wanted to give you an offi­cial update on the process Bro­ken Hill is tak­ing before it gets a major release.

Bro­ken Hill had its World Pre­miere in Mel­bourne Aus­tralia before it was taken on the inter­na­tional film fes­ti­val cir­cuit and our own test screen­ing cir­cuit. In the process it has won many awards and set the scene for a suc­cess­ful national and inter­na­tional release.

The nor­mal ges­ta­tion period for a film is 2 – 3 years. The Aus­tralian film “Shine’, which did so well at the Acad­emy Awards a num­ber of years ago took around five years from devel­op­ment to release. So the Bro­ken Hill expe­ri­ence is noth­ing unusual. Less than 1% of the peo­ple we expect to see Bro­ken Hill in the­atres have been exposed to it so far. The major release sched­ules are yet to come.

The ten­ta­tive release date for Aus­tralia is May 9, 2010. That may seem far off to some. How­ever, we are mak­ing sure that the release of Bro­ken Hill in Aus­tralia is a sig­nif­i­cant occur­rence. We believe the wait will have been worth it.

Thanks for being so inter­ested. If you didn’t care when or if it ran we would be more concerned.

New screenings announced for March

Bro­ken Hill has been accepted into two more film fes­ti­vals screen­ing in March.

THE INTERNATIONAL FAMILY FILM FESTIVAL
The Inter­na­tional Fam­ily Film Fes­ti­val unites film­mak­ers and audi­ences from around the globe in one heart, one mind, one world, through its fun­da­men­tal respect for human­ity and the affir­ma­tive val­ues of life as told through films that share the uni­ver­sal expe­ri­ences that con­nect us all. Cel­e­brat­ing its 15th year, the 2010 Inter­na­tional Fam­ily Film Fes­ti­val will be held at Raleigh Stu­dios in the heart of Hol­ly­wood, 5300 Mel­rose Avenue, March 11 — March 14.  This year’s theme is Fam­ily Sto­ries are Time­less . Screen­ing times will be posted when con­firmed.

TIBURON INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
The Tiburon Inter­na­tional Film Fes­ti­val (TIFF) is an annual event, which seeks to pro­vide a greater under­stand­ing of the world and its many cul­tures through the artis­tic medium of film, and through the top qual­ity films from around the world. TIFF wishes to enhance tol­er­ance between peo­ple of all back­grounds. Its goal is one of cul­tural enrich­ment and height­ened cul­tural aware­ness, and to cre­ate a plat­form for the inde­pen­dent film­mak­ers to express their tal­ent and vision from any nation. TIFF strongly believes in its motto: “Under­stand­ing the World through Film”®. TIFF runs from Mar 18 – 26. Screen­ing times will be posted when confirmed

Walker School Screening

The Walker School Alumni Asso­ci­a­tion was thrilled to be able to host the Atlanta-area pre­miere of Bro­ken Hill. Alexa Vega, Chris Wyatt and Sean Covel spent some time in Mari­etta with stu­dents on cam­pus about their expe­ri­ences in the film industry.

Ham­ming it up in Atlanta

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Accolade Film Festival

Bro­ken Hill recently won awards at The Acco­lade Film Awards. Enter­ing its sev­enth year, The Acco­lade is an inter­na­tional, non-traditional, vir­tual venue. Awards go to those film­mak­ers who pro­duce fresh, stand­out enter­tain­ment, ani­ma­tion and com­pelling doc­u­men­taries. The Acco­lade is a show­case for cin­e­matic gems and unique voices. Read more

Broken Hill in 2010

The new year brings very excit­ing news for Bro­ken Hill. Namely its release in Aus­tralia, but more of that later. Read more

Broken Hill heads to Atlanta

by Mar­cus E. Howard
mhoward@mdjonline.com

MARIETTA — Film­maker and Walker School alum­nus Chris Wyatt will return home to Cobb on Wednes­day for the release of his newest movie, “Bro­ken Hill,” which pre­mieres at 7:30 p.m. at the Regal Town Cen­ter Stadium-16 The­ater in Kennesaw.

Wyatt is a Hol­ly­wood pro­ducer who has pro­duced sev­eral films, includ­ing the smash hit “Napoleon Dyna­mite,” since grad­u­at­ing from Walker in 1993. Pro­ceeds from the pre­miere will go to the Walker School Annual Fund. Tick­ets are $5 each and can be reserved at walkeralumni.org/brokenhill. Read more

Broken Hill Cinematographer receives award

Nick Matthews, Bro­ken Hill cin­e­matogro­pher, has been rec­og­nized for his amaz­ing work by the  Aus­tralian Cin­e­matog­ra­phers Soci­ety. He took home GOLD at the Aus­tralian Cin­e­matog­ra­phers Soci­ety 2009 Cin­e­matog­ra­phy Awards in the cat­e­gory of “Fea­ture Film — Cinema”.

“He did amaz­ing work, and the ACS has noticed”, pro­ducer Chris Wyatt said.

Broken Hill praised in Seoul

BROKEN HILL star Luke Arnold, writer/director Dagen Mer­rill and pro­duc­ers Chris Wyatt and Julie Ryan were hon­ored to be the invited guests of the Seoul Inter­na­tional Fam­ily Film Fes­ti­val. The film screened mul­ti­ple times dur­ing the fes­ti­val which con­cluded yesterday.

Fes­ti­val direc­tor Bus­iek Park praised the film dur­ing an after-screening Q&A ses­sion, say­ing “we are hon­ored to have this won­der­ful film at the fes­ti­val, as it truly reflects the motto of this year’s fes­ti­val ‘Beau­ti­ful Change’. Tommy’s drive to reach his dream is a great exam­ple to all of us.”

Winner — Jury Special Mention

The jury of the “Fifth Inter­na­tional Film Fes­ti­val for Chil­dren”, held last week in Yere­van, Repub­lic of Arme­nia, has awarded BROKEN HILL a “Spe­cial Mention”.

Fes­ti­val Direc­tor Nune Manukyan explained that BROKEN HILL won the spe­cial jury men­tion for “suc­cess­fully mak­ing music an organic ele­ment of the film”.

The Int’l Film Fest for Chil­dren is a non-profit fes­ti­val funded by the Armen­ian Rolan Bykov Foun­da­tion with the goal of “build­ing cul­tural bridges between the chil­dren of all nations”.

And on festivals…Broken Hill has been accepted into the Minsk Inter­na­tional Film Fes­ti­val Listapad (Repub­lic of Belarus) to be held mid Novem­ber. Also at Acco­lade (La Jolla, CA) to be held early January.

Con­grat­u­la­tions again to all involved.

Huge news for Broken Hill

Excit­ing plans are in progress for the domes­tic release of Bro­ken Hill in Aus­tralia. After a series of tests in the US and many fes­ti­val awards gar­nered (with more to come), huge plans are in the works for the film in Aus­tralia. Full details are not avail­able just yet, but stay tuned for very excit­ing announce­ments com­ing soon. Bro­ken Hill is plan­ning to release in Aus­tralia around Feb/Mar 2010.