FILM CONSTRUCTION TO OPEN IN MELBOURNE
Australasian Production Company, Film Construction officially opens the doors to it’s Melbourne office on Monday 28th of September.
The location will be familiar to many as those of Pod Film. After 15 years at the helm, founder and EP Catherine Kerr has decided to take a long overdue 3-month sabbatical and Film Construction will be taking over their Melbourne operations.
“We have long admired the great work that comes from Melbourne agencies, and are thrilled about having a presence on the ground”, says Peter Hewitt, Film Construction’s NZ Executive Producer.
Film Construction are excited about taking on two of Pod’s rising stars, Maia Horniak (2007 Kodak New Director of the Year finalist, pictured 2nd from top) who will be joining Film Construction’s Sydney office, plus visual and fashion oriented director Jasmin Tarasin (‘Closet Tales of Australian Fashion’, pictured top left).
New director Nick Ball (pictured below left)will also being joining the Film Construction Melbourne team in October. Nick has recently finished shooting Jeep and Fontera for Clemenger BBDO, and has just returned from the Palm Springs Film Festival screening of his co-directed short film ‘How Much Do You Love Me?’ – described as a very unromantic comedy.
“We have been working on establishing a team and office in Melbourne for some time when the opportunity with Pod came up. We look forward to building on the commitment Pod has made in the Melbourne industry. Catherine has achieved so much with Pod Film. I hope we can collaborate further with her in 2009”, says Roy De Giorgio, Film Construction’s Australian Executive Producer.
The Melbourne contact details are:
Film Construction
191A Smith Street
Fitzroy VIC 3065
Phone: +613 9416 0141
Roy De Giorgio: roy@filmconstruction.com,
Phone: +61 403 306 448
10 Comments
wow. big news! that guy is hot.
nice score for Film construction
That’s confusing. Pod didn’t have a Melbourne office and most of their directors were based in Sydney. Strange .
Maybe you should check your facts 5:19. I’ve shot with Pod Melbourne directors a few times. I think you must be confused?
Sorry. Its was confusing.
nick is a great pick up for film con. Looking forward to seeing the new operation doing some damage in melbs.
Pod has had a melbourne office for almost 2 years now. keep up. does this mean Pod sydney has closed down as well because Maia is a sydney based director?
So POD has been absorbed into Film Con? What about the directors not mentioned? Moving on, or moved on?
i dont think pod exists anymore and film con have just taken 2 of their directors and added another newbie from outside. just that film con have taken over the office. that’s it.
isn’t it?
I don’t know what he’s laughing at but it must have been ‘hillarious’