Ann Macbeth

All the arts are predominantly national, and therefore the Australian Film Commission should be funding us. The battle gets more and more vicious each year. ↗

— Ann Macbeth

#australian #australian film #battle #commission #each

Any new producer starting up is to get investors' confidence. Investors are still very very wary of anything to do with the arts world. ↗

— Ann Macbeth

#anything #arts #confidence #get #investors

Build into each budget the cost of hiring and don't lump yourself with capital investment. ↗

— Ann Macbeth

#build #capital #capital investment #cost #each

Film is the most expensive, highest risk industry in the world. ↗

— Ann Macbeth

#film #highest #industry #most #risk

I see any production of any nature being good for the development of the whole industry. ↗

— Ann Macbeth

#being #development #good #i #i see

I think the long-term effect of video on cinema is good in that what we are now getting up there on the screen is of superior quality. Videos are just so much more sensitive to the world. ↗

— Ann Macbeth

#effect #getting #good #i #i think

It will never be Hollywood, the same way people think it should be. I think it will grow and it will be healthy and it will expand into more than one production house. ↗

— Ann Macbeth

#grow #healthy #hollywood #house #i

Most independent filmmakers in Britain and North America work for commercial crews and then have their own projects when they've got enough money saved up to do so. ↗

— Ann Macbeth

#britain #commercial #crews #enough #filmmakers

The dichotomy between art and industry is totally dysfunctional in terms of film. ↗

— Ann Macbeth

#between #dichotomy #dysfunctional #film #industry

The British needlewoman follows blindly where the merchant leads. ↗

— Ann Macbeth

#british #follows #leads #merchant #where