LaLa Pictures first started operating as Teen TV in 1996. The company was later changed and registered as LaLa Pictures in 2001 and LaLa Pictures Pty Ltd in 2006. Since its inception the company has produced multi award-winning short films with screenings in over 100 international film festivals worldwide (including Raindance, Palm Springs, San Francisco G&L Film Festival, Sao Paolo & Cork International Film Festivals), a television pilot, INYAFACE, successfully sold for development (Artist Services) and produced two plays in major theatre venues (Belvoir Street & Newtown Theatre) in Sydney, Australia.
LaLa Pictures is owned and operated by Andrew Arbuthnot, a self taught producer born in Queensland Australia.
Andrew has worked for companies including the Southern Star Entertainment, BBC, Channel 4, PolyGram Films, Foxtel and Nickelodeon where he's gained invaluable experience in production, marketing and distribution. In 1996-1997 Andrew sat on the board of an independent film organisation, Brisbane Independent Filmmakers, which now operates under the name of QPIX. Andrew has been invited to join film boards and committees for the independent film sector and has served on a film commissioning selection panel for the NSW Film & Television Office.
At 19 Andrew produced his first short film, Patsy's Party, which won him Best Producer award at the Warner Brothers Queensland New Filmmaker Awards. Since then he has continued producing and distributing short films for which he successfully secured distribution contracts. His shorts Contact and Hitch Cock were huge festival hits, the latter sweeping 50 festivals and securing broadcast with Canal+ France and SBS Australia.
Andrew's latest short drama Nia's Melancholy was financed by Screen Australia, ABC & Screen Queensland. In 2009, it won the imagineNATIVE Toronto Film Festival Best Emerging Talent Award and a SILVER ACS Award (Australian Cinematographers Society). Nia's Melancholy is represented and distributed by Flickerfest Distribution Bureau.
Andrew can be reached via the contact page.
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