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Australian and New Zealand indie distributor Umbrella Leisure will launch Brollie, a freed from cost, ad-supported streaming service later this month. It’s going to lean on Umbrella’s library of traditional content material and claims to be the primary free streaming platform specializing in Australian movie and TV content material.
Brollie will launch on Nov. 23 with over 300 titles together with: “Babadook” (dir. Jennifer Kent, 2014); “Two Palms” (dir. Gregor Jordan, 1999); cult classics “Sweat” (creator John Rapsey, 1996); “Erskineville Kings” (dir. Alan White, 1999); and “Minimize” (dir. Kimble Rendall, 2000) starring Kylie Minogue.
Brollie can even have a bit for Indigenous Australia, together with a group of movies starring Aboriginal display legend David Gulpilil. These embody “Walkabout” (dir. Nicolas Roeg, 1971); “Storm Boy” (dir. Henri Safran, 1976); and “The Final Wave” (dir. Peter Weir, 1977).
A documentary slate consists of “Servant or Slave” (dir. Steven McGregor, 2016) and “Ablaze” (dir. Alec Morgan, Tiriki Onus, 2021).
Subscribers will likely be invited to be a part of the Brollie Movie Membership, the place Brollie’s in-house group handpicks the most effective of the catalog twice a month. Members can terrify themselves with the ‘Australian Nightmares’ assortment exploring the most effective of Aussie horror or delve into the ‘All Out Ozploitation’ assortment showcasing style movies from the Seventies and Nineteen Eighties.
Particular options, often confined to DVD extras, can even be out there to observe with these collections, giving die-hard movie aficionados a uncommon glimpse behind the scenes with Australian legends like Hugh Jackman, Heath Ledger, Nicole Kidman and Minogue.
“The Brollie catalog is stuffed with Australian cult classics, a lot of which aren’t out there on different streaming platforms. We all know these iconic movies and TV reveals can discover new and outdated audiences as an alternative of gathering mud on the shelf. Brollie is about serving to Aussies to entry this world-class storytelling simply and, most significantly, free of charge,” stated Ari Harrison, GM and head of gross sales and acquisitions at Umbrella.
Concurrently, Brollie can even launch a brand new podcast referred to as “Sunburnt Screens: The Australian Cinema Odyssey,” hosted by popular culture and movie authority Alexei Toliopoulos. Episodes will embody conversations with a few of Australia’s most celebrated filmmakers reminiscent of Rolf de Heer, Gillian Armstrong, The Spierig Brothers and Natalie Erika James.
Viewers will be capable to entry Brollie by way of the Apple and Google Play Retailer, by way of Apple TV, Google TV and Android TV, by way of Chromecast with Google TV and on the net.
Australia’ Umbrella Launches Brollie, AVOD Streamer
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