Television
TIFF 2015: the Australians come in two by two
The Australian presence at the Toronto International Film Festival has built nicely, with two new announcements.
Intro to Directing, Production Office 101, Summer School 20% Discount & More @ AFTRS Open
Last chance for August courses: SHORT FILM BOOT CAMP and PRODUCTION OFFICE 101, Linda Aronson’s SCRIPT DEVELOPMENT, Elissa Down’s INTRO…
Box Office Bizarro: 17 August with an evil moment in The Gift
Joel Edgerton's The Gift does well on wide release in the US. It also scored a truly strange and ugly…
Eight radical ways to change arts funding
Were any arts funding bodies or philanthropists brave enough to implement these suggestions from the US they might come close…
The evolving role of the critic
Demon? Angel? Tired victims of change? MIFF unleashes formidable talent to explore the evolving role of the critic in the…
Queen of Earth
Disarming performances and a distinctive auteur combine for a devastating look at fraying friendships and mindsets.
Relativity Media: one of the industry's biggest bankruptcies ever
The US trade and financial press feasts on the details it can unearth, watched by many lawyers..
Microbudget filmmakers to converge at Open Channel’s Generation Next: Micro Movie Conference
A new generation of microbudget filmmakers have emerged. They are breaking all the rules and redefining the Australian cinema landscape.
The secret love affair between pirates and creators
New research and a new lobby group in the screen sector rewrites the playbook on the approach to piracy.
Unity
An immersive audio-visual package is just the dressing on this blatantly heartstring-pulling, agenda-pushing cinema slideshow.