Television
Dennis O'Rourke: Aliquando et insanire iucundum Connollius
You have to hand it to the documentary community - they know how to turn grief into a story. Exhibit…
Feature Documentary: squaring for a new funding opportunity
The Shark island Institute and the Documentary Australia Foundation has picked up on an international funding system that pumped $11.5m…
Chinese Cinema: its all in the numbers
Compared to 1.6b people plus an uncounted number of travellers, the growth figures for Chinese cinema are still modest. But…
UK: Christmas comes early as government further sweetens screen incentives
The UK's Chancellor has used the government's Autumn Statement to announce further improvements to incentive schemes that already far outstrip…
AIFF: new film fund to make Indian-centric films in Australia
Anupam Sharma, the proprietor of production and production services company Films & Casting TEMPLE, has combined with a group of…
SAFC Board: Liz Watts replaces Bridget Ikin
In keeping with the growing trend to search for State agency board members across Australia, Porchlight veteran Liz Watts will…
Dungog: new twist to Australia's favourite festival soapie
Regional film festivals are sprouting from the verdant local ooze around Australia, but none has had quite such a complicated…
Screen Australia: last dramatic tranche for 2013
Santa comes with $11m ho-hos to four features, four TV dramas and one for the tots (and grown-ups too) courtesy…
The Spectacular Now
An impressive cast sees this latest from James Ponsoldt convey the optimism of the spectacular and the uncertainty of now.
ACMI: key new appointment abandons lure of traditional Britain for digital Victoria
The Australian Centre for the Moving Image in Melbourne has reached deep into the British screen ecology to find its…