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Screen Forever 2013: Merchant Ivory - do you mind if I borrow your phone?

Merchant Ivory may sound utterly respectable, but it was a prime exponent of the chancers' art of conjuring a film…

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Screen Forever 2013: the future of television

Israeli format guru Avi Armoza had the floor to himself, and was able to provide a unique perspective on television…

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Screen Forever 2013: format wars, and the real truth of transnational expansion

Screen Forever, the 2013 edition of the rebadged SPAA Conference, organised by SPA, or Screen Producers Australia, formerly SPAA, the…

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Disability Media: launched (again, still with grit)

On Tuesday the 23rd October 2013, Disability Media was launched at RMIT in Melbourne. Or relaunched, to be precise. The…

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MIFF 37South 2013: the budget squeeze, part 2

The budget/marketplace reality question is pretty messy. Here Mark Poole charts different currents of thought about risk, risk aversion, the…

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37 Degrees South 013: pressure on to squeeze budgets

On Saturday afternoon at MIFF’s 37 Degrees South Film Market, no less than five panels took different approaches to consider…

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Books at MIFF 2013: turning out for The Turning

Robert Connolly wil mastermind the information flow about The Turning very carefully. This stage is mostly about negotiating the rights…

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37 Degrees South 013: now a familiar, stable structure

For the seventh year in a row, the Melbourne International Film Festival is hosting the film market 37 degrees South.…

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SPAA: changing strategy as national roadshow commences

Screen Producers Association of Australia Executive Director, Matthew Deaner, and Matthew Hancock, Manager of Strategy and Insights addressed a crowded…

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AIDC 2013: case studies in alternative finance

This session was one of the inspirational ones of AIDC 2013. Several filmmakers who are very used to traditional financing…

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