Australia
Production Company Acquisition: brash outsider swallows ultra-respectable Melbourne insider
WTFN, which grew from commercial television and branded content, has bought The Film Company, owned by Richard Keddie. Chalk and…
Ratings: Sunday 28th April, 2013
There is no truth to the rumour that Seven has sent of squadrons of evil audience bots to find the…
Dark Mofo Films tour Scandinavian screen talents
Violent. Visceral. Tense. Intense. MONA’s first curated film program takes a tour of Scandinavian screen talents in stories real and…
Breathing
Using minimal dialogue to produce maximum emotional effect, Karl Markovics' directorial debut is a slow-burn study of inner turmoil and…
Ratings: Wednesday, 24th April 2013
With no tonsil show, Seven is feasting on the body of Nine, its knives and forks flashing in the studio…
Ratings: Thursday, 25th April 2013
The fact that Seven only just scored the big three oh gave everyone else the chance to be half-way respectable.
SA Film Awards: pool scooped by drama but docs strong in 2013 awards
The Media Resource Centre, South Australia’s centre for screen culture development, is delighted to announce the winners of the 2013…
Screen Australian Animation Announcement: the depth behind the decisions
As we transmitted on Wednesday, Screen Australia has announced support for two short animations, and completion funding for a third.…
BRIEF: ABC buys Ricky Gervais' Derek
Ricky Gervais' half-hour comedy, which was produced by Derek Productions for Channel 4, is heading to Australia after the ABC…
MIPTV 2013: ethical tensions over branded content
While the conferences happily track the evolution of branded content and the pressure on TVCs, it takes a journalist with…