Australia

Senate enquiry: Crunch time for docos and post-production
Opposition to government 'reforms' climaxes again in a Senate Enquiry on August 20, 2021

Sydney goes underground for a film festival of twisted joys: SUFF 2021
The Sydney Underground Film Festival is back, online, and available across Australia.

West Coast Visions: WA is just too hard to leave
The thinking behind low budget feature scheme West Coast Visions reflects the spirit of a very unusual state.

Screen Queensland pushes producers to go global
Screen Queensland finds an international consultancy to turbocharge its push for global shows. The key words? Specificity and authenticity.

Teaching in isolation is intense: Four perspectives
A VFX animation teacher, primary school teacher and two academics talk about their experience and give tips for survival.

On ‘True Colours’ and creating Indigenous genre mashups
As True Colours goes into production around Alice Springs, we delve into the origins of the idea.

The next leap for the man who started Hopscotch Films
Troy Lum, formerly of Hopscotch Films, is back in action with two new companies - Brouhaha and Kismet.

Sydney Film Festival announces Dendy Awards short film finalists
The ten finalists in the 52nd Dendy Awards include TIFF selection Shark, and SXSW winner, The Moogai.

All the Australian films featured at TIFF 2021
Films by Madeleine Gottfried, Nash Edgerton, Jane Campion, Philip Noyce and Eva Orner have been selected to screen at the…

New Australian Netflix rom-com to star Adam Demos and Nickelodeon’s Victoria Justice
The untitled romcom feature is directed by Crazy Ex-Girlfriend’s Stuart McDonald. It's set to film in Queensland.