Australia
You should watch... Sisters with Transistors at MIFF Digital
Sisters with Transistors is a highlight of MIFF Digital: ‘The history of women has been the history of silence –…
Screenrights announces 2021 cultural funding list
Screenrights Cultural Fund fuels industry change, from New Pasifica Creators to an Impact Teams Lab.
Screenworks and Netflix find common ground on training crews
Screenworks sets up a training program with Netflix, bends bureaucracy to the needs of the sector.
New campaign to support actors’ mental health launched
Concerned for actors’ wellbeing, the Casting Guild of Australia is encouraging industry members to seek help.
Supporting Indigenous Filmmaking with Australia’s audio-visual heritage
The Morrison Government's new grant will allow the National Film and Sound Archive of Australia (NFSA) to commission an Indigenous…
Palestine and guerrilla memorials in the digital age
Lujayn Hourani considers the effectiveness of the game-like temporal memorial, Re: Visit Palestine, in tandem with their own personal memories.
The quiet skills of ACMI programming guru Kristy Matheson
Kristy Matheson, Director of Film Programs at ACMI, reflects on her challenging job as she moves to Scotland.
The Australia Council for the Arts wants to fund videogames
The Australia Council's 2021-4 digital culture strategy makes funding videogames a priority, including non-commercial art games.
SBS appoints new Head of Food and Entertainment
SBS is determined to keep reality TV and factual entertainment firmly on its agenda – hiring Emily Griggs to oversee…
NFSA announces new exhibition: Australians & Hollywood
Opening 4 December, NFSA’s Australians & Hollywood: A Tale of Craft, Talent and Ambition will celebrate the true stories of…