Australia

Lockdown well and truly takes hold of the Australian Box Office
The virus has now really whacked the cinemas again. Jungle Cruise is box office victim number one.

Producer Todd Fellman and his accidental international career
Producer Todd Fellman makes footloose productions work, tried hard with China and is now making The Portable Door in Queensland,…

Phantom Abyss is online multiplayer without the scheduling nightmare
Team WIBY's Ben Marrinan explains how they developed Phantom Abyss for a generation who treats games as a digital living…

Helen Leake joins Screen Australia board
Helen Leake adds a regional voice to the Screen Australia Board, with a strong producer perspective.

You should play... SNKRX
There has never been a more perfect answer to the question, ‘do you have games on your phone?’

Nitram vindicated at Cannes
Caleb Landry Jones is sweetly honoured by Cannes for his Nitram performance. We survey the international reviews.

Box office - Space Jam tops, but figures well down
As box office cops a Covid belting, Black Widow brings joy to director Cate Shortland.

Ubisoft Sydney recruitment points to a new major game development studio in Australia (Updated)
A world-class AAA blockbuster game studio appears to be forming in Sydney.

New documentary investments from Screen Australia defy financial hits
Screen Australia supports fine feature docs as life is about to get harder for producers.

Netflix offering post-production attachments at a time of need for the industry
Up against a shortage of trained post-production staff, Netflix has created two useful entry points.