Australia

Postcard from Cairns: Biopixel delivers nature to a locked down world
Specialising in underwater footage, the Cairns-based company has a new lens that helps them move onto land.

One of the great speeches on race and the screen sector
The remarkable British television historian who revealed the horrors of Windrush and the way the wealth of slavery created the…

Short films: searching for ways to get attention
James Woods is piling up the short films, has tried the festival route, and is now about to release on…

Box Office: Tenet opens as Babyteeth gets the Heroic Pluck award
The only piece of normality in Australian cinemas last week is a Chinese war movie. 'Tenet' tried, and made perhaps…

NZ Games Festival serves up 'The Pavs' Awards for 2020
The 2020 New Zealand Games Festival might have been postponed, but that didn’t stop them running a gorgeous Awards ceremony…

Theatre review: The Pact by Bitten By Productions
With The Pact, a crunchy, low-fi, tech-drama, Bitten by Productions may perhaps have bitten off slightly more than they can…

Film Review: I Am Woman nails Helen Reddy's quiet self-possession
Unjo Moon's debut feature has profound affection for its subject but the script could have done so much more, argues…

Think tank: can virtual production transform screen budgets?
Virtual production is an amazing toy for the big end of production, but a panel at Screen Makers sees wider…

Film Vic funds eight new Australian games
Film Victoria's latest round of production funding will support games from Samurai Punk, Fae Daunt, Ian MacLarty, David Chen, and…

Screen News in Brief: Stan accelerates growth to more than 30 productions a year
The local streamer makes a flurry of announcements; plus Screen Australia development funding, Jack Thompson turns 80, and lots more…