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Mantis shrimp in sea. Made possible by Screen Queensland.
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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.

Features

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.

Indigenous actress Rarriwuy Hick looks seriously at the camera
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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.

Troy Lum close up, looking boyish
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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.

The terror of The Moogai is in the running for the Dendy Award.
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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.

Benedict Cumberbatch as Phil Burbank in The Power of the Dog, screening at TIFF
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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…

Victoria Justice, star of the upcoming Australian netflix romcom, attends an event in Pasadena California.
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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.

Maryanne Amacher in Sisters with Transistors. Photograph: Peggy Wells
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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 –…

Back to Back theatre at work on their production Shadow
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Screenrights announces 2021 cultural funding list

Screenrights Cultural Fund fuels industry change, from New Pasifica Creators to an Impact Teams Lab.

Filming in front of sugarcane and a car.
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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.

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