Australia
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…
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…