Australia

Deborah Mailman joins Screen Australia Board
Deborah Mailman strengthens the industry side of the board, and brings an important voice from a wider, grittier Australia.

Dame Changer applications for Screen Tank extended to March 31
Beatrice Neumann talks development ahead of her Screen Tank program that preferences emerging women creators.

David Bridie celebrates the alchemy of music and film
Compendium film project The Wisdom Line celebrates one of our great rock/ethnographic film composers and activists, David Bridie.

Red Dirt, Stars and a Screen: Australia's most picturesque film festival
Covering vast distances, the Northern Territory Travelling Film Festival poses unique challenges, but festival director Britt Guy isn't complaining.

Budget rumours cap earlier news about Greens fight and ALP freeze on reform
At last one political party supports the screen sector with concrete proposals - and it is the one party which…

Hotel Mumbai v Women Wrestlers - Box Office 25 March 2019
Hotel Mumbai has not picked up while the palpable sense of horror about Christchurch remains. But the US could do…

Politicians missing in action on local screen activity
We compare the statements by the NSW Liberal Party, the ALP and the Greens to discover a remarkable lack of…

Film Review: Sauvage, MQFF
Director Vidal-Naquet's Sauvage is a strong disturbing and uncompromising showcase for its star Félix Maritaud.

Small Screen Highlights: Stolen Children, Comic Grief and self-improving podcasts
The Cult of the Family, Ricky Gervais' After Life and Esther Perel's Where Should We Begin? are among our picks…

TV Review: The Cult (and culture) of The Family
Expanding on Rosie Jones' 2016 documentary, this 3-part ABC series digs deep into the nature of evil and how society…