Australia
Screen Producers Australia - kitemark to calm combatants
Credits are a very important form of display for filmmakers, and SPA is trying to create a reliable system of…
The Boy and the Beast
Rousing but not always riveting, this animated coming-of-age effort still remains enchanting, enjoyable and earnest.
National ratings week of 29 Feb 2016 - the whole relentless grind
As usual Thursday looks ordinary as Nine snatches a win while the ABC will be happy but not delighted.
Oscars 2016 - final notes from ScreenHub as Beavan triumphs
Technical triumph for Fury Road, in categories that don't figure in the main betting lists.
Microbe and Gasoline
Michel Gondry infuses his distinctive sensibilities into an aesthetically restrained, thematically resonant coming-of-age effort.
Visualising Story: Directors, Screenwriting, Storytelling Factual TV, Production Office 101 & More!
AFTRS Open courses this weekend include APPLIED STORYTELLING, INTRO TO SCREENWRITING and PREMIERE PRO. Next weekend there’s VISUALISING STORY (Ian…
AIDC 2016: Mason lays out Screen Australia's survival strategy in dark times
Graeme Mason’s keynote address to AIDC 2016 signals a major crystallisation in its approach as program cuts loom.
AIDC 2016: Graeme Mason speech - the full text
Here is the full text of Screen Australia CEO Graeme Mason's speech to the AIDC conference in 2016.
Oscars - there is no justice
It could be a while before we see such a close run thing for major awards by an Australian film.…
AIDC 2016: the fine art of surviving terrorised financiers
Production crises make for good stories, but we don't normally think of the bankers. John Smithson describes the contract crisis…