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What's On Screen: Jill Bilcock, The Second, Skyscraper and arthouse faves
Melburnians rush for festival tickets, lovely arthouse fare glows and Ella Havelka appears in a documentary streamed on SBS.

How to deliver a winning pitch even if you're peeing your pants
Some tips on pitching - and a deep dive into death with the winner of Melbourne WebFest's Pitch iview Award,…

MIFF 2018 launch unveils the Australian highlights
Melbourne filmgoers, provoked by the launch, are now frantically booking their films. It is first in, best anoraked, with sadness…

Ones to Watch - building the future one detail at a time
Fear of kitten vids, spiritual optometry and the end of the world - three SPA Ones to Watch who were…

Box Office 9 July 2018 - Brothers' Nest is empty while horror still entices
The kids' are hurtling around the multiplexes and anyone in their right mind is descending on the indy cinemas. But…

Brief: Mike Rubbo on the death of Michael Edols
Mike Rubbo, truly a filmmaker who pushed the Austraiian documentary craft forward, remembers a remarkable friend and filmmaker.

What to do this NAIDOC week
"Because of Her, We Can!" is the theme of this year's NAIDOC week. We take a look at events being…

Stories - cool. Australian stories - wtf? AFTRS plays detective.
AFTRS commissioned eight prominent screen creators to reveal what story means to them. it was a cunning plot to address…

Mia Wasikowska - It helps to know who you are when making stories
Mia Wasikowska held an audience spellbound with a short speech at AFTRS about her understanding of story. Here is the…

What's On Screen: Perth Revelations, The Second, Foxtrot and more
Ant-Man and the Wasp is a visually witty tentpole, while we love the quieter attraction of local flick The Second,…