National

Develop & Pitch TV, Directing Actors, Camera & Sound + More
This weekend’s highlights include: DEVELOP & PITCH YOUR TV IDEA with John Gregory and STORYTELLING SKILLS FOR FACTUAL TV. Later…

Budget 2017 - ABC, SBS, Screen Australia swept by usual sadness
All the federal bodies providing funds to the production sector are down. But by how much?

Silent master and adored commander presides over key ADG 2017 award
Emma Freeman, Daina Reed, Courtney Gibson, Sarah Moran, Samantha Lang - women as symbols of industrial change.

National Ratings week beginning Sunday 8 May 2017 - the whole batch
Holiday Horrors Caught on Camera beat Seven Types of Ambiguity by at least 60,000 in the five cities. Revenge will…

Box Office 7 May 2017 - pondering the fate of a pork pie
With Emo and Whiteley in the wings, we puzzle ourselves with the fate of Pork Pie from our Tasman cousins.

Kim Dalton: how can we save the ABC from itself?
Unable to create true reform from within, former Head of ABC TV calls for new government mechanisms to ensure ABC…

A Dog’s Purpose
An abundance of cute canines can’t save this mawkish, emotionally manipulative effort.

American Indy films come with a laugh, a nod to the past and a blow to the throat
The American Essentials festival doing the rounds through May is curated by Richard Sowada, as a challenge and a temptation…

Victorian budget 2017: numbers = relief for screen sector
The Victorian state budget has removed any lingering anxiety about the fate of industry support through MIFF, and offered ACMI…

Jenni Tosi to leave Film Victoria
Jenni Tosi, who has led Film Victoria through some dreadful years to a stable budget and calmer times, will leave…