National
Fifth AFI/AACTAs completely as expected
If you had bet on the most rationally predictable outcome in each category, you would have been pretty well on…
Six Week Film School, TV & Radio Presenting, Short Film Screenwriting, Feature Docos & More!
Skill-up with an AFTRS Open short course. January Summer School includes SIX WEEK FILM SCHOOL (enrol by 21 Dec) plus…
AIDC: first gambits for 2016 conference
Stanley Hawes! Impact Strategy Hack Contest! with added pie fights! Yes, the documentarians are stirring for the 2016 conference.
Regional Media Changes - Orwell goes to the bush
The regional broadcasters are asking that the rules to protect them be abolished. Um... how does that help local broadcasting?
We’re right to make a scene about gender equity in the Australian screen industry
Today film schools have around 50% gender equity among graduates and there is no shortage of aspiring female composers, writers,…
Screen Australia steps up on gender equality
Australia's national screen funding agency has bitten the bullet and committed to both a benchmark on female participation and a…
Tropfest: back from the abyss
Tropfest survives to screen its bite-sized films another day.
Ratings week beginning Sunday 6 December 2015 - Monday update
Despite a glitch in the middle - beyond our control - here is the Sun-Thurs picture. The AACTAs had less…
Fury Road: white knuckles in awards burn-off
The Los Angeles Film Critics Association has spoken on the topic of Fury Road. So have some Bostonians. The results…
Sue Maslin and The Dressmaker - the business case for gender equity
With new commitments to gender equality in the screen sector emerging, Sue Maslin adds a timely reflection on her own…