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Jenny Woods and Film Finances: bonding over twenty years
'Completion Bond': [n] - a legal contract which ensures that any heart attacks before the completion of a film will…
Judy Adamson: history, memory and remembrance
Every death in the screen sector hurts terribly, but some funerals mark the loss of our deep history. I've kept…
Asian Animation Summit 2013: the soft power of 'confero-diplomacy'
With Screen Australia and the ABC as core initiating partners, the Asian Animation Summit (AAS) is an important event for…
MPA APSA Academy Film Fund 2013: fallout for a canoe, monkey masks and a Karbala Orchestra
One of the niftiest features of the Asia Pacific Film Awards is its development fund, which provides four tranches of…
Playpen: state of the art Antarctic TV
An unintentionally hilarious Youtube video is a lot more than a bit of Christmas fun. It points to the fusion…
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
While too cloying and clichéd to be truly enchanting, Ben Stiller's latest film successfully tempers the heartfelt with hilarity.
Philomena
Like its titular lead, the soft-spoken, tough-minded Mrs Lee, Philomena is a quiet film, whispering its message of acceptance.
Queensland: cultured one day, barbarous the next
The Queensland government may not notice, but it has been in a world of pain in both the arts and…
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
The Desolation of Smaug turns its relevant chapters of novel into a movie that, for the most part, engages and…
Western Union Short Film Competition: entries for 2014
The Indian Film Festival of Melbourne (IFFM), in association with Western Union, is delighted to announce ‘hope’ as the 2014…