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QPIX: alone and unfunded with new advanced diploma
Queensland's screen development organisation, QPIX, has brushed aside the withdrawal of state government funding (and subsequent loss of tied Screen…
Cheeky Little Media: raising the ambient temperature of kids' animation
Behind the announcement by David Webster and Patrick Egerton that they have established a new children’s television outfit called Cheeky…
Brief: APSA - international jury announced for screen awards
The 7th Asia Pacific Screen Awards (APSA), to be held on 12 December in Brisbane, Australia, announced their international jury…
Brief: Iranian Film Festival starts from Brisbane
Iranian films tend to make true filmlovers happy - beautifully made, modestly conceived, from a very foreign culture and a…
Chinese Factual: initial fears before a long haul
Screen Australia's latest delegation to Beijing is the first official group to focus on factual entertainment. The role of government…
Brief: Catalonia pays homage to five Australian films
This year's Sitges International Fantastic Film Festival of Catalonia has once again been a fertile hunting ground for feral Australian…
NBN: Watch the deckchair. See it glide about. This ship is called The Titanic
After so much uncertainty, Dr O'D can now get forensic on a government that is forced beyond rhetoric into the…
009 Re: Cyborg
A dynamic re-imagining of hugely influential Japanese SF author, Shotaro Ishinomori's Cyborg 009 manga series from the 1960s.
Gaming gets lift from Screen Australia
Australian game developers are set to enter a new world thanks to funding from Screen Australia.
James Packer: brings gambler's instincts back to film
James Packer, through his company RatPac, has done a deal with Warner Bros. To co-finance as many as seventy-five films,…