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Australian films selected for Rotterdam Film Festival
Two Australian short films and one feature have been selected to screen at the 42nd International Film Festival Rotterdam
Compliance
Craig Zobel’s uncomfortable second feature echoes the infamous findings of Stanley Milgram’s behavioural studies, conducted at Yale in the early…
Screen Qld: Jennie Hughes escapes Open Channel wrecking ball
Screen Queensland has announced that producer and former executive director of Victoria's Open Channel will become the agency's new Head…
God: targets Australia from space every Wednesday
Australians will now have the opportunity to tune in to the impending apocalypse every Wednesday. The Restored Church of God,…
All Change: movement at the top of television
BBC Worldwide has appointed FremantleMedia executive Jon Penn as managing director of its Australian and New Zealand division, while Clive…
UKTV: picks up Oz rights for Dancing On The Edge
Dancing on the Edge, a new drama series from Stephen Poliakoff, has been pre-sold by ITV Studios Global Entertainment to…
Rotterdam: Trish Lake's Rest Home goes to CineMart
Trish Lake's (Freshwater Pictures) feature film Rest Home has been selected for the Rotterdam Film Festival's CineMart co-production market. Already…
BBC Worldwide: Lonely Planet makes friends with Dymocks
Travel publisher and documentary production company Lonely Planet has announced a new retail partnership with bookseller Dymocks. The deal will…
Publishing
This grant supports Australian book publishers and overseas publishers to publish literary work by Australian writers and supports innovative publishing…
NZ short-changed on Hobbit subsidy
New Zealand’s Prime Minister, John Key, has defended his government’s estimate of the number of jobs created by the $67…