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Jacob Hickey on making factual TV with purpose
Blackfella's head of factual talks about keeping a format fresh and avoiding tackiness in the third season of SBS's 'Filthy…
Big stock footage companies provide a handy freelance niche for cinematographers
The market for stock footage on the net is becoming a specialised niche of its own as society becomes more…
News in Brief: Opening Up Slowly, Holding our Breath
Cinemas, distributors and producers come out of hibernation with precautions in place, while festivals soldier bravely online.
Is your digital pivot sustainable as core programming?
How sticky is your new digital COVID programming, and will it make that secondary pivot back into your core programming…
Nick Robinson and Jon Shaw make wildlife documentaries for people who don't care – yet
'It’s all very well to say "we need the ocean to live", but I bet most people on the street…
The first box office report in two months is here – and it's weird
Of all the the curveballs that 2020 has thrown the Australian film industry, 'Shrek' making the box office charts might…
See-Saw Films brings an Australian touch to the strangest Cannes Festival of all
The appearance of Ammonite at the Cannes Film Festival is just words on a piece of paper, but they cast…
Dedication, determination and self-love: one director’s journey
Gut Feeling, a multi-award-winning Australian web series, has launched the career of AFTRS alumna Hattie Archibald. She tells us how…
Return of the humble drive-in
The revival of drive-ins counters isolation, drawing on the magic of cinema in the open air and pointing to a…
Vale Bill Gavin
Screen executive Bill Gavin, known for some wonderful NZ films, cut his professional teeth in London and became a force…