Victoria

Supporting Indigenous Filmmaking with Australia’s audio-visual heritage
The Morrison Government's new grant will allow the National Film and Sound Archive of Australia (NFSA) to commission an Indigenous…

Keywords Studios acquires Tantalus, will create 130 more gamedev jobs
Tantalus founder Tom Crago will oversee the new studio, which will become Keywords Australia.

Sydney Theatre Company's Patrick McIntyre appointed new NFSA CEO
McIntyre brings two decades of arts management experience to the NFSA. Following groundbreaking CEO Jan Muller, who resigned in December…

Necrobarista, money, and the miserable business of artistic games
The lead artist on the award-winning Melbourne game alleges missing and inconsistent payments, and poor workplace culture. These issues are…

Melbourne Queer Film Festival shifts to early summer dates
Begone sad March! Behold the first flush of summer in the crisp Melbourne evenings.

Independent cinemas get emergency support from Victorian government
$12,000/venue will be a useful morsel for some city complexes, but a saving grace deep in rural Victoria.

Screen sector deja-vu in Melbourne COVID lockdown
Melbourne productions call out the Groundhog Gang to go back into lockdown, but the horror is muted by routine.

Victoria to get $288 million to support arts sector following challenging 2020
Victoria’s creative industries will see some relief in the form of a $288 million investment from the State Government in…

News in Brief: Major film festival updates, La Brea films in Vic, and Epic lawsuit continues
It's a big week for film festivals with a new director for BIFF, MIFF opening apps for 37 South Market…

Huge sinkhole drama 'La Brea' comes to Victoria via NBCUniversal
The state's biggest international production in a decade, 'La Brea' will see Melbourne double for LA in the story of…