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At MIPTV, quality matters, attendance down, changes coming, observes ACTF International Sales Manager, Roberta Di Vito.

One of YouTube's biggest successes came not from huge budgets but by finding its geeky audience.

Netflix's Ted Bundy film conveys the superficial charm of the serial killer, but doesn't go much deeper.

The Sydney Film Festival's selection of Australian films take our collective imagination down a twistier hole than ever before.

$150 million to employ artists in schools as part of a scheme to foster young people’s creativity, and restoring Australia Council funding to pre-2013 levels are among the new policy announcements.

The directors' party was pretty good, with some ace winners from tight contests.

Slamdance, Israeli shorts and Richard Frankland will spice up the short film festival, held this year from June 21 to 30.

Strong social media, enthusiastic audiences, a cautious but substantial release leads to a first weekend which promises a slow but thorough march through the market.

Adrian Martin finds guilty pleasure and strange connections between three new shows: Now Apocalypse, The Act and Fosse/Verdon

With David Anderson given the nod as MD of the ABC, four pundits gave their views on whether he's ready to lead.

Some of the best recent articles on the web - chewy interviews with Walter Murch, and Wong Kar-Wai plus doc price details and an odd moment about Fury Road.

A huge figure in Hong Kong cinema, Wong Kar-Wai is the classic Hong Kong filmmaker. 'Action is the first word you must learn. And the second is patience.'

Olivier Assayas is also a critic and screenwriter with a long track record, well worth reading.

First best of.. list for the second decade of the century puts Mad Max: Fury Road at the top.

Walter Murch is a living legend and talismanic inspiration in film editing. Here's a close-up on part of his influence.

Documentary co-productions are the key to sheer magnificence on an international level. Peter Hamilton tracks their changing role.

Peter Hamilton, expert and sleuth, reminds his documentary friends that he has many recent studies of the market, available for a fee commensurate with the scale of the data. He is very valuable.

It was a week of art prize frenzy, building election madness, and strategic planning for the Australia Council we round up this week's arts news.

An ABC doco asks hard questions with a charming face, plus The Other Two, Special, and a grand Scorsese finale for Australia's longest-running film podcast.

Charlize Theron and Seth Rogen are a perfect match in a smart rom-com that's retro in all the right ways.