Screen News

As the screen sector contemplates the same small group of films, we ask what we mean by quality.

Highlighting the cultural diversity of Australia’s gold rush years, this is also a well-crafted and highly entertaining genre film.

Tackling every absurdity 2020 has thrown our way from Trump madness to toilet paper bought in a panic, satirical media forces, Chaser Digital and The Shovel, came together for two livestream shows.

2020 was finally a year of big change in Australian screen policy, while we as people were tested to find a broader vision. David Tiley gives a sweeping overview.

Maintaining sanity was a key theme in this year's most popular career articles as we pivoted, pirouetted and battled Zoom-exhaustion. Nurturing tender creative shoots and backing ourselves with good PR was also essential.

Screenhub catches up with some of the leading lights of the local games industry, to hear about the lessons they learned in 2020 and their hopes for 2021.

Stan's special feature about a crim on the run in a Santa suit fills a family-sized gap with rough and dusty charm.

This year the US is not a fount of soppy joy in the cinemas, even though the projects were greenlit long before Covid. Meanwhile, we have heat and dust.

Increasingly, console games help us question the ways we see, think or feel about the world, the game, even ourselves.

Tax, residuals, collapsing budgets, the dangers of streaming deals – the Australian Guild of Screen Composers finds tears in the sugar of recovery.

The Bondi Hipsters return with 33 solid minutes of rapid-fire fun, says comedy connoisseur Anthony Morris.

The deadline for the AIDC awards for completed projects is December 16, as the organisation embraces the power of competition.

Here’s a roundup of opportunities in 2021 for LGBTQIA+, POC, Indigenous, Disabled, and gender diverse screen producers. Applications open now.

We're heading back to cinemas; Causeway's supernatural horror comes home from Serbia; and awards, opportunities and opinions abound in this final instalment of News in Brief for 2020.

My Brilliant Career blends the intimacy of life writing with the broader scope of a story being retold. The lessons it holds for Australian girls and women continue to resonate.

Suzie Miller's quietly spectacular international career in theatre, informed by an education in science, law and theatre, adds a prime AWGIE to her mantelpiece.

Putting a polar bear into your living room – Augmented Reality, a small Australian company and the rewilding of the planet.

How much did the AACTAs win push Babyteeth, after the glow of glory died? Rams passes the woolly $4 million mark.

In a year defined by isolation, protest, pandemic, and uncertainty, these games galvanised us, fostered solidarity, and provided comfort.

The re-announcement of the Stan/BBC One series from the producers of Fleabag gives government a chance to tout their boosted location offset.