Screen News Features

Besides headline musicians, the list includes a great production designer, an international news cinematographer, a film festival leader and an arthouse exhibition pioneer. Oh, and actors.

Some key nominations for Lion and Hacksaw Ridge as field is flooded by La La Land. Pretty well as the pundits were suggesting. But Tanna is one out of the box.

With speculation rife about the shooting of Johann Ofner during filming, we set the record straight on weapon safety on set.

Lion is turning into a monster, but in the best possible way. $30m in box office around the world.

CGI is close to being indistinguishable from the real thing. Could actors find themselves auditioning against a dead or imaginary competitor?

The Killing Ground is on the rampage, Berlin Syndrome fights projection horror and True Blue is asleep on the couch.

Richard Finlayson, three years into the challenging job of running ABC TV, will leave in March.

Full houses on first afternoon, a standing ovation at the latest Q&A and the perfect opening date - Lion is making history.

Playing a simple game to advertise Resident Evil can help you understand the deep emotional structure of characters you write. Experiment and see.

China's new attempt to censor online film reviewers is packaged as the Seven Conventions of Good Reviewing. It's a Party Line that will have film investors in China nervous.

What happened to Red Dog True Blue? Did the US films falter?

The Berlinale's peculiar affair with Australian cinema continues in 2017, with a single film on the main program but honour in the young people's festival.

Flickerfest confirms one Australian short as a favourite, and offers some fresh stories and faces to the limelight.

The creative sector's battle over copyright is likely to come to a head in 2017. We decode the jargon and explain why it matters.

Did you set yourself a new year’s resolution to watch more movies? If so, you’re in luck.

Under a ghastly policy response from an inert government, the sector is reinventing itself and in a good way.

Nine daughters, one mum, five grandkids, and big dreams adds up to NITV's largest ob-doc series to celebrate its tenth anniversary.

The Productivity Commission goes into combat against key industry sources of income, sends fantasy to government, expects to win.

What to see over the summer: from the big releases to our guide to the spreading passion for outdoor cinema.

How big is big? What kind of structures work? Will the promise of digital come true? David Court asks some deep questions about the future of the sector.