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'Not one dollar of any NSW Government screen funding supports video game development.'

The popularity of NFTs has seen a lot of money changing hands in an effort to secure... what, exactly? Luke Heemsbergen explains.

International productions are building alliances with local companies as the game changes from features to streamed series.

Exhibitors will lose a lot of money over Disney's hard line about streaming its prime content. But local audiences may tell the Mouse to rack off.

A program of six films resists older women's invisibility. 'Flicks after Fifty' Programmer Kirsten Stevens says finding them was harder than it should have been.

Jon Bell's The Moogai stunned the jury in the Midnight Short section at SXSW with its exploration of the continuing horror of stolen Aboriginal children.

PAX Aus is going to be hug-free, heavily streamed, and above all, hygienic. Is this the future of conventions in a post-COVID world?

Australian Siobhan Reddy, Creative Director at Media Molecule, is only the tenth game developer, and the first woman in games, to be awarded BAFTA's most prestigious individual honour. The ceremony will be livestreamed on 25 March.

In the lull before the holiday onslaught, The Dry passes $20m. Meanwhile in China the highest grossing weekend flick is Avatar. Yep.

The lauded role-playing game, often praised for its genre-defying ideas, has had its upcoming re-release blocked by the Australian Classification Board.

'Setting the Scene for Greener Screens' is a new resource available on Documentary Australia Foundation's website. It's full of practical ideas and conversation-starters for filmmakers.

Sony revealed their new contemporary controllers designed to interface with the upcoming VR headset for PlayStation 5.

Netflix offers some of the best documentary opportunities in the world. They are ultimately managed by Lisa Nishimura, a key guest at the Australian International Documentary Conference.

MP Tim Watts' motion to recognise the social and economic contributions of videogames didn't shy away from the industry's flaws. It's the latest in a growing show of parliamentary support for the local industry.

After Tasmanian game developers stayed silent on IGEA's national industry survey, an advocacy group is hoping to fill the gaps.

Dominating the box office, but faced by cuts, what is the future of the Australian feature film sector?

The subjects covered in the latest round of funded documentaries ranges from koorioke to fungi to social justice.

The well-oiled screen industry lobbying machine went to Canberra to launch a key demand converting the streaming companies into partners with the local screen sector.

As we run out of new Australian fiction releases, we see the beginning of a traditional pattern in the top twenty. Foreign pictures squabble over the spoils.

The Drover's Wife looks like the ultimate revisionist Western, turned inside out and upside down by Indigenous Australians and sent back with a note from the formerly victimised.