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Tropfest same but different for 2017
It is impossible to stop Tropfest, though the gods of chance and chaos and funding have tried. This year the…
Lion's Director in righteous victory
Garth Davis, director of Lion, has the Directors' Guild of America award for best first time feature director.
ABC has new Head of Non-Scripted Production
Josie Mason-Campbell fills six month hole as new ABC Head of Unscripted Production, responsible directly to the Head of Television.
Box Office 6 Feb 2017 - Lion laps up the spoils
Lion has taken at least $62m around the world and is about to beat La La Land in Australia.
A Golden Koala brings films by emerging Chinese directors to Australia
Far from the cold touch of official approval, nine diverse Chinese films by emerging directors slip into a campus-based festival…
AIDC 2017 - program released for desperate times
The 2017 AIDC conference will feature international guests and challenging projects while the very concept of truth is under attack.
Sundance 2017 roundup - two Australian films grab critics by the throat
Kitty Green scores a triumph for Casting JonBenet, the streaming services go into a feeding frenzy, and Red Dog gets…
Box Office - 30 Jan 2017 as Lion hits $45m+ around the world
The Lion results are just peachy as the picture turns into the little bulldozer that can.
Much better than we think - 2016 overseas box office for Australian films
Antony I. Ginnane, addicted to numbers, explains why the overseas box office for Australian films is better than we think.…
Australia Day Honours List 2017 - the perfect guest list for an industry party
Besides headline musicians, the list includes a great production designer, an international news cinematographer, a film festival leader and an…