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AIDC 2016: Mason lays out Screen Australia's survival strategy in dark times
Graeme Mason’s keynote address to AIDC 2016 signals a major crystallisation in its approach as program cuts loom.
AIDC 2016: Graeme Mason speech - the full text
Here is the full text of Screen Australia CEO Graeme Mason's speech to the AIDC conference in 2016.
Oscars - there is no justice
It could be a while before we see such a close run thing for major awards by an Australian film.…
AIDC 2016: the fine art of surviving terrorised financiers
Production crises make for good stories, but we don't normally think of the bankers. John Smithson describes the contract crisis…
Magnus Temple, reality TV and a better view of humanity
While so much true life large scale filmmaking wallows in exploitation, Magnus Temple makes tender series about ordinary people and…
Mark Scott pushes for 'friendly merger' between SBS and ABC
Mark Scott has been toying with the notion of a merger between the ABC and SBS. Today that proposal became…
Box Office 21 Feb 2016 - in which we love our Deadpool
45 years, Concussion and Risen appear, while the twisting psyche of Deadpool turns out to be much more loveable than…
Sexist screen representations of women start in the script
Presenting well-rounded female characters on screen begins with changing the often desultory way they're written.
National Ratings week beginning Sunday 21 Feb 2016 - the whole batch
Nine claws its way upwards, knowing it doesn't have to hide from MKR swooping from the skies, talons dripping venom,…
Australian National Theatre Live builds catalogue of local productions
Bedrock production company Realplaymedia brings its modest vision of live theatre on film to contemporary Australian productions with some substantial…