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Books at MIFF: how The Dressmaker was adapted into a film starring Kate Winslet
The film of Rosalie Ham’s 2000 novel The Dressmaker will gain greater recognition for the author. EPA/TAL COHEN The Books at MIFF event…

MIFF 2015: 370 worlds cast loose on darkened city
The Melbourne International Film Festival launches immediately into deep stuff and defiant purity. Paul Cox takes the screen.

Screen Australia: where to, after the exhibition crisis?
Film producers know the exhibition landscape is getting steadily worse. Screen Australia collates the figures to show why.

Muscling up the multimedia drama push, one Screen Australia tranche at a time
From act of lunacy to sensible career path, online drama producers keep hammering on the door.

Celebrities from old movies star in national portrait tour
The National Film and Sound Archive is joining with the National Portrait Gallery to finally unveil secrets of its stills…

Fighting back against the populist documentary
The quiet, serious craft documentary is facing a harder sell as a few populist features dominate cinema audiences.

Box Office weekend 19 July 2015 - Guthrie meets Orry-Kelly
Ruben Guthrie and Women He's Undressed open for the nation's entertainment. Now the public votes with its tickets...

The digital future is offline (so don't roll turds in glitter)
Have we reached the peak of our fascination with technology? The future cherishes the human touch, smell and all.

Will crowdfunding become even more useful with new legislation?
Crowdfunding could become even more useful to the arts with some new legislation expected to be introduced by the end…

Screen Queensland: an actual budget increase
Screen Queensland has slogged for nearly ten years on a budget under $10m. This year, the good fairy has broken…