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Mobilising audiences to oppose Australia Council Budget cuts
Arts companies are enlisting the weight of audience opinion to protest the Minister's Budget move redirecting funding from the independent…

No fun for you darling - the ugly truth in Australian film production
The dominance of men in the Australian feature industry is the Beast That Will Not Die. Not yet, anyway.

Partisan slips onto Australian screens as Fury Road holds its own
June 2015 opens with Fury Road thundering along happily, while Partisan is pretty modest

Showcase: St Kilda Soundfest winners alive and kicking on your screen
This year's SoundKilda winners have done beautiful work, varying from the intricate to the apparently artless. And here they are..

Australian Film Funding - rules beat taste on funding battlefield
Defending a tax-based subsidy system, David Court points to cruelty of assessment based 'beauty contests'.

The Feds - walking away from the golden goose
We all know times are changing in advertising, but the reconfiguration of The Feds is a concrete sign of the…

Australian filmmakers build organised colony in Los Angeles
The Australian film industry has managed to build a colony in Los Angeles, supported by a volunteer organisation unmatched in…

St Kilda Film Festival: we can all be Belgians
Rain, rain come again - its the St Kilda foreshore and a short film festival in winter, with some reflections…

Animal Logic brings own brand of reason to Vancouver
Animal Logic will just about double its output by setting up a studio in Vancouver, to run from September 2015.

Two down at AFTRS in major reshuffle
The Australian Film Television and Radio School is losing its internationally respected Director of Degree Programs after a single year.