Features

Union and employers co-operate to push new funding scheme
The industry union MEAA is joining with the producers' association SPA in a radical new proposal to support low budget…

Marion Pilowsky: the challenges of changing roles
Highly established EP and producer Marion Pilowsky has been making the move into writing and directing.

NZ bureaucracy: Physical conglom? No. Virtual agency – yes.
With a much smaller country and little room to grow agencies, the New Zealanders have built a new kind of…

MIAF 2014: the stressful adventure and consuming spirits of indy animated features
The Melbourne International Animation Festival is running two features which are monuments to patience and traditional forms.

Screen Australia: Mason puts bricks in artistico-commercial wall
Screen Australia CEO grinds contradictions into a paste of positive energy at Currency House breakfast.

Robyn Butler: on the set of Upper Middle Bogan
Now Add Honey to Upper Middle Bogans before Little Lunch.

Village Roadshow Entertainment Group: enlisting 80,000 demons
VRP Asia has signed on to Zhong Kui: Snow Girl and the Dark Crystal which pushes Chinese production expertise even…

Distribution, Exhibition and International Sales: Tait Brady tells tales
"Distribution & exhibition deliberately play their cards close to their chest...There’s blood on the floor when the show’s over."

Conflict over copyright - is it fair?
The arts sector is deeply divided over the introduction of fair use into the Australian Copyright Act, as was evident…

Shakespeare as businessman in the 21st century
Lessons from Shakespeare, playwright and businessman, are valued at AFTRS, production houses and big accountant PWC.