Features
Screen Australia Documentary Guidelines: gets sensible, abandons alliteration
After the position document, and the first round of guidelines, and the opposition, we have the second and probably final…
AACTA: which features are doing combat?
This is the big Kahuna list for the AACTA/AFI awards next January. No obvious leaders, lots of contenders...
Box Office: The Reckoning goes digital as Felony and Predestination soldier on
Plenty to see on the crowded arthouse circuit though no Australians are pinning audiences to the wall.
Historic collections could be lost to ‘digital dinosaurs’
Australian’s cultural institutions must adopt more of a digital strategy if they are to remain relevant with audiences.
TIFF 2014: A Single Body hits the headlines
While the most obviously commercial of the Australian offerings caught star-driven attention, the dark short about two men in an…
Foreign Productions in Australia: how do they happen?
The Childhood’s End deal spotlights the role of specialised production hunters who snatch deals from the international ecosystem. They are…
TIFF 2014: slipping past the beast
Michael Gubbins, change agent, takes a podium to confront the tentpole monster and show the rest of us how to…
Box Office: Australian films hang in with added Reckoning
Felony and Predestination dropped 30% - a reasonable amount for the second week slump but it does not suggest great…
AWGIES: whoopee for 2014
A bumper year for very solid work as some familiar names come through, with maybe a single surprise to add…
The Dreamhouse: reality, construct and the sweet worth of normal life
Behind the remarkable stories in Dreamhouse is an adventurous production process which touches on some key issues in documentary.