Features
Convergence Review: Screen Producers have a major impact
As rumours abound that the new media regulations are currently being considered by Federal cabinet, Dr Vincent O'Donnell looks at…
AIDC 2013: Ruth Harley lauds Australian documentary
If a documentary represents a kind of picture of the world at a particular time and place, then CEO of…
AIDC 2013: and the opposite of branded entertainment is...
In accepting the Stanley Hawes Award on behalf of the Documentary Australia Foundation, Ian Darling lays out a beautiful world…
Screenwriters' Conference 2013: What's love got to do with it
Rom-coms are box office gold but terribly difficult to write. Romantic love is a mainstay of soapies, while thwarted desire…
Screenwriters'Conference 2013: the industrial side of the trade
Beneath the joy and excitement of writing, creating scripts is a form of commerce, in which the deals and their…
AACTA: calls on Federal government to triple support for Awards
As Australians prepared to watch the Oscar ceremony live from the US, AFI | AACTA CEO Damian Trewhalla spoke passionately…
Screenwriters' Conference 2013: Once Upon a Crime - Writing Crime for the Screen
We've always done cop shows, but now our culture seems to be feasting on crime - and true crime -…
Screenwriters' Conference 2013: how to write a sitcom
Rick Kalowski, seasoned sitcom scribe, brings to his sense of humour an intellectual rigour which made his session chairing a…
Screenwriters' Conference 2013: the ingredients for a smash hit comedy
Peter Moon sat down with Oscar winner Tom Schulman and Australian directors David Parker and Stephan Elliott to talk about…
Ten: James Warburton fired as CEO
Ten Network Holdings has announced that the Board has "given notice of termination to Mr James Warburton. He will no…