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ABC2: three years on, pushing for an audience
Three years down the track, with the ABC exuberantly running a micro-branding campaign using indy local acts which tell the…
Screen NSW: announces $1.5 million investment
Screen NSW has announced $1.5 million in three new adult television dramas, three children’s series, five factual series and two…
Toronto 2013: going around the block and beyond the edge - the good oil on whole fest from true insi
László Kriston, professional festival devotee, interviews Jane Scboettle, festival powerhouse. With formal responsibility for our region, she discusses the fate…
Toronto: 2013: Felony feels the benefits of Beneroya
That one of Hollywood’s leading venture capitalists was funding almost half of a mainstream Aussie movie’s budget is concrete proof…
Ratings: Sunday, 15 September 2013
With two networks over thirty percent, life is hard for everyone else. We hoped for more for An Accidental Soldier.
Brandis and Turnbull: key figures for sector in new government
Senator George Brandis returns to the Arts portfolio, while Malcolm Turnbull is of course the Minister for Communications. But who…
TIFF 2013: two more Australian films to go round the block at Canadian fest
Around the Block and The Canopy join The Railway Man, Felony, Mystery Road and Tracks at North America's prime festival.…
Playpen: ABC2 falls into black hole of joyous self-parody
ABC2 is running promos for itself which are so convoluted I am surprised they can get their socks on in…
Australian Drama: the Sunday battleground
Let's go through the 8.30 Sunday slot for the last few months, to prevent ourselves sinking into despair over the…
Toronto 2013: what won what for who
Steve McQueen is breaking towards the mainstream and Oscar contention with 12 Years a Slave. In a brutally competitive field,…