Features
ABC: Senate recommends changing charter to force regional production
The Senate committee enquiring into The Australian Broadcasting Corporation's commitment to reflecting and representing regional diversity has called for changes…
Hong Kong HAF 2013: how to really make a mess of an awards presentation
Several days after HAF organisers presented an award to the wrong Taiwanese project on Wednesday evening, the right one has…
Back Lot: getting traction for new distribution model
Tony Ianiro and Mark D’Angelo of the newly-launched Back Lot studios have created a flat fee distribution model that they…
The Sapphires: fingers crossed as early figures on US box office are very encouraging
Over the first weekend, on four screens, The Sapphires took $40,990 in New York and Los Angeles. That is a…
March of the Moguls: winner takes half of all, tiptoes away from historical evidence
Having achieved exactly the outcome they wanted, the free-to-air stations are free to decide just how much of the license…
Film Critics Circle of Australia: how to run an awards night without any glam
The annual awards night held by the Film Critics Circle of Australia (FCCA) has always been a very enjoyable and…
Sales Agent Insights: no, its not bonzer but it could be, says Tim Haslam
With international breakout films from Australia as scarce as brains in a wombat, the sector watched Tim Haslam, a formidable…
Hong Kong Filmart 2013: recipes for change
Following the success of Ang Lee's Life of Pi Filmart's conference programme offered sessions on the ever-popular approach of developing…
Simon Crean: loses Arts Ministry portfolio
In a roller-coaster day of dreadful ironies, the government pulls out of media reform, the only changes threaten the independent…
Screen Australia: documentary tranche announced as one off figures improve
$2.3m out the door, ten documentaries financed, interesting emphasis on contract directors.