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AIDC 2013: Digital Distribution, a complex way to make money
Digital distribution is the great hope for many filmmakers - a way to get material out into the world, either…
AIDC 2013: keeping the pirates at bay
he piracy horse has bolted. The only question that remains is what is to be done about it. The figures…
AIDC 2013: David Lyle escorts Granny Geo into a naughty unscripted future
David Lyle probably knows more about unscripted television than any other Australian. How does he see this bastard child of…
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 -…