Features
Foxtel: Movie Channels Network gone by the end of the year
Movie Channels Network, the company jointly owned by Warner Bros, Disney, MGM and Village Roadshow, will cease broadcasting by the…
Albie Thoms: in memoriam
While the death of Albie Thoms takes Tina Kaufman back to the generation who created both the Sydney Filmmakers' Co-op…
The Playroom: Omnilab company loses contract, jobs go
The Playroom, Omnilab Media's broadcast and digital services company, was informed today that it has lost the broadcast play-out contract…
Brief: Foreshadow financed, to begin shooting in Perth in February 2013
Is 2013 the year of supernatural films? This one is modestly but solidly budgeted, stars some local pop-cult names, and…
Last gasp for old technology
It's the end of an era. Sydney Film School student Rachel Young made her first film using the Steenbeck flatbed…
China: NZ production powerhouse nestles into Chinese industry, builds robust deals
Pukeko Pictures has announced a 200 x 10 mins deal which will put the New Zealand production into the centre…
Spartacus: Roman Empire auctioned in New Zealand
For a few hours on Sunday, Australian pop-culture fans could feel they are living in the wrong country as the…
Sundance 2012: salutes The Captain, but no other Australians
The only Australian project in the short film, animation and documentary categories at Sundance features Nash Edgerton as co-director. Ironically,…
Playpen: the beauty and the terror, part 629
The wonderful Polish festival Plus Cameraimage is twenty this year. The music video winners are fabulous. They are a springboard…
Content Regulations: Industry bodies create united response
The government continually begs the sector for a united voice. Well, here it is, responding to the Conroy announcements about…