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Directors Guild snaps up Alaric McAusland to run the org
Alaric McAusland reveals his crusading nature which started when he was very young.

SAFC defies national film glums to reboot low budget features
The South Australian Film Corporation launches another low budget feature initiative as it glocalises content.

Box office: Surprising sheep flourishes in drought
Ghastly though the general numbers are, Rams has beaten the COVID hoodoo and is doing well, while Dirt Music hangs…

In the oddest of years, which films dominate the AACTAs?
The feature film doomsayers are forced to retreat in confusion once again as lower budget pearlers lock horns with modestly…

Screen News in Brief: Nicole Kidman's Amazon deal, Sophie Hyde to direct Emma Thompson
Our fortnightly roundup of news, views and chats with fascinating people. Some very interesting deals being done. Cinemas are suffering,…

Screen Australia reveals passion for the supernatural in sector
Twenty-two projects, a million dollars and a surge of ghost stories will keep the development wheels churning to build the…

Victorian cinemas 'lined up with brothels and nightclubs'
The cinema sector is lining up to pressure the Victorian Government to let them open up, since they are at…

Sonia Bible and The Witch of Kings Cross
With her occult paintings and kinky sex life, artist Rosaleen Norton caused scandal in 1950s Sydney. We talk to the…

Hard data in the toughest market shows value of diversity
Statistics bear out the value of sentiment as the emotive power of diversity for the sector turns out to match…

Box Office: New Zealand comedy Baby Done arrives in hope
Comedy Baby Done would do ace business in a normal year, but is beaten handily by a grim Polish film…