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Anna Kaplan: You have to live and breathe your message
Greening Australia's screen industry is the goal for our best-known Impact Producer, the most recent recipient of the Natalie Miller…

Film industry heavyweights pen open letter to 'Mukbang' critics
'Something is dangerously askew in the way that we are talking about race in the arts in this country, and…

Global screen industry grinds back into gear
Big gestures are being made around the world to get the studios humming but what how is the rest of…

Moving incredibly fast, it's Family Rules for Karla Hart
An interview with the Perth-based creator, producer and director of NITV's gorgeous documentary series 'Family Rules', now in its third…

Banijay buys Shine Endemol, shifts international balance of power
Banijay, once the cuddly friend of Screentime Australia, has absorbed Shine Endemol to emerge as a modern version of King…

New cultural precinct for Tassie, valued at $90 million
Revitalising a CBD carpark, the Launceston Creative Precinct centres around an education facility for a next generation of digital creators,…

Screen News in Brief: A new vision from SPA, plus rescues, reprieves and cuts
Festivals, film openings and awards continue. This fortnight's eclectic roundup shows an industry pivoting painfully, but still alive and planning…

Parliamentary Inquiry recommends federal tax offset for games development
The Inquiry Report pinpointed videogame development as a ‘new and emerging industry,' recommending federal support to increase co-investment opportunities, tax…

Audio description finally comes to ABC and SBS
The launch of audio description on Australia’s public broadcasters comes following almost 30 years of advocacy.

This Week At The Box Office: Growing Signs of Life
This week is a promising one: we have some nice debuts, more screenings, and better numbers all around, but drive-ins…