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What happens to the gear companies when rental comes to an abrupt halt?
The screen sector relies enormously on renting gear, but the companies are very capital intensive. Sue Greenshields from Lemac shares…
New rules could finally force Google and Facebook to pay for news
Digital platforms will be forced to compensate news media companies for using their content – but after a pandemic, will…
$6.34 million COVID-19 support for the NSW small-medium arts and screen sector
Create NSW has announced $6.34 million in support of the NSW small-medium arts and screen sector, with accommodation assistance, funds…
Today We are One: Sydney Film Fest in online global gesture of defiance
Twenty film festivals, one global fest on YouTube, and a common desire to stand up and be counted as tragics…
Livestream against the plague! A compendium of industry resources
We trawled the net to find learning and inspiration resources as screen organisations livestream to deal with COVID-19.
Prototype Care Package: Experimental films direct to your inbox
Curator Lauren Carroll Harris' utopian ideals persist in the screen sector's darkest days as she launches a follow-up to last…
Screen News in Brief: Big Issues, Small Windows, Some light gets in
Our fortnightly wrap of ideas, announcements, opportunities and stories.
Thalu is Doing it for the Kids
Producer Tyson Mowarin talks about the extreme labour of love involved in making a 10-part Indigenous kids' show in the…
GDAA and IGEA merge to support Australian game development
Two of Australian games' peak advocacy bodies will merge in a cross-state partnership.
Federal government orders decisive regulation of big internet companies
There is a lot at stake as the government tries to regulate Google, Facebook and the other social media companies.…