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Sydney Film Festival - Australian films feast on fear and surprise
The Sydney Film Festival's selection of Australian films take our collective imagination down a twistier hole than ever before.

Australian directors honour Lynette Walworth and Warwick Thornton
The directors' party was pretty good, with some ace winners from tight contests.

Greens launch arts policy in election lead-up
$150 million to employ artists in schools as part of a scheme to foster young people’s creativity, and restoring Australia…

Box Office 6 May 2019 - sighs of relief over Top End Wedding
Strong social media, enthusiastic audiences, a cautious but substantial release leads to a first weekend which promises a slow but…

Who is running the ABC now?
With David Anderson given the nod as MD of the ABC, four pundits gave their views on whether he's ready…

ICYMI: rounding up the week’s arts news
It was a week of art prize frenzy, building election madness, and strategic planning for the Australia Council we round…

Around the Web Roundup, from Fury Road to Wong Kar-Wai
Some of the best recent articles on the web - chewy interviews with Walter Murch, and Wong Kar-Wai plus doc…

Small Screen Highlights: Will Australia ever have a black Prime Minister?
An ABC doco asks hard questions with a charming face, plus The Other Two, Special, and a grand Scorsese finale…

Cannes decoded with handy strategies and a map
The Cannes Film Festival is a strange beast, buried in sidebars with prizes of their own. Screen Australia provides a…

Soda Jerk's new project will premiere at Adelaide Film Festival 2020
A Samstag commission will see the artists who gave us feral mashup 'Terror Nullius' presenting new work 'Netsploits' in Adelaide…