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Deborah Mailman joins Screen Australia Board
Deborah Mailman strengthens the industry side of the board, and brings an important voice from a wider, grittier Australia.

Dame Changer applications for Screen Tank extended to March 31
Beatrice Neumann talks development ahead of her Screen Tank program that preferences emerging women creators.

David Bridie celebrates the alchemy of music and film
Compendium film project The Wisdom Line celebrates one of our great rock/ethnographic film composers and activists, David Bridie.

Red Dirt, Stars and a Screen: Australia's most picturesque film festival
Covering vast distances, the Northern Territory Travelling Film Festival poses unique challenges, but festival director Britt Guy isn't complaining.

Hotel Mumbai v Women Wrestlers - Box Office 25 March 2019
Hotel Mumbai has not picked up while the palpable sense of horror about Christchurch remains. But the US could do…

Small Screen Highlights: Stolen Children, Comic Grief and self-improving podcasts
The Cult of the Family, Ricky Gervais' After Life and Esther Perel's Where Should We Begin? are among our picks…

Disney now controls 40% of world box office, wants to squeeze exhibitors
In one historic deal, the cheerful mouse of Disney now looks like a really fat rat. But rats are great…

Serial, soap or slice of life drama? Sally Riley's hopes for The Heights
The ABC's Head of Scripted talks about the challenges of scheduling a new 30-part drama. Call it soap if you…

Box Office 18 March 2019: Hotel Mumbai debuts in terror timing
Hotel Mumbai makes a medium splash for a small picture, as Captain Marvel dips but continues to dominate.

How Netflix won Brazil
The story of Netflix in Brazil is a partial template for emerging countries, and collides with dangerous political territory.