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Precocious pioneers and the rebirth of Australian film
Kicking modern Australian film into gear - with Clive James, Germaine Greer, Bob Ellis and Sydney Uni drama societies.

Small Screen Highlights: Australian TV & Streaming
History blooms into colour at SBS, Miss Fisher goes Mod on Seven and Canberra's politics gets thrilling in Foxtel's Secret…

AIDC 2019 - filmmakers circulate provocative letter
Cat meet pigeons; chickens find your roost. Huge group of indy documentary people and their colleagues proclaim the need for…

Hong Kong FILMART: door gods of the Asian industry
With Australian producers wary of a changing China market, the film market in Hong Kong is strengthening its role as…

Box Office 4 March 2019: audiences agree with critics on new releases
A modest hit from Oscar curiosity prevents the week from being a litany of indifference.

How did our Oscar predictions turn out?
The Oscars 2019 are all over, but we put ourselves on the line as the obsession climaxed. How well did…

'The Green Book win is both predictable and disheartening'
Oscar afficionado Grace Boschetti faces the reality of the Oscars - flawed, doomed, trite, fascinating and horridly predictable all at…

Guild news - Fri 1 March 2019. Food for the inquisitive mind
Events - SPA, AWG, Editors Guild, Screenworks, Wide Angle, Directors Guild, Production Designers...

Round the web - the holy art of cinematography, and its secrets
In our link collection for the week we avoided the Oscars and found some fabulous articles about cinematography. And the…

Artist takes over abandoned art deco mansion
Real estate is said to be all about location, but maybe it is all about the art? Melbourne artist Rone…