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The great Netflix Screen Forever reveal
Television expert Gus Howard attended the sessions about Netflix like an ace detective. Here is his dossier.

Gus Howard on Screen Forever 2018: 'Australian niche and mainstream is going wide and it pays.'
As a veteran producer, Gus Howard brought a trained, practical eye to Screen Forever 2018. Here are his general observations.

Small Screen Highlights: TV, Streaming and Podcasts
Women are fighting behind bars in Wentworth, wrestling in GLOW and swiping right on Tinder in a YouTube comedy. We…

Brief: making sense of turmoil in Chinese production market
The Chinese are pumping out new regulations about foreign workers and productions which far outstrip our domestic controls. Will it…

Bridget Ikin: interviewed in New Zealand
Bridget Ikin is a remarkable producer and we hope she inspires younger people in an industry caught between art and…

AFTRS Chief challenges sector with power of data
Data and diversity are central to the modern AFTRS approach, a long way from its modest and intuitive origins 45…

APRA/AMCOSS Screen Music Awards 2018
The Butterfly Tree, Harrow, Mystery Road and Picnic at Hanging Rock provided award-winning opportunities for fine composers.

Screen Forever 2018 awards - remembering to have some fun
This year's awards honours a bunch of individualist that give us hope for the future, from a knitted toy to…

Box Office: Ladies will slip away while Backtrack Boys chews a bone slowly
Backtrack Boys is hanging in while the multiplexes are dominated by two films.

Miriam Katsambis announced as 2018 Natalie Miller Fellowship recipient
Conversations about women and power in the screen industry continue to set the agenda, and there are impressive women supporting…