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Just In: new Enterprise funding from Screen Oz
$1.3m, twelve people, the first round of the Enterprise People program.

Sundance 2015: two Australian pics to glow in the snow, so far
We are having a literally partisan moment - the picture is in Sundance, along with Strangerland.

Les Wasley: reflections on a death by fire
The life of Les Wasley resonates today as a memory of war, skill and quiet family life amid rolls of…

Latest Ratings: Week 48 November 21-28 2014
Thursday - SBS drops 2%, Nine down 1.6%, and the usual suspects gain.

Screen Australia: slashing red tape with tiny, precise knives
Screen Australia's Mason lays down more bricks in the road to administrative simplicity.

When Katy Perry didn't come to the rescue
When a disadvantaged school missed out on a $10,000 celebrity arts prize last week, a Bendigo arts student stepped in.

ABC Arts to build new digital channel in 2015
In difficult times, ABC TV Arts has been spared the full fury of the cuts and plans a new twist…

Ratings: Summary for week 47, Nov 14-21
We were covering SPA last week; here is a quick roundup of the basic numbers while we were otherwise engaged.

Vale Phil Motherwell
The Pram Factory actor, who also appeared in such classic films as Mad Max and Monkey Grip, has died aged…

Screen Australia: latest doc tranche
$2.2m invested on budgets of $5.5m, still on the old guidelines so no provocative alternative means of distribution.