Television

MQFF Director to step down in 2015
Lisa Daniel has announced she will leave the Melbourne Queer Film Festival after 16 years as Festival Director.

Foreign Productions in Australia: how do they happen?
The Childhood’s End deal spotlights the role of specialised production hunters who snatch deals from the international ecosystem. They are…

The Daughter: final cast announcement as production begins
Geoffrey Rush, Sam Neill and Mirando Otto lead a stellar cast..

Gasland Part II
Gasland Part II tells the latest part of the fracking tale, showing both how much and how little has changed…

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Turtle power seems a long forgotten concept; here, there is bland appropriation narratively, emotionally and aesthetically.

DamNation
Ben Knight traverses the history of humanity’s attempts to enforce order on a free-flowing resource.

Childhood's End: grown up in Melbourne
To tie off an energetic year for Melbourne's Docklands Studios, SyFy is delivering a chunk of science fiction.

Trop Jnr: allows an extra week for entries to fly in
A fine press release deserves celebration, and this one is about kids, Tropfest Jnr and deadlines. industry parents take note.

Little Deaths: sales at Toronto point to medium sized life
LevelK has announced some sales for the Josh Lawson vehicle at Toronto so it is getting useful traction in the…

TIFF 2014: slipping past the beast
Michael Gubbins, change agent, takes a podium to confront the tentpole monster and show the rest of us how to…