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Brief: The Rocket selected for foreign language Oscar consideration
The official committee convened by Screen Australia has nominated The Rocket on the grounds that it is an Australian film…

Melbourne Festival: iconic venues and plenty of free events
The Melbourne Festival has launched a program designed to showcase the city's iconic venues, not just for the well-heeled.
Toronto 2013: kicks off with hastily recut version of Assange film
Running the Assange retake The Fifth Estate as the opening film for Toronto is an odd choice in itself. But…
Brief: Ruin specially Orizzonti in Venice
The Special Orizzonti Jury Prize has gone to writer/director Amiel Courtin-Wilson, producer Michael Cody and cinematographer Ari Wegner for Ruin.…
How To Meet Girls: off to scaled-down Golden Rooster Awards
Make My Movie winner How To Meet Girls From A Distance will screen in China's Golden Rooster Awards.
Healing: wins Qld literary award
Screenwriters Alison Nisselle and Craig Monahan have been announced as the winners of the Queensland Literary Award for Feature Film…
Education Market: Paul Kelly film works curriculum really hard
em>Paul Kelly - Stories of Me, from Ian Darling and Shark Island Productions, is a wonderful example of synthesis, in…

Macquarie Digital Portraiture Award winner announced
Tasmanian artist Nik Lee has won the Macquarie Digital Portraiture Award, worth $10,000.
Cinema great to share wisdom with future film-makers
Griffith University has enlisted one of the most celebrated figures in world cinema, Lord David Puttnam, to deliver a series…

Japanese Film coming to a cinema near you
The Japanese Film Festival will embark on a nation-wide tour of the country this year.