Australia
AACTA: Reflections on the 3rd AACTA nominations from a former insider, part two
Rochelle Siemienowicz reflects on the industry's passion for criticising its awards system, the tricky problem of honour television, and asserts…
Post Production: crucial questions to define our future, part 1
Post production is crucial - we all agree about that. is the sector going extinct? being sucked to death by…
Television Funding: NZ puts Australian system into turmoil
The NZ government has announced that its television industry will receive a 40% rebate, while the Australian industry is stuck…
Post Production: Crucial questions to define our future, part 3
Dominic Case looks at the possible futures for his beloved post-production sector. For once, the argument is not about technology…
Jenny Woods and Film Finances: bonding over twenty years
'Completion Bond': [n] - a legal contract which ensures that any heart attacks before the completion of a film will…
Judy Adamson: history, memory and remembrance
Every death in the screen sector hurts terribly, but some funerals mark the loss of our deep history. I've kept…
Asian Animation Summit 2013: the soft power of 'confero-diplomacy'
With Screen Australia and the ABC as core initiating partners, the Asian Animation Summit (AAS) is an important event for…
MPA APSA Academy Film Fund 2013: fallout for a canoe, monkey masks and a Karbala Orchestra
One of the niftiest features of the Asia Pacific Film Awards is its development fund, which provides four tranches of…
Playpen: state of the art Antarctic TV
An unintentionally hilarious Youtube video is a lot more than a bit of Christmas fun. It points to the fusion…
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
While too cloying and clichéd to be truly enchanting, Ben Stiller's latest film successfully tempers the heartfelt with hilarity.