Australia
News in brief: Screen rebate restored, doco funding crisis + more Neighbours allegations
This week: post-Covid analysis from HBO, Netflix, and the games industry, Screenwest's new CEO announced, and the war for fair…
What happened to 3D movies?
Remember Avatar and the mini-boom of 3D films? We ask the industry how things changed in the last decade, for…
TV Review: Wakefield succeeds with equal opportunity compassion
A drama where everybody hurts, Wakefield’s equal opportunity compassion holds it all together.
Ascendant Film Review: Charlotte Best shines in this sci-fi thriller
Ironically enough, Ascendant – a film in which a young woman is trapped in an elevator – also has a…
Rising Sun Pictures sold to US equity company
After a long, careful search, Rising Sun Pictures joins a global conglomerate. Managing Director Tony Clark explains why.
Q&A: Angela Tiatia on gaming, diversity and winning the Ian Potter Moving Image Commission
New Zealand-Australian artist Angela Tiatia has been named recipient of the $100,000 Ian Potter Moving Image Commissions. We speak with…
Film Review: This is Port Adelaide celebrates a place, a tribe, a club
Director Nicole Miller has crafted an affectionate and nostalgic portrait of the Club and its community writes Port Adelaide local,…
Writing the fine line between sanity and madness: Wakefield's Kristen Dunphy
Drawing on her own mental health struggles, the award-winning Australian TV writer talks about creating characters who are more than…
'Detective Cooper' series to be co-produced by Goalpost Pictures
Malla Nunn's novel 'A Beautiful Place to Die' is being adapted for the small screen with South African broadcaster M-Net…
Feature documentary makers in desperate fight to protect funding
Under new reforms, producers cannot get a tax rebate for production budgets under $1 million. Recent films in this category…