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American Indy films come with a laugh, a nod to the past and a blow to the throat
The American Essentials festival doing the rounds through May is curated by Richard Sowada, as a challenge and a temptation…

Victorian budget 2017: numbers = relief for screen sector
The Victorian state budget has removed any lingering anxiety about the fate of industry support through MIFF, and offered ACMI…

Jenni Tosi to leave Film Victoria
Jenni Tosi, who has led Film Victoria through some dreadful years to a stable budget and calmer times, will leave…

Production Accounting, Multiplatform Story, Diplomas & More
May short course highlights include: INTRO TO PRODUCTION ACCOUNTING, ACTING FOR PRODUCERS & DIRECTORS, DEVELOP & PITCH YOUR TV IDEA,…

Gibson, Playmaker, AIDC and Screen Territory - signs of the times
New jobs, new kinds of project - some announcements show us how the industry is changing.

National Ratings week beginning Sunday 30 April 2017 - the whole batch
Ten is now really, really close to Nine and Seven. Compared to Broadchurch, Seven Types of Ambiguity is doing really…

Box Office 1 May 2017 - Indians charging out into tentpole market
A tale of two Asian blockbusters as the Australian take in our own market is a mere ripple.

Rules Don’t Apply
Warren Beatty returns with a ride through Hollywood, Howard Hughes' eccentricities, and the intersection of dreams and reality.

How to attract audiences: a radical rethink
Arts organisations are ‘snow blind’ with demographic data that fails to explain what really makes audiences buy tickets. There is…

Kiki, Love to Love
Humanity’s wants, needs, urges, and desires — as conveyed through nuanced performances — propel this Spanish sex comedy.