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Karla Grant, Living Black and keeping it fresh after 18 years
She's interviewed everyone from the Dalai Lama to Kevin Rudd, but Karla Grant says unearthing the stories that matter to…

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…