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National Ratings week beginning Sunday 7 Feb 2016 - the full week
Okay, you toads, eat this! cries Auntie as it launches a prime populist doc series and its beloved Jack Irish…

Steve Jobs
The shadow of one man looms over this unconventionally structured biopic — and it's not the titular Apple co-founder.

Are pirates trusted more than the Murdoch press?
New figures compare the trust levels across Australian media and look at downloads for free. Who should be ashamed?

AIDC 2016 Reveals Documentary Projects Selected for The FACTory Pitching Event
The Australian International Documentary Conference (AIDC) today announced the ten documentary projects selected for The FACTory live pitching event, taking…

Short Film’s Night of Nights promises lights, camera, and plenty of action on Valentine’s Day.
Tropfest, presented by CGU Insurance, today announces Rebecca Gibney (Packed to the Rafters and Wanted), will join thousands of film…

Visual Effects pooch turns sniffy as Max goes Mad
The FX folks didn't like Fury Road. There's probably a simple reason.

Observational documentary, reality TV and the death of independence
What happens to the gentle, mysterious craft of observational documentary when it is absorbed into mainstream television and turned into…

Monetising the web for documentaries
Where are we at with monetising factual footage on the net? Bring your own happy pills because the answer is…

Producer Offset, Legal Essentials, Presentation Skills, Documentary Interviews, Directing & More!
AFTRS Open short course highlights include: PRODUCER OFFSET, Robin Hughes’ DOCUMENTARY THE ART OF INTERVIEW, practical LEGAL ESSENTIALS and AVID…

Awards: more Fury on the side road
The Screen Actors' Awards, the Editors Guild, the International AACTAs..