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NFTs explained: What are they? And why are they selling for millions of dollars?
The popularity of NFTs has seen a lot of money changing hands in an effort to secure... what, exactly? Luke…

IGEA's message to NSW: stop excluding game developers
'Not one dollar of any NSW Government screen funding supports video game development.'

How TV can be a powerful tool for public health
When shows get their research right, writes Michaela Pascoe, they can be powerful tools for public health messaging. And when…

Box office: The Dry is more impressive than you think while Nomadland shines too
In the lull before the holiday onslaught, The Dry passes $20m. Meanwhile in China the highest grossing weekend flick is…

BAFTA Fellowship awarded to woman in games for the first time
Australian Siobhan Reddy, Creative Director at Media Molecule, is only the tenth game developer, and the first woman in games,…

Here's what PAX Aus is doing to keep you COVID-safe
PAX Aus is going to be hug-free, heavily streamed, and above all, hygienic. Is this the future of conventions in…

Aboriginal horror short The Moogai wins at SXSW
Jon Bell's The Moogai stunned the jury in the Midnight Short section at SXSW with its exploration of the continuing…

Flesh After Fifty: challenging stereotypes of ageing females in film
A program of six films resists older women's invisibility. 'Flicks after Fifty' Programmer Kirsten Stevens says finding them was harder…

The rise of the tiny film
Short-form content: a symptom of the social media plague, or an exciting emerging artform? Screenhub talks to two TikTok producers…

Book Review: Goodbye, Dragon Inn by Nick Pinkerton
The first Decadent Edition from Fireflies Press is a beautifully produced and thoughtful essay from a prolific and eloquent critic.…