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St Kilda Film Festival: longer, faster, warmer
One day out, and the St Kilda Film Festival is about to endure its biggest break in tradition for a…
Noirhouse: filming in Hobart
Filming has commenced in Hobart on Noirhouse, a film-noir-looking comedy series set in a share house.
SPA: format licensing business class
What do producers need to know to ensure the best deals are being made? What is a format and what…

Ratings: Tuesday, 20th May 2014
Seven is now treating Million Dollar Minute seriously, and the audience has responded in droves. Game changer for early evening?

Dinosaur Island: Matt Drummond and Jason Moody
Dinosaur Island was independently financed, shot in Vanuatu and Australia, and has sold to 50 countries.

Biennale ends on a high note
This year’s Biennale of Sydney wraps up on 7 June with an epic collaborative film performance piece appropriately titled THE…

See-Saw: $12m from Weinstein for orphan story
See-Saw pumps up the finance plan for Lion with no less than a US$12m deal with The Weinstein Company.

TV FIELD & STORY PRODUCING, FINDING ANIMATION & INTRO TO DIRECTING TVCS @ AFTRS OPEN
It’s your last chance to book into this weekend’s courses: INTRODUCTION TO DIRECTING and FINDING ANIMATION with Pixar artists. June…

Daily Ratings: Monday, 19th May 2014
Nine feels Seven creeping up behind it with a big, big cosh. Now just 1.1% in the gap.

NFSA: response to our questions
Courtesy: The showing of politeness in one’s attitude and behaviour towards others. Screen Hub emails the NFSA.