National

Chinese Puzzle
Following The Spanish Apartment and Russian Dolls, Klapisch returns to the lives of the offbeat pals in Chinese Puzzle.

ABC Cuts: SPA goes public to protect independent sector
After a weekend of increasing media pressure on the ABC cuts question, SPA produces a gambit of its own.

Busan: Ties That Bind Announces Participants for 2014
The 6th edition of TIES THAT BIND Asia – Europe Producers Workshop (TTB) has announced 10 participants.

Playpen: the sound of tomorrow's car
Prosaic daily life meets the minds of sound designers to become an exploration of future travel on the street electric.

Anna McLeish: producing Ariel Kleiman’s first feature
Ariel Kleiman previously directed the short film, Deeper than Yesterday, which won the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance.

MIPTV 2014: Australian crime shows score in a TV world littered with police procedurals
Are Australian crime shows just afternoon fodder on the world's screens? Kriston PD hunts the truth on the Croisette.

Vista: Acquires Stake in MACCS International
New Zealand-based Vista Entertainment Solutions pushes further into the key cinema exhibition software market.

Ten: industry reduced to awe over mess
Ten's latest results confrm the financial realities when the casual punters simply walk away.

Ausfilm Announces London and LA push
Ausfilm is pleased to announce the annual international events Ausfilm Week in October 2014.

Screen Australia Development Funding: bubbling up from the collective psyche
As Death is for the Living, development is for the survivors. 16 into $550,000 is do-able.