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Screen Australia: play money
Screen Australia has announced its provisional plans for various online activity, including interactive and multi-platform content. The pot totals AU$30…
Queensland Arts Minister: Ros Bates resigns, quoting health reasons
The Minister ultimately responsible for Screen Queensland has resigned her post. Rushed into place is the Education Minister, John-Paul Langbroek,…
Documentary Australia Foundation: wins Stanley Hawes Award
The Documentary Australia Foundation (DAF) has been awarded the 2013 AIDC Stanley Hawes Award. The $5,000 Film Australia Stanley Hawes…
Beyond Distribution: picks up two dotty British kids series
Beyond Distribution has picked up CBBC art series Totally Rubbish (10x30′) and CBeebies’ Get Squiggling Letters (26x7′) Both produced in…
BRIEF: Lore: US$5,250 per screen on US opening weekend
Lore, Cate Shortland's German-language feature, opened in the US on February 8, over six screens, for a total of US$31,498,…
Senate Estimates, Feb 2012: ABC reruns Hobart hearing, is learning that the digital hub is a seriou
February is a special time for senior executives of government broadcasters and the National Broadband Network, when they front the…
OzDocs: deep frustrations in documentary community slowly bursting out
The documentary tradition in Australia is in deep, deep trouble. The reasons why are emerging like a herd of pissed-off…
Postcards: locally made, locally aired, in its fifteenth year
Believe it or not, Postcards, GTV9 Melbourne's local lifestyle and travel program is celebrating its fifteenth birthday as the lead-in…
Screen Australia: real money changes fundamental balance of lead agency
Digital media, so often on the agenda, so rarely funded properly, is now cashed up and claiming a central space…
Tropscore announces this year's winners
Tropscore, the Tropfest competition where film and music come together, announces this years winners.