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AIDC 2014: covers come off on a new design
The Australian International Documentary Conference has gone from makeover to full chassis rebuild as it sets out to deliver on…
Screen Australia: feature development tranche decides who types over Christmas
Fifteen projects, $424,000, some new names and some old friends back again. Rosemary Blight, Sue Maslin and Ian Collie are…
AACTA: Titan v Tiddler as opposites face off
In the film nominations, the same films are always jostling against each other again and again. How does this play…
Tropfest 2013: Bamboozled into twitter fight
The first December Tropfest, completing 2013, has left a fair swag of people pissed by the winning film's apparent homophobia.…
Screen Music Awards 2013: let their song be sung
As always the musicians delivered one of the niftiest awards nights on the calendar, but with an unusual interruption. Antony…
Screen Singapore and the Asian Television Forum 2013: China and that pesky IPTV stuff
Two years ago, the official censorship branch of the Chinese government was punishing channels for broadcasting too many shows which…
Feature Documentary: squaring for a new funding opportunity
The Shark island Institute and the Documentary Australia Foundation has picked up on an international funding system that pumped $11.5m…
Sundance: Two Australian productions for key showcase
The Sundance Festival will unrol 52 Tuesdays and Babadook as part of a lineup which is said to generally skew…
Dennis O'Rourke: Aliquando et insanire iucundum Connollius
You have to hand it to the documentary community - they know how to turn grief into a story. Exhibit…
Chinese Cinema: its all in the numbers
Compared to 1.6b people plus an uncounted number of travellers, the growth figures for Chinese cinema are still modest. But…