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What can the world's oldest games festival teach the arts about survival?

Freeplay independent games festival has survived for over sixteen years. The past and present directors share the lessons they have…

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Screen News in Brief: Cinemas Open and Distributors start Dating

Some Australian films slot into schedule, the Senate passes call for local content obligations on streamers, and much more in…

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'I'm serious about the games industry': Two Labor MPs livestream games and talk business

Federal Labor MPs Tim Watts and Clare O'Neil took to Twitch to play a chaotic co-operative game and discuss the…

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PAX Aus and PAX West come together for a 9-day PAX Online in 2020

Gaming culture fest PAX will run online from 12-20 September. The 9 day expo will host familiar events in a…

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Sydney Film Festival 2020 finds four compelling winners

Free diving, performative eating, vagina power and the horrors of internet stardom—all the winners at the virtual edition of the…

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Owners switch off Porchlight, street goes dark

Porchlight Films, a key Sydney-based company woven into the careers of so many screen people, has left the fray.

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A box office report from the pandemic twilight zone

A good week for classics, but as cinemas start to reopen the charts might be creeping towards a new normal.

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Film Review: Spike Lee's Da 5 Bloods is a pathos-filled provocation

Lee's latest genre satire takes a complex look at masculinity, violence, fellowship, colonialism, and racial exploitation.

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Robust, Relevant and Diverse: Documentaries at Sydney Film Festival

The ten Australian films vying for the $10,000 Documentary Prize are a quietly effective bunch, revealing much about the evolution…

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Greens get Senate agreement to nail down Netflix

The world will not be transformed by this moment of Parliamentary approval, but at least the Senate seems to get…

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