Film
Ask the Mentor: How do I make Screen Forever online worth my while?
We all miss brunches and mingling in the bar, but online conferences can be rewarding if you show up, pay…
Flickerfest launches new winners onto festival circuit
Run this year in the Famous Spiegeltent, Flickerfest puts a bunch of new short films before the public eye. They…
IGEA survey shows promising games industry growth, but gender gap remains
COVID has barely touched the growing local game development industry, but IGEA's survey also reveals some stark truths about gender…
The AIDC program: pleasure, curiosity and brute realities
The Australian International Documentary Conference is headlined by the idea 'Moment of Truth.' Here are some of our favourite truthful…
What to watch this weekend
Rich resources in Australian stories right now, as High Ground and Occupation: Rainfall arrive to join The Dry and Penguin…
Film Review: High Ground delivers its own reckoning
An enthralling addition to a new canon of films about historical injustice to our First Peoples, writes Sarah Ward.
News in Brief: the Arts honoured, most anticipated films, AIDC and Screen Forever programs
AIDC CEO moving on after this year's conference; Big Ant Studios sold to French company; narrative designer callout, and Aussie…
How the arts fared in this year's Australia Day Honours
The arts did better this year with Australia Day Honours, pipping the number administered for service to sports. We take…
Film Review: Occupation: Rainfall offers antics, aliens and explosions aplenty
Occupation: Rainfall is a blockbuster on a scale rarely seen in local productions, but don't expect all the threads to…
Australia Day Honours List 2021: we find treasure
From new forms of media to honouring elders, this year's award list is muted but touched with joy and melancholy.