Film
Screen Australia: SBS gets all the lollies
Four series, $2.3m, with two from Essential Media, one from Shine and one from Joined Up Films.
OzDocs: AACTA removal of awards categories is 'misguided', should be rescinded
The documentary makers have not quietly accepted the loss of several categories in the AACTA awards for 2013. Instead, the…
Vivid Sydney: Screen Australia and Screen NSW colonise ideas festival with conundrums
On May 29th: What to do about the gender imbalance in film and television directing? What does it mean for…
Shine Australia: slims down and tones up with partnership deals
It would never have happened in the halcyon days when ACP Magazines were safely in the stable alongside the Nine…
Seven: gets rights to English football demonstration matches
Seven West Media has reportedly bought the Australian broadcast rights for two demonstration soccer matches featuring Manchester United and Liverpool,…
Ruby Entertainment: ABC puts Secret River into development
The ABC has announced that it is committing to the development of Ruby Entertainment's The Secret River, with Jan Sardi…
Ratings: Thursday 23rd May 2013
Lots of neck and neck, in two clusters. You know what they are.
Screen NSW: four projects for May 2013
Four projects, $974,000, said to trigger $25 million investment and 1,015 jobs for the State. See Pictures, Jungleboys, Matchbox and…
Cannes 2013: waiting with the pilgrims in the queue for the temple of dreams
What is it actually like to attend the Cannes Film Festival as a passionate Australian critic low on the French…
LeWeb: Capitalists go hippy, offer Australians discount for key conference
Reed Midem, which runs the MIP conferences, has plunged into the digital world with the purchase of LeWeb, a strand…