Television
SPAA Conference: market component revamped, breaking down the walls, returning to a sense of fun
With the SPAA Conference now rebadged as ‘Screen Forever’, the familiar SPAAmart has also morphed into the Screen Forever International…
Joel Edgerton: feature debut revealed in Canada, to be US Weirdo
Fresh off his triumph at TIFF, the star-writer of Felony is moving onto American shores to make his next feature,…
Live cinema no threat to stage audiences
‘The Audience’ is an unusually successful example of filmed theatre but the genre shows little sign of cannibalising live performance…
Crowd Funding: government reviewing equity investment model
The Australian Government is reviewing crowd funding, but the focus is equity investment, and no change is expected for short…
Carriageworks: video exhibition from the fine art end of the spectrum
Video artists from Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, France and Vietnam are set to exhibit a selection of digital works within…
Festival des Antipodes 2013: the world's only real festival of antipodean films
As always, the Festival des Antipodes allows an open but idiosyncratic take on Australian, New Zealand and now Indonesian films.…
MTV: being a good corporate citizen, with Jane Smith
Music channel MTV has teamed up with the Museum of Australian Democracy at Eureka (which is run by former CEO…
ADG Conference: Fred Schepisi to deliver keynote
Internationally acclaimed Australian director, Fred Schepisi, will deliver the Keynote Address at the 2013 Australian Directors Guild Conference.
Toronto 2013: going around the block and beyond the edge - the good oil on whole fest from true insi
László Kriston, professional festival devotee, interviews Jane Scboettle, festival powerhouse. With formal responsibility for our region, she discusses the fate…
The East
Ellen Page, Alexander Skarsgård and Brit Marling star in this engaging but less than compelling eco-terrorism thriller.