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Film Festivals: blatant plug for some inspiring festivals away from the mainstream
Through the winter months, some highly distinctive festivals can challenge screen creators with some surprising approaches and great ideas.
Brief: Tentpole future suggests film will eat itself
Spielberg agrees with Lucas: "There's going to be an implosion where three or four or maybe even a half-dozen megabudget…
Genre: getting clear on some basics, rattling some secret keys
Stephen Cleary has contributed a lot of clear thinking to the Australian industry's long meditation on genre, which is such…
Wish You Were Here: starts its US season
Entertainment One started the release of Kieran Darcy-Smith's Wish You Were Here on June 7, and the first daily figure…
Springboard: Screen Australia funds all five projects for production
After developing their shorts in the Springbroad program, some teams are funded for production, while others have to deal with…
Screen Australia: completion funds to two shorts
Screen Australia today announced almost $60,000 in support for two short films through its Short Film Completion Fund. The films…
The most exhibited artist you have never heard of
With work on display in all Australian capital cities, you'd think that Bruce Brown would be a celebrated figure in…
Reading Eggs flip from website to animation
The ABC’s globally successful online Reading Eggs program will be made into a web animation series called Eggsperts.
The Broken Circle Breakdown
Felix van Groeningen's bittersweet, non-linear drama about intertwined lives won the Audience Prize at the Berlinale.
Banned film gets screening
A live sex film banned at Mardi Gras and Queer Film Festivals will get a showing in Sydney later this…