Writing and Publishing
AFI/AACTA 2018 - ourselves in the mirror
The Australian Film Institute held its first awards night sixty years ago. This year we have reached a remarkable political…
Brief: Raising Films Australia Screen Industry Forum on Dec 6
Location: AFTRS in Sydney. Topic: the final WIFT survey report. Speaking: the key people. Duration: afternoon.
Screen Forever: how producers can storm Hollywood, gently
Agents, showrunners, Australian diffidence, hammering on the Hollywood gates - here's how producers get a Californian tan.
AACTA 2018 - the names we gossiped about all year
Glendyn Ivin & Bruce Permazel have Best Direction awards so far, while Belinda Chayko and the team of David Tranter…
Brief: making sense of turmoil in Chinese production market
The Chinese are pumping out new regulations about foreign workers and productions which far outstrip our domestic controls. Will it…
Bridget Ikin: interviewed in New Zealand
Bridget Ikin is a remarkable producer and we hope she inspires younger people in an industry caught between art and…
AFTRS Chief challenges sector with power of data
Data and diversity are central to the modern AFTRS approach, a long way from its modest and intuitive origins 45…
Screen Forever 2018 awards - remembering to have some fun
This year's awards honours a bunch of individualist that give us hope for the future, from a knitted toy to…
Miriam Katsambis announced as 2018 Natalie Miller Fellowship recipient
Conversations about women and power in the screen industry continue to set the agenda, and there are impressive women supporting…
Screen Forever 2018: Matthew Deaner's speech
Matthew Deaner, CEO of Screen Producers Australia, swims against the ideological tide.