David Tiley
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Australian Film Festivals Guide 2021
With Tasmania primed for its festival, a new piece of Cinefest Oz emerging and a shifting Sydney Film Festival, we…

Box Office - Bottom of barrel for everyone
COVID is really dragging the sector down now, in between US box office releases.

Mercury CX goes national with careers-driven conference
The annual MCX Screenmakers Conference has turned into three inspiring interactive events to support emerging creators as they bring fresh…

Senate enquiry: Crunch time for docos and post-production
Opposition to government 'reforms' climaxes again in a Senate Enquiry on August 20, 2021

Sydney goes underground for a film festival of twisted joys: SUFF 2021
The Sydney Underground Film Festival is back, online, and available across Australia.

West Coast Visions: WA is just too hard to leave
The thinking behind low budget feature scheme West Coast Visions reflects the spirit of a very unusual state.

Screen Queensland pushes producers to go global
Screen Queensland finds an international consultancy to turbocharge its push for global shows. The key words? Specificity and authenticity.

Box Office - cinemas rebranded as locations for the apocalypse
Box office opportunities for new films are nixed by ho-hum reviews and rising lockdowns.

On ‘True Colours’ and creating Indigenous genre mashups
As True Colours goes into production around Alice Springs, we delve into the origins of the idea.

The next leap for the man who started Hopscotch Films
Troy Lum, formerly of Hopscotch Films, is back in action with two new companies - Brouhaha and Kismet.