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Screenrights announces 2021 cultural funding list
Screenrights Cultural Fund fuels industry change, from New Pasifica Creators to an Impact Teams Lab.

Screenworks and Netflix find common ground on training crews
Screenworks sets up a training program with Netflix, bends bureaucracy to the needs of the sector.

Animal Logic: On creating a more competitive Australian industry
Celebrating thirty years of Animal Logic, Zarah Nalbandian has some clear ideas about improving the sector.

The quiet skills of ACMI programming guru Kristy Matheson
Kristy Matheson, Director of Film Programs at ACMI, reflects on her challenging job as she moves to Scotland.

SBS appoints new Head of Food and Entertainment
SBS is determined to keep reality TV and factual entertainment firmly on its agenda – hiring Emily Griggs to oversee…

Days of Abandonment crew takes a week's pay and looks for work after Natalie Portman withdraws
Natalie Portman reclaims her personal life by withdrawing from Days of Abandonment as she builds her production company.

Lockdown well and truly takes hold of the Australian Box Office
The virus has now really whacked the cinemas again. Jungle Cruise is box office victim number one.

Producer Todd Fellman and his accidental international career
Producer Todd Fellman makes footloose productions work, tried hard with China and is now making The Portable Door in Queensland,…

AACTA finalists prove an extraordinary year for documentary
The 2021 list of feature documentaries in the final nominee list for the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts…

Box office: another lockdown, another glitch in the blockbuster matrix
While the box office suffers from lockdowns, Raya and the Last Dragon is doing well, despite criticism about its use…