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Box Office: small films shine as blockbusters fade
The entire box office is upended as blockbusters disappear and indies turn up on top, though the flicks have become…

Exports can double size of sector, claims Screen Producers Australia
SPA pushes harder on export policy, which is a different can of hopes and worms.

MIFF brings a pile of film-maker inspirations into your lounge
The online version of the Melbourne International Film Festival tumbles out to its national audience, with a mix of ticketed…

NFSA: making the collection matter in the world beyond screen
The National Film and Sound Archive is becoming a different beast. Who better to explain than the Chief Engagement Officer?…

Government help for sector has sting in tail
Fletcher v Burke over the government's determination to pay international producers. The local sector is not so lucky.

Risky Business: New Assessment Tool released by SAFC
As COVID strikes, what do producers do if something goes terribly wrong? There's a way to work that out, started…

Sydney Film Festival discovers the virtues of virtual though real life is better
It worked, says the Sydney Film Festival of its COVID-19 Defiance Edition, and reveals the numbers to prove it.

Smart thinking and great home viewing as live audiences evaporate
A small documentary festival in Castlemaine, pioneers in WA Rev it up, and six strangers on Zoom across Australia launch…

Global screen industry grinds back into gear
Big gestures are being made around the world to get the studios humming but what how is the rest of…

Banijay buys Shine Endemol, shifts international balance of power
Banijay, once the cuddly friend of Screentime Australia, has absorbed Shine Endemol to emerge as a modern version of King…