Rochelle Siemienowicz
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Jacob Hickey on making factual TV with purpose
Blackfella's head of factual talks about keeping a format fresh and avoiding tackiness in the third season of SBS's 'Filthy…
In This Together: Screen events mark Reconciliation Week
Choose from a rich selection of Indigenous film, TV and live events to mark this National Reconciliation Week #InThisTogether2020.
Warwick Thornton's big time-out at The Beach
An interview with the award-winning filmmaker about his very personal project. Part cooking show, documentary series and performance art, it…
Freewheelers: writers room goes virtual but stays real with disability
Producer Belinda Dean and writer Emily Dash talk about their Digital Originals project and developing a character who happens to…
Thalu is Doing it for the Kids
Producer Tyson Mowarin talks about the extreme labour of love involved in making a 10-part Indigenous kids' show in the…
New Australian films to watch now
There's never been a better time to catch up with recent, locally-made features, from Miss Fisher to The Invisible Man,…
Quarantine Cinema is Making Do
Keeping community connected is the goal for the Melbourne Cinémathèque, but there's no pretense it's ideal.
Making Australia's first show starring a transgender kid
Writer-director Julie Kalceff talks about First Day, the groundbreaking children's TV series now showing on ABC ME.
Five Feelgood TV Shows to Binge in Isolation
Outside the door it is life and death stakes. Indoors we want a break.
Screen News in Brief: producers' POV, more production funding as government waddles along
Our fortnightly roundup of news as positive opportunities stagger through the flames. Coronavirus coverage is about covering many, many details…