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Box Office: High Ground comes through, signals sector success
Yes, Australian audiences do like Australian films, as High Ground, the toughest of the new releases, makes a solid entrance.
Flickerfest launches new winners onto festival circuit
Run this year in the Famous Spiegeltent, Flickerfest puts a bunch of new short films before the public eye. They…
IGEA survey shows promising games industry growth, but gender gap remains
COVID has barely touched the growing local game development industry, but IGEA's survey also reveals some stark truths about gender…
The AIDC program: pleasure, curiosity and brute realities
The Australian International Documentary Conference is headlined by the idea 'Moment of Truth.' Here are some of our favourite truthful…
Robots were dreamt up 100 years ago – why haven’t our fears about them changed since?
The world's first robots, created by playwright Karl Čapek, appeared on a Prague stage in January 1921. This long read…
What to watch this weekend
Rich resources in Australian stories right now, as High Ground and Occupation: Rainfall arrive to join The Dry and Penguin…
James Bond has been delayed yet again – here's why this is such a blow to the franchise
The James Bond franchise shows a sector in disarray, and its fabulous power to prevail.
Film Review: High Ground delivers its own reckoning
An enthralling addition to a new canon of films about historical injustice to our First Peoples, writes Sarah Ward.
News in Brief: the Arts honoured, most anticipated films, AIDC and Screen Forever programs
AIDC CEO moving on after this year's conference; Big Ant Studios sold to French company; narrative designer callout, and Aussie…
Occupation: Rainfall hits the climax of a cinematic crusade
In the search for filmmakers addicted to genre, the Australian screen sector has its fingers crossed for Occupation: Rainfall. We…