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News in Brief: a Christmas movie for Stan, Gender still Matters and Wild West roundup
Our fortnightly mash-up of production news, policy analysis, festivals and reviews. Also some excitement about Chris Hemsworth and George Miller…
Cultural integrity and Indigenous collaboration on the Innchanted soundtrack
At Games Connect Asia Pacific Conference, composer Meena Shamaly detailed his collaborative process of composing a score alongside First Nations…
Budget gives but may end the feature film
Has the sector misjudged the budget impact? No, according to an objective account from Kristen Stevens.
Mental health webinars announced for screen industry
Following on from the documentary 'The Show Must Go On' comes Screen Well, a series of webinars tailored for crews,…
Box office: paws, cats and demons dominate cinemas around the world
We are in strange, strange territory in the international box office, while local crowd pleasers can't bring customers out of…
Children's sector confronts government, politely
The children's television sector looks like the biggest loser out of the current rebuild of the sector, and producers are…
ACMI renews digital promise in virtual launch
Is the Australian Centre of the Moving Image a place? A Zone? A Cultural Accumulation Machine to defy COVID-19? First…
The Time to Tell
As media cycles and social media mix the messages of our times, David Pledger argues that artists have a unique…
Winners of the 2020 AGDAs announced
The Australian Game Developer Awards ceremony streamed live on Twitch in 2020, hosted by Jordan Raskopoulos. Here is the full…
Be bold, be real, be rigorous: Samantha Lang on creativity and change in this weird moment
The writer, director and ADG President reflects on the stories we're going to need and the challenges facing the industry.