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Box Office: Peter Rabbit happy in the US as shark film slumps here
Playing With Sharks opens slowly, perhaps because the Australian audience doesn't realise the sheer wow factor of sharks in a…
Testing Times: the unpaid labour of auditioning from home
Actors are struggling with increased requirements for self-testing, while casting agencies save time and money. The MEAA is formulating a…
Six First Nations films receive over $600k production funding through ‘No Ordinary Black’ initiative
More First Nations stories are heading to Australian screens in 2022, with Screen Australia and NITV announcing the six films…
Spielberg concedes to Netflix in new deal for the small screen
Once Spielberg saw Netflix as a kind of gremlin. Now the little beast has grown so large, he has partnered…
TV Review: Starstruck brings comic fizz to celebrity-normie romance
NZ comedy star Rose Matafeo has created a genuinely charming and hilarious series, says Mel Campbell.
Revelation Film Festival and the shining lights of low-budget indy art
This year, Revelation Perth International Film Festival showcases some low-budget indy adventures in true art according to director Richard Sowada.
Videogame peak body IGEA slams News Corp coverage of technology and loot boxes
The Interactive Games and Entertainment Association has responded strongly to a series of articles across News Corp publications about children…
Matt Nable's creative expansion continues with Stan Originals movie
The former rugby player turned novelist, screenwriter and actor is now directing his first feature, 'Transfusion' starring Sam Worthington and…
GCAP 2021 speaker submissions open, open to game developers and professionals
Game developers and related professionals are being sought to submit talks for the upcoming 2021 Games Connect Asia Pacific (GCAP)…
News in Brief: Screen Aus' new Head of Documentary, a first look at MIFF 2021, and more
This week in the news, Alex West joines Screen Aus, Nitram, Zola and The Drovers' Wife to feature at MIFF,…