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Very Short Film Festival 2025: 'seed' is the signature item

The Very Short Film Festival is free to enter and judges include Essie Davis, Marta Dusseldorp and Leah Purcell.

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SPA names 12 'Ones to Watch' for 2024

Twelve early career Australian producers are the 'Ones to Watch' in SPA's 2024 initiative.

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Early career writers program calls for applications

Endemol Shine Australia and Screen Australia have announced a new program to train four early career screenwriters.

Actors' mental health is profoundly affected by unreasonable casting practices.
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Disturbing trend damaging actors’ mental health

Forced to wait up to four months to hear the outcome of an audition, actors' mental health is regularly suffering.

Book cover of The Artist's Way by Julia Cameron, photographed against a background of an oil painting with a calligraphy pen resting on top.
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The Artist’s Way – an invitation to change your life

Julia Cameron's creativity manual is still a global bestseller, three decades after it was first published. Come on the journey…

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10 tips for combining work and study in the arts

Be realistic and get organised. From timeboxing to flexible jobs, these ideas will help you find balance and reduce the…

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9 ways to help you deal with creative rejection

Hearing "no" is never easy but recovering from rejection is a necessary part of the artist’s life. Here are some…

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Screen opportunities roundup – November 2023

Your monthly round up of screen industry opportunities, from open film submissions to professional placements.

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Documentary filmmaking classes for the Bold and Beautiful

A series of workshops specifically for women and gender diverse people aged over 40 exemplifies the agency of human involvement.

AFTRS Master of Art Screen: Business 2018 graduate and current Head of Commissions NITV, Marissa McDowell. Image: Courtesy SBS.
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