Features
Selling at Cannes: Can lightning strike twice for Australians in Cannes marketplace?
US company Lightning Entertainment is carrying a clutch of the more obviously popular Australian pictures to Cannes. You may not…
Film Vic Budget: we are delighted, we are delighted
The Screen Producers Association of Australia has reacted to the additional $8.5 for Film Victoria in the state budget with…
Melbourne International Film Festival: enough money to hang in
With $5.3m over four years from the State budget, the Melbourne International Film Festival can continue to run the core…
Porchlight: pushing further into television
Porchlight Films has recruited international returnee Tanya Phegan to create and occupy the post of head of television. Porchlight too…
SBS: Ellen Fanning to Shine
SBS has commissioned a series of 20, hour-long interviews to be conducted by journalist Ellen Fanning and produced by Shine…
AFI-AACTA Board: as board morphs, Finney captures a prime suspect
Chair Alan Finney, (aka Alan of the Silver Tongue) asked Noni Hazlehurst AM if she would like to join the…
Ratings: Tuesday, 7th May 2013
The deflating of Seven to 25% gives the tiddlers a chance to reach for 20%.
Brief: Don Groves goes out with a bang
Industry journalist Don Groves has added a distinctive and opinionated voice to the discussions around the sector over the last…
Brief: calendar BIFFed in crowded month
The Brisbane International Film Festival has announced that it will run from November 13th until the 24th. And incorporate BIFF…
Spectrum Sale: old analogue spectrum sold for $2b song
While the screen sector vacates all that old-fashioned spectrum to broadcast digitally, Telstra, Optus and TPG bought in to provide…