Features
Foxtel & BBC Worldwide: slamming free-to-air distribution window?
BBC Worldwide and Foxtel have announced a new BBC Premiere channel, with first run content that aired within hours of…
Cannes: 2013 competition selections announced
Following the short film lineups announced earlier in the week, and with Directors’ Fortnight and Critics’ Week sidebars to come…
Ratings: Wednesday, 17th April 2013
The best Ten could do was a number thirteen spot for its nightly news, and overall on the night was…
Death of Film: A century of post goes down the drain
Besides the raw realities of cinematography, the loss of film processsing signals the end of a wonderful industrial infrastructure. Processing…
Ratings: Thursday, 18th April 2013
In the absence of singing folk or cooking folk or folk or Rafters or husbands and kids, the night was…
Zombie Kangaroo: giving credibility to undead marsupials
The creators of the short film, Waterborne, have managed to crowd-fund the money to construct their pouched mammal, and now…
SPAA: changing strategy as national roadshow commences
Screen Producers Association of Australia Executive Director, Matthew Deaner, and Matthew Hancock, Manager of Strategy and Insights addressed a crowded…
Umbrella Entertainment: acquires entire Chauvel collection
Theatrical and home entertainment distributor, Umbrella Entertainment, has acquired the rights to the entire catalogue of films by Australian pioneer…
Gold Coast Film Festival: antidote to Brisbane disarray
With the Asia Pacific Screen Awards in limbo, and the Brisbane International Film Festival anchored to the identity of its…
Box Office: 15/04/13 as minor action continues in US
With nothing much around domestically, we fall back on Australian films in the US market.