Features
Screen Australia: November 2012 production announcements
Not a long list, but it will bring relief to those embarked upon these ventures. Largest impact is probably on…
Shock: jumps on Titan View's roller derby
Home entertainment distributor Shock Entertainment will be releasing the DVD of Fremantle Entertainment's Roller Derby Xtreme Tour. The tour follows…
First of a Kind; Last of the Bunch: in the end, the heroes have their place
In the creation of an organisation, we always have to contemplate the ugly workings of small-mindedness, accidental success, and the…
Enterprise Funding: the television tranche
Few calls for high art and cinematic daring in the latest round of Enterprise funding, as some practically commercial companies…
Enterprise Funding: building some newer feature careers
Marked change in the Screen Australia approach to drama in the Enterprise system - it has created a separate strand…
Zora Semborova: Requiescat in Pacem
Dancer, teacher, and exile Zora Semborova has died in Adelaide, months before returning to Prague to celebrate her hundredth birthday.…
Oscars: Academy draws up longlist for animated shorts - with no cigar for the Antipodes
56 became 10 with the announcement of the animated short films to be considered for nomination for the 85th Academy…
SPAA 2012: the app for your phone
Just like last year, SPAA's conference app is very lovely. You too can share the illusion that you control your…
Dangerous Remedy: Seventies Noir, corrupt cops, and a hero Melbourne loved to hate
Dangerous Remedies, Ned Lander’s ABC telefeature about Dr Bert Wainer, the swashbuckling abortion law reform crusader of the 1960’s in…
Devil's Dust: executive producer on an industry which was once naive and beautiful, survives in a to
The ABC Sunday night classy Australian drama slot climaxes this weekend with Devil’s Dust, a two-part true story from FremantleMedia…