Opinions & Analysis
Playmaker creators jump off speeding train
Having built their production company into an impressive conveyor of dreams, David Maher and David Taylor are getting ready to…
MIFF surrenders to censorship pressures
On the grounds that a film might make you masturbate at home and then do something evil, MIFF has withdrawn…
Exports can double size of sector, claims Screen Producers Australia
SPA pushes harder on export policy, which is a different can of hopes and worms.
Running an online conference: Five salutary lessons
When the NZ Doc Edge conference was stopped by COVID-19, the Industry Manager added one line to his email address:…
What the arts can learn from Black Lives Matter
To really change the arts, we need to change arts leadership. Travis de Vries thinks we should make bigger systemic…
TV has changed, so must the way we support local content
One of the four regulatory approaches to television content is a new Australian Production Fund. Here is an argument in…
Bringing it all Back Home: a Cinephile's reflections in lockdown
Strictly confined in a small Spanish village, Adrian Martin compiles an eclectic virus playlist, discovers Zoom, and argues for the…
Regional media get COVID lifeline but ABC, SBS remain in peril
The federal government has announced a package to help regional media through the coronavirus crisis. But our national broadcasters have…
Why Gladys needs to channel her inner Jacinda, as Arts Minister
NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian recently took over the portfolio of Arts Minister with the resignation of Don Harwin, but does…
Screen Australia/ACMA options document sets up battle over TV changes
Bushwhacked by the virus, caught up in the fight about commercial TV quotas, the government releases the Options Paper about…