Digital

Australian Directors' Guild announces 2020 Nominees
There were nearly double the entries this year, with a slew of new and established directing talent recognised. Watch these…

The real cost of defunding the ABC
ABC funding cuts undervalue both the arts and contemporary stories in our multicultural Australia, argues Vyshnavee Wijekumar.

Smart thinking and great home viewing as live audiences evaporate
A small documentary festival in Castlemaine, pioneers in WA Rev it up, and six strangers on Zoom across Australia launch…

Anna Kaplan: You have to live and breathe your message
Greening Australia's screen industry is the goal for our best-known Impact Producer, the most recent recipient of the Natalie Miller…

Global screen industry grinds back into gear
Big gestures are being made around the world to get the studios humming but what how is the rest of…

TV Review: Retrograde is a lockdown sitcom where friendship is key
Making use of the grammar of lockdown-filmed-at-home comedy, this ABC ensemble show feels funny and familiar, writes Anthony Morris.

Banijay buys Shine Endemol, shifts international balance of power
Banijay, once the cuddly friend of Screentime Australia, has absorbed Shine Endemol to emerge as a modern version of King…

Veronica Fury resurrects Peter Brock for broad Australian audience
In Australia, making a film about a true blue motor racing hero will inevitably become an obsession. As Veronica Fury…

New cultural precinct for Tassie, valued at $90 million
Revitalising a CBD carpark, the Launceston Creative Precinct centres around an education facility for a next generation of digital creators,…

Screen News in Brief: A new vision from SPA, plus rescues, reprieves and cuts
Festivals, film openings and awards continue. This fortnight's eclectic roundup shows an industry pivoting painfully, but still alive and planning…