Television
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…
What We're Watching: June
From record shops in Brooklyn to the court of a Russian Czar, to a dystopian carceral future, the office’s favourite…
Women on Top: Sydney Film Festival Highlights
It's possible to view the best of this pared-down program and not see a single film by a man. Critic…
$1 million in relief funding from Netflix and Support Act
Created with Support Act, the fund will provide $1000 one-time benefits to below-the-line Australian screen talent affected by COVID-19
SFF's online Screenability program highlights sustainable accessibility
SFF's revised virtual program contains festival favourite, the screenability stream. What does accessibility for disabled artists look like in the…
Can we out-compete the world in production hunt?
Australia looks good in the international marketplace but the competition will get fiercer and fiercer. We have to urgently solve…
Who made the Queens Birthday Honours List 2020?
In a list that is heavily weighted towards the law and politics this year, the arts barely gets a look…
Queens Birthday Honours 2020 finds two fierce and modest film and TV veterans
Writer and director Jan Sardi, and production designer Robbie Perkins are significant in very different ways in lives well lived.
The first box office report in two months is here – and it's weird
Of all the the curveballs that 2020 has thrown the Australian film industry, 'Shrek' making the box office charts might…
Dedication, determination and self-love: one director’s journey
Gut Feeling, a multi-award-winning Australian web series, has launched the career of AFTRS alumna Hattie Archibald. She tells us how…