Visual Arts
How COVID turns screen producers into insurance pariahs
With insurers poisoning the well, industry sector advocates point out this problem is highly exaggerated.
Mukbang controversy ignites fuse to deep industry issues
Mukbang, a short film which won the director's prize at the Sydney Film Festival, has produced a pungent debate about…
Sydney Film Festival 2020 finds four compelling winners
Free diving, performative eating, vagina power and the horrors of internet stardom—all the winners at the virtual edition of the…
Owners switch off Porchlight, street goes dark
Porchlight Films, a key Sydney-based company woven into the careers of so many screen people, has left the fray.
Greens get Senate agreement to nail down Netflix
The world will not be transformed by this moment of Parliamentary approval, but at least the Senate seems to get…
Artists Essentials Toolkit video #1: how to get your art online
In our new video series we look at getting started with your online presence from a blog to websites to…
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…
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…
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.
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…