Writing and Publishing
Community TV saved by the bell, on national TV
For the umpteenth time, the government stages another cliffhanger before giving community TV an extra year to do what it…
ABC: how to say pull the other leg politely on cuts
Here's a few wrinkles in the latest cuts fight, from the prospects for the indy sector to the long term…
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…
COVID film students making a mark on history
Film students across Australia have been struggling to make films while locked down in isolation. The lucky ones are living…
$250M Federal Government Arts and Entertainment Package
Arts sector to share in $250M COVID-19 relief package comprising new loans and grants.
ABC takes another battering as we are distracted by the plague
Just as the ABC announces another brutal round of cuts, it releases an expansive five year plan. Something doesn't fit.
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.