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  • Screen Australia in Sundance

    Australian films have enjoyed a strong international presence already this year and no one knows that more than Screen Australia’s Richard Harris.

    31 Jan 2017
    By Helen Barlow
  • Screen Australia: Documentary in 2021

    Screen Australia’s new Head of Documentary Alex West and the documentary team on the local factual sector, applying for funding and what’s ahead.

    13 Oct 2021
    By Caris Bizzaca
  • Screen stories to watch this spooky season

    We’ve got your nightmare fuel sorted with these hair-raising stories from Australian filmmakers.

    23 Oct 2024
    By Aimée Lindorff
  • Self-development and taking risks

    Actor and writer Maria Angelico is tackling the ups and downs of her 20s and finding her groove in new comedy web series, Movement.

    05 Jan 2016
    By Caris Bizzaca
  • Shadow Trackers : not your typical ghost-hunting series

    Writer/director Dena Curtis on the sometimes spooky, always fascinating ride that was investigating traditional spirits for NITV series Shadow Trackers.

    02 Nov 2016
    By Caris Bizzaca
  • Shooting, pitching and distributing Ellie & Abbie (& Ellie's Dead Aunt)

    There aren’t many Australian films like lesbian romcom Ellie & Abbie (& Ellie’s Dead Aunt), which is exactly why writer/director Monica Zanetti wanted to make it. Here’s how she did.

    17 Nov 2020
    By Caris Bizzaca
  • Simon Baker: multitasking on Breath

    Director Simon Baker on making an Australian first-time feature after two decades acting in the US.

    30 Apr 2018
    By Caris Bizzaca
  • Six web series to watch this winter

    It might be cold outside, but this list of Aussie online originals will warm your soul.

    16 Jul 2019
    By Georgia Hing
  • Social drama meets crime thriller: The Principal

    Initially inspired by his own kids’ experiences at the end of high school, producer Ian Collie chats to us about miniseries The Principal.

    07 Oct 2015
    By Emma Carroll
  • Sotiris Dounoukos on Joe Cinque’s Consolation

    Joe Cinque’s Consolation director, co-producer and co-writer Sotiris Dounoukos on adapting Helen Garner’s book for the screen in his native Canberra.

    05 Oct 2016
    By Caris Bizzaca
  • Spear: Bangarra’s venture onto the silver screen

    When Robert Connolly picked Bangarra Artistic Director Stephen Page to direct Sand – one of the episodes of the film adaptation of Tim Winton’s The Turning – he brokered a marriage between an established dance talent and another medium.

    07 Oct 2015
    By Caroline Baum
  • Spierig Bros: rifles, genre and Helen Mirren

    Twins Peter and Michael Spierig are set to release their highest profile project to date with Winchester: a real-life ghost story that Hollywood heavyweights have been trying for years to get the rights to.

    04 Jan 2018
    By Maria Lewis