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  • Director Matthew Saville on his latest works

    Whether it’s film, TV, comedies or drama, Matthew Saville’s directing career encompasses an enviable list that ranges from adaptations The Slap and Cloudstreet, to features Felony and Noise and comedies such as Josh Thomas’ Please Like Me and Chris Lilley’s We Can Be Heroes.

    04 May 2016
    By Caris Bizzaca
  • Director Paul Cox on Force of Destiny

    Paul Cox says he's always being accused of making films about his own life – to which he says, that’s the closest source of inspiration we have.

    25 Aug 2015
    By Emma Carroll
  • Diversity in TV drama: Change is possible

    Screen Australia launches a comprehensive report into diversity on Australian screens to inform the conversation and calls for real, long-lasting change.

    24 Aug 2016
    By Caris Bizzaca
  • Doco explores family violence

    A brave Australian filmmaker is tackling the issue of domestic violence from a different perspective in new ABC documentary Call Me Dad.

    18 Nov 2015
    By Caris Bizzaca
  • Down Under: it’s a riot

    Down Under writer/director Abe Forsythe reveals the road he took to write and develop a comedy that revolves around a race riot.

    10 Aug 2016
    By Caris Bizzaca
  • Drawing breath: Simon Baker

    Sporting a dishevelled look of longer hair and a beard that sent his legion of admirers into a frenzy at Cannes recently, Baker shares some thoughts about his latest project Breath.

    15 Jul 2015
    By Caroline Baum
  • Electric Pictures: Fossicking for gold

    As Electric Pictures brainstormed a way to expand its audience, they unearthed a gem of their own with Aussie Gold Hunters.

    20 Sep 2016
    By Caris Bizzaca
  • Eleven documentaries to watch in June

    From exploring the natural world to being immersed in contemporary conversations, what better way to travel into the second half of 2023 than by watching some (if not all) of these Screen Australia-funded documentaries releasing in June.

    14 Jun 2023
    By Screen Australia
  • Elise McCredie: showrunning and co-creating Stateless

    Showrunner and writer Elise McCredie on working with Cate Blanchett and Tony Ayres to co-create the ABC series Stateless.

    21 Feb 2020
    By Caris Bizzaca
  • Emma Jensen: The Process of Writing Mary Shelley

    Screenwriter Emma Jensen on her background in development and how her first screenwriting credit became the global biopic Mary Shelley starring Elle Fanning.

    04 Jul 2018
    By Caris Bizzaca
  • Every Cloud Productions: raising the bar

    From Miss Fisher to Newton’s Law: why Every Cloud Productions wants to see more women in front and behind the camera – and what they’re doing about it.

    01 Feb 2017
    By Caris Bizzaca
  • Every Cloud: making a franchise with Miss Fisher

    How executive producers Fiona Eagger and Deb Cox turned the Phryne Fisher book series into a global franchise.

    27 Feb 2020
    By Caris Bizzaca