Screen Australia CEO Graeme Mason lists his top three takeaways for the Australian industry now the Australian International Screen Forum has wrapped up in New York.

Raising $6.78 million for an ambitious space science documentary that would excite international audiences was the opposite of a walk in the park for Essential Media and Entertainment chief executive Chris Hilton.

Director Garth Davis reveals some of the camera decisions, lighting and specific techniques he used to create feature films Mary Magdalene and Lion.

Downriver's story is one of teamwork and tenacity; and the inevitability of people and policies at the film agencies greatly influencing what independent films are made in Australia.

Four sets of Australian producers talk about how they raised the money to tell a story using the documentary form.

Many doors swung open for writer/director Neil Triffett and producer Lee Matthews as a result of the short film EMO the Musical being selected for the Berlinale and subsequently earning a special mention from the jury.

Liz Stevens' 15 years of expertise forms the basis of this analysis of the past decade and a half in the documentary sector.

Penguins, pigs and crocs: nine titles have made the all-time top 20 Australian films in the US, UK and Australia.

An analysis of three years of sales and distribution deals.

Safe Harbour co-writer and showrunner Belinda Chayko breaks down how they mapped out and wrote the complex, compelling drama – and why television is the home for original Australian voices.

So what is the cost of creating an online series or video?

Where does the finance for TV drama come from? How do producers put together budgets for individual projects? How has this changed compared to ten years ago?