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  • Local content: policy, pressure points, options, impacts - Part 4: Other big themes and observations

    Co-production treaties, low wages, poor mental health, inadequate training, foreign workers and intellectual property are all raised in submissions.

    08 Sep 2017
    By Sandy George

  • Australia at Venice 2017

    Sweet Country has premiered in Venice to critical acclaim and a standing ovation but director Warwick Thornton is just relieved that people have finally seen the film.

    07 Sep 2017
    By Screen Australia

  • Above Average and Screen Australia announce production of Small Town Hackers

    Above Average and Screen Australia, in association with Screenwest and Lotterywest, are proud to announce Small Town Hackers, a three-part online series commissioned exclusively by Above Average, the digital studio founded by legendary comedy producer Lorne Michaels’ Broadway Video (Saturday Night Live, The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon, Portlandia).

    06 Sep 2017
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  • Stratton from Venice

    Venice Film Festival jury member David Stratton speaks from Italy about Warwick Thornton’s Sweet Country, his reviewing career, his greatest achievements and his earliest movie memory.

    06 Sep 2017
    By Helen Barlow

  • Cate McQuillen gets grubby

    International Emmy® Award-winning dirtgirlworld co-creator Cate McQuillen talks about expanding the kid’s series into the live action Get Grubby TV and building up the Northern Rivers talent pool.

    06 Sep 2017
    By Caris Bizzaca

  • Anne Edmonds on keeping comedy fresh

    Comedian and The Edge of the Bush creator Anne Edmonds on giving stand-up comedy characters new life on the screen – and the pressure of playing four of them.

    06 Sep 2017
    By Caris Bizzaca

  • Bruna Papandrea and Naomi Watts developing Australian projects

    Screen Australia has announced Story Development funding for 14 features and three online series, as well as one industry placement, totalling $500,000. Included among the slate are two features produced by Bruna Papandrea through Made Up Stories; a feature directorial debut project from Bondi Hipsters writer/directors Connor and Christiaan Van Vuuren.

    05 Sep 2017
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  • This is Desmondo Ray! Prologue

    A peculiar man searches for love in a dark and troubling world.

    28 Aug 2017
    By Screen Australia

  • Collie, Karvan and McNamara on the evolution of TV

    Doctor Doctor producers Ian Collie, Claudia Karvan and Tony McNamara weigh in on season 2, the evolution of the TV industry and nurturing new voices.

    23 Aug 2017
    By Caris Bizzaca

  • Ali’s Wedding: a long time coming

    The star of Ali’s Wedding, Osamah Sami, and producer Sheila Jayadev talk about how this true story is connecting with Australians in a way that transcends religion or skin colour.

    23 Aug 2017
    By Caris Bizzaca

  • Five Australian films selected for 2017 Toronto International Film Festival

    An additional two Australian films have been added to the Toronto International Film Festival’s (TIFF) 2017 program, 1% and The Butterfly Tree, screening in the Discovery program which showcases the work of emerging filmmakers.

    23 Aug 2017
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  • Rachel Griffiths to star in new SBS drama Dead Lucky

    Internationally acclaimed Australian actress Rachel Griffiths headlines the cast for new SBS crime thriller Dead Lucky, which starts filming in Sydney this week.

    21 Aug 2017
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