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  • Maya Newell and the documentary everyone is talking about: Gayby Baby

    Maya Newell’s feature documentary Gayby Baby follows four children with gay parents – Ebony, Gus, Graham and Matt – on their tricky path through adolescence against the backdrop of a growing marriage equality debate.

    01 Sep 2015
    By Screen Australia
  • 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
  • THE POPULAR PUPPETS OF AUSTRALIAN TV

    To celebrate the release of Sammy J and Randy in Ricketts Lane on ABC iview, we’re looking back at some other well-known Australian puppets who have made it big on the small screen.

    24 Aug 2015
    By Emma Carroll
  • Sammy J and Randy on pilots, cults and fart jokes

    Comedic duo Sammy J and Randy mark their TV sitcom debut with Sammy J and Randy in Ricketts Lane.

    18 Aug 2015
    By Emma Carroll
  • Creating a four-part divorce

    In the scheme of things, there really haven’t been that many operas written specifically for TV. The most enduring have been the seasonal favourite, Menotti’s Amahl and the Night Visitors, Britten’s Owen Wingrave, Stravinsky’s The Flood and, in Australia, Peter Sculthorpe’s Quiros (written for the 50th anniversary of the ABC in 1982).

    12 Aug 2015
    By Phillip Sametz
  • iview + you: The lowdown

    ABC heads of department and Screen Australia managers give you the lowdown on how to work with iview as a marketplace attachment for Screen Australia funding. And, what type of content iview is looking for.

    12 Aug 2015
    By Screen Australia
  • Hear from global drama consultant John Yorke

    You can attend a talk by John when he's in Sydney next week, or stream it online.

    12 Aug 2015
    By Screen Australia
  • The morning after the night before

    Fragments of Friday is a new Aussie web series about three friends trying to figure out what they’d done on their Friday nights.

    12 Aug 2015
    By Emma Carroll
  • Calling all animated kids content creators

    Apply now for available Screen Australia travel grants to the Asian Animation Summit.

    07 Aug 2015
    By Screen Australia
  • Stage to screen: theatre directors turn to film

    While novels have been a longstanding staple of screen material, this year sees an unprecedented number of stage plays translated to film by some of the most established names in theatre.

    04 Aug 2015
    By Caroline Baum
  • Tragedy or coming-of-age? Where we’re at with film distribution

    Never has it been more challenging to do what we do. But just what the future holds for the Australian film industry is up to us. Put simply, we have a choice – evolve or risk becoming obsolete.

    30 Jul 2015
    By Rebekah Devlin
  • One-man show to feature film: Sucker

    Australian feature film Sucker has its world premiere at the Melbourne International Film Festival in August. It's come a long since its beginnings as a one-man stage show.

    29 Jul 2015
    By Screen Australia