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National Indian Film Festival to be held across Australia next month

A new celebration of South Asian cinema will be held across the country next month, with the Australian Centre for Indian Cinema announcing the inaugural National Indian Film Festival of Australia (NIFFA).

Film News Production

Claudia Dzienny’s ‘Scoby’ commences production in Sydney with writer and star Emma Leonard

'800 Words' star Emma Leonard has written and will lead a new comedy feature that has begun filming in Sydney.

Business News TV & Streaming

Prime Video launches Crunchyroll add-on subscription for Australian customers

Amazon Prime Video has welcomed Sony-owned anime streaming service Crunchyroll to its stable of add-on subscriptions in Australia.

Box Office Film

Aus box office: ‘Venom: The Last Dance’ opens in top spot; ‘Runt’ reaches $5.7m

Comic book movie 'Venom: The Last Dance' has opened in top spot at the local box office over the weekend, earning $4.72 million across 601 screens.

Box Office

Google’s Dean Schrafft on how data and AI can help exhibitors boost box office

With the quality and quantity of data continuing to evolve as new technologies such as artificial intelligence exert greater influence, Sean Slatter speaks with Google industry manager (media, entertainment and technology AU/NZ) Dean Schrafft about the state of exhibition.

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National Indian Film Festival to be held across Australia next month

Claudia Dzienny’s ‘Scoby’ commences production in Sydney with writer and star Emma Leonard

Prime Video launches Crunchyroll add-on subscription for Australian customers

Aus box office: ‘Venom: The Last Dance’ opens in top spot; ‘Runt’ reaches $5.7m

Google’s Dean Schrafft on how data and AI can help exhibitors boost box office

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Film

AFTRS teams up with RMIT to offer Victorian short courses

Four new short courses focusing on the Victorian film industry's most pressing skill needs will be available in the state from early December as part of a new partnership between the Australian Film Television and Radio School (AFTRS) and RMIT University’s School of Media and Communication.

Applications open for second AACTA Young Stars: National Youth Casting Call

Applications are now open for the second year of the AACTA Young Stars: National Youth Casting Call, which is delivered in collaboration with Casting Networks® and the Casting Guild of Australia.

‘Furiosa’, ‘Runt’ among nominees for 2024 CGA Awards

The casting for 'Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga', 'Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes', 'Windcatcher', and 'Runt' has been recognised in the nominations for the 2024 Casting Guild of Australia Awards announced on Monday.

Nina Oyama, Remi Hii, Miranda Otto dive in for ‘The Pout Pout Fish’

Aussies Nina Oyama, Remi Hii, and Miranda Otto have joined international stars Nick Offerman, Amy Sedaris, and Jordin Sparks in the voice cast for Like A Photon Creative and MIMO Studios' animated feature 'The Pout Pout Fish'.

“It’s the secondary what now?”

Writers join directors in clarifying rights to secondary royalties.

TV & Streaming

Why screen composers’ television copyright fees continue to decline

Screen composers' declining television copyright income is being caused by falling advertising across the free-to-air sector, a lack of content quotas, and streaming platform's onerous contracts.

Nicole Delprado and Kate Separovich’s ‘Fox Hunt’ selected for Dynamic Television Scripted Initiative

An eight-part crime series about an investigator who navigates the line between hunter and hunted will receive $100,000 in development funding as part of the Dynamic Television Scripted Initiative.

‘Words cannot describe how much it means’: Screen NSW announces teams for Pathways Development Program

Screen NSW has announced the recipients for the Pathways Development Program, an initiative to support three projects from creatives with disability.

AIDC Leading Lights funding program opens for emerging and diverse creatives

The Australian International Documentary Conference's (AIDC) Leading Lights program is calling for entries.

New Zealand

Film New Zealand News Professional Development

NZ animation studio Stretchy brings ‘Kiri and Lou’ feature to University of Canterbury

New Zealand animation studio Stretchy has established a studio at the University of Canterbury (UC) to house production on feature Kiri and Lou Rarararara!.

New Zealand News TV & Streaming

Cameras roll on Netflix limited series ‘East of Eden’ in New Zealand with Garth Davis directing

Netflix limited series 'East of Eden' has commenced production in New Zealand, with Garth Davis directing a cast led by Florence Pugh.

Film New Zealand News

Screen Wellington spotlights region’s creative diversity with ‘Make it Here’ showreel

Screen Wellington has spotlighted New Zealand’s creative technology scene with a new showreel.

Film New Zealand News

Taratoa Stappard’s ‘Mārama’ gets underway in NZ with Ariāna Osborne, Toby Stephens

Parts of New Zealand will double for 18th-century Yorkshire in Taratoa Stappard's feature debute 'Mārama', which has commenced production.

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