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Box office: ‘How to Train Your Dragon’, ‘Materialists’ fly high

Family fare continues its grip on the box office, with 'How to Train Your Dragon' scoring 2025’s third highest opening last weekend, though 'Materialists' - a rare adult romantic drama - stood out with a strong no. 2 debut.

Film News Professional Development

Toothfish announces on-set workflow upskilling opportunities at Backlot Perth

On-set workflow services company Toothfish is hosting a trio of...

Film News

NSW Government unveils $380m screen and digital games support package, with $100m capital fund for second Sydney studio

Nearly two years after it threatened to cut screen funding, the NSW Government is stepping up its investment in the sector, revealing a $380 million package of screen and digital games support as part of the 2025-26 Budget, including a $100 million capital fund towards a second Sydney studio.

Awards Festivals Film News

‘The Meaningless Daydreams of Augie & Celeste’ wins top prize at St Kilda

Pernell Marsden's short 'The Meaningless Daydreams of Augie & Celeste' continues to generate acclaim, snaring the top prize at St Kilda Film Festival last night.

Awards Festivals Film News

Jafar Panahi’s ‘It Was Just an Accident’ awarded $60,000 Sydney Film Prize

Jafar Panahi’s It Was Just an Accident was awarded the...

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Box office: ‘How to Train Your Dragon’, ‘Materialists’ fly high

Toothfish announces on-set workflow upskilling opportunities at Backlot Perth

NSW Government unveils $380m screen and digital games support package, with $100m capital fund for second Sydney studio

‘The Meaningless Daydreams of Augie & Celeste’ wins top prize at St Kilda

Jafar Panahi’s ‘It Was Just an Accident’ awarded $60,000 Sydney Film Prize

Premium

‘Without regulation, it’s not going to happen’: Streamer investment in local docs under scrutiny at SFF

‘It’s the coolest adventure ever’: Filmmakers behind ‘Fwends’, ‘Slanted’, ‘Lesbian Space Princess’ get candid about making features for the first time

Personality clash? Or just a management gap? How screen leaders can navigate working with ‘difficult’ people

In Production

A-Men

Synopsis: Men confront emotions through the art of strip tease, transforming vulnerability...

Into the Night

Synopsis: An epic investigation into one of Australia’s most baffling crimes. This...

Balancing Acts

Synopsis: Balancing Acts charts two intersecting stories – the life of Chinese...

A5 s2

Synopsis: It all started with a viral video that no one could...

Curls

Synopsis: Isabel, a forty year-old editor is seeking a mature relationship in...

Swing Set

Synopsis: A couple’s relationship enters a new phase after an impulsive visit to...

Deep Dive Thanks to Media Super

A Deep Dive into retirement: Why Media Super supports Australian screen industry conferences, campaigns, and policy initiatives

A Deep Dive into retirement: How screen professionals can manage retirement risks amid stop-start work

A Deep Dive into retirement: How screen professionals can build a comfortable retirement lifestyle

“It’s the secondary what now?”

Writers join directors in clarifying rights to secondary royalties.

Screen Forever Thanks to Audio Network

Talk from the floor: The conversations you may have missed from Screen Forever

What’s still on the table for film and TV when parliament is recalled

‘Producers are getting their heads around it’: Do screen projects need to leverage social media creators more?

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Disney Studios – Australia’s Production Hub

Disney Studios Australia remains a premier production hub, supporting major local and international projects with world-class facilities, creative services, and a thriving screen industry community in the heart of Sydney.

Film

Caitlin Mae Burke, Elizabeth Lo, Simon Price announced as mentors for Antenna Rough Cut Lab

Emmy-winning producer Caitlin Mae Burke and 'Stray' director Elizabeth Lo will join Simon Price as mentors for this year's Antenna Documentary Film Festival Rough Cut Lab.

Australians in Film launches ‘Insider Sessions’ development initiative with literary adaptation online masterclass

The art and business of adapting literary works for film and television is the subject of a new three-part online masterclass series from Australians in Film.

NIDA announces $50,000 Netflix Specialist Make-Up Scholarship

NIDA has teamed up with Netflix to provide $50,000 in scholarship funding to a First Nations or person of colour student studying NIDA’s Diploma of Screen and Media (Specialist Make-Up Services) in 2026.

Othelia Technologies expands to the US, names Scott Greenberg executive chairman

Sydney-based native-AI story design and management platform Othelia Technologies is expanding to the US, with former CEO of Bento Box Entertainment Scott Greenberg boarding the company as executive chairman.

On Location in the Vast Interior

A retrospective taking a look at the some of the best shooting locations in regional Australia.

TV & Streaming

BBC acquires ‘Mix Tape’ for the UK

The BBC has taken the UK rights to Australian-Irish co-production 'Mix Tape', with the four-part series starring Teresa Palmer and Jim Sturgess to screen on BBC iPlayer and BBC Two.

Event wrap-up: ‘Mix Tape’ premieres in Sydney

Binge original series Mix Tape had its Australian premiere at Sydney's Oxford Art Factory on Wednesday night, with stars Teresa Palmer, Jim Sturgess, Ben Lawson, Julia Savage, Jacqueline McKenzie, and Chika Ikogwe walking the red carpet.

ABC announces permanent Your Say initiative, greater investment in news documentaries after ‘Q&A’ axed

The ABC has revealed plans for a permanent version of its Your Say audience engagement initiative from the Federal Election while committing to more news documentaries, following the axing of long-time panel program 'Q&A'.

Screen Queensland select inaugural six participants for The Writers’ Room

Screen Queensland has announced the six screenwriters who will take part in the first year of The Writers’ Room, a talent development initiative offering guidance from some of Australia’s most respected showrunners and screenwriters.

Tech

Wooden Camera launches Elite Handheld Accessories

Wooden Camera has introduced an Elite Handheld Accessories collection that includes new designs for crossbars, extensions, and a new partnership for handles.

ARRI announces Network Interface Adapter NIA-1

ARRI has launched the Network Interface Adapter NIA-1, which introduces Ethernet connectivity to the ARRI Electronic Control System.

Hoyts wins Australian Web Award for mobile app

Hoyts took home a 2025 Australian Web Award late last month, recognising the cinema chain's new mobile app.

Cineflares Lens Lab completes profiling of 100 lens sets, adds new tools

Cinematographer Markus Förderer's interactive lens flare library, Cineflares Lens Lab, has completed profiling 100 of the industry's top lens families.

New Zealand

Business Distribution New Zealand News TV & Streaming

DCD Rights makes Central and Eastern Europe sales for ‘My Life is Murder’, ‘The Secret She Keeps’

Ahead of NEM and NAPTE Budapest, UK-based distributor DCD Rights has secured sales across Central and Eastern Europe. for both Greenstone Pictures' 'My Life is Murder' and Lingo Pictures' 'The Secret She Keeps'.

Business Distribution Film New Zealand News

Umbrella rebrands amid multi-pronged expansion championing ANZ film

Distributor Umbrella has dropped 'Entertainment' from its name and unveiled a new logo as part of rebrand signalling the company's growth, including recent moves into production and international sales, expanded operations in New Zealand, and launch of AVOD platform Brollie and Foxtel channel Aussie Classics.

New Zealand News TV & Streaming

Melissa George to lead New Zealand crime dramedy ‘Ms. X’

Aussie Melissa George will play a suburban mum inadvertently drawn into the criminal underworld in a new crime dramedy set to commence production in New Zealand for Warner Bros. Discovery’s free-to-air network Three and BVOD service ThreeNow.

Film New Zealand News Professional Development

University of Canterbury unveils Kōawa Studios Industry Advisory Board

Director Michelle Walshe, Whitebait Media founder Janine Morrell-Gunn, media-tech entrepreneur and Emmy judge Catherine Warren, and creative technologist Nikora Ngaropo have joined other leaders from the screen and technology sectors on the University of Canterbury's Digital Screen Kōawa Studios Industry Advisory Board.

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