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Development executive Kristen Hodges’ 20 tips for aspiring film producers

Archipelago Productions development executive and former Screen Australia exec Kristen Hodges' tips for first-time feature producers.

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Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus reiterates support for copyright at Screenrights office opening

Attorney-General, Mark Dreyfus KC MP has reiterated his support for copyright as consumers continue to shift towards online screen content, creating new challenges for copyright law and government policy.

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Mark Fennessy’s HELIUM: “Be selective with what you bring to us”

Mark Fennessy looks back at what his independent production company HELIUM has achieved amid a changing marketplace.

Box Office

Aus box office: ‘Beetlejuice Beetlejuice’ opens in top spot

Tim Burton's long-awaited sequel, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, has opened in top spot at the Australian box office with $3.83 million.

CinefestOZ Film Prize Celebration (left to right): Cassandra Jordan (CEO CFOZ); Meyne Wyatt; Alex White; Margaret Buswell (CFOZ chairperson).

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‘The Moogai’ wins CinefestOZ $100,000 award

Indigenous psychological horror film The Moogai has claimed the 2024 CinefestOZ Film Prize Award and its $100,000 cashpot.

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Development executive Kristen Hodges’ 20 tips for aspiring film producers

Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus reiterates support for copyright at Screenrights office opening

Mark Fennessy’s HELIUM: “Be selective with what you bring to us”

Aus box office: ‘Beetlejuice Beetlejuice’ opens in top spot

‘The Moogai’ wins CinefestOZ $100,000 award

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Future checklist: 39 thoughts to explode your mind and future-proof your business

Julie Eckersley is SBS’s former head of scripted and previously spent nearly a decade at Matchbox Pictures.

Michael Rymer launches Magi Pictures with Shirley Pierce

Director Michael Rymer has partnered with Australian-based US screenwriter Shirley Peirce to launch new production company Magi Pictures.

David Stratton AM named 2024 National Cinema Pioneer of the Year

Australian film doyen David Stratton AM is set to receive the Society of Australian Cinema Pioneers' top honour at a presentation in Sydney on November 29.

Event wrap-up: CinefestOz

The festival opened with a special screening of kids film Runt, which will screen in cinemas from September 12.

Meet production designer Lina Zackariya

Lina Zackariya is Melbourne-based production designer and a passionate storyteller. She studied her bachelor’s degree in architecture at the University of Melbourne, then went on to study the Master of Design and Production, specialising in production design for screen, at the Victorian College of the Arts, which she graduated from in 2022.

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‘RFDS’ begins South Australian shoot

The third season of RFDS has begun its SA shoot, which is expected to inject more than $10 million into the state's economy.

‘NCIS: Sydney’ shoot underway in Northern Territory

The second season of Paramount series NCIS: Sydney has begun shooting in the Northern Territory.

Screen NSW revamps funding guidelines

Screen NSW has overhauled the way it funds productions under its new Creative Communities policy which is aimed at growing the state's cultural organisations and arts sector.

IF unveils revamp including all digital approach

After 217 print issues and 27 years, IF has become a permanent digital publication.

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Film New Zealand Professional Development

NZ youth film initiative The Outlook for Someday becomes Day One Hāpai te Haeata

New Zealand emerging filmmakers' project The Outlook for Someday will now be known as Day One Hāpai te Haeata after undergoing a brand refresh.

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Graeme Mason named NZFC board chair

Graeme Mason's next steps in the screen industry have been revealed, with the former Screen Australia CEO to take over as chair of the New Zealand Film Commission.

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Allen Marshall Palmer on the benefits of shooting in New Zealand

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New Zealand Film Commission announces two new appointments

The New Zealand Film Commission has announced two new appointments to its updated operating structure, with Esther Cahill-Chiaroni and Morgan Waru (Ngāti Porou) taking up the roles of development lead and development and investment executive, respectively.

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