Two days after the Writers Guild of America was able to secure protections against the use of artificial intelligence in scripting film and television content, the Australian Writers' Guild made its own stand against the technology.
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The COVID experience and deeper aspects of the human condition are among the themes explored by the nominees for this year's Byron Bay Film Festival Young Australian Filmmaker of the Year award.
'PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie' enjoyed a second round at no. 1 last weekend, just defeating Disney sci-fi 'The Creator'.
Film-focused social network Letterboxd, founded by New Zealand entrepreneurs Matthew Buchanan and Karl von Randow, has been acquired by Canadian holding firm Tiny in a deal reported to be worth more than $US50 million.
When Tehran-born writer-director Noora Niasari told producer Vincent Sheehan about the time she spent living in a women's shelter during her childhood, on which her film 'Shayda' was to be based, he realised he was being told a "distinctly Australian" story, but one he had never seen on the screen before.
Vista Group has launched Oneview, a mobile app and digital assistant designed to offer exhibitors real-time access to insights such as box office, admissions and market share, food and beverage performance, operational KPIs, member insights and release calendars.
Bus Stop Films has added new clips of production-related Auslan signs to its Inclusive Filmmaking Toolkit in order to help people in the film, TV, and commercial production industries communicate better with Deaf/hard-of-hearing people on set.
Macedonia will put Goran Stolevski's third feature 'Housekeeping for Beginners' forward for the Best International Feature Oscar.