CinefestOZ CEO Malinda Nixon has announced her resignation after nearly 15 years of leading the regional film festival.
If you can tell a story in the pub, you can write a film script: You just need to know the techniques. So says 'Master and Commander', 'Happy Feet', 'Tanna' and 'Hotel Mumbai' scribe John Collee, who is emphatic that there there is no "dark magic" to screenwriting.
Warner Bros' 'Magic Mike's Last Dance' has finally ended an eight week run at the top of the box office for 'Avatar: The Way of Water'.
Production in Australia is booming. In the last four years, the Producer Offset, PDV Offset and the combined Location Offset and Incentive have resulted in a whopping $16.5 billion of economic output, and in the last financial year alone, created 20,600 jobs. However, a new report from Olsberg SPI suggests uncertainty about the future of the Location Incentive risks continued growth and infrastructure investment.
Emalia, Naomi Sequeira, Miah Madden, Courtney Clarke and Courtney Monsma will play the members of Harlow, a manufactured girl group born out of early reality TV, in 10's 'Paper Dolls'.
Employing an intimacy coordinator to guide scenes that contain sex or nudity has quickly become standard practice in Australia. However, given ICs are still relatively new, there are misconceptions about the role. ICs are not “white knights” or policemen, and their role is often creative. Read our in-depth explainer.
Greater scrutiny of feature film projects and more emphasis on stories that can travel are among the focuses for two of the country's leading production companies in the year ahead amid ongoing challenges in the theatrical landscape.
Lingo Pictures' eight-part drama 'The Messenger' has found a German co-production partner in FabFiction - a scripted co-production initiative between ARD’s public broadcasters NDR, SWR and WDR.