The amount spent on scripted content in Australia in the last financial year - $2.34 billion across 213 titles - is only a smidgen down on the prior year's record high of $2.43 billion. Yet whereas 2021/22's result was driven by unseen levels of expenditure on local drama, 2022/23 was fuelled by an all-time high in foreign spend.
As the old adage goes, knowledge is power. In the post-pandemic landscape, data has never been more vital for both distributors and exhibitors to understand audience behaviour, informing how to best position films to the market and both maximise box office and the bottom line. We talk to representatives from across Google and Vista Group.
Garth Davis' third feature 'Foe', in cinemas now, features a house that was built between the Winton Wetlands in northeast Victoria and Docklands Studios Melbourne.
'Star Wars' actress Daisy Ridley will head to WA early next year for 'We Bury the Dead', a new survival-thriller film from Zak Hilditch that will be filmed in the state's great southern region.
Visual effects producer Diana Giorgiutti, who had more than 40 years experience in the industry, died last week. The veteran has been remembered by friends and colleagues for her talent and pioneering work, as well as her warmth, calm, and positive leadership.
But wait, there's more. Here's the third instalment in our interview series with people who featured on our Rising Talent list in 2023. Make sure you send in your 2024 recommendations to us by Friday.
A new romance from Easy Tiger spanning Australia and India, along with some star power for previously announced crime drama 'Swift Street', led the scripted announcements for SBS as it unveiled its "biggest ever content line-up" for 2024 today.
The duo behind Melbourne's Cinema Nova, Barry Peak and Natalie Miller, are set to open a new cinema in December.