Despite all the hype about the streaming revolution, Netflix and Stan do not simply replace free-to-air TV; they complement and interact with it, write RMIT's Ramon Lobato and the University of Melbourne's Alexa Scarlata.
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Freya Tingley will play the lead in first-time US director Ali Presley Paras' mystery-thriller 'Year of the Detectives', which starts shooting in Los Angeles this month.
Universal’s 'First Man' has an Academy Award-winning director in Damien Chazelle, an Oscar-lauded writer in Josh Singer and stars two-time Oscar nominee Ryan Gosling. But that combination did not catapult the Neil Armstrong biopic to great heights.
If anyone can lay claim to the mantle of Australia’s most prolific indie filmmaker - and the fastest - it would be Matthew Victor Pastor.
Almost three quarters of parents and carers who responded to a recent survey conducted by Raising Films Australia reported that their caring responsibilities have had a negative impact on their career in the screen industry. Of those, 86 per cent were women, many of whom were freelancers on incomes below the Australian median. As a result, many people hide the fact they have kids/are a carer, or take on more than a full-time load to survive. Others simply leave the industry altogether.
The Equity Foundation will present a series of workshops and seminars with leading British “intimacy coordinator” Ita O’Brien in Australia and New Zealand in November and December.
Bruna Papandrea and Steve Hutensky's Made Up Stories has acquired the rights to The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart, the debut novel from Australian author Holly Ringland with plans to turn the coming-of-age drama into a TV series.
Former ABC, BBC Worldwide and Keo Films Australia executive Brendan Dahill has joined Essential Media Group (EMG) as general manager and executive producer for Australia and New Zealand, a newly-created position.