Should screen producers brace themselves for a federal government review of subsidies, grants and tax breaks for the industry?
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Malcolm Smith is retiring from Foxtel at the end of the month after 10 years with the pay-TV broadcaster and a lengthy career in production and as a film and TV executive.
It's been another successful year for the country's premier drama schools, at least measured by the number of actor graduates that have signed with Australian talent agents.
Australian Cinematographers Society national president Ron Johanson felt he was being called to the headmaster's office when he was asked to take an urgent Skype call from the AFI/AACTA.
Screen Australia's Enterprise Program has demonstrably been a major success in helping businesses become more sustainable in the past five years- so will the agency allocate more funds to the program for the next five years?
The decision by the AFI/AACTA to maintain seven awards for non-Australian films while combining the best TV comedy and best light entertainment series into one category has been challenged by several producers.
The Australian sound industry is in mourning today after the news respected sound supervisor, Andrew Plain, has this morning lost his battle with cancer.
Screen industry guilds and producers fear a trade treaty which the Australian government is negotiating with the US and 10 other countries will threaten local content regulations.