The new super agency for the film industry, Screen Australia, will receive $103 million for its first year of operation.
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UK VFX company Sparkle Media decided to open a Sydney office by 2009 after having shot a film with Cate Blanchett in Sydney.
Omnilab Media has announced that it is co-financing W, the biopic about President George W. Bush directed by Academy Award winner Oliver Stone.
Wolf Creek producer David Lightfoot has been attached to executive produce Storage, a new feature set to commence filming in Brisbane in May.
Gabriel director Shane Abbess has shelved plans to make a second Australian feature, with Universal Pictures announcing he will direct a sci-fi thriller produced by Saving Private Ryan producer Mark Gordon.
The giant fibreglass sculpture was presented to Pixar's John Lasseter at its California studio by ACMI director Tony Sweeney.
Australian Directors' Guild president Ray Argal has responded to the damaging allegations made by Australian Writer's Guild executive director Jacqueline Woodman about the ADG earlier this week.
The Australian Writers� Guild has decided to resign from the Australian Screen Council, due to concerns of what AWG executive director Jacqueline Woodman calls "financial mismanagement".