A troupe of ex-criminals has agreed to go back to a prison to learn how to become actors in a new TV observational documentary series, Taking on the Chocolate Frog.
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Dylan Pope's Meteor Marmalade took the prize for best film and video at the 13th UTS Golden Eye awards presented on Monday night.
History remembers Franz Stampfl as one of the athletics world's premier coaches, a former Austrian art student who mentored Olympics champions including Roger Bannister, Christopher Chataway, Ralph Doubell and John Landy.
The plethora of new digital cinema cameras that have been released or announced over the last six months has created some interesting and enviable problems.
The weaker Australian dollar won't help attract offshore productions to Australia unless the location rebate is lifted from 16.5% to 30%, according to Ausfilm, studios and post production executives.
The Senate passed legislation on Tuesday night which tightens the definition of documentaries following the brouhaha over the Foxtel series Lush House.
Sonya Pemberton's documentary Jabbed: love, fear and vaccines drew a sizable audience on SBS last month and now a US version is in the works.
In a sign of confidence in the economically challenged post industry, sound post production facility Music and Effects has hired Julianne Deeb as Business Development Manager.