The first steps towards creating a co-operative scheme to share information on Australian films’ costs and global revenues modelled on the Sundance Transparency Project will happen in Sydney this week.
The film industry is approaching the 2020 Summit with great optimism. Attendees Hal McElroy, Robert Connolly & Geoffrey Atherden speak with Inside Film about what they are bringing to the table.
The Australian Film Television and Radio School (AFTRS), Australia's national screen arts and broadcast School, will be launching its new courses for 2009 on Friday 22 August.
AFTRS has created two ground breaking Graduate Diploma courses specialising in Game Design and Virtual Worlds, which are two of the only courses in the world to explore the link between games or virtual worlds and cinematic story.
The Centre for Screen Business, in conjunction with Screenrights, has commissioned new media consultant Jennifer Wilson to write a white paper examining workable business models for the digital media space.
The conference for the next generation of screen practitioners, SPAA Fringe, launched last night in the sparkling new foyer of the Australian Film Television and Radio School in Sydney.
Former AFTRS head of design Jon Rohde has written an open letter responding to the termination of the production design course.
In response to AFTRS' announcement last week to suspend the Graduate Diploma in Production Design course in 2009, members of the industry have expressed to INSIDE FILM their disappointment. Here, AFTRS' Peter Millyn responds.