Judging Australian films' success or failure by their local B.O. results is unfair and misleading, according to several academics who have devised a new formula for measuring the global impact of individual titles.
Average cinema ticket prices in Australia have risen by more than 22 per cent since 2009 to a 30-year high while attendances have fallen by about 14 per cent in the past 10 years.
The 2016 AACTA nominations were announced last week to the usual gamut of responses ranging from delight to disappointment and dismay. This year the absence of women nominees in a number of categories has been especially singled out for attention.
The cinema is repeatedly held to be dead or dying. Evidence to support these claims is practically non-existent.
Independent cinema owners from across the country are gathered at the 2017 ICAA Conference in Sydney this week to talk about the future for film exhibition.
The appointment of Dutch archivist Jan Müller as CEO of the National Film and Sound Archive (NFSA), the third non-Australian to occupy the post in 12 years, has raised hackles in sections of the industry.
Screen Australia’s Gender Matters initiative is not tackling the male dominance of the film production industry, according to Professor Deb Verhoeven, who proposes a radical solution: deny funding to men who don’t employ women in their creative teams.
Australian moviegoers are far less receptive to Hollywood action/adventure movies than US audiences, according to a new study.