The initial results on films pitched to Australian moviegoers via cinema-on-demand platform Tugg, either as an exclusive offering or in combination with conventional distribution, have been encouraging.
The Australian screen industry can expect minimal growth in filmed entertainment over the next five years as the boom in on-demand services is offset by the continued decline of DVD sales and rentals.
Cinema-on-demand platform Fan-Force is taking on a growing number of Australian films as well as working on titles with independent distributors.
Distributor and cinema-on-demand platform FanForce has launched streaming service FanForce TV, with a focus on community-led viewing and online discussion of films.
The flying foxes that soar across Sydney each evening face many challenges: impacted by heatwaves, evicted from urban parklands, struggling to survive an ongoing loss of habitat. Bat carers save a handful here and there, and ecologists document their struggles, as threats escalate. Filmed over six years, The Weather Diaries reaches its climax in 2020, as temperatures soar, bushfires rage, and flying fox pups die in record numbers. Drayton ruminates on our failure to value these essential pollinators and the forests they sustain, and reflects on the implications for her daughter Imogen, a girl long inspired by Studio Ghibli’s Princess Mononoke, who’s emerging from the classical confines of the Conservatorium High School to embark on a career as an electronic pop artist.
'The Flood', Victoria Wharfe-McIntyre's debut feature, follows a female heroine (Alexis Lane) as she exacts revenge on an unjust colonial Australia.
If Australia needs inspiration for the ongoing battle against COVID-19, it can be found in the country's efforts to eliminate cervical cancer, according to Sue Collins.
Given the rise of hybrid film festivals across the past 18 months, it's fitting that some film productions also incorporate pre-pandemic elements with the new normal.