This year's batch of TV and drama productions are expected to claim up to $160 million in tax rebates over the next several years
Inside Film follows the biggest local film of the year during its production across three continents
Bruce Beresford's dance epic Mao's Last Dancer leads the local box office after taking more than $6.3 million
Mao's Last Dancer is one of the top 50 grossing Australian films of all time after just one week at the box office
Mao's Last Dancer has taken $3,320,605 to nearly top local 2009 releases after only five days
Bruce Beresford's next project will be an Aus-Canadian co-production penned by David Williamson
Australian film legend Jack Thompson and his broadcast journalist brother Peter Thompson has been announced amongst three others, to present the Asia Pacific Screen Awards ceremony on Queensland's Gold Coast on Tuesday, November 11.
In the run-up to the 2008 Asia Pacific Screen Awards, CNN will feature the power and reach of Asia-Pacific cinema in four half-hour documentaries starting October 4th, that will include Bruce Beresford's Mao's Last Dancer.