Friday 4 July, 2008 Fluff and kitchen hi-jinks give Nine a winner, along with improved ratings for the Footy Show, suggesting the drongos staged an informal strike. (sigh)
News Feature by: David Tiley Friday 4 July, 2008 The Queensland Department of Education, Training and the Arts has formally responded to our curiosity about the odd exclusion of Geoff Portman and Kerry O'Rourke. This is how the 'harmony' worked...
Friday 4 July, 2008 Treating international competition like a rugby game, the New Zealanders have introduced their own rebate scheme. Determined to be explicit, they have called it 'SPIF' - the Screen Production Incentive Fund.'
News Feature by: David Tiley Friday 4 July, 2008 'Taxi School', which won the pitching competition at AIDC 2007, is about to start shooting in Sydney, which is a good reason to stay away from the road until the subjects have had their accidents and been removed.
Friday 4 July, 2008 Releasing a film to the audience and the vultures of the media is a harrowing experience. In documentary, there''s a particular passion and vulnerability...
Wednesday 2 July, 2008 The Queensland Industry Film and Television Council may mark the end of a difficult relationship between government and the sector, but its origins were not quite what outsiders would assume, and the selection process a touch unusual.
News Feature by: Mark Poole Wednesday 2 July, 2008 As 'Forbidden Lie$ continues its public appearances, filmmakers at Headlands were able to ask a few pertinent questions of the articulate Anna Broinowski. Not all of them were about the money.
Wednesday 2 July, 2008 Nicholas Sarkozy, President of France, has a habit of turning on techs who are not sufficiently respectful. The most recent interchange has turned up on the interwebnets.
News Feature by: Alex Prior Monday 30 June, 2008 Children’s series Lockie Leonard 2 and Dogstar 2, feature film Mad Bastards and documentary My Asian Heart have collectively picked up $1 million and made some producers very, very happy.
News Feature by: David Tiley Monday 30 June, 2008 In the last board meeting for 2007-08, Film Victoria approved $2m worth of projects. Thirteen of them, covering production investment, TV pilots, and digital media.
Monday 30 June, 2008 Pauline Vetuna is the winner of the May iPod giveaway. Pauline Vetuna is the winner of the May iPod giveaway. In the meantime, of course, the June iPod giveaway is coming up again. To go in the draw for the June iPod giveaway, simply join or renew before midnight on June 30.
Monday 30 June, 2008 Tartan is no more. A dreadful moment in the UK and US, since the eclectic company handled a lot of horror, championed Asian cinema, created a lot of cult hits, and even held the rights to thirty (count them, thirty) Bergman films.
Monday 30 June, 2008 In addition to the staffing announcements we covered on Friday, the rapidly assembling SA (Scra?) has reminded us of the go-to people at the pointy end. That you may want to go-to by the end of today..
News Feature by: David Tiley Friday 27 June, 2008 On Tuesday July 1st, Screen Australia will have its first day of business, using an interim structure, which will incorporate the existing bits in exciting new combinations. So who has what, and where
Friday 27 June, 2008 We bring you a website that specialises in etymology (the history and meaning of words) as presented by scantily clad young women.
Monday 23 June, 2008 Ettamogah Entertainment has opened an animation production studio in Brighton, Melbourne. Ettamogah, for those who don’t remember venerable and long-dead publications such as The Australasian Post, was the mythical home of a bunch of blue-singlet-wearing cartoon characters called the Ettamogah Mob.
News Feature by: Alex Prior Monday 23 June, 2008 When Big Brother contestants leave the house they are not thrust heartlessly into the cold, but rather tucked under the large and protective management wing of the Harry M Miller group.
Monday 23 June, 2008 The evolution of Screentime’s latest drama series, False Witness began with a lunchtime conversation between a Screentime consultant (a former senior Federal police officer) and Greg Haddrick, Head of Drama.
News Feature by: David Tiley Friday 20 June, 2008 Board members of both organisations have now been announced. So who will decide the industry's destiny via Screen Australia?
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