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THE BOY FROM OZ: THE BLOKE WHO CALLS STRAYA HOME
Anthony O’Connor has a way with words. Just ask any of the filmmakers who’ve felt his slings and arrows as one of the nation's leading film critics, most recently at FilmInk; or the actors (amongst...
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2021 ADG AWARDS FIND NEW HOME AT ACTORS CENTRE AUSTRALIA
The 2021 Australian Director’s Guild (ADG) Awards will unfurl at a Gala Luncheon in Sydney on October 22 at the Actors Centre Australia (ACA) in Leichhardt. One of the local sector’s most prestigious...
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VALE KATE FERGUSON
Kate Ferguson, a vibrant and adored industry presence who parlayed her experience as a gifted actress and musician into a second phase career mentoring young talent, passed away on July 2 after a...
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NEMO HEADS NORTH AS DISNEY+ SERIES NAUTILUS DOCKS IN QUEENSLAND
Screen Queensland has announced that studio streaming arm Disney+ will film its live-action sci-fi adventure original series Nautilus at Village Roadshow Studios and surrounding Gold Coast locations...
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MINDEROO PICTURES LAUNCH PROMISES PROGRESSIVE PROJECT SLATE
Asia-Pacific’s largest philanthropic organisation, Minderoo Foundation, has announced the launch of a social impact film enterprise, to be overseen by executive producer Richard Harris. The...
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OZ FILMMAKERS HONOURED WITH AUSPOST LEGENDS STAMP SERIES
Five of Australia’s most talented film directors are being honoured in the 26th annual Australia Post Legends Awards, celebrating their powerful contributions to Australian culture and the global film...
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BACK TO BACK THEATRE'S DEBUT FILM BOUND FOR SYDNEY FILM FEST PREMIERE
Australia’s acclaimed Back to Back Theatre, a professional theatre company with an ensemble of actors with disabilities at its core, will screen their debut feature Shadow at the 2022 Sydney Film...
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STEPHANIE ALEXANDER AND MAGGIE BEER’S TUSCAN COOKBOOK HEADED FOR THE BIG SCREEN
Australian production and distribution studio Arcadia has optioned Stephanie Alexander and Maggie Beer’s bestseller Tuscan Cookbook and Stephanie’s Journal for adaptation to the big screen. Akin to...
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FURY ROAD FOLLOW-UP FURIOSA FIRES UP IN AUSTRALIAN OUTBACK
Principal photography is underway on Academy Award-winning filmmaker George Miller’s Furiosa, the much-anticipated return to the iconic dystopian world he created more than 30 years ago with the...
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CAMERAS ROLL ON KINGDOM OF THE PLANETS OF THE APES AT DISNEY STUDIOS AUSTRALIA
SYDNEY – 20th Century Studios’ Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes, starring Owen Teague,, Freya Allan, Peter Macon and Kevin Durand, has begun production in Sydney at the newly-renamed Disney Studios...
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PRAYERS ANSWERED AS CHURCH CITY AUDS FLOCK TO ADELAIDE FILM FESTIVAL
The 2022 Adelaide Film Festival (AFF) has wrapped with the news that the 12-day event achieved a new box office and audience attendance record. With audience attendance up 13% from the last AFF in...
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CASTING SECTOR HERALDS NEXT GEN TALENT POOL IN RISING STARS LIST
The Casting Guild of Australia has crowned Australia’s top emerging talent of 2022, revealing its 8th annual list of CGA Rising Stars. The annual list has a strong track-record of picking Australian...
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MERCURY CX PITCHING HARD FOR DOLLARS, INDUSTRY SUPPORT AS CLOSURE BECKONS
An 11th hour effort to raise crucial funding dollars for Adelaide’s Mercury CX will be the key agenda item at what has been dubbed the Extraordinary General Meeting. In what amounts to an...
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WARWICK THORNTON'S LATEST IN CANNES CONTENTION
Award-winning First Nations filmmaker’s Warwick Thornton’s spiritual drama The New Boy has been selected for this years’ Cannes Film Festival Un Certain Regard program. This is the second film from...
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2023 REMIX SUMMIT SYDNEY TO EXPLORE CULTURE, TECHNOLOGY & ENTREPRENEURSHIP
The global REMIX Summit returns to Sydney for a special national event to explore the future of the cultural and creative industries. To be held at the Australian National Maritime Museum from June...
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COASTAL SURGE FEST LATEST REGIONAL LOVE-IN FOR NSW FILM TALENT
In a move that many locals feel is long overdue for an area so rich with artistic communities and creative entrepreneurs, the New South Wales’ Central Coast on Australia’s eastern seaboard will...
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NSW SECTOR NATION'S PRODUCTION LEADER, SAYS ABS SURVEY
The eighth Film, Television and Digital Games Survey released on Friday, June 23 provides a detailed snapshot of how the Australian industry has changed since 2015/16. The survey, commissioned by the...
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SHAYDA TO REP OZ FOR BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE AT THE ACADEMY AWARDS
Australian drama SHAYDA, from Iranian-Australian debut writer and director Noora Niasari, has been announced as the official Australian submission for Best International Feature Film at the 96th...
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VALE JOHN PILGER: FIVE FILMS TO WATCH
Australian journalist and documentarian John Pilger has passed away, aged 84, in his London home. Born in Sydney’s Eastern suburbs, Pilger would become the most important and influential factual...
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EPIC SHARK THRILLER BEAST OF WAR STARTS SHOOTING
Screen NSW, Screen Queensland, Bronte Pictures and Pictures in Paradise have announced that principal photography has officially commenced in Australia on Beast Of War, the eagerly awaited shark...
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