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With huge successes such as The Nightingale and Deadloch, Tasmania’s creatives have built a screen industry worth protecting.
Apps like Stremio are cheaper and easier to navigate than streaming services. In many ways, they solve the very problems streaming initially promised to fix.
From sticking to prestige themes, to carefully timed releases, to millions spent on publicity – there’s plenty of politics behind Hollywood’s greatest accolade.
Paramount’s A$156 billion takeover of Warner Bros Discover benefits Donald Trump, Netflix and some of the richest men in Hollywood. That’s about it.
Matchbox Pictures, the production house behind shows The Survivors and Stateless, is being shut after 18 years of business.
Netflix meets TikTok in the fast-paced world of vertical dramas. This billion-dollar industry is blowing up – while riding on worker exploitation.
It’s hard to overstate the importance of Sunday Too Far Away for the fledgling South Australian Film Corporation.
This research suggests people may not be as bothered by the use of AI in filmmaking as you might expect.
The ‘oner’ has a long history. Today, this unique approach to shooting has became a major test of creative vision.
Although competition between streaming platforms remains as hot as ever, viewers seem to be getting the short end of of the stick.
Commercial TV broadcasters once commissioned around 300 hours of Australian drama each year. Last year, they commissioned just nine hours of new, non-soap drama.
Industry connections have always made it easier to break into Hollywood. But the problem isn’t just American.
While the government is showing support and generosity to foreign filmmakers and commercial television interests, it seems less inclined to demonstrate similar largesse to its own creators.
In a survey of 600 members of the screen industry, 74% of carers felt their caring responsibilities had a negative impact on their career. Of these, 86% were women.
Social media entertainers are creative, entrepreneurial and masters at building the communities that support them. But regulations currently under review could strangle this nascent industry.
This week actors including Cate Blanchett signed an open letter calling on the government to protect our screen industry. More needs to be done to create a sustainable local industry beyond Dora-style, Hollywood productions.
Online video is flourishing in Australia with very little government attention. Content creators like Youtube channel RackaRacka are getting millions of viewers, numbers the traditional screen industry can only dream of.
Screen Australia has announced a five point plan to promote gender balance, including A$3 million funding for female-led creative projects.
If the Australian screen industry is to grow into the future and prosper, it cannot ignore the untapped creative talent and leadership potential of women. We need strategies to address this problem.
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