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All articles by Sandy George
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NewsJafar Panahi’s Cannes-winner ‘It Was Just An Accident’ scoops Sydney Film Prize
The 72nd Sydney Film Festival broke attendance records.
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NewsAustralia puts streamer content quotas back on the agenda
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has said he backs introducing content quotas.
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News‘Boss Cat’ starts shooting in Australia for disability-led Bus Stop Films and Madman Entertainment (exclusive)
‘Boss Cat’ stars Olivia Hargroder, who has Trisomy 21, as young woman who learns the street dance style of krumping.
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NewsAustralian producers, writers, and directors believe demand for features is falling
Screen Australia conducted a survey of nearly 1,000 industry professionals to assess attitudes to the future.
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FeaturesAustralia’s Troy Lum on his distribution and production businesses: “Supporting creativity is my aim”
Australian distributor Troy Lum is a key buyer of international and arthouse films through Kismet, and he produces too — now through Brouhaha Entertainment. He explains how he maintains his portfolio.
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NewsAustralia sees film and TV production fall steeply in 2023-2024
Total budgets reached A$214m, a 50% fall on the five-year average.
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News‘Insomniac City’, ‘Ok Boomer’ set to shoot for Brouhaha in 2025 (exclusive)
Troy Lum, Andrew Mason and Gabriella Tana’s Brouhaha Entertainment is based between Sydney and London.
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Features“Coproduction has got to be a focus,” says Screen Australia CEO Deirdre Brennan
Brennan reveals her priorities in one of her first interviews since taking on the role in January.
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NewsHorror films comprise 50% of Screen Australia’s latest feature investments
Australia horor titles such as ‘Talk To Me’ have done well at the international box office.
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FeaturesFirst Bhutan International Film Festival to spotlight local talent alongside world cinema
The event in the heart of the Himalayas will feature masterclasses including UK producer Charles Steel.
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NewsMatthew Rankin’s ‘Universal Language’ wins top prize at Melbourne film festival
A special jury award went to Gints Zilbalodis’s ‘Flow’.
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NewsAustralian producer Mat Govoni wins top prize at Melbourne’s 37º South Market
Mat Govoni’s credits include ’Late Night With The Devil’, released by IFC in North America earlier this year.
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NewsThe buzziest films with Australian audiences at the Sydney Film Festival 2024
Artistic director Nashen Moodley said young audiences had returned and pushed up ticket sales.
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FeaturesWhy one Australian beach proved the perfect location for Nicholas Cage thriller ‘The Surfer’
Screen talks to producer James Grandison about finding the perfect surf break.
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FeaturesFuture Leaders 2024: Kate Fitzpatrick (Australia)
Fitzpatrick is programmer at Melbourne International Film Festival.
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FeaturesFuture Leaders 2024: Paul Struthers (Australia)
He hunts outside typical channels for new discovers, with Letterboxd a favourite haunt.
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NewsProtagonist to launch Sophie Hyde’s ‘Jimpa’ starring Olivia Colman and John Lithgow at Cannes; unveils first image (exclusive)
Olivia Colman and John Lithgow star in the family drama now filming in Australia, the Netherlands and Finland.
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NewsAustralia’s Umbrella Entertainment makes key hire as part of international expansion (exclusive)
Jasmine McSweeney joins the ‘Talk To Me’ distributor from the New Zealand Film Commission.
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NewsJonathan Teplitzky to direct ‘Gettin’ Square’ sequel; David Wenham to star
‘Spit’ is one of five features to receive a share of $4.6m (A$6.9m).
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Features‘Shayda’ director on producing her debut feature: "I needed to be at that table"
Tehran-born filmmaker Noora Niasari tells Screen about balancing light and dark in debut feature Shayda