9+ hour, 47+ min ago   (336+ words) The ABC’s Media Watch has questioned the reporting of a $50 million Screen Queensland funding announcement, finding that early coverage presented the figure as a boost without initially explaining that it was $30 million less than the previous two budgets. The program…...

3+ day, 4+ hour ago   (345+ words) THE DEBUT FEATURE FILM BY JAMES J. ROBINSON IS THE COUNTRY’S FIRST TAGALOG-LANGUAGE SUBMISSION Australia has selected James J Robinson’s acclaimed feature debut FIRST LIGHT as its official submission for the Best International Feature Film category at the 99th Academy Awards (Oscars…...

3+ day, 10+ hour ago   (408+ words) “This time there’s more”, Supa-Fans! As Supanova Comic Con & Gaming prepares to blast into Adelaide (30 Oct – 1 Nov 2026) and Brisbane (6-8 Nov 2026), Australia’s premier pop culture convention has once again upped the ante, announcing the Colonial Marines of Aliens, celebrating its 40th anniversary…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (1267+ words) A young Hervey Bay filmmaker has taken out the top award at the 2026 Australia Youth Film Festival, with winners announced at the Festival’s Award Ceremony in Melbourne on Saturday. The Best Overall Film was awarded to Breannah Mitchell, from Hervey…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (904+ words) A new report says Australian film policy is losing the audience, while the national slate is too narrow, too adult-skewing, and cinemas are being neglected in the places communities are growing. Australia is making more local films than ever, but…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (245+ words) BINGE, DAZN’s entertainment streaming platform, today announced that production has commenced in Sydney on Tough Love, a new Australian original comedy series about a family confronting the possibility of life without their mother and three very unprepared children. The series…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (168+ words) The documentary explores the irreverent world of the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence and their legendary Easter in the Park celebration Tigerlily Pictures’ feature-length documentary, Hunky Jesus, is set to screen at the Sydney Queer Screen Film Festival on 6 September 2026 in…...

3+ week, 6+ hour ago   (414+ words) The Australian Production Design Guild celebrated the 2026 APDG Awards on Saturday, August 22, with the fabulous host Alex Papps at the Meat Market, in Melbourne. The red-carpet event began with the Lifetime Achievement Award which was presented to milliner Phillip Rhodes,…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (1020+ words) This is not simply a run of lucky hits. Australian horror possesses several qualities that make it unusually exportable: instantly legible genre concepts, distinctive landscapes, modest production economics, strong festival pathways and, most importantly, a willingness to remain culturally specific…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago   (305+ words) According to AFL.com.au, the 2026 Footy Shorts slate receives its gala world premiere at MIFF, with five films representing distinct corners of AFL community life. Makur Chuot’s film arrives as perhaps the most personally rooted of them all, drawing…...