The COVID experience and deeper aspects of the human condition are among the themes explored by the nominees for this year's Byron Bay Film Festival Young Australian Filmmaker of the Year award.
'PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie' enjoyed a second round at no. 1 last weekend, just defeating Disney sci-fi 'The Creator'.
Film-focused social network Letterboxd, founded by New Zealand entrepreneurs Matthew Buchanan and Karl von Randow, has been acquired by Canadian holding firm Tiny in a deal reported to be worth more than $US50 million.
'Hardball' creators Guy Edmonds and Matt Zeremes have taken their next steps in the children's TV genre with 'Spooky Files', a ten-part series that explores childhood relationships with fear and resilience.
When Tehran-born writer-director Noora Niasari told producer Vincent Sheehan about the time she spent living in a women's shelter during her childhood, on which her film 'Shayda' was to be based, he realised he was being told a "distinctly Australian" story, but one he had never seen on the screen before.
Vista Group has launched Oneview, a mobile app and digital assistant designed to offer exhibitors real-time access to insights such as box office, admissions and market share, food and beverage performance, operational KPIs, member insights and release calendars.
Rachel Griffiths has headed across the ditch to front the cast of 'Madam', a half-hour dramedy about a woman who starts an ethical brothel in small town New Zealand to provide for her family.
Bus Stop Films has added new clips of production-related Auslan signs to its Inclusive Filmmaking Toolkit in order to help people in the film, TV, and commercial production industries communicate better with Deaf/hard-of-hearing people on set.