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Here’s where the production team and curators of the australianscreen website talk about new additions, what’s in development, and what we think about as we go along.
In brief
NFSA Connects Red Dog
NFSA connects schools with Red Dog director Kriv Stenders and editor Jill Bilcock. Details
ADG awards
Australian Directors’ Guild winners include Julia Leigh, Matthew Saville and Tony Krawitz. Winners
Rosy success
Go Back to Where You Came From wins Rose d’Or at Global Entertainment TV Festival.
Producers Showcase
Projects from Robyn Kershaw and Eva Orner selected as finalists for US Producers’ Guild Showcase. Deadline
Sydney Film Festival
Sydney International Film Festival debuts new films from Rachel Perkins, Cate Shortland and Tony Krawitz. Program
The Sundance kid
Ariel Kleiman’s Partisan selected for the 2012 Sundance Institute Directors and Screenwriters Lab.
In it to win it
Entries now open for the 2013 AACTA Awards. Details
Blushing bride
My Thai Bride is a winner at Hot Docs. Screen Australia
St Kilda Film Festival
Program for the St Kilda Film Festival is now online.
Top shots
Australian Cinematographers’ Society National Award Winners are announced.
Moffatt at MoMA
The Museum of Modern Art in New York is hold a Tracey Moffatt retrospective in May. Details
The Sapphires selected
A midnight screening of The Sapphires is added to Cannes Film Festival Official Selection.
Hottest docs
Three Australian documentaries are in competition at Hot Docs in Toronto. Screen Australia
Seen a ghost?
Warwick Thornton and Kath Shelper are researching Indigenous ghost stories. Details
Calling volunteers
Online video competition for 15-25 year olds to showcase benefits of volunteering in 30-60 second video. Details
BAFTA Slap
The Slap is nominated in International category at 2012 BAFTA TV Awards.
Student Oscars
Benjamin Mathews from AFTRS is one of five foreign finalists for the Student Academy Awards.
I go to Rio
Six Australian documentaries screening at 2nd International Uranium Festival at Rio de Janeiro. Program
SA Screen Awards
The Palace and Shut Up Little Man! among the winners at the South Australian Screen Awards. Winners
Australians at Cannes
Competing at Cannes are films from Andrew Dominik and John Hillcoat alongside films with Nicole Kidman and Kylie Minogue. Thompson on Hollywood
Remembering Kokoda
For Anzac Day, we commemorate the 70th anniversary of the Battle of Kokoda
Paul Cox: Portrait of an artist
Lynden Barber profiles Paul Cox, the father of independent Australian art cinema
Science of cinema: CSIRO Film Unit
The national science agency has been furthering Australian scientific research through its films since 1949
Care for kids: 30 years of the ACTF
For 30 years, the Australian Children’s Television Foundation has been making quality kids TV look like child’s play
A View from the Bridge
Sydney’s famous 'coathanger’ bridge opened 80 years ago amid a storm of controversy
Bombs and bombshells: Number 96 is 40
It’s been four decades since Australian TV lost its virginity
Seen the film? Now read the book
Stuck for what to read during the National Year of Reading? Take some inspiration from the movies
The King of Conflict
Leading Australian playwright – and screenwriter – David Williamson turns 70
Frontline Darwin
A special NFSA screening of The Overlanders marks the 70th anniversary of the bombing of Darwin
Backstage at the AACTA Awards
What did the feature film winners have to say backstage at the AACTA Awards?
AACTA Awards – Best Feature
What are your favourite award-winning Australian films from the last 40 years?
AACTA Awards – Best Actress
Which is your favourite 'Best Actress’ performance from the last 40 years?
AACTA Awards – Best Actor
Which is your favourite 'Best Actor’ performance from the last 40 years?
Chris Haywood: Playing the outsider
Chris Haywood on his long career playing the outsider in Australian cinema.
The Power of 11: Remembrance Day
On 11 November Australians remember those who died in wars and armed conflicts.
NFSA Honours David Hannay
Producer David Hannay is the recipient of the 2011 NFSA Ken G Hall Award for Film Preservation.
