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Mulan director Niki Caro meets cinematographer Mandy Walker in a Zoom call that puts us in the presence of greatness.

You are doing it wrong says Steve Jaggi as he builds a solid company in defiance of conventional wisdom. He is becoming the Young Adult king of Australian production.

'Penguin Bloom' premiered at Toronto International Film Festival, delighting audiences and dividing critics.

Supported by the ABC and hosted by Skitbox’s Sarah Bishop and Greta Lee Jackson, the 2020 ADG Awards will be free and designed for home entertainment. Meanwhile the Guild's membership has soared.

First week out Slim and I gets 117 screens so it has definitely been on offer. But it could just be a sleeper with friends in the bush.

Three tough Australian feature films are making waves on the international arthouse circuit.

Avoiding politics and preceding the plague, this wacky reboot is nevertheless a film for this moment, argues Adrian Martin.

John Wood's autobiography is written with great warmth and passion, acknowledging the transitory essence of the theatre world.

Mat Kesting, the newish artistic director of the Adelaide Film Festival believes that 'cinemas progresses humanity, one film at a time'. He's giving it a red-hot go here.

Kriv Stenders' insightful and entertaining documentary places Joy McKean in her rightful place centre stage, says Anthony Morris.

The figures remain grim even though Tenet and The 800 have delivered some excitement to industry hearts heavy since March.

Cinemas have survived every horror for more than a century. But the threat of COVID-19 still sends a shivers up the collective industry spine.

Filmink Presents distributed the first Australian film since COVID-19 arrived. It is a modest kid's film which is taking advantage of the void in product.

The 10-day LGBTQIA+ festival will run 17-27 September, and features 29 Australian premieres over its program of over 40 films, documentaries, and shorts.

Specialising in underwater footage, the Cairns-based company has a new lens that helps them move onto land.

Cinefest Oz shorts awards reveal a passion for the fantastic, from outer space to the world's strangest pet, and the true origins of public servants.

The only piece of normality in Australian cinemas last week is a Chinese war movie. 'Tenet' tried, and made perhaps 50% of its potential in ordinary times.

Unjo Moon's debut feature has profound affection for its subject but the script could have done so much more, argues Mel Campbell.

The local streamer makes a flurry of announcements; plus Screen Australia development funding, Jack Thompson turns 80, and lots more in our fortnightly roundup of news and views.

Arts and science can make strange bedfellows but they could be the perfect combination to spread the message of a carbon neutral future. A new project in New Zealand is making that connection for the future.