July 18, 2025

Helped by generous tax breaks, Ireland’s film and TV production sector has never been stronger. When Irish director Dearbhla Walsh started her career in Ireland in the late 1980s, opportunities for budding film-makers were limited. “There was no work in…

LA-based Kiwi actor Peter Winkelmann is part of a new breed of creatives whose shoestring budgets are beating the titans at their own game. Mitchell Hageman finds out how – and why they could be saving the cinema experience by…

Netflix topped Wall Street’s second-quarter expectations and raised its full-year forecast for revenue. Earnings per share of $7.19 beat analysts’ consensus by a dime, while revenue of $11.079 billion exceeded the Street’s outlook by a much narrower margin. The bar…

“The MIPCOM Cannes partnership marks a significant milestone as we celebrate our 20th anniversary,” said Pina. “It’s a strategic move to bolster our international TV collaborations and demonstrate YouTube’s role in supporting media companies amidst evolving content consumption.” YouTube arrives…

This story was originally published on The Spinoff. It may have been intended to be ironic, but a 10-minute AI-made trailer created by an American film director for the Hollywood in Avondale was met with ‘full-on pitchforks and torches’ when…