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The growth of France’s VFX sector cannot be overstated, as the implementation of a comprehensive 10% bonus for international productions that spend more than $2.1 million with local companies (and the fact that the full 40% tax rebate can be…

The Americans are back shooting films and TV series in Canada, but the knock-on impacts of the dual Hollywood writers and actors strikes and reduced spending by major streamers will be felt north of the border for years to come.…

Hair and makeup professionals aren’t paid enough to also be an actor’s therapist — nor are they trained for it. A growing wave of intimacy coordinators are. Amanda Edwards has been an intimacy coordinator in film, TV, and theater since…

Daniel Ferguson, in a proposed class action filed on May 3 in Los Angeles Superior Court, claims the studio stiffed him and other background actors on pay, “maintained a policy and practice of not paying” them for all of the…

There are probably three main reasons not to worry – yet – about the AI that’s coming for your job. First among those reasons is that there’s absolutely nothing anyone can do about it. Second and third, though are some…

A French collective representing the interests of French film festival workers has called for a general strike of “all employees of the Cannes Film Festival and of its sidebars.” The Sous les écrans la dèche (Broke Behind the Screens) collective…

Making a short film can be your ticket into creating a name for yourself in Hollywood. It feels like all content these days are getting shorter and shorter. When you look at streamers like Quibi, they’re creating content that’s fifteen…

When award-winning film director Glendyn Ivin was given the green light in May 2021 to create the streaming TV series, The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart, he struggled to find local Australian film crews to help in production. With big names…

Actor Bernard Hill, best known for roles in Titanic and Lord of the Rings, has died aged 79. He played Captain Edward Smith in the 1997 Oscar-winning film and King Théoden in the Lord of the Rings. His breakout role…

It’s been 12 months since Waikato Screen became fully funded and operational after two years of efforts to raise awareness among councils and stakeholders. Tracy Hampton, film office manager and one of three company directors behind the not-for-profit organisation, has…

In a fascinating NAB 2024 session titled “The Art and Science of IMAX” Bruce Marko, who is SVP Head of Post Production and Image Capture at IMAX, elaborated regarding the upcoming new fleet of IMAX film cameras. If you are…