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In the weeks since Warner Bros Discovery and TVNZ announced cutbacks in their newsrooms, much of the focus has been on what this means for journalism in this country – but it’s not only newsrooms fighting for survival. The moves…

Working actors face mounting pressure as self-taping auditions become the norm, even for live theatrical performances. Once a necessity under the oppression of COVID-19, presenting high-quality, self-produced videos is now an assumed part of the casting process. Agents and actors…

Warner Bros. Discovery [WBD] ANZ today announced that Glen Kyne has decided to leave the company, finishing on July 5. Juliet Peterson, current Senior Director of Content and BVOD, will now lead the business as Vice President, Head of Networks,…

Europe’s film and television public funds are confronting a crisis as streaming platforms and other disruptive forces shake up traditional business models. Over 20 production entities spanning Europe and beyond have united forces, embarking on a mission to rally local…

Filmmakers have not decided yet how to ingest Sora, and its contender has emerged. Meet Vidu- China’s first long-duration, highly consistent, and highly dynamic video model. Vidu can generate a 16-second 1080p video with one click. Developed by Chinese AI…

In the coming months, British actors’ union Equity and producer trade body Pact are expected to kick off negotiations to thrash out new contracts that will cover the vast majority of U.K. TV and indie film. There’s going to be…

“We are not there to be the sex police. We actually want it to look really good and we’re very highly trained in how to do that” –Rebecca Johannsen, on the role of an intimacy coordinator  As the film community…

In a departure from the labor rebellions that roiled Hollywood last year, the latest set of contract negotiations between a major entertainment union and the top studios has unfolded about as smoothly as could be expected. So far. The various…

A new paper published by Adobe reveals details of a hugely impressive new technique that can upscale video by up to 8x. There is, as you might well imagine, a new generative AI at the heart of this.  The entertainingly…

Above the Fold: On Monday, the biggest Māori screen production company faced down the biggest funder of Māori content at the High Court. It was an incredibly tense moment – then, just as quickly, it resolved. Duncan Greive breaks down…

As signatories prepare to negotiate new deals with IATSE and Teamsters, it might seem like the last thing the town wants to chew on is another group claiming it has gotten the short end of the stick. The 86 members…

Congratulations to Steve King and Trevor Rowe who have won the two double passes to THE MOON IS UPSIDE DOWN. All you others make sure you skip along and check the film out at the cinemas #supportlocalfilms…

It’s the 10th season of Loading Docs – an initiative to showcase Aotearoa’s documentary  filmmakers. For a decade, it’s helped mentor emerging talent who’ve gone on to pursue successful careers in the screen industry.  Audiences can support projects and filmmakers…