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Budding filmmakers and screen stars, listen up – your dreams may be a little closer, thanks to a new initiative at your fingertips. Australia Youth Film Festival and New Zealand Youth Film Festival are launching a new fund for student…

Sad to pass the news on that actor Peter Dennett has passed away. Peter was not only a great actor who had roles in THE PIANO, THE MAD DOG GANG SPOOKS WILKIE WINK WINK AND THE WOBBLER and a raft…

At the recent Screen Forever conference, four drama executives from Public Broadcasters and Subscription TV were asked to reveal what it is they are NOT looking for… The answers varied depending on their audience, budgets and current development slates. Read…

With its glitz and glamour, the film industry attracts countless aspiring professionals yearly. However, diving into this field without understanding what lies ahead can be akin to setting sail without a map. Before deciding to pursue a career in the…

When the Writers Guild of America went on strike last May, union leaders argued that artificial intelligence posed an existential threat to writers, painting a picture of a dystopian future in which TV shows might be crafted by one writer…

Emily Cheever’s career was just getting started.  The 36-year-old began her TV writing career in 2020 as a writers’ production assistant and script coordinator for Legends of Tomorrow before getting hired as a staff writer for ABC’s The Company You…

Complex visual effects and computer graphics can mean extensive (and expensive) computing needs, and to address this, Amazon Web Services is launching a new cloud rendering service. AWS Deadline Cloud, aimed at entertainment and other industries with computing-intensive needs, makes…

With OpenAI’s Voice Engine promising to convincingly replicate an individual’s speech from just a 15-second clip, the focus on AI regulation and legal challenges to its operation are intensifying. While the astonishing progress toward photorealistic generative video from OpenAI’s Sora…

Do you thrive on taking copious notes, observing minute details, and working closely on set with a director? Yes? Then you might want to consider a career as a script supervisor—the person who makes sure that the visual details in a…

KA WHAWHAI TONU will be released in cinemas Matariki Weekend – 27th June 2024.…