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One night, I was speaking to a class of young film students at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and there were many smart questions about first features, shorts, student films, music videos, commercials, etc… but, I particularly noticed…

A scarcity of roles for older women doesn’t faze actor Robyn Malcolm. She just writes her own. The result is After The Party about Penny, a woman whose world implodes when she accuses her husband Phil (Peter Mullan, Top Of…

It shouldn’t have come to this. After five meetings over 10 days between four of Hollywood’s top CEOs and the leaders of the Screen Actors Guild, it was supposed to be down to the wire for a deal.  Instead, SAG-AFTRA…

In the fast-moving world of artificial intelligence, it can feel like a full-time job just keeping up with all of the new apps and features. While we’re very aware of the scarier elements of what AI could mean for the…

Hollywood star Naomi Watts has returned to Sydney during its transformation into the culture and arts capital of Australia for the world-renowned SXSW Festival descends on the city The actor will take part in a SXSW panel discussion at 1pm…

Even though there’s also an IMAX version of the movie doing the rounds, breakout sci-fi hit The Creator was shot on a sub-$4000 Sony FX3. Over the past decade, Hollywood blockbuster films have become accustomed to using expensive cameras built…

New Zealand actor Sir Sam Neill has been told the experimental treatment he is taking for blood cancer will eventually stop working. The actor, known for his work on films Jurassic Park and Hunt for the Wilderpeople, shared he was…

Australia’s state and federal governments are among the most supportive to the screen industry in the world, but directors on Aussie sets are among the most poorly paid. That was the view of Phillip Noyce, the famed director of Rabbit…

The lives of hundreds of thousands of crew members have been upended, and even a deal between the actors and the studios might not help much in the short term. Katie Reis has been a Hollywood lighting technician for 27…

After years of unprecedented growth, the international television industry is facing soaring costs and falling revenues: “It’s been bad, and everyone I speak to expects it to get a lot worse.” The 2023 MIPCOM Cannes international television market kicks off…

The cofounder of the maker of hit shows including The Kardashians, the Friends reunion special and documentary series Sunderland ‘Til I Die has said that the north-east has been “utterly forgotten” amid the UK’s multibillion-pound TV and film production boom, and…

Without Nancy Hennah, Taika Waititi might look very different onscreen. For the past few years, the Kiwi make-up artist has spent hundreds of hours applying make-up, beards, wigs and tattoos to Waititi for his film and TV roles. “He’s a…