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Australian female filmmakers - Australia's Culture PortalAustralian films and filmmakers receive acclaim on the world stage, and the achievements of Australian women onscreen are celebrated. The play's success encouraged Kate to turn the play into a film (1920), which she co-directed with Charles Villiers, mak...
The Australian film industry got off to a flying start, producing what was probably the world's first full length feature film in 1906. The film was the Tait brothers production The Story of the Kelly Gang, a success in both Australian and British theatr...
The Australian film industry got off to a flying start, producing what was probably the world's first full length feature film in 1906. South Australia banned the screening of bushranger films in 1911, Victoria followed in 1912. Colour production came t...
James Francis (Frank) Hurley (1885-1962) is regarded as an extraordinary Australian photographer, adventurer, filmmaker and writer. Image courtesy National Library of Australia: nla.pic-an23478581. In 1911, Australian explorer Douglas Mawson hired Hurley...
Indigenous film either portrays Indigenous people, issues and stories or is film made by Indigenous Australians. The portrayal of Indigenous issues and people in film provides a unique insight into Australia's relationship with its Indigenous peoples and...
Unknown, Portrait of the bushranger Ned Kelly, 1880, glass plate negative. More books, songs and websites have been written about Ned Kelly and the Kelly Gang than any other group of Australian historical figures. Unknown, Kate Kelly, sister of Ned Kelly...
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Science was established in 1927 and the Academy Awards or Oscars ceremonies commenced in 1929. Image courtesy of Latent Image Productions Pty Ltd and National Film & Sound Archive. Their Oscar Statuette is on displa...
Australian animation is internationally recognised, Leisure (1976), Harvie Krumpet (2003) and Happy Feet (2006) have all won Oscars. Leisure employs cell style animation, Harvie Krumpet is made using the method of stop-motion claymation and Happy Feet fe...
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The Screen Producers Association of Australia (SPAA) is the industry association of the Australian independent film and television production industry. The website has information on submissions, professional development and more.
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Alliance Online - Australian Film Industry To Fade Away? Federal Government Must Step In Now! (website Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance (Australia) (MEAA) )"1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?> Home > Equity > Australian Film Industry To Fade Away? >ôThe Australian film making industry remains in crisis,ö said Simon Whipp, Director - Equity, Media, Entertainment & Arts Alliance, as a survey by the Australian Film C...
- YOUR SAY Australian films are boring - and the tough nut of distribution: readers respond to Andrew L. Urban's essay on the Australian film business (30/3/2000). Australia has a great track record with highly original film scripts, so why have many of t...
It would like to become an industry and Australians would like to see it work as industry , but it is a cottage film industry. The notions of a film industry and a film culture are confused and overlaid on each other: we (Australian society) assess the s...
ANDREW L. URBAN talks to Arts Minister Peter McGauran, among others, in an effort to clarify our communal objectives for spending over $100 million on film and tv production. Australia's most senior film bureaucrat, the Chief Executive of the FFC, Catrio...
Professional membership is a specialised program recognising and representing the performers and practitioners of the Australian screen industry. "3" />As a screen professional it's essential you become an AFI professional member and promote excellence in...
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