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Shadow Trackers: not your typical ghost-hunting series

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Writer/director Dena Curtis on the sometimes spooky, always fascinating ride that was investigating traditional spirits for NITV series Shadow Trackers.

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Nowhere Boys: fresh faces and financing children’s TV

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Nowhere Boys producer Beth Frey reveals the unique challenges the creators of children’s TV face – and why we’ll be seeing a new cast in the third season.

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“My life is as good as an ABBA song. It’s as good as Dancing Queen”

Muriel’s Wedding

FEATURED

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Five ways to gauge the health of the Australian screen industry

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One of the most common questions Screen Australia is asked by everyone from the general public to politicians is: how is the screen industry doing?

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TV dramas embracing the second screen

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As The Wrong Girl and Deep Water hit screens Twitter’s Tony Broderick talks about the Screen Australia initiative helping these TV dramas.

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“How’s the serenity?”

The Castle

INTERVIEWS

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Gus Worland tackles men’s mental health in Man Up

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Triple M’s Gus Worland, gonzo journalism and making Australian men Man Up by digging deep.

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Sam McKeith: Creating Beast in Manila

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Beast co-writer/co-director Sam McKeith on the pros and cons of creating an Australian film in the Philippines.

FILM QUOTE

“He couldn’t knock the fluff off a cappuccino”

Chopper

SHOWBUSINESS

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The journey to Embrace

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Three years ago, Taryn Brumfitt could never have thought she’d be a filmmaker, but when her personal story went viral, she realised Embrace was needed.

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Down Under: It’s a riot

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Down Under writer/director Abe Forsythe reveals the road he took to write and develop a comedy that revolves around a race riot.

FILM QUOTE

“I am the Nightrider. I’m a fuel injected suicide machine. I am the rocker, I am the roller, I am the out-of-controller!”

Mad Max

WORLD STAGE

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International success #4

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Take a look at the latest moves and news about those Aussies taking the world by storm, including Cate Blanchett, Rose Byrne, Animal Logic and Iloura.

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International success #3

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From the Spierig brothers and Alethea Jones to Judy Davis and Ryan Kwanten, we take a look at Aussies who’ve been having huge success internationally.

FILM QUOTE

“That’s just what this country needs – a cock, in a frock, on a rock”

Priscilla Queen of the Desert

ON LOCATION

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Cybercrime and the showrunner model: The Code series 2

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Shelley Birse talks about empowering writers from the set of Screen Australia-supported The Code series 2.

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Soul Mates: Pregnant with ideas

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Nick Boshier on Soul Mates series 2 and how he and collaborators the Van Vuuren brothers have several feature films’ worth of ideas.

FILM QUOTE

“That’s not a knife. THAT’s a knife”

Crocodile Dundee

JUST FOR FUN

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11 Australian teen stories for the big and small screen

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Toby Wallace says it’s important for young Aussies to see themselves reflected, whether it’s in films like Boys in the Trees or TV shows like Puberty Blues.

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Our guide to great stuff online #5

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Internet royalty Sarah Bishop and Josiah Brooks share their top YouTube channels with us.

FILM QUOTE

“Your wife, mate… your wife is one of the great bourgeois monsters of our time!”

Don’s Party