DreamWorks Animation, NBCUniversal and TEG Life Like Touring have launched the World Premiere season of Gabby’s Dollhouse Live! The Australian tour will play in Canberra on Saturday, 22 March at the AIS Arena before heading to Brisbane, Sydney, Adelaide, and Hobart through to 26 April 2025. This will mark the live stage debut for Gabby’s…
Bus Stop Films has announced that its first feature film, Boss Cat, will begin filming in Australia’s Blue Mountains region in June. Written and directed by Genevieve Clay-Smith, with major production investment from Screen Australia, Boss Cat will star Olivia Hargroder, Penny Downie and Julia Savage. Olivia is a proud member of the Down Syndrome…
For 110 years, Yarralumla Nursery has contributed to Canberra being regarded as the ‘garden city’ through the propagation of millions of trees and shrubs.“Early in Canberra’s development it was realised that trees and shrubs would have to be raised locally if the garden city concept was to be achieved. This was in part due to…
37°South Market, a screen content development and financing event, is now welcoming applications from producers at reduced Early Bird pricing. Now in its 18th year, the four-day event will be held 7-10 August 2025 during the opening days of the Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF) – one of the oldest and largest film festivals in…
After his home is conquered by the tyrannical emperors who now lead Rome, Lucius is forced to enter the Colosseum and must look to his past to find strength to return the glory of Rome to its people.
Tickets have gone live for the highly anticipated 2025 Santos Wheelchair Rugby World Challenge coming to Adelaide this May. The new World Challenge will see the Australian Steelers take the court on home soil for the first time since 2018. It joins the existing Wheelchair Rugby National Championship and a newly introduced junior’s division, to…
Charles Darwin University (CDU) is pleased to announce nationally recognised printmaker, painter, sculptor and artist Franck Gohier as the inaugural artist in residence at its newest campus, Danala | Education and Community Precinct in the Northern Territory (NT). The Darwin-based artist will work on a major commission of a large-scale artwork in collaboration with the…
A touching story of growth, remembrance and companionship, the eight-episode Chinese-language series Forget You Not is set to tug at heartstrings on May 23.
Wonder Project and Amazon MGM Studios’ House of David is one of the first shows to fully integrate new AI tools into the production and visual effects process
In the Star Wars universe, ET is an alien species (featured in the 1982 movie E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, directed by Steven Spielberg) known as the Asogians. The Asogians were paddle-footed, large-eyed sentients indigenous to Brodo Asogi. The species was first seen in the Star Wars Universe in Star Wars: Episode I, The Phantom Menace. Ben…
From April 9-17, a vibrant selection of exciting new films will screen during the third iteration of Sydney’s always buzzing Inner West Film Fest.
Australians spent a record $69 billion on online goods in the past year2, up 12% from the year prior, as reported in Australia Post’s 2025 Annual eCommerce Report released today. The report exclusively reveals 9.8 million Australian households shopped online in 2024, spending the most at Online Marketplaces (almost $16 billion), Food and Liquor ($13.6…
The world-renowned and much-loved British actress, Hayley Mills has touched her magic-wand to a hilarious new book (released by Big Sky Publishing 2/12/24), stating: ‘You’ll fall in love with every single character.’ It is highly unusual for the work of a comparatively obscure and reclusive author to be lauded by a major Hollywood star, but…
A big thank you to Holly Groves the director of Amalgamate for taking the time to answer a few questions. Amalgamate in the Closing Night Daydream and Nightmares section of the Melbourne Women in Film Festival. The name of my film is Amalgamate. It follows a young Māori man infiltrating a new political party gaining…
Three historic venues along Oxford Street are proposed for heritage listing following a study to identify important places for LGBTIQA+ communities. The City of Sydney is proposing to list 134 Oxford Street, better known as the Oxford Hotel, Palms at 124 Oxford Street, and the Universal nightclub, formerly known as the Midnight Shift, at 85–91 Oxford Street.
Girls cricket in Cairns has hit a major six thanks to Queensland Country Bank’s GOOD FOR GOOD Community Grants Program.
A big thank you to Francesca Di Paolo for taking the time to answer some questions about Homi Homi is featured in the Next Gen Shorts section of the Melbourne Women in Film Festival. “Homi” is a short documentary focusing on Afghan refugee, Homaira Mershedi, as she takes us through her day managing her family’s restaurant in…
A big thank you to Grace Tan’s for taking the time to answer some questions about Lucky Peach. Grace’s film is featured in the Next Gen Shorts section of the Melbourne Women in Film Festival. Lucky Peach is 15-minute short film about the tensions that develop between an immigrant mother and her daughter as she prepares…
With more than 40 per cent of our country’s young people under the age of 16 being exposed to family and domestic violence. Safe Steps have launched Unanswered Calls – a short documentary that highlights the plight of this group of vulnerable Australians. In Unanswered Calls, two young people bravely share their lived experience of…