Academy Award-winning director Ron Howard has returned to the Gold Coast with Eden.The Imagine Entertainment and AGC Studios feature has recently commenced filming. Eden will generate an estimated $26.5 million for the Queensland economy and create more than 300 local jobs . Imagine Entertainment’s Eden is the second Ron Howard feature film to be made…
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AIDC Announces The Showroom
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The Australian International Documentary Conference (AIDC) has today announced its new slate-pitching marketplace, The Showroom, catering to Australian production companies specialising in documentary and factual content. “Taking the AIDC marketplace to the next level, we are thrilled to introduce the inaugural Showroom pitch to give Australian production companies an unmissable opportunity to pitch their slate…
The Movie Marathon
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Okay. In the past I really haven’t really written much about movie marathons or binge watching a recent article I read has kicked me in the pants to sit down and write this. Something that I’m sure more than a few of you know is that the invention of video streaming services like Prime Video…
Traveling to a New State with Fido & Felix
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Packing up and moving to a new state can be an exciting and overwhelming experience. Now, what if you have a furry friend to relocate with? Moving with pets can be surprisingly challenging, but there are plenty of things you can do to make the transition smooth for both you and your pet. We’ll look…
SheDoc 2024 Applications
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Documentary Australia in partnership with Screen Queensland have announced applications are now open for SheDoc, a grants program aimed at giving women and girls a stronger and more equal voice in documentary storytelling. “We want to hear more stories to be told by women about women, while at the same time strengthening and elevating the…
Aussie Shoppers & Christmas gifts
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Consumer retail trends for this holiday season show some interesting changes according to the annual survey by Monash Business School’s Australian Consumer and Retail Studies (ACRS). The Christmas Retail Trends Report, now in its fourth year, confirmed that like previous years the majority of Australian shoppers intend to purchase Christmas gifts this year. Leading this…
AIDC 2024: FRONTLINES
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The Southern Hemisphere’s premier gathering and marketplace for documentary and factual content – the Australian International Documentary Conference (AIDC) – have announced the first confirmed guests and theme for the 2024 conference. Thanks to the support of Principal Partner VicScreen, Presenting Partners ACMI and Screen Australia, and Major Partners ABC and SBS, AIDC 2024 will take place…
2023 Letters to Santa
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There’s only 49 days to Christmas, which means one very important thing at Australia Post: Santa Mail is back! It’s time to pick up those pens and sharpen those pencils, with sacks of letters already arriving at the North Pole from excited kids. To help ensure everyone gets the present they want under the Christmas…
Daisy Ridley to Star in We Bury the Dead
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Screen Australia and Screenwest have announced Daisy Ridley (Star Wars sequel trilogy) is set to star in Zak Hilditch’s new horror film, We Bury the Dead, to be filmed in Western Australia. We Bury the Dead is a terrifying yet moving story about grief, loss and the undead, written and to be directed by Hilditch…
Special Olympics Australia Announces First Champions of Inclusion Awards
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Special Olympics Australia celebrated its athletes and started fundraising for the 2027 World Games at its annual Gala Dinner, which took place Saturday 21 October 2023 for the first time after a three-year hiatus during COVID. To help celebrate athletes’ achievements and encourage more people living with an intellectual disability or autism to take up…