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Savvy Releases Easter Spending Survey

According to a nationally representative survey released by Savvy of Australian’s spending habits around Easter 2023, 31% of Australians say they’ll be spending between $51 and $150 on Easter this year, while 22% say they will spend between $251 and $500. A further 27% said they would spend $50 or less this year. Finance expert…

AIDC 2023 Wraps Record Breaking Year

Drawn by the prospect of gathering face-to-face after two previous hybrid and virtual outings, the Australian International Documentary Conference (AIDC) welcomed 820 documentary and factual industry delegates to its 2023 event, the highest number in 20 years and the most-ever attendees since the event moved to Melbourne in 2016. “Celebrating the Agents of Change of…

SWIFF Announces Partnership with SBS On Demand

The Screenwave International Film Festival, kicks off on April 20 and finishes on May 5, and will find new audiences this year around Australia, thanks to a new partnership with SBS On Demand. The new partnership will see a dedicated and branded SWIFF program of 10 feature films from previous festivals, which will be able…

SWIFF’23 Announces Program

Theatres across the Coffs Coast region of NSW are preparing for a record influx of film lovers from April 20 to May 5, with regional Australia’s largest film and screen celebration, the Screenwave International Film Festival, breaking its previous ticket presales record again last week, ahead of the full SWIFF’23 festival line-up becoming publicly available. SWIFF…

Robert De Niro to Star in Zero Day For Netflix

Netflix have announced the new limited series Zero Day, a conspiracy thriller from Creator / Executive Producer Eric Newman under his Grand Electric Productions deal with Netflix, and Creator / Executive Producer Noah Oppenheim. Robert De Niro is set to star in Zero Day stars and is also an Executive producer in his first TV…

Prime Video Announces Grand Death Lotto

Prime Video have announced that John Cena, Awkwafina, and Simu Liu are set to star in Prime Video’s action-comedy Grand Death Lotto, from director Paul Feig. Feig is directing the film from a script penned by Rob Yescombe (Outside the Wire). The film, which hails from Amazon Studios, will be produced by Roth/Kirschenbaum Films’ Joe…

Revolutionary Screen Warriors Training Program Starts

A groundbreaking program to recruit, train and mentor Australian Defence Force veterans into a career in Australia’s film and television industry is underway. The program is a joint initiative of the prestigious Australian Film Television and Radio School (AFTRS) and the Veterans Film Festival (VFF). The first day of the inaugural training course is Wednesday…

Liquorland Breaks its Fundraising Record

Thousands of volunteers across the country will receive free kits to clean up their local parks, rivers, beaches and outdoor spaces, thanks to Liquorland’s most successful fundraising initiative for Clean Up Australia held over the weekend. In just three days, Liquorland raised more than $163,000 to support Clean Up Australia in its mission to clean…

Geena Davis to open Goddess: Power, Glamour, Rebellion Exhibition

ACMI have announced a pivotal new partnership with two-time Academy Award-winning actor and advocate Geena Davis and the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media. The iconic actor is set to travel to Melbourne as lead ambassador for the Melbourne Winter Masterpieces blockbuster, Goddess: Power, Glamour, Rebellion. The ACMI-curated exhibition opens at Australia’s national museum…