The global COVID-19 pandemic has set a new baseline for eCommerce in Australia, with online predicted to hold a 15 per cent share of the total retail market by the end of 2020. Australia Post today released the 2020 Inside Australian Online Shopping Report, which provides insight into the impact the pandemic has had on…
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The Legend of the Five Coming to Cinemas From June 25
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Filmink Presents has announced the release of the Australian family fantasy adventure The Legend of the Five, only in cinemas from June 25. The Legend of the Five will be the first new Australian feature film to be released in theatres as COVID-19 restrictions ease. Making it the perfect family escape for the upcoming winter…
ABC Launches New Series ‘Retrograde’ on July 8th
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ABC and Screen Australia are thrilled to announce that the new six-part narrative comedy series, Retrograde, premieres Wednesday 8 July on ABC and iview. Developed, produced, and post-produced entirely under strict COVID-safe guidelines, Retrograde follows the lives of a group of thirty-something friends as they drown their sorrows at a virtual bar in the time…
Snapchat and Screen Australia Developing Vertical Series Apollo
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Screen Australia and Snapchat have selected murder mystery series Apollo from two of the creatives behind hit vertical series Content to be developed as part of the Snapchat + Screen Australia initiative. The team will receive $15,000 AUD of development funding and take part in workshops in May with the Snapchat development team based in…
Australian Made Campaign & Screen Producers Australia Announce Partnership
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The Australian Made Campaign (AMCL) is partnering with Screen Producers Australia to support the growth of Australia’s screen content industry, welcoming them as its newest Campaign Associate. Screen Producers Australia supports the interests of screen businesses, both large and small, in their production of Australian feature films, television programs, interactive content and games across all…
Digital originals receive development funds from Screen Australia and SBS
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Three online projects from the 2019 Digital Originals initiative will share in $65,000 of development funds from Screen Australia and SBS. A Beginner’s Guide to Grief, Freewheelers and Iggy & Ace 5eva were selected from the 10 projects workshopped last year and will now be developed further with the intention of at least one going…
Australians under 25 lost over $5 million to scams in 2019
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Australians under 25 lost over $5 million to scams in 2019 and reports made from this age group are increasing faster than older generations. In 2019, around 12,000 (7.15 per cent) reports made to Scamwatch were from people under the age of 25, an increase of 11 per cent compared to 2018 figures. Reports from…
Quezon’s Game Premiere in Australia on February 27
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Filipino film Quezon’s Game, through TFC, will make its Australian premiere 27 February. Co-produced by ABS-CBN Films and Kinetek Productions, this Matthew Rosen-directed film tells the previously untold story of Philippine President Manuel L. Quezon’s decision to open the country to Jewish refugees during the Holocaust. Despite other world leaders refusing to open their country’s…
Imagine Impact Development System Expanding to Australia
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The US development system Imagine Impact created by Brian Grazer, Ron Howard and Tyler Mitchell, will launch in Melbourne, Australia this year in association with Gentle Giant Media Group and Screen Australia. Impact’s unique accelerator program discovers, cultivates and empowers creative storytellers worldwide, and the Australian incarnation is the first time the program will be…
Midsumma Festival 2020 Wraps Up
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Midsumma Festival 2020 wrapped up in a blaze of glory this Sunday 9 February with one of Australia’s biggest vocals, and a force to be reckoned with, Kira Puru. With the three- week festival finishing up for another successful year, total attendance for the 2020 Midsumma Festival are expected to exceed 255,000 attendances across a…