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Safe Steps Releases Short Documentary

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 released today 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 family…

La Trobe University Wine Smoke Detectors

A smoke sensor developed by La Trobe University researchers that has the potential to save hundreds of millions of dollars in lost wine production is in the process of being rolled out across the wine industry, with monitors now being used to track the impact of bushfires that have ravaged the Grampians. Wine Industry Smoke…

Production Starts on The Family Next Door

The ABC, Screen Australia and VicScreen are thrilled to announce that production has commenced on the Beyond Entertainment and Muse Entertainment co-production The Family Next Door, a captivating new six-part drama series, led by Teresa Palmer (The Clearing, The Fall Guy), Bella Heathcote (The Moogai, Pieces of Her) and Philippa Northeast (Territory, The Newsreader). Based…

The Die Hard Christmas Question

Agree or Disagree ? In about a week, that time honoured internet tradition of the debate of ‘Is Die Hard a Christmas Movie?” Personally I don’t see the problem with Die hard being considered a Christmas movie. All Christmas movies do not have to be sugary sweet movies there’s the “Christmas horror” sub genre with…

The Capitol Theatre Turns 100

Melbourne cultural and architectural icon, The Capitol, celebrates its centenary this on Thursday, 7 November 2024. The stunning 580-seat Chicago-Gothic-style theatre is considered the greatest interior design work of celebrated architects Marion Mahony Griffin and Walter Burley Griffin.

AIDC Reveals 2025 Theme

The Southern Hemisphere’s premier gathering and marketplace for documentary and factual content – the Australian International Documentary Conference (AIDC) – has announced the first confirmed conference guests and unveiled its 2025 theme – FUTURE TELLING .