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NITV appoints Caden Pearson commissioning editor

NITV has appointed Bagarrmuguwarra writer, director and producer Caden Pearson as commissioning editor to join Cieron Cody and Dena Curtis in the network's commissioning team.

News TV & Streaming

How Australia’s streaming services are tracking half a year into local content requirements

It's been six months since the government's long-awaited Australian content obligations for streaming services took effect, and the affected platforms continue to take varied approaches to their local commissioning.

Box Office Film News

Mid-year box office scorecard: Cinemas are buoyant, but most Aussie films aren’t sharing in the spoils

Australian cinemas have enjoyed a strong first half to 2026, with admissions up 16 per cent year-on-year and the box office tracking ahead of the same point in 2025. Yet Australian films, for the most part, haven't shared in that momentum, with only a handful of titles cutting through commercially.

Videos

‘Runner’ (Trailer)

Scott Waugh’s Queensland-filmed action-adventure 'Runner' follows Hank Malone, played by Alan Ritchson, a high-end courier who has three hours to transport an organ to save a seven-year-old girl in need of an immediate transplant.

Technology

Zhongyi Optics launches Zone T1 FF Cine Lens Series

Zhongyi Optics (known as Mitakon) has officially announced the Zone T1 Cine Lens Series, designed for full frame and VistaVision PL/EF cinema systems.

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NITV appoints Caden Pearson commissioning editor

How Australia’s streaming services are tracking half a year into local content requirements

Mid-year box office scorecard: Cinemas are buoyant, but most Aussie films aren’t sharing in the spoils

‘Runner’ (Trailer)

Zhongyi Optics launches Zone T1 FF Cine Lens Series

Screen Forever Brought to you by our principal sponsor, Perth Film Studios

How a last-minute negotiation with the Prime Minister secured $50m for Australian content

Event wrap-up: Screen Forever 40

‘They don’t think about screen content as an asset class’: How the industry can attract more private investment

Brindle Films, Jungle Entertainment win big at SPA Awards as ‘Kangaroo’ named Feature Film Production of the year

Premium

‘The next era is about building enterprises around creativity’: What skills do producers need to not only survive but thrive?

Box office: ‘Minions & Monsters’, ‘Supergirl’ no match for ‘Toy Story 5’

What’s shooting right now in Australia? IF’s In Production wrap – June 2026

In Production

Bloodbag

Synopsis: Set in a 5.6 x 3.2 metre cement chamber, Bloodbag centres...

One Day, Five Years

Synopsis: Two aspiring actors fall in love on a walk home from...

Napoleonic

An urban explorer who accidentally passes through a mysterious portal while exploring...

Fog City

A Depression-era drama set in San Francisco-set against the backdrop of the...

Crime Night (Season 2)

Host Julia Zemiro and an expert team of criminologists and comedians dive...

Gloves of Glory

A powerful documentary that traces the extraordinary journey of the Cuban Boxing...

Rising Talent Brought to you by our principal sponsor, AFTRS

IF Rising Talent 2026: Directors

IF Rising Talent 2026: Actors

IF Rising Talent 2026: Writers

IF Rising Talent 2026: Producers

Deep Dive Thanks to Media Super

A Deep Dive into retirement: Why Media Super supports Australian screen industry conferences, campaigns, and policy initiatives

A Deep Dive into retirement: How screen professionals can manage retirement risks amid stop-start work

A Deep Dive into retirement: How screen professionals can build a comfortable retirement lifestyle

Storm warning – Studio Tools, Indie Prices.

DCP Australia launches Pixel Storm Media, bringing studio-grade post-production tools to Indie film makers. Flagship STORM DCP STUDIO enters beta testing now, perpetual licenses, personalised support and a proprietary JPEG 2000 engine built in-house.

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The Audience Never Left

The talent never left. The audience never left. It’s time to fund Australian stories and meet them where they’re already watching.

Film

Serhat Caradee rounds up production on ‘Valley Dogs’ in NSW with Bruce Beresford on board as EP

Writer/director Serhat Caradee has wrapped production on his third feature, 'Valley Dogs', in regional NSW, with Bruce Beresford serving as executive producer.

Screen Australia launches new initiatives to improve reach of theatrical features

Screen Australia's market and audience arm has launched two new initiatives designed to support local theatrical features, delivered in partnership with Tatino Films and Publikum.

Josh and Lauren Capelin’s ‘After School’ named inaugural ShowdownDOC winner

Josh and Lauren Capelin's 'After School' has won the inaugural ShowdownDOC, a documentary strand of the Sunshine Coast Screen Collective's Sunny Coast Showdown initiative, receiving a production budget of over $100,000.

Fawzia Mirza’s ‘Written in the Stars’ fulfils its destiny in Melbourne

Principal photography has begun in Melbourne on Fawzia Mirza's 'Written in the Stars', a romantic comedy adapted from Su Dharmapala's novel 'The Wedding Season' and set in Melbourne's Sri Lankan community.

Get Industry-Ready with NIDA Open Studios: Pre-Professional Training for Stage and Screen

Get industry-ready with part-time, pre-professional training in Screen Acting, Musical Theatre, Writing, Directing with NIDA Open Studios.

TV & Streaming

‘The Artful Dodger’ S2, ‘The Narrow Road to the Deep North’ among APDG Award nominees

The fictional colony of Port Victory may live up to its name next month, with the second season of Disney+ series 'The Artful Dodger' scoring four nominations for this year's Australian Production Design Guild (APDG) Awards.

Amber Brown joins Endemol Shine Australia as commercial director

Endemol Shine Australia has hired Amber Brown to serve as commercial director, with the company looking to drive business growth across its slate and into new revenue streams.

‘Free Solo’ co-director Chai Vasarhelyi to headline Regionality Sunshine Coast

Academy Award-winner Chai Vasarhelyi, co-director of 'Free Solo', will be among the speakers at Australian International Documentary Conference (AIDC)'s Regionality Sunshine Coast event in August.

Eureka Productions’ Gold Coast-filmed ‘Wonka: The Golden Ticket’ to feature AI recreation of Gene Wilder’s voice

Netflix unscripted competition series 'Wonka's The Golden Ticket' will feature a recreated voice of Gene Wilder as Willy Wonka, made with the consent of Wilder's estate, when it premieres globally on September 23.

Tech

Palace Pentridge installs first Christie RGBH projector in ANZ

Palace Cinemas Pentridge has become the first Australasian cinema to deploy Christie’s RGBH projection technology.

Dear Denise: I want to use AI to support my work but don’t know where to start – Part 2

Screen Careers executive director Denise Eriksen shares insights into working with AI from the recent Media Production and Technology Show in London, where creative director and technologist Rebecca Rowntree discussed building her own AI agents to work as collaborators.

Zeiss introduces Horizon Anamorphic series

Zeiss has unveiled the Horizon Anamorphic series, a new line-up of full-frame 2x anamorphic cinema lenses.

Panavision unveils Primo 65 lens

Panavision has introduced the Primo 65 lens series, bringing the look of Primo lenses to the 65mm format.

New Zealand

New Zealand Videos

‘Mum, I’m Alien Pregnant’ (Trailer)

Mum I'm Alien Pregnant, from directing duo Thunderlips, will make its New Zealand premiere at the Whānau Mārama New Zealand International Film Festival on August before landing in cinemas later this year.

Business New Zealand News Professional Development TV & Streaming

NZ On Air and Netflix partner on crew training program

NZ On Air and Netflix will jointly fund a screen workforce development program aimed at producing industry-ready crew, after research found the training system in NZ has been "fundamentally misaligned with the way the screen sector operates".

Film New Zealand News

Aidee Walker’s ‘Daisy Chain’ blossoms in Auckland with Roxie Mohebbi

Roxie Mohebbi will play a 30-something artist whose emotional walls begin to crumble when a stranger enters her life at a friend's wedding in Aidee Walker's romantic comedy 'Daisy Chain', which has started shooting in Auckland.

New Zealand Videos

‘I, Object’ (Trailer)

Kiwi writer-director Andrew Niccol's 'I, Object', starring Karl Urban and Anna Faris, will be released in New Zealand cinemas July 23 via Umbrella Entertainment.

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