ON ADAPTATION

At the recent Sydney Film Festival four new Australian screen adaptations premiered: Last Cab to Darwin, The Daughter, Ruben Guthrie and Holding the Man. Holding the Man shares a lineage via the Griffin Theatre with some lasting screen adaptations; The Heartbreak Kid, Lantana (Speaking in Tongues) and The Boys all started as plays on that stage.

Writer Tommy Murphy unpacks the experience of adapting Holding the Man for the stage and the screen here.

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Entertainment Internship

This internship includes living and travel expenses for three months while you get work experience in the Hollywood studio system. In your application you must demonstrate a commitment to the film business, with a strategic plan for how this internship would support your long-term career goals.

Channel 7 has Gone Cat Crazy

In light of reports that Ch 7 is launching legal action against Ch 9 for the cooking show time slot, Ch 7 have re-programmed this slot to bring us a show about funny cats. Yes you read correctly - that's right - funny internet cats… Is this what TV looks like when it hits rock bottom?

Be Mentored and Shoot in Colombia

Be mentored by Metro Screener Brian Rapsey as you document the story of a Pacific community nestled in Colombia, one of the world's biodiversity hotspots. Enter to get a 10-day all-expenses-paid trip in Colombia, with professional mentorship.

Get Paid to Go to the Movies

If you live in regional NSW you could take part in a new program run by The Australian Theatre Checking Service part of the Motion Picture Distributors Association of Australia where you will be paid to attend a cinema, watch a film and perform 'checks'.

Short Courses

Production Intensive Documentary 22 Aug

Introduction to Screenwriting

26 Aug

Craft of Editing (Premiere Pro)

05 Sep

Production Design Fundamentals 05 Sep

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Jump Start supported film Blood, Sweat and Tears.

Exploring very human issues in a not so human way.

Find out more about this short film and how you can help get it made.

Film Festivals Australia (FFA)

The Persian Film Festival opens 3 Sept with the Australian Premiere of The President fresh from Venice-Orizzonti Film Festival, BFI London and Chicago International Film Festival. The festival runs till 06 Sept at Norton St cinemas Leichhardt.

Check out the festival trailer. Check out the rest of FFA.