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2019 Tropfest Winner Brendan Pinches (supplied)

Doco about Anonymous Artist wins Tropfest 2019

February 10 - Creative Industries, Film, Television

Despite raging storms wreaking havoc on-site a night before the 16 finalist’s short film debut, Tropfest Australia rose like a phoenix to deliver a stand-out event, crowning Brendan Pinches (Templestowe, VIC) winner of T...

Kate Miller-Heidke to represent Australia at Eurovision

February 10 - Latest News, Television

Kate Miller-Heidke has been crowned the winner of the first ever Eurovision – Australia Decides during the Live TV Final on SBS on Saturday 9 February 2019. Kate took to the stage to perform her song Zero Gravity, alongs...

Eurovision – Australia Decides

February 6 - Music, Television

With just days until show time, SBS and Blink TV have announced the final two songs for Eurovision – Australia Decides. Much-loved indie band Sheppard will sing the ultimate love song On My Way, while ARIA award-wi...

Zaachariaha Fielding and Michael Ross are Electric Fields

First artists vying to represent Australia at Eurovision revealed

December 3 - Music, Performance, Television

Eurovision – Australia Decides has announced the first four artists who will compete to represent the country at next year’s Eurovision song contest in Tel Aviv. Hosted on the Gold Coast and broadcast live an...

‘Schlager’, Scandi-pop and sparkles: your guide to the mus...

May 12 - Film, Opinion, Television

In his acceptance speech for the 2017 Eurovision Song Contest, Portuguese winner Salvador Sobral issued a controversial call to arms to “bring music back” to a place of meaning and feeling: We live in a world of disposab...

Glitch Sean Keenan - courtesy of ABC AAR

In the debate about Australian content on TV, we need to look further ...

May 10 - Film, Opinion, Television

One of the main functions of the media is to tell a society’s collective story, both to the society itself and to others. People instinctively grasp the importance of this, and an established way of assessing how well a ...

Art Bites - Lilli Waters, Carla Wherby, Anthony Frith and Sam Matthews

ABC and Screen Australia release new series of Art Bites

April 20 - Film, Television

Bingeable masterpieces that will make you laugh, cry and explore the importance of artistic expression, four new Art Bites documentaries helmed by emerging director and producer teams have been launched on the ABC Arts c...

Jacqueline Brennan and Nicole da Silva in Wentworth (2013) - courtesy of FremantleMedia Australia

As Wentworth slips quietly onto the ABC, the series still asks tough q...

April 19 - Opinion, Television

In early March, the ABC issued a press release announcing that the “multi-award-winning Australian drama Wentworth” would make its free to air television debut on April 12. “This groundbreaking and much acclaimed Foxtel ...