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Bell Shakespeare launches short film festival for students

April 3 - Film, Theatre

Calling all budding young filmmakers! National theatre company Bell Shakespeare has announced a film festival where students are in the director’s seat. Open to primary and secondary school students Australia-wide, the B...

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra - photo by Daniel Aulsebroo

MSO presents A Night (in) with the Symphony: Stravinsky Double-Bill

April 1 - Film, Music, Performance

The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra invites music lovers to keep the music going this Thursday evening (2 April 2020) at 7.30pm with a special online premiere concert featuring a Stravinsky double-bill: Rite of Spring and t...

AAR Aussie Pops Orchestra and Artists featured in What A Wonderful World

Artists phone in for What A Wonderful World

March 30 - Film, Music

As a response to the devastation that COVID-19 is having on the arts and entertainment industry, John Foreman’s Aussie Pops Orchestra and friends have “phoned in” an isolation orchestra performance of What A Wonderful Wo...

AAR Belonging Sam Watson and Rodney Croome - courtesy of Screen Australia

MQFF announces 2020 Award Winners

March 28 - Festivals, Film

Despite the 2020 Melbourne Queer Film Festival (MQFF) being suspended due to COVID-19, MQFF has celebrated the brightest queer voices and filmmaking talent in Australia by announcing their Jury Awards. The City of Melbou...

Richard Tognetti with Members of the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra presents Thursday Night (in) with the Sym...

March 26 - Film, Music, Performance

The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra invites music lovers to keep the music going with a special online premiere concert series every Thursday evening at 7.30pm. This new series of pre-recorded concerts follows on from the s...

LateNite films Rebooted (production still)

Award-winning short film Rebooted debuts online

March 24 - Film

Having already been featured at Austin Film Festival, Flickerfest (Best Australian Animated Short Film) and nominated for a Best Short Film AACTA Award 2019, the award-winning short film, Rebooted has launched to interna...

The InBESTigators - courtesy of Netflix and ABC Me

Save our screens: 3 things government must do now to keep Australian c...

March 10 - Film, Opinion, Television

Last week, free-to-air broadcaster Seven, embracing the spirit of a petulant teen, stomped its foot and announced it would no longer follow the rules regarding its Australian children’s content obligations. Nine has sugg...

Honeyland

March 10 - Film, Latest Reviews

Aside from the occasional visit to the neighbouring city, Macedonian beekeeper Hatidže Muratova lives a life free from the forces of capitalism. Muratova’s day-to-day experiences, expressing a level of self-sufficiency a...