Sean Slatter

Sydney

Journalist at IF magazine

Journalist @insidefilm. I enjoy books and drinking. Views are my own.

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What’s still on the table for film and TV when parliament is recalled

1 week ago | if.com.au | Sean Slatter

PREMIUM CONTENT Keep connected to the Australian screen industry. With a subscription, you’ll get access to exclusive premium content including in-depth features, opinion, analysis and business and talent profiles. You can also upgrade to access our comprehensive In Production listings, covering hundreds of projects. Sign up with a 7 day free trial.
Melissa George to lead New Zealand crime dramedy 'Ms. X' for Warner Bros. Discovery’s TV3 - IF Magazine

1 week ago | if.com.au | Sean Slatter

Aussie Melissa George will play a suburban mum inadvertently drawn into the criminal underworld in a new crime dramedy set to commence production in New Zealand for Warner Bros. Discovery’s TV3 next month. As per Deadline, Ms. X centres on a woman who teams up with an old high school friend to scare her cheating husband into staying faithful. However, when things turn (accidentally) homicidal, she becomes caught between the cops, the cartel, and a vicious PTA.
Create NSW announces largest cohort yet for Createability program

1 week ago | if.com.au | Sean Slatter

The ABC, SBS, Community Broadcasting Association of Australia, and production company Drama Queen are among the organisations that will take on interns as part of the NSW Government’s Createability program. Delivered through Create NSW, Sound NSW, and Screen NSW, the initiative is designed to open doors for creative practitioners with disability or who are d/Deaf by facilitating paid internships in hands-on roles with leading arts, screen, music, and cultural workplaces.
University of Canterbury unveils Kōawa Studios Industry Advisory Board

1 week ago | if.com.au | Sean Slatter

Director Michelle Walshe, Whitebait Media founder Janine Morrell-Gunn, media-tech entrepreneur and Emmy judge Catherine Warren, and creative technologist Nikora Ngaropo have joined other leaders from the screen and technology sectors on the University of Canterbury’s Digital Screen Kōawa Studios Industry Advisory Board.
'U Are the Universe', 'Eddington' set course for Revelation

1 week ago | if.com.au | Sean Slatter

The exploits of Ukrainian space trucker Andriy Melnyk will raise the curtain on July’s Revelation Perth International Film Festival, with the full line-up unveiled today.
'The set was like a party': Danny and Michael Philippou on the behind-the-scenes fun of 'Bring Her Back'

1 week ago | if.com.au | Sean Slatter

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AFTRS renames Studio 1 as the Myer Studio to recognise family's contribution

1 week ago | if.com.au | Sean Slatter

The Australian Film Television and Radio School (AFTRS) has renamed its largest sound stage to recognise the Myer family’s contribution to the school. A renaming and dedication ceremony of AFTRS’ Studio 1 as the Myer Studio was held last Friday at the school, with Andrew Myer and his wife Kerry Gardner joining AFTRS staff, students, members of AFTRS Council and executive, scholarship recipients, and AFTRS donors.
Umbrella, AACTA announce $30,000 Wake In Fright Development Initiative for horror/thriller scripts

1 week ago | if.com.au | Sean Slatter

It’s been more than 50 years since schoolteacher John Grant’s descent into the dregs of the fictional outback mining town Bundanyabba first lit up the screen in Cannes, helping to change the course of Australian cinema as a defining work of the New Wave movement.
Binge commissions comedy documentary 'SOLD! Who Broke the Australian Dream?'

1 week ago | if.com.au | Sean Slatter

Comedian Mark Humphries will apply a humorous lens to Australia’s housing market in a new one-hour documentary set to air on Binge and Fox 8. Produced by Wedge-Tail Pictures, SOLD! Who Broke the Australian Dream? explores the pressures on renters and what needs to change in Australia’s housing landscape, with an examination of current house prices, soaring rent, and the “Australian Dream” that feels more out of reach than ever.
Mandy Walker elected president of American Society of Cinematographers

1 week ago | if.com.au | Sean Slatter

Australian Cinematographers Society (ACS) Hall of Fame honouree Mandy Walker has become the first female president of the American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) after being elected to replace the outgoing Shelly Johnson.