Sean Slatter

3 weeks ago | if.com.au | Sean Slatter

A collective of screen industry guilds has issued a joint submission to the Productivity Commission urging action on AI developers who use stolen or uncompensated work.

3 weeks ago | if.com.au | Sean Slatter

Baby Reindeer creator Richard Gadd will head to Melbourne next month for the second edition of television summit Future Vision, joining fellow British creator Sally Wainwright and US writer, producer, and showrunner Soo Hugh on the line-up. To be held July 14-16 at ACMI, this year’s event will carry the theme of ‘Optimism’, with sessions inviting attendees to reimagine what’s possible amid global market contraction, regulatory uncertainty and the rise of AI.

3 weeks ago | if.com.au | Sean Slatter

Ernie Dingo, ABC News Breakfast host Bridget Brennan, and musician Isaac Compton will front a new First Nations variety program that will screen on the ABC ahead of this year’s NAIDOC Week celebrations. To be broadcast in front of a live studio audience, That Blackfella Show will feature guests including Steph Tisdell, Dane Simpson, Abbie Chatfield, Jimmy Barnes, Outback Tom, Barkaa, Kevin Kropinyeri, and many more.

3 weeks ago | if.com.au | Sean Slatter

SXSW selections One More Shot and Spreadsheet Champions, along with documentary portraits of comedy legend John Clarke and screen icon David Gulpilil, are among more than 20 titles announced for this year’s Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF). The first glance line-up for the 73rd edition of the festival, held August 7–24, includes seven MIFF Premiere Fund titles, a mix of 17 international and local films, and two special events.

3 weeks ago | if.com.au | Sean Slatter

Ian Crawford, producer, director and former Crawford Productions managing director has died. He was 91. The nephew of orchestra conductor and media titan Hector Crawford, Ian Crawford joined Crawford Productions aged 20, just before television was introduced in Australia.