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Were this week’s AACTA Awards any better than the old AFIs? The spruced-up gongs show the Australian film industry still hasn’t come to terms with its niche status.

How Australian is Arthur Miller’s 1955 classic A View From The Bridge? A new Australian film production is testing definitions and sparking renewed debate on funding, writes Grace Jennings-Edquist.

In screen policy, an open-ended and uncapped tax subsidy is considered a good thing. The bigger the film, the larger the tax-payer contribution, writes Ben Eltham.

The film industry provides countless examples of celebrated professionals: actors, directors, writers and producers. But film editors - particularly Aussie ones - are amongst the jobs often overlooked. Here are five of our best.

While wannabe sports stars gets thousands in government support and sponsorship, young Australian film makers struggle to make a living in Australia and that talent heads overseas, writes film critic Margaret Pomeranz.

Bemoaning the woeful state of Australia’s film industry has almost become a cliche in the local media. But are things really that bad? 2009’s fantastic crop of Aussie feature films should prove the critics wrong, says Sylvia Lawson.

This should have been a bumper year for Aussie films, with titles like Balibo, Mary and Max and Blessed, but realistically the profits aren’t that large, writes Lynden Barber. Should federal funding instead go to more profitable television dramas and digital channels?

The nominees for the 2009 AFI Awards have been announced, and capping off a bumper year for Australian cinema, it’s an impressive list, says Luke Buckmaster.

Brisbane City Council go begging for fans of King George Square, Big Food is looking for a lobbyist who ticks all the right boxes, does Clive Hamilton want to kill koalas? trouble in the NT education system, and more tip-offs from Crikey readers.

Luke Buckmaster reviews Into the Shadows: a dense and compelling documentary about the beleaguered state of the Australian film industry. Required viewing for those interested in the business side of Australian cinema.

Crikey readers continue to weigh in on the John Della Bosca sex scandal, in light of the article by Bob Ellis. Plus, what’s happening with the Australian film industry?

In last week’s Sunday Age, Michael Coulter said he’d rather watch the next Transformers film than watch anything made by down-in-the-dumps local filmmakers. Crikey’s movie blogger Luke Buckmaster begs to differ.

Australian screenwriter Stuart Beattie is set to make his directional debut with a film adaption of John Marsden’s Tomorrow, When the War Began teen book series.