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ScreenHub @screenhub.bsky.social · 10h

Callum Preston and Louie Roots, the designers of ELECTRIC ARCADIA for Melbourne International Games Week, discuss their installation.

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ScreenHub @screenhub.bsky.social · 1d

Edgar Wright is one of several late additions to the SXSW Sydney 2025 Screen Festival program.

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ScreenHub @screenhub.bsky.social · 5d

Hugo Weaving is heading to New Zealand to join the cast of Hold Still, the debut feature from young Australian filmmaker Orla Doyle. The tense thriller is a hotly anticipated debut from a rising talent.

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ScreenHub @screenhub.bsky.social · 6d

The Adelaide Film Festival (AFF) has added several major international titles to its October line-up, fresh from premieres at Venice and Toronto.
#AdelaideFilmFestival #AFF #Megadocolis #Bugonia #NoOtherChoice

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ScreenHub @screenhub.bsky.social · 7d

Talamasca: The Secret Order, the next entry in Anne Rice's Immortal Universe series, premieres 20 Oct on Stan.

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ScreenHub @screenhub.bsky.social · 7d

Screen NSW is looking for an Executive Director, Screen Development to provide strategic oversight and ensures cohesive delivery of NSW’s screen development priorities, with a focus on investment and infrastructure

Closes Oct 20.

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Executive Director, Screen Development - Job – ArtsHub Australia

Provide strategic oversight and ensures cohesive delivery of NSW’s screen development priorities, with a focus on investment and infrastructure.

www.artshub.com.au

ScreenHub @screenhub.bsky.social · 9d

Here's our pick for the best new shows coming to streaming this week. #WhatToWatch #Netflix #Disney #HBO #Shudder #AppleTV

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ScreenHub @screenhub.bsky.social · 14d

Screen Australia funds $12.8m for 46 diverse new dramas, films, and series. vist.ly/4835j

Screen Australia commits $12.8m to 46 new dramas and bold local screen stories | ScreenHub: Film, TV, Streaming and Games

Screen Australia funds $12.8m for 46 diverse new dramas, films, and series.

www.screenhub.com.au

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ScreenHub @screenhub.bsky.social · 20d

Mystery Road: Origins season 2, streaming on ABC iView, is compelling stuff, writes Stephen Russell.

Full review at the link.

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#mysteryroadorigins #abc #review

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ScreenHub @screenhub.bsky.social · 20d

Come prepared, and the three days of PAX Aus 2025 will fly by. #PAXAus #PAXAus2025 #MIGW #MIGW25

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ScreenHub @screenhub.bsky.social · 20d

The cancellation of shows Jimmy Kimmel Live! and The Late Show with Stephen Colbert has sparked worry in the industry about the future of free expression on TV.

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#kimmel #colbert #trump

ScreenHub @screenhub.bsky.social · 20d

The low-budget, Melbourne-made drama FWENDS follows Jessie (Melissa Gan), a restless woman weighed down by loneliness and a secret, and Em (Emmanuelle Mattana), a junior Sydney lawyer escaping the fallout of workplace sexual harassment.

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#fwends #cinemas

ScreenHub @screenhub.bsky.social · 21d

CEEBS, now streaming on TikTok: 'Juggling multiple narratives, witty, pop-culture-soaked jokes and bird puppetry, this quirky gem provides both a stream-of-consciousness escape and a satire of authority'.

Read the full review at the link.

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#ceebs #tiktok #review @ceebsseries

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ScreenHub @screenhub.bsky.social · 21d

Every week we scour the streaming services to see the best 10 films that have been newly added – old classics, hidden gems, and indie darlings that you missed at the cinemas.

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#film #streaming

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ScreenHub @screenhub.bsky.social · 22d

See over 100 films in just seven days at this year's SXSW Sydney Screen Festival.

Headliner titles include Springsteen: Deliver Me From Noewhere, Bugonia, and Blumhouse’s Black Phone 2.

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#sxswsydney #film #screenfestival

ScreenHub @screenhub.bsky.social · 22d

Robert Redford, who passed away this week, was an icon both on camera and behind the camera.

Bruce Isaacs, Associate Professor of Film Studies at the University of Sydney, picks his top 10 Redford films:

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#robertredford

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ScreenHub @screenhub.bsky.social · 22d

Lego Party! is a bright, fun, Aussie-made game to watch. #legoparty #lego

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ScreenHub @screenhub.bsky.social · 22d

KPop Demon Hunters could be coming to Fortnite shortly. #kpopdemonhunters #fortnite #netflix #sony

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ScreenHub @screenhub.bsky.social · 23d

The Great Entertainer explores Brian Walsh’s role in shaping Australian screen culture across television, sport and entertainment.

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ScreenHub @screenhub.bsky.social · 23d

A study of 518 students found that watching films like My Neighbour Totoro increased overall mood and happiness.

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#studioghibli

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ScreenHub @screenhub.bsky.social · 23d

Frosty Games Fest, the dedicated online showcase for games created in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand, will officially return in December 2025. #frostygamesfest #australiangames #nzgames

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ScreenHub @screenhub.bsky.social · 24d

The Super Mario Galaxy Movie has officially been announced by Nintendo. Here's what we know so far.

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ScreenHub @screenhub.bsky.social · 27d

Thousands of actors have added their names to a pledge not to work with Israeli film groups ‘implicated in genocide’:

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#israel #palestine #filmworkersforpalestinepledge

ScreenHub @screenhub.bsky.social · 27d

Nintendo's latest Direct airs tonight. Ahead of the show, the ScreenHub team has weighed into the battle of predictions. Here's everything we want to see. #NintendoDirect #Nintendo

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ScreenHub @screenhub.bsky.social · 27d

High Country returns for Season 2 with Leah Purcell in a new alpine mystery.

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#highcountry #leahpurcell #binge