77th Academy Awards Nominations

Australia's hopes for the Oscars this year rests with Cate Blanchett, Sejong Park and Andrew Gregory... along with Atlab film Zhang Yimou¹s House of Flying Daggers...

Ben Nott ACS nominated for ASC Awards

Australian cinematographer, Ben Nott ACS, has been nominated for the 19th Annual American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) Awards for Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography being announced on 13 February 2005 in the Grand Ballroom at Hollywood & Highland, USA.

John Radel, Kodak Filmschool Competition Winner - 2nd year Running

Australian Film Television & Radio School student, John Radel, has been selected as the Australian national winner of the Kodak Filmschool Competition for his work on the film Black Berries.

AFI Awards 2005 call for entries

The Australian Film Institute is calling for Feature Film, Television, Documentary, Short Fiction and Short Animation entries for the 47th AFI Awards. Entries are now open announced General Manager Geoffrey Williams today

Cinematographers Questionnaire

The Australian Cinemtographers Society has launched a new initiative to chronicle details of films and productions from a cinematographers point of view, to ensure our current history is captured, presented and archived for our education and future generations.

AFTRS Graduation Night

AFTRS to relocate Sydney headquarters to inner Sydney

The Australian Film Television and Radio School (AFTRS) will relocate its Sydney campus to inner Sydney following endorsement of a move in the Australian Government budget. The Government endorsed a proposal to move the School closer to the working industry in the inner Sydney area, with the final location yet to be finally decided.

Vale: Milton Ingerson OAM ACS

Milton Ingerson OAM ACS passed away in Adelaide on Monday 27 September 2005. Milton was a former Federal President of the ACS from the 1990's until 2003...

Tools

TV Broadcasting In Australia Turns Fifty

Sydney - 1 February 2005

The Powerhouse Museum - 50 Years Of Television Exhibition

The 50th Anniversary of Australian television broadcasting occurs in 2006. The Powerhouse Museum in Sydney will mark this important occasion by developing a spectacular exhibition examining the impact of television on the lives of Australians since 1956.

Due to open in November 2005, the exhibition will showcase landmark programs and key personalities, as well as technology and behind the scenes production. A wide audience is anticipated to visit this exhibition, ranging from young children and students to adults who remember the first TV broadcasts. The exhibition will engage visitors in informative, entertaining ways. There will be unique interactive exhibits and thought-provoking displays that explore the role of television in the community. The exhibition will showcase the largest collection of TV costumes, props and memorabilia ever displayed in Australia.

The exhibition will also examine new developments in television technology with digital broadcasting, high definition services, data casting, web TV and other innovations.

The museum is particularly interested in borrowing or acquiring significant or historic technology, equipment, costumes, props, sets and TV memorabilia. If you have any memorabilia either at home or in the workplace that you would be interested in lending we would be more than happy to hear from you.  Any items that are loaned to the museum will be handled in a professional manner. Items will be covered by the Museum's insurance and returned to their owners at the end of the exhibition.

If you have anything you think might be of interest to the exhibition, please contact either Butch Calderwood ACS or John Leake ACS or email tv50@cinematographer.org.au. Photos of anything you may wish to contribute would be great so we can forward onto the organisers.

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