FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Tuesday 30 June 2009
LUMINA SHINES A LIGHT ON SCREEN CULTURE
ISBN 978-0-980655-0-1
RRP16.95
The Australian Film Television and Radio School (AFTRS)
today launched the first issue of its new publication,
LUMINA, a Journal of Screen Arts and Business.
Sandra Levy, AFTRS CEO, and one of the editors of the journal
says “LUMINA
offers a space for cultural reflection and analysis, to share the thoughts and ideas of
those people who want to have a dialogue about film and story, and the art of it and
the business of it.”
LUMINA
deliberates
on current issues relevant to the Australian screen arts and
broadcast sector through essays, interviews and reflections from the industry’s
leading thinkers and practitioners. Articles include five controversial pieces on genre
films under the heading ‘Genre is not a Dirty Word’ as well as a report from Vincent
Sheehan on the necessity for producers to understand distribution; a retrospective
on the Origins of Horror by David Stratton; as well as edited transcripts of a selection
of ‘Friday on My Mind’ the weekly cultural event at AFTRS; and The Knowledge, a
series of interviews about the business of screen.
Other contributors to the first issue include Baz Luhrmann, Warwick Thornton, David
Court and Jan Chapman, to name a few.
The launch issue of LUMINA will be available from July 2009 and can be ordered
immediately from bookstores nationally.
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For further information please contact:
Annaliese Zuzarte
The Lantern Group
P. 02 9383 4029 / 0404 877 887
E. annaliese@lanterngroup.com.au
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