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Kris Darmody.

Off the back of its appointment of Mark Bamford as Director of Film and Television, Simpsons Solicitors have bolstered their production services arm with the appointment of Kris Darmody as Senior Lawyer..

Simpsons.specialises in media, arts and entertainment services. Darmody will be responsible for driving the firm's film, television and content production services with a strong emphasis on providing legal services to content producers at all stages of the development, production and financing cycle..

Darmody has worked closely with Australian content agency Curated Content and continues to act as Head of Legal and Business Affairs for Flying Bark Productions..

.Kris brings a unique production-focussed experience to the firm.s established media, arts and entertainment practice,. Bamford said. .

.I have worked on a number of transactions with Kris over the years. She is able to cut through and identify potential issues early and actively engages in bringing parties...

Matthew Deaner in conversation with Dana Brunetti at the 2015 Screen Forever Conference.

The Screen Producers Australia Council for 2016-17 has been unveiled.

.The Councillors are well recognized within the industry through the breadth and depth of their achievements and contribution to the industry,. said Screen Producers Australia CEO Matthew Deaner..

.I would like to thank the outgoing Council, with particular acknowledgement to Chris Oliver-Taylor who served as President and Ben Grant who was Vice President, and I look forward to working with Michael Tear and Tania Chambers in their newly elected roles as President and Vice-President respectively."

Tear, the CEO of WildBear Entertainment, said: .I am delighted to be elected President of Screen Producers Australia and am thrilled at the opportunity to work closely with Matt and his team. In an ever evolving production environment, the role of Screen Producers Australia is crucial and it is a great privilege to...

Tonight the BAFTA Video Game Awards are being held in London and the list of nominees shows the breadth of talent being celebrated and you can watch along live with us.

BAFTA’s push to educate people about the importance of gaming and to celebrate the very best in this medium is commendable and they are best placed to do this with access to the top names in the industry.

The titles being celebrated tonight include the annual editions of the most popular franchises but there’s a lot of innovation on show; the latest version of Call of Duty, Portal 2, Super Mario 3D Land and the internet-conquerinig Skyrim are all up for awards tonight along with many more.

The IGN stream will go live from 20.15 and you can watch along below,

Here’s the feed, enjoy!

The 2012 BAFTA Game Award nominees are below,

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Assassin’s Creed Revelations - Martin Schelling,...

Last week it was all about the 2012 BAFTA Film Awards, and now sees our attention turn to gaming with the announcement of the nominees for the BAFTA Video Game Awards 2012. We were there last year and hope to be covering it again this year. But in the meantime here’s the full list of nominees, featuring the cream of the crop of video gaming.

Personally I hope Uncharted 3 sweeps the board in all the categories its nominated in, and – being a Mario fan – I hope Super Mario 3D Land and Mario Kart 7 pick up awards… although Dead Space iOS could give them a run for the money in the handheld categories!

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Assassin’s Creed Revelations – Martin Schelling, Darby McDevitt, Raphael Lacoste / Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft Batman: Arkham City – Jamie Walker, Sefton Hill, Adam Doherty / Rocksteady Studios/Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 – Development Team / Infinity Ward...

Last week was all about the movie awards but now BAFTA keep up the momentum by announcing the nominations for the 2012 Video Game Awards. Batman: Arkham City and L.A. Noire come in strong but we’ve got the full list for you below.

Let us know in the comments section below which you want to win and what’s missing from the list.

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Assassin’s Creed Revelations - Martin Schelling, Darby McDevitt, Raphael Lacoste / Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft Batman: Arkham City – Jamie Walker, Sefton Hill, Adam Doherty / Rocksteady Studios/Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 – Development Team / Infinity Ward and Sledgehammer Games/Activision Blizzard Deus Ex: Human Revolution - Jean-Francois Dugas, Antoine Thisdale / Eidos Montreal/Ubisoft Portal 2 – Development Team / Valve/Valve Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception – Evan Wells, Christophe Balestra, Amy Henni g/Naughty Dog/Sony Computers Entertainment Europe

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Batman: Arkham City – Jamie Walker,...

Sydney — Australian rockers Men at Work on Friday lost their final court bid to prove they did not steal the distinctive flute riff of their 1980s hit "Down Under" from a children's campfire song.

The High Court of Australia denied the band's bid to appeal a federal court judge's earlier ruling that the group had copied the signature flute melody of "Down Under" from the song "Kookaburra Sits in the Old Gum Tree."

"Kookaburra," a song about Australia's famous bird of the same name, was written more than 70 years ago by Australian teacher Marion Sinclair for a Girl Guides competition. The song went on to become a favorite around campfires from New Zealand to Canada. The wildly popular "Down Under" remains an unofficial anthem for Australia.

Sinclair died in 1988, but publishing company Larrikin Music – which now holds the copyright for "Kookaburra" – filed a copyright lawsuit in 2009.

Last year, Federal Court...

Artistic License Films has acquired HBO's Twist of Faith, the Kirby Dick-directed documentary, which was nominated for an Academy Award for best documentary. The film, which begins airing Tuesday on HBO, centers on a firefighter from Toledo, Ohio, who was the victim of boyhood sexual abuse by a Catholic priest. Produced by Eddie Schmidt, it will be released theatrically in July. New York-based Artistic License also has acquired writer-director Mark Bamford's South Africa-set Cape of Good Hope, which it will begin to release in September.