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“All art is propaganda, but not all propaganda is art.” The saying from 1984 and Animal Farm author George Orwell features in The Story of British Propaganda Film, a new book in the British Film Institute (BFI)’s British Screen Stories series at Bloomsbury Publishing written by Scott Anthony, the deputy head of research at the U.K. Science Museum Group, which consists of five British museums.

An archival project based on the BFI National Archive, the book shows how central propaganda is to the development of British film and how it has filtered people’s understanding of modern British history. While the term “propaganda film” was traditionally associated with war-time narratives, Anthony emphasized that it didn’t end after World War I and II.

Instead, it became “a tool for packaging our cultural heritage, promoting tourism and transforming British culture,” a synopsis highlights. His argument: propaganda does not always have to be insincere or untrue.

Andrew Anastasios and Andrew Knight.s The Water Diviner won the top prize and the gong for best original feature at the 2015 Awgie Awards.

It was the first time a feature collected the Australian Writers' Guild's Major Award and the gong for original feature since 2012 when Tony Briggs and Keith Thompson won with The Sapphires.

The prize for feature film adaptation was shared by Brendan Cowell for Scarlett Productions'. Ruben Guthrie and Tommy Murphy for Matchbox Pictures' Holding the Man.

Matchbox and Full Clip.s Deadline Gallipoli was named best original TV miniseries, acknowledging the work of writers Jacquelin Perske (also script producer), Stuart Beattie, Shaun Grant and Cate Shortland.

FremantleMedia.s Wentworth Season 3, Episode 3 The Governor.s Pleasure by Stuart Page shared the TV series award with Endemol Australia.s Offspring Episode 511 by Michael Lucas. Jan Sardi and Mac Gudgeon took the award for best miniseries adaptation for...

Don Hany, Anthony Hayes and Ewen Leslie have been cast in an ABC TV series which follows the James Hardie asbestos scandal: Devil.s Dust.

The two-part mini-series, written by Kris Mrksa, is being produced by FremantleMedia Australia (Fma) and is based on the book Killer Company by ABC journalist Matt Peacock. Production begins on March 19 in Sydney.

Don Hany (Offspring, East West 101) plays Adam Bourke, who becomes aware that James Hardie is selling a product that causes the death of thousands of people. Anthony Hayes (The Slap, Changi) plays courageous James Hardie worker Bernie Banton, who battled for compensation for asbetos victims, while Ewen Leslie (Sleeping Beauty, Three Blind Mice) plays ABC journalist Matt Peacock.

ABC TV head of fiction Carole Sklan said: .This is a powerful, inspiring drama which has attracted an outstanding cast and creative team. ABC TV is proud to present the human story at...

Don Hany, Anthony Hayes and Ewen Leslie have been cast in an ABC TV series which follows the James Hardie asbestos scandal: Devil.s Dust. The two-part mini-series, written by Kris Mrksa, is being produced by FremantleMedia Australia (Fma) and is based on the book Killer Company by ABC journalist Matt Peacock. Production begins on March 19 in Sydney. Don Hany (Offspring, East West 101) plays Adam Bourke, who becomes aware that James Hardie is selling a product that causes the death of thousands of people. Anthony Hayes (The Slap, Changi) plays courageous James Hardie worker Bernie Banton, who battled for compensation for asbetos victims, while Ewen Leslie (Sleeping Beauty, Three Blind Mice) plays ABC journalist Matt Peacock. ABC TV head of fiction Carole Sklan said: .This...