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Keep the home films rolling BY MOST measures, this year's gathering of the Screen Producers Association of Australia should have meant fireworks. Box office share of home-grown films is the lowest since records began 30 years ago — less than 1% so far this year. Our films are not finding audiences, domestically or abroad. A new funding regime is being bedded down amid outcries that emerging filmmakers will be shut out, symptom of an industry too long controlled by baby boomers with outdated ideas and a weak grasp on how the market and audiences have evolved. http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2008/11/14/1226318927859.html