Shaun Grant, Jason Smilovic, Kai Wu, Stuart Beattie and Sarah Heyward are mentoring 14 emerging creators in Impact Australia, the offshoot of US Imagine Impact foundedby Brian Grazer, Ron Howard and Tyler Mitchell.
Josie Mason-Campbell is departing the ABC after three years as head of entertainment and factual amid a management restructure of the content divisions.
The ABC will cut the commissioning of independent production by about $5 million a year from July and rebrand the ABC Comedy channel to encompass genres such as arts, science, education and religion.
Richard Lowenstein's Ghost Pictures is collaborating with independent producer Mark Fennessy on a feature documentary on AFL star Dustin Martin and a miniseries based on Billy Thorpe's first book.
McGregor Casting founder Kirsty McGregor expresses her support for out of work creatives and discusses her current and recent projects and her bullish outlook for Australian cinema.
Monster Pictures' Grant Hardie and Pictures in Paradise's Chris Brown have formed a genre film production company in partnership with new international financier Fairvale Entertainment.
The virtual Cannes Film Market is underway with a raft of titles driven by Australian talent being pitched to buyers either as pre-sales or completed films.
After serving as location coordinator on Stan's 'The Gloaming' and location manager on season 4 of the ABC's 'Rosehaven', Kate Fox aims to take her career to the next level with two comedy webseries.