Since Samantha Jennings and Kristina Ceyton joined forces in Causeway Films, they've shared a mutual agenda that has defined their work together: Find and nurture new voices and talent who have potential for exciting international careers.
The Melbourne International Film Festival has announced the nominees and juries for the Blackmagic Design Australian Innovation Award and the inaugural First Nations Film Creative Award.
Goran Stolevski's Macedonian film 'Housekeeping for Beginners', his third feature, is bound for the Venice Film Festival, where it will screen in the Orizzonti competition.
The British Film Institute was recently Down Under alongside selected UK producers and sales agents, with the aim of forging stronger ties with Australia. IF talks to BFI head of industry and international policy Agnieszka Moody and head of the BFI Global Screen Fund, Denitsa Yordanov.
A trio of Australian films are bound for this year's Toronto International Film Festival: NZ co-production 'The Convert', directed by Lee Tamahori, Kitty Green's 'The Royal Hotel' and Warwick Thornton's 'The New Boy'.
By their "very different but equally excellent" powers combined, 'Barbie' and 'Oppenheimer have given Australian cinemas their best weekend since the pandemic began - and for at least one exhibitor, its best weekend ever.
In recognition that many small screen businesses want to create a workplace culture that prioritises wellbeing, but are challenged to find the time or resources to stay across legislation, industry priorities and best practice, Screen Well has launched a free 'Wellbeing for Small Business' guide.
Sight and Sound magazine listed only two Australian features among its 50 best films of 2022. One was Baz Luhrmann’s 'Elvis', and the other a self-financed feature debut, 'The Plains'. Since launching on Mubi, Letterboxd reviews variously describe it as “the exact kind of unflinching, experimental but still accessible film that Screen Australia should be funding” and “maybe the best Australian film of the century”.