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Festivals Film News

Andrew Dominik’s ‘Blonde’, Clare Young short ‘Love Forever’ selected for Venice

Australian writer/director Andrew Dominik's 'Blonde' will premiere in competition at the Venice Film Festival in September, alongside Florian Zeller's The Son, produced by See-Saw Films and starring Hugh Jackman. Australian short 'Love Forever', directed by Clare Young and EP'd by Jane Campion, has been selected for Orizzonti.

What it’s like to head into the Amazon with Apichatpong Weerasethakul

It’s not every day that you get to sail down the Amazon River in a canoe to do location scouting with a Palme d’Or winning director who is guiding you on your short film. But that was the recent experience of Kate Vinen, one of 50 directors selected for PlayLab Films’ 10-day development lab in Peru with Apichatpong Weerasethakul.

Helm puts a spotlight on the role of the director

For Playground Films owner and director David Barker, there are many industry opportunities to discuss the business of filmmaking - less so the art of filmmaking. To help redress this, Playground has launched Helm, a program of monthly film screenings 'for directors, by directors'.

Film Funding News TV & Streaming

ABC, Doc Society, state agencies partner on short-form climate change initiative

With the ABC looking to ramp up its natural history slate from next year, it has partnered with Doc Society to support early career filmmakers to create short-form documentaries focussing on solutions to climate and environmental challenges.

Distribution Film News

BO Report: ‘Where the Crawdads Sing’, ‘The Black Phone’ help keep momentum

With six quite different films earning more than $1 million at the box office last weekend, there are promising signs that audiences of all types are making their way back to cinemas.

Film News Production

Laura Gordon, Ian Bliss join David Dastmalchian in Cairnes brothers’ ‘Late Night with the Devil’

Laura Gordon, Ian Bliss and Fayssal Bazzi will join 'The Suicide Squad' star David Dastmalchian in Colin and Cameron Cairnes' latest horror, 'Late Night with the Devil', now shooting at Docklands Studios Melbourne.

News Production TV & Streaming

Hugh Jackman joins the cast of Michael Cusack’s ‘Koala Man’

Hugh Jackman has joined the voice cast of Michael Cusack's Hulu series ‘Koala Man’, with animation via Melbourne's Princess Bento Studio.

News TV & Streaming

Josie Mason Campbell joins Fremantle Australia as head of unscripted

Former ABC head of entertainment and factual Josie Mason Campbell is set to join Fremantle Australia as head of unscripted (content and development), as the company looks to step up its focus on high-end factual and docs.

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