Factual entertainment series 'Seriously Funny', to be hosted by Rachel Berger and directed by Josh Ben-Moshe, has been selected as the winner of the AACTA Reg Grundy Award.
Umbrella Entertainment has hired former New Zealand Film Commission head of marketing Jasmin McSweeney to help expand its footprint across the Ditch.
South Australian not-for-profit screen organisation The Mercury has unveiled the twelve short films that will share in more than $100,000 in production funding as part of its Quiksilver initiative.
The Australian International Documentary Conference has announced the 15 teams that will take part in this year's FACTory International Pitching Showcase, to be held at The Edge in Fed Square during the March conference.
More international territories are set to share in the adventures of Windmill Pictures''Beep and Mort', with ABC Commercial securing deals for the series across Canada, the UK, the Middle East, and North Africa.
The Melbourne International Film Festival has appointed Damien Hodgkinson as its inaugural chief executive officer.
Screen Producers Australia will welcome the president of US production company Paper Planes Productions, Alon Aranya, to this year's Screen Forever conference.
SBS has hired Nakul Legha, most recently a creative executive with Netflix, as a commissioning editor in its scripted team.