AFF has named adventurer and environmental scientist Tim Jarvis and dancer and choreographer Meryl Tankard as dual recipients of the 2016 Jim Bettison and Helen James Award. Both will use the award to develop films.
The chief executives of five of Australia’s television networks – ABC, SBS, Foxtel, Nine and Seven - will speak at the Screen Forever conference in a series of one-off conversation sessions.
The Media Reconciliation Industry Network Group (MediaRING) has elected its first executive board, to be chaired by NITV channel manager Tanya Orman.
APRA AMCOS and the Australian Guild of Screen Composers (AGSC) have announced that the Screen Music Awards will return to Sydney in 2016, with the event to be held November 8 at the City Recital Hall.
SPA has announced it is extending Screen Forever’s International Partnership Market with the launch of the SPA Connect program.
Australians in Film (AiF) has announced it will honour actor Jai Courtney and director Garth Davis with Breakthrough Awards at the upcoming AIF Awards and Benefit Dinner in LA.
Australia is set to get two new local dramas in one night, with Channel Nine announcing Hyde & Seek will premiere October 3, the same airdate as Seven's new series The Secret Daughter.
Screen NSW has launched Screenability NSW, a new program to create opportunities in the screen industry for people with disabilities.