The film was produced by Charlotte Seymour (A Walk With Words) and Sue Maslin (The Dressmaker, Michael Kirby: Don’t Forget The Justice Bit).
As Managing Director, Film, Asia-Pacific, Lum extends his role from Australia and New Zealand to now include the full Asia-Pacific as the company creates new opportunities in the region.
The festival is now calling for entries from anywhere in the world for its debut year. One submission gains entrants consideration for 11 festivals around Australia and internationally, including Brisbane, Canberra, Auckland, Wellington, Kuala Lumpur, Pen
Brooks joins Warner Bros. from Endemol Shine USA, where he was Senior Vice President, Programming, and Executive Producer on many of the company's franchise series including MasterChef, MasterChef Junior and The Biggest Loser.
The 25th event will be held at Parramatta Park on February 11 next year.
The romantic comedy follows a network news journalist and his TV crew who are sent to Parkes to cover the events and personalities of the festival.
The awards cover 23 categories across production, costume, VFX, animation, VR, interactive, lighting, makeup and hair design in live performance and screen. New additions this year include VR and music clip design.
Firemonkeys was established when local independent studios Firemint and IronMonkey were bought and merged by global games giant EA Games in 2012.