Australian YouTube hit Starting From … Now! has made the jump to TV and will screen on SBS 2 after its world premiere at the Queer Screen Mardi Gras Film Festival in March.
Established in memory of Australian actor Heath Ledger, who served as an ambassador for AiF, the Heath Ledger Scholarship is open to emerging Australian actors 18-35 years old.
Shot in Kerang, the drama is billed by its makers - Australian filmmakers Tristan Barr, Damien Lipp and Michael Gosden - as a mix between Animal Kingdom and Gus Van Sant's controversial Elephant.
Deborah Mailman, Frances O'Connor, Hunter Page-Lochard, Tasma Walton, Stef Dawson, Wayne Blair, Ryan Griffen, Rosemary Blight and Angela Littlejohn have walked the Berlinale's red carpet ahead of a screening of the show's first two episodes.
Jointly directed by filmmaker Matthew Bate and director/choreographer Gideon Obarzanek, Stuck in the Middle With You allows the viewer to become part of the on-stage performance - a live dance work originally choreographed by Obarzanek for the Sydney Danc
Australian film Oberservance is set for its Australian premiere on April 3 after garnering strong reviews on the global festival circuit.
The APDG and AIT will host production designer Deborah Riley at two events in Sydney and Melbourne.
Off the back of the success of the UK’s National Theatre Live in local cinemas, Australian National Theatre Live will launch with the Griffin Theatre Company’s production of David Williamson’s Emerald City.