The Australian Directors Guild has welcomed the announcement by Screen NSW CEO Courtney Gibson that the agency intends to moved to gender equity in its production and development finance by 2020.
Screen Australia and NITV are seeking submissions for a new slate of documentaries to be made in the lead up to the proposed 2017 Referendum on Constitutional Recognition.
Dannii and Kylie Minogue are set to perform at this year's X Factor grand final on November 24.
Foxtel and Seven West Media's streaming platform Presto will stream its first local commission in a world premiere on December 9.
Pre-eminent drama producer John Edwards will deliver the Hector Crawford memorial lecture next Wednesday at the Screen Forever conference in Melbourne. .
Australian art-house cinema pioneer Natalie Miller will receive the 2015 Lifetime Achievement Award from Screen Producers Australia.
Mushroom Pictures is staging event screenings this month of an acclaimed documentary on US singer/songwriter Elliott Smith who died in 2003, aged 34.
Screen Producers Australia has announced the appointment of its 2015 - 2016 councillors who were elected at the AGM last week.