The Balnaves Foundation has pledged $530,000 to NIDA's First Nations Program, facilitating three scholarships, three paid internships, and funding for the institute's first Elder in Residence.
High-profile talent on both sides of camera punctuate the four feature films, three television dramas, and one virtual reality project that will share in more than $6.5 million of production funding from Screen Australia.
Chris Hemsworth, Jacki Weaver, UK casting director Nina Gold, director Rachel Perkins, and US actor Alia Shawkat will make up the jury for this year's Heath Ledger Scholarship.
South Australian development program Film Lab: New Voices is again open to creative teams, with First Nations practitioners being encouraged to apply.
NITV has taken Pink Pepper's 'Our Law' to a full series commission, while also ordering Purskey Productions and No Coincidence Media's 'Larapinta'.
To be held annually, the program offers a 12-month scholarship at Seven West Media for a junior graduate with a passion for sales, programming, or news.
Three documentary projects that participated in 2020’s New Perspectives Pitch Lab, hosted by AFTRS, Doc Society, AIDC and Screen NSW, will receive philanthropic development and production grants via the MaiTri Foundation's Story Program.
The 40th anniversary Australian Directors' Guild awards have moved from October to December, with a live, in-person event to be held at the Actor’s Centre in Sydney.