ABC Children’s and Screen Australia have partnered on The Kaleidoscope Project, a new funding initiative that will back the creation of up to four standalone films that capture what it’s like to be a young culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) Australian.
The Casting Guild of Australia (CGA) has named its ten 'Rising Stars' for 2020: Luca Sardelis, Lily Sullivan, Yazeed Daher, Sophie Wilde, Ayesha Madon, Patrick Jhanur, Daniel Monks, Ratidzo Mambo, Thomas Weatherall and Bridie McKim.
The ten Indigenous-led productions due to participate in Bunya Talent Lab LA will each receive development funding and participate in a companion writing program with Netflix.
A second season of ABC's 'Superwog', the brainchild of brothers Theodore and Nathan Saidden, begins shooting this week in Melbourne.
Screenwest's capability development programs, Elevate and Elevate+, are set to support five new short films.
"The screen industry is sadly lagging very far behind, but I’m hopeful that these webinars will be the catalyst to help change that.”
Network 10 parent ViacomCBS Networks International (VCNI) has appointed Jarrod Villani to co-lead its operations in Australia and New Zealand with Beverley McGarvey.
Some of the industry’s most influential have donated 30 minutes of their time to be raffled off as prizes in Screenworks’ annual fundraising raffle.