Screen Australia has launched a redesigned Enterprise Program, which it argues will offer broader range of opportunities for practitioners and companies.
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Next year will mark 40 years since the first Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras, and ahead of the celebrations two short film initiatives focused on LGBTIQ filmmakers have been launched.
Last week, the CEO of the Interactive Games and Entertainment Association Ron Curry penned a clearly frustrated open letter to the Minister for Communications and the Arts, Mitch Fifield.
The feature is one of four film projects and seven television dramas supported by Screen Australia in its latest $8.8 million funding round.
'Making Muriel' will follow P.J. Hogan as he adapts his 1994 film 'Muriel’s Wedding' into a musical produced by the Sydney Theatre Company and Global Creatures.
Film Victoria CEO Jenni Tosi will depart the organisation a year earlier than expected.
Revlover Films' Martha Coleman is producing. The feature has secured matched funding from eOne, who produced Knight's 'The Water Diviner'.
'Jill Bilcock: Dancing the Invisible' is also being supported by Screen Australia. Likewise feature doc 'Leunig: A Tale in 16 Parts', directed by 'Fell' filmmaker Kasimir Burgess, and '2040', a high-concept hybrid documentary from Damon Gameau ('That Sug