Screen Australia and the Australian Writers' Guild have selected Thomas Duncan-Watt, Vanessa Gazy, Sarah Lambert, Leah Purcell, Giula Sandler, and Alexa Wyatt for the second edition of The Creators accelerator program.
Filmmaker Aprille Asfoura and sustainability and environmental advocate Anna Jane (AJ) Linke will receive mentorship from Documentary Australia as part of its Impact Producer Program.
Remaining flexible and adapting to the needs of practitioners amid broader industry changes are among the chief concerns for Screen Australia when it comes to ongoing capacity building, industry development head Ken Crouch says.
Untapped alumni Kalu Oji and Natasha Henry will join filmmaker Michael Hudson and writer Catherine Smyth-McMullen in moderating sessions for this year's initiative.
Composer, producer and artist Thalia Skopellos, who performs as Ellatronix, is the recipient of the 2024 NATSIMO (National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Music Office) Screen Composer Intensive.
NIDA and Prime Video have awarded Master of Fine Arts Directing student Nicole Puni and Master of Fine Arts Writing student Krishna Patel the $50,000 Prime Video Scholarships.
Documentary Australia has unveiled the recipients of this year's SheDoc grants, which are designed to support women working in key creative roles in the documentary sector.
Adelaide-based actor Mia Foran is the inaugural recipient of the AACTA Young Stars: National Youth Casting Call, beating out nine other young finalists to top the nationwide initiative.