A judging panel comprising producer Scarlett Koehne, actor and writer Osamah Sami, and directors Bonnie Moir and Jeffrey Walker will determine the winner of this year's AACTA Pitch: Focus short film development and production initiative from five finalists announced yesterday.
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Andrea Solonge, Charles Wu, Taj Aldeep, Kartanya Maynard, Will McDonald, and Ezekiel Simat are the finalists for this year's Heath Ledger Scholarship after being selected from a record number of entries.
The multicultural milieu of Western Sydney, 2010 Melbourne, and a town on the brink of destruction provide the backgrounds for three projects moving into production through the ABC and Screen Australia's Fresh Blood initiative.
New Zealand emerging filmmakers' project The Outlook for Someday will now be known as Day One Hāpai te Haeata after undergoing a brand refresh.
Jeni Bezuidenhout, Tamara Hardman, Sophie Morgan, Nicholas Lin, Jack Voegt, and Phoebe Wolfe have been chosen to participate in Australians in Film (AiF) and Screen Australia's Untapped development lab for 2024.
Screen Australia and the Australian Children's Television Foundation (ACTF) have used this year's Children's Content Summit to launch a new initiative to develop Australian children's IP for digital platforms such as YouTube, Roblox, and FAST.
Netflix and Fremantle are calling for applicants to participate in an expanded trainee attachment program for 'Heartbreak High''s third and final season.
The Australian Film Television & Radio School (AFTRS) has partnered with the Hoyts Group and Dylan Alcott Foundation (DAF) to establish two new scholarships targeted at students from under-represented groups.