Emerging animators will have the opportunity to receive up to $10,000 of project funding and mentoring from Ludo Studio as part of a new ACMI X residency program.
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Animation students at the University of Canterbury are set to benefit from the expertise behind stop-motion titles 'Wallace and Gromit', 'Shaun the Sheep', and 'Morph' as part of a new five-year agreement between the institution and Aardman Academy, the training arm of stop-motion studio Aardman.
Screen Producers Australia (SPA) CEO Matthew Deaner didn't mince words at Tuesday's public hearing into the National Cultural Policy in Canberra, telling a Senate Committee that some streaming businesses had been promoting misleading information about the policy to Parliament.
Toby Wallace has had quite the homecoming since flying back to Australia from London at the end of last year, working with Ron Howard on the Queensland-shot survival thriller 'Eden' and a cameo in Charlie Williams' feature debut 'Inside'.
The health of the children's screen sector will again be on the agenda in Coffs Harbour at the end of August as the Australian Children’s Content Summit returns for a second year.
Lorcan Finnegan’s psychological thriller 'The Surfer', starring Nicolas Cage, will have its world premiere at Cannes after being chosen as one of four films for the Midnight Screenings section.
Canadian actress and writer Fawzia Mirza has signed on to direct an adaptation of Su Dharmapala's The Wedding Season, which Sri Lankan-Australian actress Menik Gooneratne wrote and will star in.
