(L-R): Brett Stephens and Nicole Sullivan. Two filmmakers from Northern NSW, Nicole Sullivan and Brett Stephens, have been selected for Screenworks’...
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Flying Bark managing director Barbara Stephen is the new vice president of the Screen Producers Australia Council, succeeding Tania Chambers who remains on as a councillor.
Create NSW, BBC Studios Australia and the Australian International Documentary Conference (AIDC) have partnered to offer a mid-career documentary producer/director a six-month placement with the BBC Studios documentary team in the UK.
UK-based Australian comedian Sarah Kendall is starring in 'Frayed', a six-part comedy-drama commissioned by the ABC and Sky UK, the first collaboration between the broadcasters.
Tanya Hosch is joining the AFTRS council while Vaughan Dai Rees, Christine Burton and Professor Mark Rose are joining the academic board, with Rose named chair following the departure of Robin Ewing.
While many actors fret or obsess about where their next role is coming from, Aaron Pedersen has a simple, unfussed approach.
These are heady times for Damon Herriman, who has just scored his fifth AACTA nomination after winning the Qantas Orry-Kelly Award from Australians in Film and wrapping a film with Quentin Tarantino, Brad Pitt, Leonardo DiCaprio and Margot Robbie.
A record $718 million was spent on Australian feature films, TV dramas and online programs in 2017-18, up 7 per cent on the prior year, mostly due to a boom in co-productions.