South Australian Film Corporation CEO Courtney Gibson will succeed AFTRS CEO Neil Peplow as the chair of the Screen Diversity and Inclusion Network (SDIN).
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Simon Baker’s coming-of-age drama 'Breath' opened in third spot last weekend, behind the Marvel/Disney blockbuster 'Avengers: Infinity War' and 'I Feel Pretty'.
Simon Baker’s feature debut 'Breath' only hit cinemas last week, but the film has already rung up an accolade for the director, with the Australian Directors’ Guild (ADG) awarding Baker Best Direction of a Feature Film at its annual awards in Melbourne on Friday evening.
VFX supervisor turned director Seth Larney will return to Australia to make his next film, dystopian thriller '2067', with the project having recently received production investment from Screen Australia, the South Australian Film Corporation and Create NSW.
Corrie Chen, Kris Wyld, Catriona McKenzie, Imogen Banks and Nicole Coventry are among the 10 NSW-based filmmaker teams which will participate in the next stage of a half-hour drama series development partnership between Create NSW and the ABC.
Create NSW has already achieved its target of an average 50:50 gender split in its screen development and production funding programs by 2020.
Animal Logic Entertainment CEO Zareh Nalbandian always saw the potential for a franchise in the Peter Rabbit properties, and it looks like he was right.
The federal government will allocate $140 million over the next four years as a top-up for the 16.5 per cent Location Offset.