While this year marks the last Good Pitch Australia event, the Shark Island Institute has stumped up $2 million to fund the organisation’s operations over the next five years.
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The Australian Centre for the Moving Image has revealed the winners of its annual Screen It competition, the largest of its kind for school-aged filmmakers, animators and game makers.
Australian TV drama expenditure has reached a record high of $376 million.
This week, AFTRS plays host to the first YouTube Pop-up Space in Australia, with the film school opening its doors to the platform's creators so they can learn from production experts and collaborate with one another.
Michael Tear and Tania Chambers replace Chris Oliver-Taylor and Ben Grant as President and VP.
Wilson will be responsible for the organisation’s fundraising and stakeholder engagement activities.
The 2016 AACTA nominations were announced last week to the usual gamut of responses ranging from delight to disappointment and dismay. This year the absence of women nominees in a number of categories has been especially singled out for attention.
Writer and former president of both the Australian Writers’ Guild and Australian Writers’ Foundation, Geoffrey Atherden, has been appointed a director of Screenrights.