Young at Heart, Australia’s only film festival programmed for film lovers aged 60 and up, will roll out in April to Palace Cinemas across Sydney, Melbourne, Canberra and, for the first time in 2016, Brisbane.
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Haslingden will step down as chairman and non-executive director at Nine Entertainment Company and be replaced by Peter Costello, currently an independent, non-executive director.
Black Talk will focus on "inspiring indigenous storytellers and filmmakers, and drawing them into the school", Sherriff tells IF.
Australian screen sector industry bodies have raised concerns over a "friendly merger" between Australia's two public broadcasters following Mark Scott's last National Press Club address as ABC boss.
The findings and a screen industry action plan will be launched at a cultural roundtable and showcase event in Canberra on June 21, 2016.
AFTRS has launched a revamped Indigenous Unit, headed by Kyas Sherriff.
The APDG and AIT will host production designer Deborah Riley at two events in Sydney and Melbourne.
NBCUniversal has launched its Australian streaming service, Hayu, which will allow access to more than 3,000 episodes of reality television.