There was a celebratory vibe at Federation Hall at the VCA in Melbourne last night as this year’s primary and secondary student winners were announced at the 2015 ATOM Awards student awards.
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Jocelyn Moorhouse's The Dressmaker has been nominated in 12 categories at the 5th AACTA Awards, ahead of George Miller's Mad Max: Fury Road with 11 and eight for Jeremy Sims' Last Cab to Darwin.
The closure comes after Screen Australia ceased funding and Screen Tasmania offered reduced funding.
Tens of thousands of hours of audiovisual content held on magnetic tapes will be lost forever unless the material is digitised by 2025.
Dana Brunetti, president of Trigger Street Productions and producer of the House of Cards, The Social Network, Captain Philips and Fifty Shades of Grey, will give a keynote speech at Screen Forever..
The Australian Directors Guild (ADG) has formally proposed a quota for 50 per of the projects which get Screen Australia production funding to be directed by women.
Thor: Ragnarok and Ridley Scott's untitled Alien project will be filmed in Australia from 2016.