The Best Film’s You’ve Never Seen: ‘Cléo from 5 to 7’

Agnès Varda’s highly influential French new wave music drama Cléo from 5 to 7 will screen at The Capitol on Wednesday, July 24 as the next title in The Best Films You've Never Seen series. Set across one evening in wistful, summertime Paris, young singer Cléo Victoire traipses around city streets, cafes, and apartments, awaiting the results of a biopsy that she is certain will reveal cancer. Cléo visits a fortune teller, goes shopping with her maid, attends band practice, interacts...

Regional to Global Screen Forum 2024

Guest speakers will include some of Australia's leading screen producers, sales agents, broadcasters, streamers, agency representatives, and industry guilds. There will be interactive panel sessions, inclusive forum discussions, workshops, roundtable talks, one-on-one meetings and lots of pitching and networking opportunities.

2024 National Women in Media Conference

The Women in Media National Conference will take place at the Sofitel Wentworth in Sydney on August 9, bringing together professionals from journalism, communications, production, advertising, marketing, public relations, publishing, and digital media. As part of this year's Trust and the Media pillar, Justice Michael Lee, known for his incisive handling of complex legal cases, and Ita Buttrose will explore critical issues affecting both the media and judicial landscapes. Walkley-Award-winning journalist Liz Hayes will be in conversation with Australian film...

GENR8 2024: Registrations

Screen Producers Australia (SPA) has opened registrations for its GENR8 one-day ideas forum and networking event, to be held in Melbourne on August 14. Kicking off the day is Senior Creative Technologist at Leonardo.Ai Jessie Hughes, who will deliver a keynote on empowering the creative process, sharing unbiased insights, attitudes, and opinions on AI in creative industries. There will also be an open forum discussion on AI, featuring director, writer, and producer Alex Proyas and GoodThing Productions producer Virginia Whitwell. Elsewhere,...

Screenworks 2024 Regional Crew Pathways Program: Submissions

Screenworks, in partnership with Netflix, has opened applications for its next Regional Crew Pathways Program. Delivered with support from Screen NSW, Screen Queensland, and the Australian Film Television and Radio School (AFTRS), the entry level initiative provides six film and media graduates with the opportunity to get their first professional paid crew role. It comprises a two-step training program that includes an initial AFTRS 'On Set On Boarding’ course followed by paid placements in early entry crew roles for six...