Noora Niasari has earned yet another accolade for her debut feature 'Shayda', taking home the top prize at Tuesday evening's Australian Directors' Guild Awards.
First-time narrative feature directors Noora Niasari and Gracie Otto will vie against Warwick Thornton, Jeffrey Walker and Colin and Cameron Cairnes for the top prize at the Australian Directors' Guild Awards next month.
Australians in Film and Screen Australia have unveiled the five projects that will be nurtured through this year's Untapped Development Lab, which began last month and runs until December.
Sophie Harper will be the next executive director of the Australian Directors’ Guild, succeeding Alaric McAusland.
Thomas M Wright backed up his AACTA Award for Best Screenplay earlier in the week with the major prize at the Australian Directors' Guild Awards on Thursday, winning Best Direction in a Narrative Feature Film for 'The Stranger'.
Australian Directors’ Guild executive director Alaric McAusland will step down in January after two years in the role.
Screen Australia and Australians in Film have revealed the participants for this year's Talent Gateway and the Global Producers Exchange programs.
Directors feel burnt out and fatigued, see industry pressures leading to poor mental health outcomes
Preliminary findings of Screen Well and the Australian Directors Guild's work/life balance survey - to inform a webinar on the subject this coming Monday, World Mental Health Day - suggest directors are burnt out, fatigued, and see industry pressures as contributing to poor mental health outcomes for both themselves and their colleagues.