Two of the participants hail from Alice Springs, one from Broome, one from Perth, one from Townsville, one from Brisbane, one from Sydney and two from Yirrkala in the Northern Territory. Three of those selected are women.
Landers' latest project is a book, Who Bombed the Hilton?, examining the 1978 bombing outside the Sydney Hilton which killed two garbage collectors and one police officer.
Stuffed, the student film written and directed by AFTRS Masters of Screen Arts graduate Warwick Young, beat out films - including features - from around the world.
The first eight workshops, held at the AFTRS Sydney campus last week, were attended by fifty-six Year 8 students and fourteen teachers from central west and far west NSW.
Black Talk will focus on "inspiring indigenous storytellers and filmmakers, and drawing them into the school", Sherriff tells IF.
The Indigenous Unit's new head, Kyas Sherriff, hosted a session with Mexican writer Guillermo Arriaga (Amores Perros, 21 Grams, Babel), in town as a guest of NITV.
AFTRS is calling on guilds, agencies, associations, employers and individuals to take part in an industry survey designed to identify the training and talent development needs of the screen and broadcast sectors.
The AFTRS Open Summer School – now in its third year – has expanded to 17 intensive courses, including a new six-week doco school and a six-week film school.