Ben Gibson, former director, degree programs at AFTRS, has been named director and manager of the Berlin Film Academy.
Director Joel Loxton’s The Kangaroo Guy has won the jury award in the international student category at the Montreal World Film Festival, capping a successful period for AFTRS students.
Neil Peplow will be the new CEO of the Australian Film, Television and Radio School (AFTRS), where he was the director of screen from 2011 to 2014.
The winners of the 2015 AFTRS Creative Fellowships are visual artist Del Kathryn Barton, emerging filmmaker Sari Braithwaite and AFTRS alumnus Rachel Perkins.
Hollywood is over-flowing with screen heroines in action films, dramas and comedies, but where are Australia’s?
One of Australia’s most experienced screenwriters has criticised sexism in casting which she says discriminates against women who aren’t deemed attractive and those from ethnic backgrounds.
All Australian screen agencies are failing to develop female feature directors, according to Megan Simpson Huberman.
Screen Australia research shows female writers, directors and producers are still sorely under-represented in Australian feature films, although women are better represented in the documentary sphere.