Producer and screen industry executive Jeanie Davison has joined AFTRS as head of industry and alumni engagement.
AFTRS has appointed art director and production designer Juliet John as head of its master's program, while also announcing seven new staff for discipline lead roles.
Outgoing Screenworks CEO Ken Crouch is set to join Screen Australia in the newly created role of training and industry development manager.
Some 13 AFTRS graduates of the Bachelor of Arts Screen: Production are set to undertake paid internships across the ABC, BBC Studios, Endemol Shine Australia, EQ Media, Eureka Productions, ITV Studios Australia, SBS, Warner Bros. and WildBear Entertainment.
Two narrative projects and two documentaries will share in $70,000 of production funding via AFTRS National Talent Camp.
New South Wales may house the most production of any state in Australia but the lines of communication are still well and truly open between the industry and the state's screen agency, according to Screen NSW head Kyas Hepworth.
In partnership with Sony, AACTA has announced the five finalists for its Pitch: Focus initiative, which aims to give student filmmakers the opportunity to create an original production with industry mentorship and funding support.
Travis Akbar is the third recipient of the Centralised First Nations Documentary Australia Fellowship, with the filmmaker to receive a grant of up to $30,000 to develop his project ‘Kuta New Wiltja’ (Toward New Camp), as well as up to $10,000 of in-kind support to attend training opportunities at AFTRS.