While she was studying at the UK’s National Film and Television School six years ago Australian-British screenwriter Samantha Collins wrote a screenplay about an Australian woman who goes to London in search of her missing sister.
When COVID hit, Sarah Walker and Danielle Cormack wanted to find a contained, achievable project to develop together to keep themselves busy. They settled on a "fantastically queer", contemporary riff on 'Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?'.
The 12 successful applicants for Attagurl, the narrative feature film development lab to support female and non-binary filmmakers from around the world, will be announced next week, and Deanne Weir is excited.
As someone who lives with physical disability, Stephanie Dower never connected with the characters she saw on screen because their portrayals were always negative.
Director Tanya Modini's 'Seeing Scout' has won a $25,000 grant thanks to advocacy organisation For Film's Sake and Sydney Film Festival.
Three projects from Australian filmmaking teams have been selected for the second edition of global film incubator Attagirl, which supports women and non-binary filmmakers.
Tony Birch's Miles Franklin-shortlisted novel 'The White Girl' is set in the 1960s but the themes of courage, strength and dignity of Indigenous resistance are just as relevant today, according to Damienne Pradier.