The second iteration of Screenworks and Australians In Film (AiF)'s Regional Screen in LA Program will take the form of an internship with Animal Logic Entertainment (ALE), offering upcoming or recent grads from regional Australia an opportunity to work out of ALE's LA office.
Ken Crouch will depart as CEO of Screenworks in February after more than eight years in the top job.
Luke Davies, Alethea Jones, Animal Logic CEO Zareh Nalbandian and Columbia Pictures' director of creative development Jiao Chen will be the mentors in this year's Mentor LA program.
The finalists include Christian Antidormi (Spartacus: War of the Damned, Home and Away), Mojean Aria (The Bronx Bull), Natasha Bassett (Hail, Caesar!), Chloe Bayliss (Backtrack),Harley Bonner (Neighbours), Shareena Clanton (Last Cab to Darwin), Ashleigh C
Warwick Thornton, Leah Purcell, Ivan Sen, Steven McGregor, Erica Glynn, Danielle Maclean and Bain Stewart will travel to Los Angeles next month for high-level networking.
Being in lockdown has prompted different responses from actors Aaron Glenane and Liv Hewson.
Alethea Jones’ first reaction when she was informed she was among the winners of this year’s Screen Australia Breakthrough Award from Australians in Film could not have been more self-effacing.
The Australians in Film Heath Ledger Scholarship has named actor Jude Law among its judging panel