Damon Herriman, Hannah Gadsby, Keiynan Lonsdale and Eliza Scanlen are among those to be honoured at the upcoming in Australians in Film (AiF) Awards, to be held LA in October.
There were a record number of applications including an increase from diverse and under-represented communities for the Heath Ledger Scholarship, now in its 10th year and worth $US30,000.
The Handmaid’s Tale writer/producer Yahlin Chang, Silicon Valley director Jamie Babbit, Grey’s Anatomy executive producer Betsy Beers and comedy writer and EP Peter Saji will serve as the US mentors in the second Mentor LA program.
Australians in Film today launched AiF Upload, an online short film festival with cash prizes of $US500 for the winner and $US250 for the runner-up.
Village Roadshow Entertainment Group CEO Greg Basser and his wife Kiera O’Neill will join with Screen Australia and G’Day USA to provide the first-ever scholarships for Australians to attend the American Film Institute (AFI) Conservatory – the world-renowned, graduate-level film training program.
Screenwriters in regional areas including Tasmania and the Northern Territory will soon have the chance to apply for the inaugural Regional Screen in LA Scholarship Program.
Rose Byrne, Matt Damon, Naomi Watts, director Gregor Jordan, producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura, director Jeremy Podeswa, Elizabeth Debicki and LA-based casting director Carmen Cuba will be among the official judges for the 10th anniversary of Australians in Film's Heath Ledger Scholarship.
As Australians in Film’s Heath Ledger scholarship celebrates its tenth year, the organisation has made a call for actors from diverse and under-represented communities to apply.