Screen Queensland's Jo Dillon and writer Benjamin Law will be the co-chairs of the Screen Diversity Inclusion Network (SDIN) in 2020-21, succeeding Tim Soutphommasane and Tracey Vieira.
"I like the attention we put on having much more well-rounded female characters but I get a little bee in my bonnet sometimes when all this focus gets put on these 'strong female characters'. Women are just strong - that’s how it is."
Screen Queensland's RIDE (Respect, Inclusion, Diversity and Equality) Feature Film Fund is now a rolling fund, with the agency putting a call out today for pitches from creatives from under-represented groups.
Shaun Grant made it three wins in three years at Tuesday's AWGIE Awards, collecting the original feature prize for 'Nitram' to go with his previous film adaptation wins for 'Penguin Bloom' and 'The True History of the Kelly Gang'.
Production is underway in Sydney on eight-part Netflix comedy drama 'Wellmania', led by Celeste Barber.
Netflix has added more Celeste Barber to its catalogue for 2023 in the form of a new comedy special taken from the Sydney Opera House leg of her live tour.
SBS has commissioned a four-part drama set during the 1850s gold rush from the perspective of desperate Chinese miners from Goalpost Television, to be directed by Ana Kokkinos.
AFTRS has selected the 12 screen creatives to participate in this year's National Talent Camp skills development program, following week-long workshops in South Australia, Queensland, Victoria, NSW, and Tasmania.