Newly-appointed Screen Australia head of First Nations Angela Bates is taking an 'if it ain't broke, don't fix it' approach to the role, insisting her focus is on furthering the strides made by her predecessors.
Sydney Film Festival joins Cannes, Venice, Berlin, Toronto and Sundance in featuring programming in We Are One: A Global Festival, a 10 day free digital film festival produced by Tribeca Film Festival organiser, Tribeca Enterprises.
The Australian presence at the Berlin International Film Festival has been bolstered with the selection of the shorts Elders, Grevillea and The Flame in the Generation program and Girl and Body in
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Stephen Johnson's Aussie Western 'High Ground' will have its world premiere in the Berlinale Special screenings section of the Berlin International Film Festival.
An air hostess escaping a cult, an Afghan refugee saving his family, an Australian father escaping a dead-end job and a bureaucrat trying to contain a national scandal each struggle – to the limits of their sanity – with an immigration system that is itself struggling.
Rodd Rathjen’s debut feature 'Buoyancy' has been awarded a prize from the Ecumenical Jury after its world premiere at the Berlin International Film Festival.
The world premiere of Damon Gameau’s innovative documentary '2040' at the Berlin International Film Festival has elicited strong interest from international buyers and hugely positive responses from audiences.
Four or five years ago writer-director Rodd Rathjen read a story in an environmental journal about forced labour and exploitation of children in Thailand’s fishing industry.