Rachel Perkins has been spending lockdown working on the scripts for 'First Wars' and wrestling with the questions she will address in the three-part SBS docudrama about Australia's frontier wars.
Screen Australia and Australians in Film have announced the participants for the Talent Gateway and the Global Producers Exchange, both designed to connect Australian creatives with key US decision-makers.
The first two episodes of Blackfella Films’ ABC political drama 'Black Bitch' will have their world premiere in the Primetime program at the Toronto International Film Festival.
The ABC and Screen Australia have backed the first contemporary TV drama series written, directed and produced by Indigenous Australians
Wednesday's AACTA Awards saw a trifecta for Jennifer Kent, who took home Best Film, Best Direction and Best Screenplay for 'The Nightingale', with star Aisling Franciosi also winning Best Lead Actress.
Lazy Susan Films and Mad Ones Films' 'Latecomers', the second season of Epic Films and KOJO Studios' 'First Day', and Blackfella Films' 'The Australia Wars' will contend this year's SDIN Award.
A total of 18 individuals and 15 business proposals will share in more than $4.6 million of Enterprise funding from Screen Australia.
Deborah Mailman and Rachel Griffiths will be joined on screen by a host of new faces for the second season of the ABC/Blackfella Films' 'Total Control', including Wayne Blair, who will also direct all six episodes.