Producer Bridget Ikin sets off for Nepal next week to shoot a feature documentary knowing she has already scaled one mountain: a US studio has bought worldwide rights to Sherpa: In the Shadow of the Mountain.
A team of Sherpas working with an Australian documentary crew was just metres away when the devastating avalanche struck Mount Everest last week, killing at least 13 Nepali guides.
Writer-director Jennifer Peedom was in her tent at the base camp at Mount Everest when the avalanche struck last month, killing 16 Nepali guides.
Producer John Smithson has worked with some of the best documentary filmmakers around, from Kevin Macdonald to James Marsh.
'The Glass Bedroom', currently on ABC iview, aims to provoke discussion about social media.
Ausfilm CEO Debra Richards, Film Finances Australia’s Anni Browning and executive producer Bridget Ikin are among the founding members of Dame Changer, which will launch on International Women’s Day on Thursday,
Innovative producer Bridget Ikin has received an accolade from the Australian Film Television and Radio School.
Warwick Thornton, Rachael Perkins, Craig Gillespie, Elizabeth Debicki and producers Bridget Ikin and Melanie Coombs are among the 928 screen practitioners who have been invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.