Australians in Film has welcomed five new board members while announcing the formation of an advisory board to provide guidance across its industry programming.
Amazon Prime Video launched a slate of seven new local originals at a showcase event in Sydney last week, including projects from Made Up Stories, Cate Blanchett's Dirty Films, Matchbox Pictures and Guesswork Television.
Asher Keddie, Leah Purcell, and Alycia Debnam-Carey will join Sigourney Weaver in leading the cast of Amazon's seven-part drama 'The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart'.
Four Australians and three Kiwis have been invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Nicole Kidman and Per Saari’s Blossom Films is set for another collaboration with Made Up Stories, this time coming together with Thirdborn for a feature adaptation of Gordon Reece's 2011 debut novel 'Mice'.
Papandrea runs her own film and television production company, Make Movies. She recently departed lit-focussed production company Pacific Standard, which she launched in 2012 with Reese Witherspoon.
AACTA has named Made Up Stories founder and CEO Bruna Papandrea as the 2024 recipient of the Byron Kennedy Award.
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.