Screen Australia has announced $2 million in production funding for 11 documentary projects, seven through the Documentary Producer Program and four through the Commissioned Program.
Christopher Amos' debut feature 'Hating Peter Tatchell' is a portrait of the Melbourne-born human rights activist who has taken on the likes of Margaret Thatcher and Robert Mugabe, campaigning for gay liberation, the environment and against war.
Nominations for this year's Australian Directors' Guild (ADG) Awards are shared amongst the likes of Wayne Blair, Shannon Murphy, Daniel Nettheim, Tennika Smith, and Jonathan Brough, who have all scored two nods each.
Production company WildBear Entertainment is among the country's top exporters, taking home this year's Australian Export Award for the creative industries.
US-based filmmaker Rita Baghdadi and actor, screenwriter, and producer Aaron Fa’Aoso will appear at next month's Regionality Cairns, with the full program for documentary and factual industry event unveiled this week.
12 producers were selected who are passionate about creating screen stories based on First Nations families, extraordinary life stories, off-beat edgy comedies, LGBTQIA+ narratives, female empowerment, and diverse expression.
Screen Producers Australia has confirmed the mentors for its Ones To Watch program, with some of Australia's leading producers set to lend their expertise to the 2022 cohort.
Queer Screen, the producer of the Mardi Gras Film Festival and Queer Screen Film Fest, is both the first LGBTIQIA+ and Australian organisation to be invited to present films to buyers as part of Marché du Film's 'Goes to Cannes' program.