Create NSW has already achieved its target of an average 50:50 gender split in its screen development and production funding programs by 2020.
Corrie Chen, Kris Wyld, Catriona McKenzie, Imogen Banks and Nicole Coventry are among the 10 NSW-based filmmaker teams which will participate in the next stage of a half-hour drama series development partnership between Create NSW and the ABC.
This July, directors Anna Broinowski and Ana Kokkinos will run a workshop for 12 early career directors working in regional NSW, regional Queensland, Tasmania and the ACT on behalf of Screenworks.
The New South Wales Government has renewed Create NSW's Made In NSW fund, announcing today that it will allocate up to $10 million per year towards the fund over the next four years.
Fresh off a Sydney Film Festival win for his doco 'Ghosthunter', writer-director Ben Lawrence has received funding from Screen Australia and Create NSW for narrative feature 'Hearts and Bones', set in Western Sydney.
With Create NSW’s ‘50:50 by 2020’ gender equity target now at a halfway point, the New South Wales Government has announced a $100,000 development initiative to increase the number of women directing TV drama.
Musician, comedian, writer and actor Tim Minchin will lead the cast of Lingo Pictures’ eight-part series 'Upright', a co-commission between Foxtel and Sky UK which will shoot in SA and WA in October.
Elizabeth W. Scott has been appointed Create NSW’s executive director, investment and engagement, replacing Michael Brealey who resigned in March.