SBS's queer, revisionist take on Australia during World War II, 'While The Men Are Away', managed to lure director Elissa Down home to Australia for work for the first time in more than a decade.
SBS has unveiled the lead cast and directors of Arcadia's 1940s-set 'While The Men Are Away', with Gemma Ward making her screen return alongside Benedict Hardie and rising stars of stage and screen, Shaka Cook and Max McKenna.
Prolific screenwriter, script producer and story editor Kelly Lefever is juggling multiple projects - not least a deeply personal series about disability
The director tells IF how she landed her first Netflix gig; collaborating with fellow Aussies, composer Michael Yezerski and editor Jane Moran; and how her career has ebbed and flowed since her debut film 'The Black Balloon'.
Many of the directors, writers and actors who have undertaken screen training with the long running PAC Screen Workshops in Perth have recently celebrated big triumphs.
Nominees from 17 countries and territories across the Asia-Pacific region are gathering on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia, for the second Asia Pacific Screen Awards.
In a wrap up of its 10th anniversary celebrations on October 18, Cinema des Antipodes presented awards for the six films in competition, with Australian director Nadia Tass (Malcolm, The Big Steal) heading its competition jury.
The Asia Pacific Screen Awards has announced this year's list of nominees, with Elissa Down's The Black Balloon as being the sole Australian nominee.