Timothy Cole, Alexandru Popescu and Isabella Povolny's 'Cassini Logs' has won the Unreal Engine Short Film Challenge, a joint initiative of Epic Games and the state and territory screen agencies.
There’s more money in games than there has ever been, and the market is looking for more narrative game content. How do writers take advantage of that? That's a key question on the mind of Australian Writers' Guild (AWG) executive director Claire Pullen, as the guild ups its work with narrative designers and games writers.
Kimble Rendall has been exploring the capabilities of Unreal Engine with Alex Proyas’ Heretic Foundation in Sydney, with a view to making his feature film 'Age of Beasts' using the software while creating assets for a game simultaneously.
Video game and software developer Epic Games ('Fortnite') has partnered with Film Victoria, Screen NSW, Screen Tasmania, Screen Queensland, Screenwest, Screen Territory and the South Australian Film Corporation to launch a national short film competition.
The Federal Government will put more than $100,000 towards the establishment of a new virtual production studio at AFTRS.