Michael Ebeid will take over as chair of the Screen Australia board, replacing Nicholas Moore.
The Federal Government has announced two new appointments to the Screen Australia board, with actress and writer Pallavi Sharda and former SBS CEO Michael Ebeid joining for three-year terms.
'Carnifex' producer Gena Helen Ashwell has responded to claims from author Matthew J. Barbeler that the upcoming film shares "striking similarities" with his 2016 novel of the same name, describing them as "confusing".
Sean Lahiff's 'Carnifex' follows aspiring documentary maker Bailey (Alexandra Park) as she joins conservationists Grace (Sisi Stringer) and Ben (Harry Greenwood) to travel deep into the Australian outback to track and record native animals left displaced and devastated by recent bushfires.
Editor-turned-director Sean Lahiff's environmental horror/thriller 'Carnifex' and Brenda Matthews and Nathaniel Schmidt's feature doc 'The Last Daughter' will each screen at the Adelaide Film Festival in October.
Producer Helen Leake has been appointed to the Screen Australia board for a three-year term.
Travel bans have shut the door on offshore feature films, TVCs and other productions, with a devastating impact to companies and crews who relied on that work.
Producers Helen Leake and Gena Ashwell and director Bruce Beresford aim to start shooting 'Monash', a biopic of Sir John Monash, hailed by many as the foremost Allied military commander in World War 1, in Europe in the northern spring.