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With ‘It’s Fine, I’m Fine’, Stef Smith takes her career into her own hands

For writer and director Stef Smith, creating short-form project 'It's Fine, I'm Fine' - about to premiere at Canneseries - was an attempt to get out of what she calls the "credit desert". That is, it was a bid, for both herself and her fellow collaborators, to obtain the kind of credit that could see them escape the sticky "emerging" label.

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Karen Radzyner appointed head of development at Photoplay

Karen Radzyner has joined Photoplay as head of development, bringing to the company a significant slate of projects as it expands further into film and television.

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Nominees for 55th AWGIEs unveiled as awards return in-person

'Blaze', 'How To Please A Woman', 'Sissy' and 'Sweet As' will contend for the best original feature prize at this year’s AWGIE Awards, while 'Mrs Harris Goes to Paris', 'The Stranger' and 'The Drover's Wife The Legend of Molly Johnson' are up for the adapted gong. 'The Newsreader' leads in television with two nominations alongside 'Total Control', 'Firebite', 'Bump' and 'Heartbreak High'.

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Frances Elliott, Samantha Marlowe win major prize at AWGIE Awards

Frances Elliott and Samantha Marlowe's 'Girl Like You', the story of a couple told over six years as one of them transitions gender, was recognised with the major award at last night's AWGIE Awards.'.

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Commercial Appeal: Exploring the gender divide in TVC directing

Television commercials are a well-worn path for directors wanting to get runs on board but it is not known as a level playing field for men and women. IF speaks with directors and screen guilds about what progress still needs to be made.

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More AACTA nominations for ‘Elvis’, ‘Mystery Road: Origin’

This year's AACTA Award for Best Film will be a contest between Baz Luhrmann’s 'Elvis', George Miller’s 'Three Thousand Years of Longing', Leah Purcell’s 'The Drover's Wife The Legend of Molly Johnson', Thomas M. Wright's 'The Stranger', Western Sydney anthology feature 'Here Out West', and Hannah Barlow and Kane Senes' horror 'Sissy'.

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Sian Davies, Stef Smith lead ADG nominations

Female directors have taken the lion's share of nominations for this year's Australian Directors' Guild awards, with Sian Davies and Stef Smith each securing three nods and their counterparts dominating the feature film categories.

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‘It’s hard yards out there’: Career pathways put in focus for directors

Netflix ANZ Grow Creative manager Penny Smallacombe, ABC head of comedy Todd Abbott and writer and director Stef Smith came together for a panel discussion on career pathways at the ADG's Director's Cut conference on Saturday.

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