Production company Typecast has announced the successful applicants for its inaugural Inspirit Lab initiative, which will see Indigenous filmmakers assemble for a simulated writers room.
Former Australian Writers' Guild president Jan Sardi and actor Robyn Nevin were among the screen professionals to receive Queen's Birthday Honours over the long weekend.
Shaun Grant, Tony McNamara, Jacquelin Perke, Andrew Knight, Kate Mulvany and Jan Sardi were among the recipients of the 52nd annual AWGIE Awards presented in Sydney on Thursday night.
Shane Brennan has been elected the president of the Australian Writers' Guild (AWG), succeeding Jan Sardi.
Jones' screenwriting credits include Angela’s Ashes, Possession, A Thousand Acres, Oscar and Lucinda, The Portrait of a Lady, An Angel at My Table, Hightide and Brick Lane.
The ABC's 1970s crime and political corruption drama Power Without Glory based on Frank Hardy’s classic 1950 novel is to get a remake.
With just over ten tickets left, today is your last chance to book tickets to the AWGIE awards before they are sold out or sales close at 5:00pm (AEST).
Tickets are selling fast for the 46th Annual AWGIE Awards, to be held in Melbourne on October 4.