Travis Akbar is the third recipient of the Centralised First Nations Documentary Australia Fellowship, with the filmmaker to receive a grant of up to $30,000 to develop his project ‘Kuta New Wiltja’ (Toward New Camp), as well as up to $10,000 of in-kind support to attend training opportunities at AFTRS.
Production is underway in the South Australian mining town of Coober Pedy on a neo-western whodunnit from auteur Ivan Sen, starring Simon Baker, Rob Collins, Natasha Wanganeen, and Nicholas Hope.
The South Australian Film Corporation has launched a First Nations Cultural Protocols guide for screen productions in the state.
The Ausfilm Board has reappointed Sam Mostyn as its independent chair for a three-year term commencing May 2022.
The South Australian Film Corporation (SAFC) has outlined a new 10-year strategy designed to increase the representation of diverse groups in the state's screen sector.
The South Australian Film Corporation (SAFC) is the new host organisation for the Screen Diversity and Inclusion Network (SDIN), with applications now open for the role of SDIN Project Officer.
First Nations screen creatives in South Australia and the Northern Territory will have the opportunity to learn new skills in immersive storytelling as part of a new workshop launched under the Centralised cross-state initiative.
"Let’s make no bones about it - this is a disaster."
In the lead up to the federal election, the fight to regulate streaming services looks poised to get noisier: Australian Directors Guild executive director Alaric McAusland told Screen Forever Tuesday that the industry was currently "way too polite" to government on the issue.