The Indigenous Unit's new head, Kyas Sherriff, hosted a session with Mexican writer Guillermo Arriaga (Amores Perros, 21 Grams, Babel), in town as a guest of NITV.
Black Talk will focus on "inspiring indigenous storytellers and filmmakers, and drawing them into the school", Sherriff tells IF.
Two of the participants hail from Alice Springs, one from Broome, one from Perth, one from Townsville, one from Brisbane, one from Sydney and two from Yirrkala in the Northern Territory. Three of those selected are women.
Margaret Pomeranz will appear in conversation with Goldstone's Ivan Sen, Alice Springs short filmmaker Dylan River and Native American filmmaker Sterlin Harjo (Four Sheets to the Wind, Barking Water, Mekko).
AFTRS has announced a range of new senior appointments, including Ian Lang in the newly created position of director of curriculum and registrar, and Georgie McLean as the new head of corporate strategy and governance.
Sonia Smallacombe will be the new AFTRS Elder in Residence, following the departure of Uncle Bruce Pascoe.
The head of Indigenous at the Australian Film Television and Radio School Kyas Sherriff has been appointed senior commissioning editor at NITV.
With a charter focused on multiculturalism and diversity, SBS's commissioning editors naturally receive many documentary and factual pitches focused on social issues like immigration, identity and the refugee crisis. But to stand out, producers are urged to be creative in the form in which they look to tell those stories.