Elissa Down and Nash Edgerton are amongst finalists for the 2008 ADG Awards that provides the highest accolade to outstanding Australian directing talent by their peers.
Twelve teams of emerging creatives from under-represented backgrounds will have the chance to pitch their drama projects to SBS, NITV, and Screen Australia as part of this year's Digital Originals initiative, with a week-long workshop for the first round of selected applicants commencing this week.
The second season of award-winning series Redfern Now is set to commence filming in and around Redfern on May 1.
TikTok supernatural comedy series 'Krystal Klairvoyant', created and directed by Erin Good, will release its first three episodes November 18.
This year is shaping as the most eventful and action-packed in the 20-year-career of Indigenous writer-director-producer-actor Leah Purcell.
Leah Purcell's 'The Drover's Wife The Legend of Molly Johnson' leads the nominees for the Australian Film Critics Association (AFCA) Awards, which will be held later this year.
Screen Australia has announced more than $5.7 million in production funding for three features, two children’s TV series and two online projects.
'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'.