After screening at the Sydney Film Festival’s Dendy Awards for Australian Short Films and the St Kilda Film Festival, The Spa made its international premiere last week at the Palm Springs International Shortfest.
For emerging director Lucy Gaffy, the Australian Directors’ Guild's shadow directing initiative – which saw her recently helm an episode of the second season of 'Doctor Doctor' – was the perfect opportunity to bridge the difficult next step in her career.
Screen Australia met its overall Gender Matters target in the 2017-2018 financial year for the first time since the initiative was launched, with 51 per cent of all projects receiving production funding having at least half of the key creative roles occupied by women.
After devoting herself to teaching at the Australian Film Television and Radio School and serving as president of the Australian Directors' Guild, Samantha Lang is looking forward to getting back to her first love: making screen stories.
During a three month placement as an observing director at the Juilliard School of Drama in New York last year Lucy Gaffy learned a valuable lesson about how to work with actors.
Seventy Australian filmmakers have joined a co-operative aimed at supporting each other’s work and fostering awareness of Aussie films.
Netflix has acquired global rights outside Australia to 'The Unlisted', an action thriller which follows two 13-year-old identical twins who team up with a group of underground vigilante to stop a powerful corporation from imposing control over the world’s youth.
The Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) has launched #SocialShorts, its national online short film competition.