VR artist Lynette Wallworth, broadcasting pioneer Cherie Romaro and broadcaster and filmmaker Mitch Torres have been recognised with Honorary Degrees from AFTRS.
Lynette Wallworth's 'Awavena' has been nominated in the Outstanding New Approaches to Documentary category in the International News and Documentary Emmy Awards.
Following on from its simultaneous world premiere at Sundance and the World Economic Forum in Davos, artist Lynette Wallworth’s VR-project Collisions is set to make its Australian debut at the Adelaide Film Festival.
Lynette Wallworth’s 'Awavena' has won the International News and Documentary Emmy Award for Outstanding New Approaches to Documentary - her second Emmy following 'Collisions' in 2017.
The winners of the 2015 AFTRS Creative Fellowships are visual artist Del Kathryn Barton, emerging filmmaker Sari Braithwaite and AFTRS alumnus Rachel Perkins.
Funding allows filmmakers to work as 'attachments' on a range of screen projects
Screen NSW is getting into virtual reality in a big way, with a new app unveiled last week and a VR intensive taking place tomorrow, June 7, at Sydney's Carriageworks.
Wallworth and 'Collisions' producer Nicole Newnham have spent the last twelve months touring the work, during which they engaged with several communities about the possibilities of VR to transport viewers into their world.