Screen Australia has announced funding for 15 Enterprise People talent opportunities and one Enterprise Business & Ideas project, with all to share in over $480,000.
Mary and Max producer Melanie Coombs revealed to Fringe delegates she set personal rules for the production of the stop motion film in order to quickly solve problems during the massive 57 week shoot.
Xavier Samuel, Miranda Otto and Sam Neill are attached to star in Midnight in Byzantium, a mystery/adventure about a young guy who is trapped in a remote town where nothing - and no one - is as it seems.
The Funk, written and directed by Cris Jones and produced by Melanie Coombs has picked up the International Jury Award at Short Cuts Cologne.
Warwick Thornton, Rachael Perkins, Craig Gillespie, Elizabeth Debicki and producers Bridget Ikin and Melanie Coombs are among the 928 screen practitioners who have been invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.