Screen Australia today announced funding for film festivals and special events across the country, representing $2.7million in support for Australian screen culture over the next three years.
Al Cossar has been named the new artistic director of the Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF), succeeding Michelle Carey.
Jack Clark and Jim Weir's 'Birdeater', with its echoes of 'Wake in Fright', joins Australia's recent indie success stories. After snaring Sydney Film Festival's Audience Award, their debut feature - made on a shoestring - sold out all its sessions at the Melbourne International Film Festival, landed distribution with Umbrella and simply generated a significant amount of buzz.
After more than five decades in the music industry, rock-star Suzi Quatro looks back on her pioneering career.
When director Eddie Martin showed a cut of his feature doc 'Have You Seen the Listers?' to Anthony Lister, the renowned street artist started laughing at some of the early scenes.
Adrian Francis' documentary 'Paper City' follows three elderly survivors of the 1945 firebombing of Tokyo in their fight against bureaucracy and indifference to ensure that the event and its victims are not forgotten.
Madman Entertainment aims to use the distribution strategies it learnt on Kenny for the upcoming release of Mark Hartley's documentary Not Quite Hollywood, which is due in cinemas on August 28.
Fresh from world premiering six titles at the Melbourne International Film Festival 2008, the MIFF Premiere Fund today has opened its application process for Round Four with a call for submissions that closes on 29 August 2008.