The plight of former Al Jazeera journalist Peter Greste has been recreated in Sydney across the past six weeks for Kriv Stenders' 'The Correspondent', a new film based on his memoir 'The First Casualty' that has now wrapped filming.
Noora Niasari’s 'Shayda' follows a young Iranian mother (Amir-Ebrahimi) who finds refuge with her six-year-old daughter Mona (Selina Zahednia) in an Australian women’s shelter during the two weeks of Iranian New Year (Nowrooz) in 1995.
A quartet of Australian films has made it into the line-up for next year's Sundance Film Festival, with Robert Connolly's 'Blueback', Noora Niasari's 'Shayda', Daina Reid's 'Run Rabbit Run' and Danny Philippou and Michael Philippou's 'Talk To Me' all set to screen.
Mojean Aria recently returned to Australia to star in Noora Niasari’s debut feature, 'Shayda', acting alongside recent Cannes best actress winner Zar Amir-Ebrahimi. He'll also be seen soon in the Richard Hughes-directed 'The Enforcer', alongside Antonio Banderas, and 'The Last Manhunt' with his 'See' co-star, Jason Momoa.
Producer Emma Cooper is the new chair of Australians in Film (AiF), taking over from Simonne Overend.
Applications are open for Australians in Film’s (AiF) Heath Ledger Scholarship, which is returning after a two-year hiatus.
When Mojean Aria was asked to teach a week-long acting workshop for the Australian Institute of Performing Arts (AIPA), he agreed on one condition: they offer a free place to an aspiring young actor of Middle Eastern or North African (MENA) background.
After making his US TV debut in the National Geographic docudrama 'Valley of the Boom' Dakota Shapiro was thrilled when he landed a role in the pilot of 'The Lost Boys', adapted from Joel Schumacher’s 1987 horror comedy movie.