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.
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.
Applications are open for Australians in Film’s (AiF) Heath Ledger Scholarship, which is returning after a two-year hiatus.
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.
Producer Emma Cooper is the new chair of Australians in Film (AiF), taking over from Simonne Overend.
The actor, who recently starred in the 'The Bronx Bull', has been shortlisted for the award twice before landing this year’s win.
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.
Mojean Aria is in the midst of filming the biggest role of his career in a Warner Bros sci-fi thriller alongside one of his heroes Hugh Jackman, plus Rebecca Ferguson, Thandie Newton, Cliff Curtis and Daniel Wu.