Australian art-house cinema pioneer Natalie Miller will receive the 2015 Lifetime Achievement Award from Screen Producers Australia.
Close says it is “hard to overstate†the opportunities and recognition afforded by the fellowship.
Australian Centre for the Moving Image (ACMI) senior film programmer Kristy Matheson has been awarded the 2017 Natalie Miller Fellowship.
Applications for the $20,000 Natalie Miller Fellowship grant, designed to support female leaders in the screen industry, are now open.
Applications are now open for the $20,000 Natalie Miller Fellowship, which aims to support the next generation of female leaders in the screen industry.
The former CEO of Women in Film and Television (WIFT) Toronto Heather Webb has joined the Natalie Miller Fellowship (NMF) committee.
Producer Anna Kaplan, known for her work leading the social impact campaigns on documentaries such as '2040', 'The Hunting Ground' and 'That Sugar Film', has been awarded this year's Natalie Miller Fellowship.
The Australian films and feature documentaries released in cinemas this year including holdovers collectively have grossed $39.7 million.