Outgoing Screen Australia head of First Nations Penny Smallacombe is set to join Bunya Media Group as a producer.
This year's MPA APSA Academy Film Fund has been launched in Vietnam, with the jury announced for the selection process.
Golden Globe and Emmy-nominated writer Vanessa Alexander ('Vikings - Vahalla', 'The Great') and producer Wes Denning ('Big Brother', 'Full Bloom', 'Holey Moley') are among the international speakers at Screenworks' upcoming Regional to Global Screen Forum.
After six and half years, Screen Australia head of Indigenous Penny Smallacombe will depart the agency.
Screen Australia head of Indigenous Penny Smallacombe and actor, director and arts executive Rhoda Roberts will appear in conversation as the opening keynote of Screenworks' Regional to Global Screen Forum in late March.
Screen Australia has announced more than $2.5 million in production funding for 12 documentaries; five through the commissioned program, six through the Producer program and one via the Indigenous department.
The ten Indigenous-led productions due to participate in Bunya Talent Lab LA will each receive development funding and participate in a companion writing program with Netflix.
Writer-director Jub Clerc's debut feature 'Sweet As' is due to shoot on location in the Pilbara early next year, after receiving major production funding from Screen Australia's Indigenous department.