The Australian screen industry is on the "precipice of change" in giving more and long overdue recognition to Indigenous people and People of Colour creatives and stories, according to Penny Smallacombe.
Rachel Perkins has been spending lockdown working on the scripts for 'First Wars' and wrestling with the questions she will address in the three-part SBS docudrama about Australia's frontier wars.
Screen Australia’s Indigenous department is contributing $745,000 in production funding to four documentary projects including two for NITV and one for the ABC.
Mid-career Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander screen creatives with big ideas for TV series or features are invited to apply to the Bunya Talent Indigenous Hub – Los Angeles.
The ABC and Screen Australia have announced funding for three original documentary projects: 'Dark Emu', 'Gun Ringer', and 'Miriam Margolyes: Almost Australian'.
The South Australian Film Corporation and Screen Territory have partnered to launch 'Centralised', an initiative to support Indigenous filmmakers across South Australian and the Northern Territory through new funding, support and development opportunities.
When Dena Curtis turned to writing and directing a dozen years ago after years as a film editor, she was confronted by a recurring problem.
When Kodie Bedford sets out to create a project or is offered a writing gig, she looks for three elements: Strong female characters, a regional setting which harks back to her childhood in country WA, and a genre piece.