ABC1's new 10-part one-hour drama series, The Straits, has started production in Cairns and the Torres Strait Islands
Australian directors Gillian Armstrong, Rowan Woods, Greg McLean, Peter Andrikidis and Rachel Ward has been announced as speakers at the Australian Directors Guild (ADG) Conference in September.
Starring Claudia Jessie, Rachel Griffiths, Richard Roxburgh, Sean Keenan, Srisacd Sacdpraseuth and Sri Ayu Jati Kartika, Stan Original 'Bali 2002' follows the stories of the everyday heroes from Bali, Australia and beyond who arose in the aftermath of the Bali bombings.
Members of the Australian Directors’ Guild have benefitted from the knowledge that comes with being among the country’s most established filmmakers across the past five months as part of the ADG-40 'First-Hand' sessions.
Screen Canberra has backed seven projects with $355,000, including horror film 'Sissy', expected to shoot by the end of the year.
First-time narrative feature directors Noora Niasari and Gracie Otto will vie against Warwick Thornton, Jeffrey Walker and Colin and Cameron Cairnes for the top prize at the Australian Directors' Guild Awards next month.
The Commonwealth Ombudsman has ruled that Screen Australia did not breach its own conflict of interest guidelines
The New South Wales Film and Television Office (FTO) has congratulated NSW recipients of the 2008 Australian Directors' Guild Awards, announced in Sydney on Saturday night.