Animal Logic co-founder Zareh Nalbandian and former Australian Department of Finance secretary Jane Halton have joined the AFTRS Council.
The Federal Government will provide $530,000 over two years to support First Nations training and career pathways at the Australian Film Television and Radio School (AFTRS).
Screenwriter Sarah Chahine is the inaugural recipient of AFTRS Alumni & Industry Scholarship, designed to support and develop the career of a gifted storyteller.
The Federal Government has appointed Blackfella Films founder Rachel Perkins as the new chair of AFTRS for a three-year term.
US producing pair R.J. Cutler and Trevor Smith will join Australian writer, director and producer, Rachel Perkins in the Spotlight sessions for March's Australian International Documentary Conference (AIDC), with the full line-up for the four-day event unveiled today.
Screen Australia's First Nations Department and Network 10 have chosen the eight short documentaries to head into development as part of their First Facts: First Nations Factual Showcase initiative
Blackfella Films founder Rachel Perkins has announced her departure from the company after three decades.
Over three parts, the documentary series 'The Australian Wars' gives voice to the story of the country’s longest and perhaps most defining war, examining the battles fought on home soil, as the colonial frontier pushed forward, and First Nations peoples resisted.