First Nations anthology feature 'We Are Still Here' will be the opening night film at next month's Sydney Film Festival.
Screen Australia has announced the eight creatives that will travel to the Big Apple next month as part of the Talent USA: New York program.
'Blaze', 'How To Please A Woman', 'Sissy' and 'Sweet As' will contend for the best original feature prize at this year’s AWGIE Awards, while 'Mrs Harris Goes to Paris', 'The Stranger' and 'The Drover's Wife The Legend of Molly Johnson' are up for the adapted gong. 'The Newsreader' leads in television with two nominations alongside 'Total Control', 'Firebite', 'Bump' and 'Heartbreak High'.
Told through the eyes of eight protagonists, 'We Are Still Here' traverses 1,000 years from past, present, and future to explore stories of kinship, loss, grief, and resilience.
Frances Elliott and Samantha Marlowe's 'Girl Like You', the story of a couple told over six years as one of them transitions gender, was recognised with the major award at last night's AWGIE Awards.'.
First Nations anthology feature 'We Are Still Here' and Michael Spiccia's short film 'I'm On Fire' add to the Australian contingent headed to this year's Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF).
Screen Australia has announced $1 million worth of funding via its Enterprise program, including four Enterprise People talent opportunities and 11 Enterprise Business & Ideas projects.
First Nations writers Shontell Ketchell, Brooke Collard, Rachel Chisholm, Samuel Nuggin-Paynter and Boyd Quakawoot have been selected by Screenworks and Tamarind Tree Pictures to help develop 'Yellow Water Billabong', an animated children’s series created by writer/producer Danielle MacLean.