For filmmaker and journalist Santilla Chingaipe, it’s time for the Australian screen industry to move beyond conversations about gender representation and diversity, and start taking action. She'll be one of a number of leading Australian creatives to share the stage with dual Academy Award winner Geena Davis at ACMI’s upcoming conference, Being Seen on Screen.
Oscar-winning actress Geena Davis will visit Melbourne next month as the lead ambassador for a new ACMI exhibition.
Chemical Media’s 'Our African Roots' has won the MIPCOM Diversify TV Award for representation of race and ethnicity – Non-Scripted.
Three Australian projects have been nominated for MIPCOM Diversify TV Awards: Chemical Media's 'Our African Roots', LADBible Australia's 'Unheard' and Epic Films/KOJO Studios' 'First Day'.
Robert Connolly believes he's found the sweet spot at Arenamedia: a slate that balances large-scale, commercial feature films like 'The Dry' and 'Blueback' with features from exciting emerging voices.
The Australian International Documentary Conference (AIDC) has revealed the nominees for next month's awards, while announcing screen journalist David Tiley as the winner of the Stanley Hawes Award for 2022.
"At the moment, I’m not seeing enough initiatives that are supporting people to be upskilled from marginilised backgrounds and this is across the board, not just in cultural diversity."
Did you know that at least ten men of African descent were transported to Australia on the First Fleet?