Actor, writer, director and producer Aaron Fa’aoso, managing director of Lone Star Production Group, talks to IF about his projects in development and hopes for a Torres Strait Islander-specific screen strategy.
Two narrative projects and two documentaries will share in $70,000 of production funding via AFTRS National Talent Camp.
Playwright-screenwriter Nathan Maynard and author-screenwriter Adam Thompson have come together to form kutikina Productions, with the company to co-produce Digital Originals series Moonbird alongside Rummin Productions.
Newly-appointed Screen Australia head of First Nations Angela Bates is taking an 'if it ain't broke, don't fix it' approach to the role, insisting her focus is on furthering the strides made by her predecessors.
Rarriwuy Hick leads the ensemble cast of Bunya Productions' drama 'True Colours' (formerly 'Copping It Black'), now shooting in the Macdonnell Ranges, Northern Territory, for SBS and NITV.
After six and half years, Screen Australia head of Indigenous Penny Smallacombe will depart the agency.
Screen Australia has announced $2.7 million of production funding, going towards two features, one TV drama, one children's drama and five online projects.
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.