Screen Australia and SBS Television and Online today announced details of a call for proposals for a new multicultural history documentary series.
Screen Australia's board met in Brisbane on Monday and approved a range of 25 projects in all major areas of production, with a production value of $86 million.
Federal Arts Minister Peter Garrett has taken the screen industry by surprise by appointing NZFC boss Ruth Harley the new CEO of Screen Australia.
Screen Australia, in partnership with Warp X and Madman, will hold a two-day workshop to develop feature film concepts that steer two well known genres - comedy and thriller - in new and original directions.
An extraordinary line up of a talent will be showcased on the big screen at this year's ATOM Awards.
This year's SPAA Conference in conjunction with Showtime, Holding Redlich and Screen Australia will provide producers with the opportunity to pitch their projects to VIPs from both the local and international screen industry.
ScreenWest has announced that the classic 60's children's series Skippy the Bush Kangaroo is set to return to TV in a new documentary supported by WA.
Five short 'made for mobile' films produced as a co-production of Screen Australia and the National Film Board of Canada have been selected to screen in competition at the 2008 Portable Film Festival.