Timothy Cole, Alexandru Popescu and Isabella Povolny's 'Cassini Logs' has won the Unreal Engine Short Film Challenge, a joint initiative of Epic Games and the state and territory screen agencies.
Led by 'The Bold Type' star Aisha Dee, 'Sissy' centres on Cecilia (aka Sissy), a successful social media influencer living the dream, until she runs into her ex-teenage best friend. Invited away on a bachelorette weekend, Sissy is stuck in a remote cabin with her high school bully…and a taste for revenge.
The ACT Government is taking steps to attract more productions to the nation's capital, announcing more than $800,000 for a new sound stage and virtual production studio in Canberra.
Eight ACT creatives from a variety of disciplines will receive support to reach the next level in their career after being announced as the recipients of this year's ACT Screen Arts Fund.
Australians in Film and Screen Australia have revealed the mentor and masterclass lineups for this year's Untapped initiative, which returns after being launched in 2021.
Screen Canberra has opened applications for its annual Screen POD program, a five-month market-centred initiative aimed at assisting writers of diverse backgrounds in generating, developing, and pitching a screen project.
Australians in Film and Screen Australia have unveiled the five projects that will be nurtured through this year's Untapped Development Lab, which began last month and runs until December.
Nine writers from across Victoria, New South Wales, Queensland, and the ACT will be mentored by the likes of Shaun Grant, Kai Yu Wu, Sarah Lambert, Stuart Beattie, and Stacy Traub as part of this year's Impact Australia accelerator.