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.
SBS has launched a three-year incubator program to support the development of emerging screenwriters from underrepresented backgrounds.
Unless Pictures' Meg O'Connell (Bluey) and Ruby Entertainment's Stephen Luby (Kath and Kim) have been added to the lineup of Screen Canberra's Screen POD program, set to begin next month.
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.
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.
Screen Australia and Australians in Film have announced the participants for the Talent Gateway and the Global Producers Exchange, both designed to connect Australian creatives with key US decision-makers.
Screen Canberra CEO Monica Penders will step down from her position in September after nearly 15 years with the agency.
Screen Canberra has backed seven projects with $355,000, including horror film 'Sissy', expected to shoot by the end of the year.