Natalie Miller has so often been the only woman on boards, she has a t-shirt that says "Gentlemen and Natalie". So she's pleased to see the fellowship that was started in her name continue to bolster female leaders in the screen industry.
Cinemas can ensure they remain a key part of pop culture by making the moviegoing experience even more of an event that can't be had elsewhere, and by emulating TV's ability to tell continuous stories.
Director Madeleine Martiniello had passed Franco Cozzo's Footscray furniture showroom countless times. One day, she had a lightbulb moment: Why had nobody ever told his story?
Most independent Australian distributors are doing it tough, forced to postpone releases while the exhibition business languishes with Victorian cinemas closed and seating capacity restricted in the rest of the country.
You won't see Marvel films or 'Star Wars' playing at Melbourne's Cinema Nova, something co-founder Natalie Miller jokes is "either clever or stupid, I'm not sure which". For 30 years, the Carlton cinema has carved a niche by sticking to its brand of arthouse cinema programming, and is today the largest independent cinema in the Southern Hemisphere.
Film Victoria executive Jacinta Palmer has joined Sharmill Films as marketing manager, effective July 1.
Mary Anne Butler has become the first playwright to win Australia’s richest literary award, the Victorian Prize for Literature, for her emotionally powerful play Broken.
Screen Australia has announced $1.9 million in production funding for 10 documentaries through the Producer program and one through the Commissioned program.