Robert Connolly's 'Blueback' will make its world premiere in Toronto International Film Festival's Special Presentations strand.
The Australian Cinematographers Society’s A Wider Lens report, which examines career pathways into cinematography, and the workplace and recruitment experiences of camera professionals, paints a picture of inequality, discrimination and a lack of diversity. It recommends an "industrial scale" effort to address a toxic work culture, finding many workplace conditions, as well as commonplace bullying, harassment and discrimination, are resulting in significant mental health consequences, to the point of threatening the industry's long-term sustainability and growth.
Kriv Stenders' 'Lee Kernaghan: Boy From the Bush' - part road documentary, part concert film - has entered cinemas on more than 130 screens, with the creative team hoping it will resonate not only in regional and rural Australia, but with those who have missed live music through the pandemic.
Peter Hegedus' 'Sorella's Story' and Ryan Griffen's 'Lustration' join the Australian contingent for next month's Venice International Film Festival, selected as part of the Venice Immersive strand.
Screen Queensland CEO Kylie Munnich has announced she will leave the organisation at the end of her three-year term this October.
Production on a multicultural Romeo and Juliet-style action drama starring Jenny Wu, Paul He, Grace Wuang, Ethan Browne, and Tsu Shan Chambers is underway in Western Sydney.
Wooden Horse's 'The Clearing' has begun production in Victoria for Disney+, with Kate Mulvany, Xavier Samuel, Claudia Karvan and Anna Lise Phillips joining the previously announced leads of Teresa Palmer, Miranda Otto and Guy Pearce.
Australian writer/director Andrew Dominik's 'Blonde' will premiere in competition at the Venice Film Festival in September, alongside Florian Zeller's The Son, produced by See-Saw Films and starring Hugh Jackman. Australian short 'Love Forever', directed by Clare Young and EP'd by Jane Campion, has been selected for Orizzonti.