Production assistant and journalist Gina Song and writer and script editor Madeleine Ruskin are the recipients of this year's Victorian Screen Development internships.
Bentley Dean’s 2009 documentary 'Contact' marked the beginning of the director’s working relationship with editor Tania Nehme, which has also spanned 'First Footprints, 'A Sense of Self', Oscar-nominated feature film 'Tanna', and more recently, 'Facing Monsters' and 'Amongst Us – Neo Nazi Australia'.
Leah Purcell will take her talents to New Zealand's North Island in September after being announced as the inaugural Māoriland Filmmaker in Residence.
"There are so many Aboriginal languages across this country and we want them all on screen. Even the ones that are being revitalised, there's a place for it. It's rich; our country is rich with this stuff."
With school holidays starting around the country and a diversity of blockbusters in release, cinemas around Australia have experienced their best weekend of 2022.
'Top Gun: Maverick' star Jennifer Connelly and British actor Ben Whishaw will lead the cast of the upcoming New Zealand film 'Bad Behaviour', appearing alongside writer/director Alice Englert.
Pure Fiction Television, which will be creatively and financially autonomous, will have a focus on producing prestige commercial content for the British and global markets.
By his own admission, Dylan River had "big boots to fill" in directing the ABC's upcoming 'Mystery Road: Origin'.