Filmmaker Warwick Thornton was mentally and physically exhausted last year so he decided to spend a couple of months in isolation on a remote beach on the north-west coast of Western Australia.
While we were away: ‘The Dry’ performed for Roadshow; three Aussie projects were selected for Sundance; NITV updated its leadership team; ‘Sissy’ kicked off in Canberra and vale Susie Maizels, esteemed casting director.
NITV has put a call out to new and emerging Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander filmmakers for short documentary initiative Our Stories.
Cieron Cody is leaving his post at Screen Queensland to head to NITV as a commissioning editor.
NITV has announced writer and journalist, Jack Latimore, as the managing editor of its digital offering.
With support from Screen Australia, NITV has commissioned NRL feature documentary 'The Fight Together', directed by Larissa Behrendt and produced by Sam Griffin for Essential Media.
The future of the TV landscape remains difficult to predict, but commercial networks expect to feel the impact of coronavirus on commissioning budgets well into 2021, and many broadcasters are concerned about scheduling into next year and extra costs associated with restarting production.
The Media Reconciliation Industry Network Group (MediaRING) has elected its first executive board, to be chaired by NITV channel manager Tanya Orman.