Feature films from directors Tony Ayres and Gracie Otto, as well Aunty Donna’s production company Haven’t You Done Well Productions, are among the 33 projects to share in $1 million of story development funding from Screen Australia.
Sundance Institute director of Indigenous programming Adam Piron will speak at this CinefestOZ Industry Program, which is set to focus on diversity in film.
Australian film and television is delivering less local cultural value to audiences, authentic dramas are fewer, and much of it now feels a lot less Australian – even unrecognisable as made in this country, according to veteran screen journalist Sandy George. In this extract from her New Platform Paper, she argues Screen Australia must proactively cultivate film and television that is Australian in look and feel.
The South Australian Film Corporation (SAFC) has outlined a new 10-year strategy designed to increase the representation of diverse groups in the state's screen sector.
Blackfella Films company director Darren Dale, actor/director Rhoda Roberts, and screenwriting pair Meg LeFauve and Lorien McKenna will headline Screenworks' annual Regional To Global Screen Forum, which will be held as a hybrid event next month.
The Netflix executive responsible for bringing South Korean phenomenon Squid Game to screens has joined Screen Forever as a keynote speaker.
Some of Australian drama's recent triumphs were used to examine the relationship between development processes and international success at Series Mania Melbourne on Thursday.
Series Mania Melbourne promises to go behind the curtains of some of the world's leading series, with the industry program to include talks with 'Chernobyl' creator Craig Mazin and 'Insecure' showrunner Prentice Penny.