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 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.
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.
Sundance Institute director of Indigenous programming Adam Piron will speak at this CinefestOZ Industry Program, which is set to focus on diversity in film.
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.
Actress Emma Booth, producer Melissa Kelly, industry all-rounder Meyne Wyatt, international guest Adam Piron, and producer and writer Tony Ayres will join Richard Roxburgh on this year's CinefestOZ jury to determine the winner of the $100,000 film prize.
Goran Stolevski's sophomore feature 'Of An Age' has impressed in the west, winning the $100,000 CinefestOZ film prize on Saturday evening.
Children’s television has often been a place to push the boundaries of diverse representations onscreen. In particular, Australian children’s TV has been a global leader in screen diversity, including gender and queer representation, write Swinburne's Damien O'Meara and Liam Burke.