Gillian Armstrong was 29 when she won the AFI award for best director for her debut feature 'My Brilliant Career', the first local film to be directed by a woman since the McDonagh sisters’ 'Two Minute Silence' in 1933.
Queensland based Freshwater Productions has praised filmmakers of the documentaries Rare Chicken Rescue and Roller Derby Dolls following their high profile nominations at the ATOM Awards, and the Best Documentary nomination for Rare Chicken Rescue for the
Australian ex-pat producer/director/distributor Antony I. Ginnane has been elected by SPAA members as the new president for 2008/09.
Janine Hosking’s feature documentary 'The Eulogy', which follows conductor and music educator Richard Gill as he unravels the truths and myths behind the life and career of concert pianist and composer Geoffrey Tozer, opened in 15 cinemas last weekend.
Australia's documentary makers are less affected by production shutdowns than most other sectors of the screen industry - apart from the large cohort of animators who are still working remotely.
Thanks to the kindness of strangers, Richard Todd’s feature documentary which investigates the impact of the coal seam gas industry on residents' health and food and water resources will get a long and wide exposure around Australia.
After 40 years as a post-production house, The Post Lounge is expanding into development and production, launching new arm Orange Entertainment Co.
Producer Trish Lake is developing White Knuckles, a psychological drama set among middle and lower middle class white Afrikaans who live in fortified residences and gated communities, keeping the outside world at bay and becoming increasingly paranoid an