The Melbourne International Film Festival has announced the nominees and juries for the Blackmagic Design Australian Innovation Award and the inaugural First Nations Film Creative Award.
Screen Australia has taken the next steps with its below-the-line training initiatives, unveiling the recipients and host companies for BTL Next Step, the Production Crew Skills Training Fund, and the Transferable Skills and Returning Crew Training Fund, while also announcing $1.7 million of industry development funding across the programs.
Streaming platforms are increasingly offering unrealistic budgets and unfair commissioning deals to Australian screen producers, according to new data from Screen Producers Australia.
Up to 12 people will have the opportunity to receive training as on set access coordinators as part of a new initiative from Screen Australia.
Goran Stolevski's Macedonian film 'Housekeeping for Beginners', his third feature, is bound for the Venice Film Festival, where it will screen in the Orizzonti competition.
The Very Short Film Festival has launched the Tasmanian Mentoring Program, selecting five emerging filmmakers to work with established industry mentors for a six month period.
The British Film Institute was recently Down Under alongside selected UK producers and sales agents, with the aim of forging stronger ties with Australia. IF talks to BFI head of industry and international policy Agnieszka Moody and head of the BFI Global Screen Fund, Denitsa Yordanov.
The Federal Government has announced two new appointments to the Screen Australia board, with actress and writer Pallavi Sharda and former SBS CEO Michael Ebeid joining for three-year terms.