New Screen Australia CEO Deirdre Brennan gave an early indication of her goals for the agency on day two of the Australian International Documentary Conference, including a mantra to "put the audience at the heart of everything we do".
Nearly 30 projects, including a new animated series from Ludo Studio, will benefit from more than $810,000 of story development funding from Screen Australia.
Michael Ebeid will take over as chair of the Screen Australia board, replacing Nicholas Moore.
Marks Coles Smith and Brenton Thwaites have joined Daisy Ridley in the cast of Zak Hilditch's 'We Bury the Dead', as filming on the survival thriller gets underway in Western Australia.
Danny Philippou, Alice Bell, Noora Niasari and Sabir Pirzada are the speakers for Australians in Film and Screen Australia's 2024 Untapped initiative, now open for applications.
Screen Australia will support three new placements as part of its BTL: Next Step initiative, as well as six programs/projects via its Skills Development Fund, with the recipients sharing $560,000 of industry development funding.
Sarah Snook has joined Jacki Weaver, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Magda Szubanski, and Eric Bana in the voice cast of Adam Elliot’s stop-motion feature 'Memoir of a Snail'.
Screen Australia and Australians in Film have announced the recipients for the Talent Gateway and the Global Producers Exchange programs.