Australian film Ruin, a surreal and meditative love story filmed in Cambodia, has won the Special Orizzonti Jury Prize at the Venice Film Festival.
Four Australian features and one short have been selected to screen at the 18th Busan International Film Festival in South Korea.
Around the Block and Canopy have been announced overnight to join an outstanding line-up of Australian films screening at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) next month.
Screen Australia today announced over $3.2 million investment in 10 documentaries, generating almost $10 million in production.
Screen Australia today announced $4.4 million investment in three feature films, generating almost $25 million in production investment.
The Australian Directors Guild (ADG) and Screen Australia today announced the third film for the Director’s Attachment Scheme, a new industry incentive for emerging feature film directors to develop their craft.
Four Australian features have been selected to screen at the 70th Venice Film Festival (La Biennale di Venezia). Tracks, Wolf Creek 2, Ruin and Ukraine is Not a Brothel will all have their world premiere at the festival.
The Toronto International Film Festival has unveiled a first wave of titles to screen, including new Australian features by Jonathan Teplitzky, Matthew Saville, Ivan Sen and John Curran.
Further to today’s announcement by the Minister for the Arts, Tony Burke, the Board of Screen Australia is delighted to have appointed Mr Graeme Mason as the new Chief Executive Officer of Screen Australia.
Screen Australia welcomes the appointment of Deanne Weir as Deputy Chair, and Rosemary Blight and Joan Peters as new members of the agency’s Board.
Screen Australia today announced over $570,000 in funding to support 19 filmmaking teams to develop their feature film projects, provide three new industry internships through the Talent Escalator Program.
The Australian Directors Guild (ADG) and Screen Australia today announced that director Stephen McCallum will be the second recipient of the Director’s Attachment Scheme.