Screen News – Screen Australia

The Nightingale wins two awards at Venice Film Festival

Australian feature film The Nightingale, directed by Jennifer Kent, won two awards at the 75th Venice International Film Festival on Saturday 8 September.

12 Sep 2018
By Screen Australia

“I was politically motivated”: Darlene Johnson’s unlikely path to filmmaking

After “falling into” the film industry, Darlene Johnson has used her platform to tell the kind of stories she never saw growing up Aboriginal in Australia.

11 Sep 2018
By Maria Lewis

25 years of Indigenous screen stories

Indigenous screen industry veterans and emerging artists came together on Thursday 30 August at Carriageworks, Redfern to celebrate 25 years of Screen Australia’s Indigenous Department.

04 Sep 2018
By Chris Butel

Wayne: meet the director

Director Jeremy Sims makes his first foray into factual with a feature doco about Wayne Gardner.

29 Aug 2018
By Chris Butel

Celebrating 25 years

This year marks 25 years of Screen Australia’s Indigenous Department, which supports Indigenous Australians to tell their own screen stories.

23 Aug 2018
By Chris Butel

Five Indigenous Australian films (and one TV series) everyone should see

The Indigenous Department at Screen Australia, the government agency charged with supporting Australian film and television production, is celebrating its 25th year and rather than send a cake, we figured we’d seek out some guidance on what to watch.

08 Aug 2018
Go to The New York Times

25 years on, a silver lining for Australia's Indigenous filmmakers

Wayne Blair, Rachel Perkins, Shari Sebbens and Dylan Rivers reflect on 25 years of Screen Australia’s Indigenous Department.

06 Aug 2018
Go to Sydney Morning Herald

Podcast – The Art of Pitching: Sheila Hanahan Taylor

The producer and founder of Practical Pictures on the art of pitching – what to do, what not to do – and how the Australian industry is different to the US.

01 Aug 2018
By Caris Bizzaca