Five mid-career and established NSW screenwriters and directors have been selected to participate in the debut Charlie’s Talent Escalator Lab, a new opportunity for professional screen development taking place in two stages, through a partnership between Screen NSW and Australians in Film (AiF), with support from the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. The lab is designed to support local screen talent … Read More
Australian Screen Production Industry COVID-Safe Guidelines
The Australian screen production industry has released COVID-Safe Guidelines to help get the industry back to work. The Guidelines have been developed by the Australian Screen Sector Task Force, comprising the Australian Film Television & Radio School (AFTRS), Screen Australia, the Media Entertainment & Arts Alliance (MEAA), Screen Producers Australia (SPA), State Agencies, Guilds, ABC, SBS, Ausfilm and major production … Read More
The Inclusive Filmmaking Toolkit!
Bus Stop Films are changing the narrative of filmmaking with The Inclusive Filmmaking Toolkit, developed in partnership with Taste Creative. Aimed at filmmakers of all abilities and budgets, the Toolkit addresses the idea that ‘we cannot be what we cannot see’ and redresses the inequality in representation of people with disability on our screens. Screen NSW spoke with Bust Stop Films’ … Read More
Congratulations! for Awavena’s Emmy® Awards nomination
Awavena by Director and artist Lynette Wallworth and producer Nicole Newnham, made in collaboration with the Amazonian Yawanawa people, has been nominated in the Outstanding New Approaches to Documentary category at the News and Documentary Emmy® Awards. Awavena, which premiered at Sundance and was presented in competition at the Venice Film Festival, is a stunning tale of metamorphosis and the … Read More