Industry News

Chris Godfrey receives the 2023 Sydney UNESCO City of Film Award
The Animal Logic co-founder was presented with the award at this year's Sydney Film Festival.

Equal the Contest: charting local women's footy and the call for gender equity
Director Mitch Nivalis started playing football with the Mount Alexander Falcons at 42, and documents a journey of inclusion, belonging…

Independent film Echo 8 breaks the stereotype of the Australian immigrant story
Filmed across multiple locations in Western Sydney, Echo 8 tells the story of a highly trained assassin.

The Survival of Kindness: interview with editor Isaac Coen Lindsay
Editing a first feature film would be nerve-racking enough, but when it's a film by one of your idols, even…

Sophie Harper is the new head of Australian Directors' Guild
Harper, who is currently in a senior role at Screen Canberra, will take up the new Executive Director position in…

The Giants co-director Rachael Antony: 'this is a film about being alive'
Australian environmentalist Bob Brown and trees are intertwined in this urgent, beautiful documentary.

New funding for Victorian TV, film and games industry
The new Victorian Government package includes paid training on the set of the iconic TV series, Neighbours.

Hannah Carroll Chapman, Heartbreak High writer: I jumped so high my neck almost snapped
Getting to work on the rebooted – and globally successful – Netflix hit was a moment of joy and jeopardy…

Talk To Me: Australian horror gets trailer and local release date
The trailer for the hotly-anticipated A24 horror has landed, but local filmgoers will have to wait for an Australian release…

The ReelGood Film Festival returns with local shorts
This year's program features 22 shorts by homegrown Australian filmmakers.