Sean Slatter

Nathan Lloyd won his sixth Casting Guild of Austalia (CGA) award, but his first for Best Casting in a Feature Film, on Friday evening, topping the category for his work on Stan Original Film Windcatcher.

SAE University College students will benefit from the wisdom that comes with being an Emmy-award winning sound editor next week, as Martin Kwok appears in conversation with presenter Namila Benson at the institution’s Sydney campus.

Screen Australia believes it is on track to meet its new Gender Matters KPI but has acknowledged more needs to be done to support equity across writing and directing.

South Australian not-for-profit screen organisation The Mercury is inviting applications for the next round of its Quicksilver Production Funding, offering $136,000 to short film creators.

Jordon Prince-Wright’s ANZAC war epic Before Dawn is in line to be the most decorated title at next month’s WA Screen Culture Awards (WASCAs), receiving six nominations.

Membership-based organisation Sustainable Screens Australia (SSA) has unveiled its inaugural board, with The Cook Up host Adam Liaw named as co-chair alongside Dreamchaser Entertainment COO Sara Horn.

Trade and Tourism Minister Don Farrell (centre) with Rising Sun Pictures Marketing and Communications Manager Crystel Newman (left) and president Jennie Zeiher (right)

Comedy-drama The Artful Dodger has become Disney+’s second returnable Australian Original after Shipwreck Hunters Australia, with the streamer ordering an eight-episode second season.

After some UK collaboration with Return to Paradise and Austin this year, the ABC is taking a homegrown approach to local scripted content in 2025, announcing a series adaptation of Australian author Sally Hepworth’s The Family Next Door and a new season of Mystery Road: Origin at this afternoon’s upfronts.

Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga director George Miller has shared the Australian Directors’ Guild (ADG) Award for Best Direction of a Feature Film (Budget $1.5 M or over) with Uproar pair Paul Middleditch and Hamish Bennett at tonight’s ceremony in Melbourne.