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Acclaimed Yorta Yorta and Wurundjeri (Woiwurrung) writer, actor and producer Tony Briggs presents 'Address to the Nations', a new work developed with artist and producer David Pledger, this Tuesday night, June 23, in Canberra.

SBS, NITV, and Screen Australia have revealed the ten shortlisted projects for the Digital Originals short-form initiative, which this year drew more than 200 applications from across the country.

MIFF and the AFL, supported by VicScreen, have rebooted the Footy Shorts program. This initiative offers emerging Victorian filmmakers the chance to receive valuable mentorship and to shoot short-form documentaries centred on the love and connection people have to Australia’s game.

The fourth Birrarangga Film Festival will showcase First Nations filmmakers from 15 countries including Australia, New Zealand, Samoa, Canada, Finland, Norway, Russia, Mexico, Hawaii, Sierra Leone, Kenya, Fiji, Peru and Taiwan. Many films will be presented in their original languages with English subtitles, alongside a program of masterclasses, panel discussions, live music performances and networking events.

"We're thrilled to witness the remarkable talent of applicants who've joined our Inspirit Lab."

Naarm production house Typecast, has today announced the successful applicants for their inaugural Inspirit Lab initiative. The Inspirit Lab will deliver a program of masterclasses and hands-on experiences, giving participants the opportunity to learn the various stages involved in adapting a short story for the screen.

The Inspirit Lab created by Typecast and presented with principal partner VicScreen and partner Screen Australia Indigenous Department, will deliver a series of masterclasses simulating a ‘writers’ room’ where teams will learn about the adaptation of existing IP and screenwriting.

The acronym BFF may invoke thoughts of your Best Friend Forever. But those warm and fuzzies should also extend to the Birrarangga Film Festival, where Indigenous films from across the globe will be screened right here in Australia.

Footy is back and so is Yokayi: Host Megan Waters talks about the show in 2023.

NITV football code shows return in March, with filmmaker / producer Tony Briggs to helm AFL show.

Typecast Entertainment has optioned Tara June Winch’s novel The Yield for the screen, with Tony Briggs and Kodie Bedford to write the script.

Australian writer Tara June Winch’s multi-award-winning novel about Indigenous language, The Yield, will be adapted for the screen by Typecast.

Tony Birch’s novel The White Girl (UQP) has been optioned for feature film by Typecast Entertainment.

Elders northern hemisphere premiere and in competition at Berlin International Film Festival 2020 in the Generation Kplus program.

Short film, Elders executive produced by alumni Charlotte Seymour is also screening as part of Generation Kplus in competition. This will be its European premiere following appearances at Melbourne and Sydney Film Festivals and imagineNATIVE in Toronto in 2019.

Four shorts supported by NITV and Film Victoria – What If, Unceded, Young Mob Questioning Treaty, and Treaty Now? – will screen on NITV this weekend as part of the channel’s NAIDOC Week line-up.

‘Elders’ will have its World international premiere at Sydney Film Festival on 10th and 11th June 2019. Directed by Tony Briggs, written by Tracey Rigney and Produced by Damienne Pradier.

You might recognise him from Rake, Cleverman or The Slap, but Tony Briggs' first foray into television was in Neighbours. Back in 1987, he worked alongside Kylie and Jason. As far as he knows, he was the first Aboriginal person to appear on the notoriously whitebread soap. He remembers the day and the scene in which one of the main characters was meant to say, as an aside, 'Is he Aboriginal?'

Tony Briggs’ burgeoning career on stage and screen

Join our host Leila Gurruwiwi, along with guest panellists Helpmann-nominated actor and singer Elaine Crombie, producer Pauline Clague and actor, musician and potter Uncle Jack Charles, in a discussion of Aboriginal women and their continued contribution to the Australian screen culture. WARNING: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander viewers are warned that the following program may contain images and voices of deceased persons.

This reconciliation week, join host Leila Gurruwiwi with guests Uncle Bruce Pascoe, Tracey Rigney and Crystal McKinnon discussing the decolonisation of the Australian film industry and the portrayal and representations of First Nations people on screen.