Indigenous AustraliansAboriginal Australians and Torres Strait Islander peoplesEthnic groupIndigenous Australians are the various Aboriginal Australian peoples of Australia, and the ethnically distinct people of the Torres Strait Islands. The terms Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, First Nations of Australia, First Peoples of Australia, and First Australians are also common. Many Indigenous Australians prefer to identify with their specific cultural group.
Film Finance Corporation AustraliaThe Film Finance Corporation Australia (FFC) was the government agency responsible for funding commercial productions of Australian film, documentary, and television from 1988 to 2008. Unlike other publicly funded organisations responsible for financing media production in Australia, the FFC operated as a commercially oriented funding agency, backing projects with the intention of recouping part of its funding through investment.
Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications, Sport and the ArtsThe Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications, Sport and the Arts (DITRDCSA) is a department of the Australian Government responsible for providing advice on, and delivering policies and programs for, infrastructure, transport, regional development, communications, cultural affairs, sports, and the arts.
Deborah MailmanDeborah MailmanAM (born 1972) is an Australian actress. Mailman is best known for her roles in television series such as The Secret Life of Us, Offspring, Redfern Now, Cleverman, and Total Control. She first gained recognition in the 1998 film Radiance, for which she won her first AFI award. Her other well known films are Rabbit-Proof Fence, Bran Nue Dae, Oddball, The Sapphires, Paper Planes, Blinky Bill the Movie, H Is for Happiness, The Book of Revelation, and Wolfram.
Ruth HarleyRuth Elizabeth Harley is a New Zealand theatre, film and television executive.
Film AustraliaFilm Australia was a company established by the Government of Australia to produce films about Australia in 1973. Its predecessors were the Cinema and Photographic Branch (1913–38), the Australian National Film Board (1939–1955, under different departments), and the Commonwealth Film Unit (1956–72). Film Australia became Film Australia Limited in 1988 and was consolidated into Screen Australia in 2008.Australian GovernmentThe Australian Government, also known as the Commonwealth Government or simply as the federal government, is the national executive government of Australia, a federal parliamentary constitutional monarchy.Australian Film CommissionThe Australian Film Commission (AFC) was an Australian government agency founded in 1975 with a mandate to promote the creation and distribution of films in Australia as well as to preserve the country's film history. It also had a production arm responsible for production and commissioning of films for the government. It was superseded by Screen Australia from 1 July 2008.
Documentary filmA documentary film (often called simply a documentary) is a nonfiction motion picture intended to "document reality, primarily for instruction, education or maintaining a historical record". Research into information gathering, as a behavior, and the sharing of knowledge, as a concept, has noted how documentary movies were preceded by the notable practice of documentary photography.Message Sticks FestivalMessage Sticks Festival, also known for some time as Message Sticks Indigenous Film Festival, was an arts festival celebrating the culture of Aboriginal Australians, based at the Sydney Opera House, between 1999 and 2013. It focused on film for several years, but music, theatre and dance were also showcased. The festival was succeeded by Homeground in 2014.
Chief executive officerA chief executive officer (CEO), also known as a chief executive, is the top-ranking corporate officer charged with the management of a company or a nonprofit organization. CEOs find roles inside various organizations, including public and private corporations, nonprofit organizations, and even some government organizations (notably state-owned enterprises).
Narrative filmNarrative film, fictional film or fiction film is a motion picture that tells a fictional or fictionalized story, event or narrative. Commercial narrative films with running times of over an hour are often referred to as feature films, or feature-length films.*As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.