The ADG is assisting Draw Your Own Box Productions with an urgent call-out for directors for their feature-length production entitled Carmen & Bolude, expected to commence preproduction in Sydney from April 2023. Interested Australian-resident director’s meeting their selection criteria and with the requisite experience in the budget-range and genre should email an expression of interest including a short introductory cover letter, their CV and/or IMDb Links to admin@adg.org.au with the subject Carmen & Bolude Call-out before 1st November 2022.
Summary:
Production Company: Draw Your Own Box Productions
Production Title: Carmen & Bolude
Genre: Buddy-Comedy
Budget: $3/4M (AUD)
Format: Feature Length
Logline:
Best friends Carmen and Bolude must travel from Spanish-Harlem, NYC to Sydney, Australia, wherethey have ten days to collect 100 ‘welcomes’ sothat Bolude’s traditional Nigerian father will agree to let her marry an Australian. Based on true events.
Target Schedule:
Sydney: 4x5x6 weeks (pre x shoot x post) in April/May 2023
With 1 week International Location TBC.
Selection Criteria:
Australian female director who is of Indigenous Latin-American or African heritage, and who has experience, credibility and marketability directing narrative feature comedies at the $3/4M budget level.

The Australian Directors' Guild, Australian Cinematographers Society and WIFT Australia
invite the screen community to:
Solidarity with Ukrainian Filmmakers
DATE: Saturday, 6 August 2022
TIME: 2pm-3pm (AEST)
REGISTRATION: Registration is FREE but required.
https://SolidarityWithUkrainianFilmmakers.eventbrite.com.au
Everyone in the screen industry is invited to attend this webinar to hear directly from five Ukrainian filmmakers about the challenges they are facing and how we can provide practical support. For more details click here.


MAKE IT AUSTRALIAN – BACK ON THE AGENDA

Leading Australian actors, directors, writers, producers and crew joined together last night for the national re-launch of the Make it Australian campaign at the Sydney Film Festival Hub in Sydney Town Hall and online.
Joining the industry were the new Minister for the Arts, the Hon Tony Burke MP and Minister for Communications, and the Hon Michelle Rowland MP to show their support for seeing more Australian stories on our screens. Tony Burke addressed the gathering and both Ministers received a rapturously warm welcome for their attendance and words of support.
The screen industry was represented by actor/writer/producer Leah Purcell, director Gillian Armstrong, actor Justine Clarke, director Kriv Stenders and producer/writer/director Monica O’Brien.
Read more HERE.
Link to media release HERE.
Make It Australian is presented by:

