Viral 2014 web series 'How to Talk Australians' is being adapted into a feature film, with production underway in Melbourne.
First Nations media executive Dot West, late writer/director Shirley Barrett, and showrunner, writer, and director Tony Ayres have received honorary degrees from the Australian Film Television and Radio School.
While older audiences remain difficult to lure back to cinemas, Universal's 'Book Club 2: The Next Chapter' - squarely aimed at an older female demographic - opened much better in Australia, pro-rata, than it did in the US.
SBS has unveiled the participating companies for this year's Emerging Writers' Incubator while opening applications for the nationwide initiative.
Long-time Roxy Theatre owner Bob Brainwood and recently departed Independent Cinemas Australia CEO Adrianne Pecotic were honoured at Thursday's ICA Conference Gala Dinner.
Our 'Location, location, location' series canvasses leading location managers from across the country to find out their favourite places to shoot. First up is Mary Barltrop, based across NSW and Queensland, whose recent credits include 'Extraction' 1 and 2, 'Poker Face', 'Blaze' and 'The Artful Dodger'.
Long-time collaborating producers Naomi Just and Justine Flynn have formalised their working relationship with the launch of Drama Queen, a production entity focused on scripted content across all demographics.
Production companies can apply for up to $100,000 to develop three projects under Screen NSW's new slate development funding program.