An animated comedy series about a community of bogong moths tempted away from their annual migrations by a suburb of low-income humans has impressed at the Just for Laughs Comedy Festival in Montreal, triumphing Stand Up and Pitch competition.
Concerns about power imbalances and toxic working environments in the film and TV industries long pre-date the emergence of #metoo as a global rallying cry against sexual assault and harassment on set.
The exploits of brown-wearing probate lawyer Helen Tudor-Fisk are heading to Britain, with ITV acquiring 'Fisk' for its streaming platform ITVX.
Over-qualified staff at a dingy bowling alley, a kooky children's arts presenter that struggles to teach morals to a new generation, and a down-and-out private investigator are among the subjects of this year's successful Fresh Blood concepts.
US distributyor A24 has paid attention to the box office success of Danny and Michael Philippou’s debut feature 'Talk to Me', announcing plans for a sequel to the supernatural thriller.
When Leila McDougall decided to make a film focused on rural mental health just prior to COVID, it was her experience as both a farmer and a teacher that guided the message she wanted to convey and the form it took.
Existential threats to the screenwriting profession have been making headlines lately with the ongoing Writers Guild of America strike, but Australian writers working in children's television have been facing their own less noisy, but equally momentous, disruption since the scrapping of quotas in October 2020, writes Cleon Prineas.
In coming up with the story for his feature directorial debut 'The Rooster', starring Phoenix Raei and Hugo Weaving, Mark Leonard Winter tried to depict the strangeness and difficulty that came with a time of "deep depression".