New seasons of 'Total Control' and children's titles 'Rock Island Mysteries' and 'Strange Chores', as well as feature film projects from Northern Pictures, Made Up Stories and Causeway Films are among the nine projects that will share in $12 million of production funding from Screen Australia.
Australians in Film and Screen Australia have revealed the six participants for this year's Untapped development lab, drawing from nearly 400 entries.
Screen Australia has announced the eight creatives that will travel to the Big Apple next month as part of the Talent USA: New York program.
Screen Producers Australia and the Media, Entertainment & Arts Alliance have outlined their priorities in relation to the government's National Cultural Policy, with the former reiterating its position on streaming regulation while the latter has called for a wage increase for arts workers and renewed investment in the sector.
Sketch troupe Aunty Donna will make their first foray into narrative comedy in a new half-hour series for the ABC, set to begin production next week in Melbourne.
Directors working in the streaming landscape and alongside showrunners must take a “humility pill” or “move to the exit”, according to Rachel Ward, who opened the Australian Directors' Guild conference.
Two of the most talked about limited series of the past 12 months share an Australian connection in being edited by Annette Davey.
Actor and writer Vince Gil, known for playing Nightrider in Mad Max, and appearing in television series' Homicide, Cop Shop, and Prisoner, has died aged 83.