Animation students at the University of Canterbury are set to benefit from the expertise behind stop-motion titles 'Wallace and Gromit', 'Shaun the Sheep', and 'Morph' as part of a new five-year agreement between the institution and Aardman Academy, the training arm of stop-motion studio Aardman.
Australian film Late Night With The Devil has opened with a solid result over the weekend.
Games writer wins prestigious John Hinde Award for excellence in Science-Fiction Writing.
Screen Well was inundated with more than 200 applications for a recent Matchbox Pictures’ production job-sharing pilot scheme, but managed to place just one role.
Toby Wallace has had quite the homecoming since flying back to Australia from London at the end of last year, working with Ron Howard on the Queensland-shot survival thriller 'Eden' and a cameo in Charlie Williams' feature debut 'Inside'.
Author Susan Johnson’s memoir, 'Aphrodite’s Breath', will be pitched to leading producers and directors this week after being chosen for the Cannes Film Festival's Shoot the Book! initiative.
Lorcan Finnegan’s psychological thriller 'The Surfer', starring Nicolas Cage, will have its world premiere at Cannes after being chosen as one of four films for the Midnight Screenings section.
Canadian actress and writer Fawzia Mirza has signed on to direct an adaptation of Su Dharmapala's The Wedding Season, which Sri Lankan-Australian actress Menik Gooneratne wrote and will star in.