When Bridget Fair, the CEO of Free TV Australia, appeared before Senators on the Inquiry into Australian Content on Broadcast, Radio and Streaming Services in Sydney last week there was no deviation from the commercial broadcasters’ long held position that children’s television quotas should be scrapped.
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The Handmaid’s Tale writer/producer Yahlin Chang, Silicon Valley director Jamie Babbit, Grey’s Anatomy executive producer Betsy Beers and comedy writer and EP Peter Saji will serve as the US mentors in the second Mentor LA program.
Launched today, She Shoots, She Scores will provide a career-progression opportunity for an emerging South Australian resident female composer to be attached to musician, performer and screen composer Amanda Brown on an upcoming project.
There are a sprinkling of women in the casts of the eight shows which will premiere on Network Ten’s Pilot Week later this month.
Australia’s post and VFX houses will be major beneficiaries of the federal government’s $140 million Location Incentive Program.
The US rights to Matchbox Pictures’ Safe Harbour have been acquired by Hulu.
As a father of four, writer-director Storm Ashwood had long wanted to make a film that targets teenagers, including the often difficult transition from childhood innocence to adult responsibility.
After its world premiere in competition at the Venice Film Festival, writer-director Jennifer Kent’s 'The Nightingale' is due to make its local debut at the Adelaide Film Festival this October.