After Darren Gilshenan signed on to star in 'Harrow', he quickly realised the forensic crime series commissioned by the ABC and Disney’s ABC Studios International was totally unlike any other show he’d seen in a career spanning more than 30 years.
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Annabelle Sheehan will be the next chief executive of the New Zealand Film Commission, replacing Dave Gibson.
Unveiling its 2018 slate, the Nine Network highlighted a raft of new local dramas, factual and reality shows including the first multi-million dollar commission for digital channel GO!
The cinemagoing behaviour by kids aged 12-14, 15-17 and the 18-25 demographic is fundamentally different, posing challenges for distributors and exhibitors.
When Amanda Higgs first met Rachel Davis a couple of years ago, the two producers realised they both were keen to make a female-led TV show for young girls – one that wasn’t focused on beauty or boys.
'Oddlands', produced together with Matchbox Pictures, sees Back to Back Theatre – which has an ensemble of actors with disabilities – officially branch into filmmaking.
Producer and manager Raquelle David is helping Australian directors and writers to package film and television projects in the US.
Producers Jason Byrne, Clayton Jacobson and Tait Brady went to the Australian International Movie Convention last year to “sell” 'Sibling Rivalry', a black comedy co-starring Clayton and his brother Shane Jacobson, to cinema owners.