The City of Gold Coast has long been the only local government in Australia to offer a financial screen incentive, but the council is making a keen bid to attract further production to region.
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The two stage event, to be held across October and February, aims to break down the silos between producers, distributors and exhibitors, and foster ideas as to how to work together differently to ensure theatrical success for Aussie features.
A mother and daughter deal with an ambiguous and uncertain threat that binds them closer together in 'The Girl at The Window', a new thriller helmed by Mark Hartley and starring Radha Mitchell, Vince Colosimo and Ella Newton.
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Yael Stone, Rob Collins, Callan Mulvey and Shantae Barnes-Cowan are the topline cast for AMC Studios and See-Saw Films' vampire series, 'Firebite', now shooting in South Australia.
Disney+ 10-part live-action drama 'Nautilus' will be casting off for the shores of the Sunshine State early next year.
Mark Coles Smith is set to take the baton from Aaron Pedersen and play a young Jay Swan in 'Mystery Road: Origin', ABC/Bunya Productions' latest instalment in the crime drama franchise.
Stan has announced a slew of new local commissions as it ramps up ambitious plans to have around a third of its first-run slate come from original production.