For emerging director Samuel Rodwell, the transition from commercial work to films didn't happen overnight: it took more than three years, during which time he captured one of Australia's worst natural disasters in living memory.
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Teagan Croft will star as Jessica Watson in Sarah Spillane's 'True Spirit', set to begin filming for Netflix later this year.
The Steve Jaggi Company is keeping cameras rolling in Queensland, commencing production on new romance film 'Love in Bloom' in Brisbane.
Amazon Prime Video launched a slate of seven new local originals at a showcase event in Sydney last week, including projects from Made Up Stories, Cate Blanchett's Dirty Films, Matchbox Pictures and Guesswork Television.
Screen Australia has announced $5.6 million of production funding for three feature films and returning seasons of Stan's 'Bump' and 10's 'The Secret She Keeps'.
Bus Stop Films is getting ready to shoot its first feature, 'Baby Cat', and is conducting a nationwide casting call for an actress to play the lead, Sonja, a young woman living with trisomy 21 (Down syndrome).
The second season of Hoodlum Entertainment's 'Five Bedrooms' will premiere exclusively on Paramount+ when it launches in Australia August 11, with the ViacomCBS streamer also announcing three new local productions.
ABC doomsday comedy 'Preppers' has started filming in Sydney, with the six-part series set to air later this year.