After some UK collaboration with Return to Paradise and Austin this year, the ABC is taking a homegrown approach to scripted content in 2025, announcing a series adaptation of Australian author Sally Hepworth's 'The Family Next Door' and a new season of 'Mystery Road: Origin' at this afternoon's upfronts.
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Comedy-drama 'The Artful Dodger' has become Disney+'s second returnable Australian Original after 'Shipwreck Hunters Australia', with the streamer ordering an eight-episode second season.
SBS, NITV, and Screen Australia have revealed the shortlist for this year's Digital Originals initiative, designed to develop short-form drama from screen creatives historically under-represented in the sector.
Membership-based organisation Sustainable Screens Australia (SSA) has unveiled its inaugural board, with 'The Cook Up' host Adam Liaw named as co-chair alongside Dreamchaser Entertainment COO Sara Horn.
Almost two-thirds of Australian Writers' Guild Authorship Collecting Society (AWGACS) members who are actively receiving secondary royalties have signed up to a new agreement which is expected to potentially boost their future income.
Screen Australia believes it is on track to meet its new Gender Matters KPI but has acknowledged more needs to be done to support equity across writing and directing.
Nathan Lloyd won his sixth Casting Guild of Austalia award, but his first for Best Casting in a Feature Film, on Friday evening, topping the category for his work on Stan Original Film 'Windcatcher'.
In the final round of IF's CGA Rising Stars interviews, Megan Wilding, Michael Logo, Felix Cameron, and Michael Theo share what they have learnt from their experiences in the industry so far.