Aurora Films is set to begin development on a screen adaptation of journalist Deborah Snow's book detailing the 2014 Lindt Cafe siege in Sydney.
The tale of Eric “the Eel” Moussambani Malonga, the swimmer from Equatorial Guinea who became the underdog hero of the Sydney 2000 Olympics, is set to be immortalised on the big screen.
A spin-off of 'High Maintenance', starring Yael Stone, and a comedic crime series from Jungle Entertainment are among the 21 projects that will share in more than $600,000 in story development funding from Screen Australia.
Aurora Films’ Ákos Armont and Antony Waddington plan to turn Helen Garner's novel The Spare Room, a drama about a woman who cares for her cancer-stricken friend, into a feature film.
Director Rodd Rathjen showed his mettle in his debut feature 'Buoyancy' so he is an obvious choice to direct an asylum seeker drama based on the harrowing experiences of Kurdish-Iranian journalist Behrouz Boochani.
Hoodlum Entertainment, Aurora Films' Antony Waddington and Ákos Armont and Sweetshop & Green's Sharlene George and Gal Greenspan are teaming up to produce an asylum seeker drama adapted from a 2018 novel.