Australians in Film (AiF) is partnering with Amazon Studios to stage industry panels, roundtable conversations and Q&As designed to foster partnerships between the Australia and Hollywood creatives and decision makers.
COVID hasn't just physically changed the way sets operate, it's also changed workplace culture - with a little help from technology. That's according to Glenn Gainor, Amazon head of physical production, Amazon Original movies, Amazon Studios, who beamed in from LA via Zoom to address CinefestOz's industry strand last week.
Nicole Kidman will star in and executive produce 'Things I Know To Be True' for Amazon Studios, based on the play by Andrew Bovell.
Emily Browning, Caitlin Stasey and Megan Smart will play former classmates in Amazon Prime Video series, 'Class of '07', described as "'Lord of the Flies' in cocktail dresses".
Eva Orner's 'Burning', about Australia's devastating 'Black Summer', will make its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival in September.
Expat Australian filmmakers in Los Angeles and London are coping as best they can through the COVID-19 pandemic, including supporting each other.
Production has begun in Victoria on Garth Davis' sci-fi psychological thriller 'Foe', starring Saoirse Ronan, Paul Mescal and Aaron Pierre.
Anyone attending Ted Hope's session at the Australian International Documentary Conference next month to hear streaming service secrets may want to rethink their approach.