The creative team at Closer Productions has resumed pre-production on the ABC comedy 'Aftertaste' (working title), which stars Erik Thomson as a temperamental chef, using a new risk development tool.
Holliday Grainger and Alia Shawkat shine as best friends who live in a haze of drink, drugs and one-night stands.
Some 34 feature films will compete for nominations for this year's AACTA Awards, and the longlist covers diverse range of titles, from box office earners like 'Top End Wedding' and 'Storm Boy', through to the critically lauded 'The Nightingale' and micro budget indies like 'Suburban Wildlife'.
English actress Holliday Grainger (My Cousin Rachel, Cinderella) and American Alia Shawkat (Arrested Development, Transparent) are playing the leads in Sophie Hyde’s female-driven comedy Animals.
Sophie Hyde's 'Animals' launched in Australia yesterday, but the director has "no idea" if local audiences will come out to see it.
Wayne Blair’s 'Top End Wedding' has edged past Shawn Seet’s 'Storm Boy' to rank as the highest grossing Australian film this year.
Production has begun on new low-budget feature Animals based on Movie Extra WebFest entry, Where Were You.
A record six Australian feature films will screen at the Sundance Film Festival, with 'Animals', 'Judy and Punch', 'Little Monsters', 'I Am Mother' and 'Top End Wedding' having their world premieres in the Utah-based festival.