The ABC and Tony Ayres Productions' (TAP) anthology drama 'Fires' is underway in Victoria, with a stellar cast that boasts Eliza Scanlen, Sam Worthington, Richard Roxburgh, Sullivan Stapleton, Miranda Otto, Hunter Page-Lochard, Anna Torv, Kate Box, Helana Sawires, Daniel Henshall, and Noni Hazlehurst.
Stan has unveiled five Stan Originals – two drama series, a true crime docuseries, a film and a comedy special – as part of an ambitious plan to ramp up local commissions,
The impact of the devastating bushfires of last summer will be explored in six-part drama 'The Fires', currently in development at the ABC.
Prolific screenwriter Anya Beyersdorf says her excitement level has gone through the roof as she collaborates with director Rachel Ward on one of the segments of the ABC's female-driven Shakespeare Now anthology.
Premiering on June 13 at this year’s Sydney Film Festival, Beyersdorf's short is the story of a single mother who wakes up in the middle of the night to find that she’s glowing.
Beyersdorf is an actress (Blue Heelers, Crownies) turned director, whose 2014 short Gayby was made as a Masters project at the Sydney College of the Arts before touring to festivals at home and abroad.
Sometimes you have to lose your head to find your heart