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.
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.
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.