Screenwest has announced Maziar Lahooti’s debut feature Below as the recipient of this year’s West Coast Visions funding.
Screen Australia’s record spend on adult TV drama in 2017-18 has not come at the expense of support for feature films.
Thirteen years since he completed a film course Maziar Lahooti is preparing to direct his debut feature, darkly comic action-drama Below.
Ryan Corr and Anthony LaPaglia will play the leads in refugee detention centre action-drama 'Below', director Maziar Lahooti's debut feature.
After a self-imposed exile, Robert Rabiah is returning to the screen early next year in Maziar Lahooti’s 'Below', an action-drama set in a refugee detention centre.
After breaking through in Kriv Stenders’ 'Australia Day', Phoenix Raei landed roles in 'Mustangs FC', 'Romper Stomper' and 'Wentworth'.
Film Victoria has announced $2 million in production funding across 11 film, television and online projects, including Matchbox Pictures' upcoming SBS series 'Hungry Ghosts'.
Seven films supported by the Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF) Premiere Fund will make their premiere at this year's iteration, including Maziar Lahooti’s 'Below' and Paul Ireland's 'Measure for Measure'.