The film’s mix of tragedy and farce – sometimes reminiscent of Rob Reiner’s 'Misery' for the way both captor and captive invest in a make-believe version of their relationship – lacks nuance.
The series will focus on six women and is based on a true crime case, the director told IF.
Cate Shortland’s psychological thriller 'Berlin Syndrome' will make its world debut at the Sundance Film Festival, where it has been selected to screen in the World Cinema Dramatic competition.
Cate Shortland's untitled feature film starring Teresa Palmer will begin filming at Docklands Studio, Melbourne this week.
Melanie Joosten was eight and living in Ballarat when the Berlin Wall fell. Some 14 years later while backpacking through Europe she visited the city.
Simon Baker will make his feature directing debut, Matchbox Pictures will adapt another Christos Tsiolkas’ novel for the ABC and Endemol Australia will produce a female-driven drama for the Nine Network in projects funded by Screen Australia.
Devil's Playground, the Foxtel miniseries that deals with the cover-up of sexual abuse in the Catholic Church in the 1980s, "won't pull any punches,"Â according to producer Helen Bowden.
CATE Shortland will be awarded the prize for Best Director at TheWIFTS Foundation 2012 International Visionary Awards for her work on Lore.