Dunghutti filmmaker Darlene Johnson has had her feature screenplay Obelia showcased at this year's Cannes Marché du Film after being selected as one of ten participants for Wscripted's Cannes Screenplay List.
Created by Paddy Macrae, Matchbox Pictures/NBCUniversal International Studios’ 'Irreverent' follows criminal mediator Paulo Keegan (Colin Donnell) as he flees the United States after a mediation gone wrong and assumes the identity of Reverend Mackenzie “Mack” Boyd in Clump, a small, Australian beach town hundreds of miles away from civilisation and phone reception.
There is more international espionage ahead for the young agents of Aquarius Films' kids’ action-comedy Born to Spy, with the UK’s public broadcaster to air the series on BBC iPlayer.
A slate of 15 television dramas, 11 feature films, and five online series will share in more than $1 million of development funding from Screen Australia.
Katherine Langford will be joined by a strong ensemble cast in ABC crime drama 'Savage River', with production now underway in Victoria.
Kylie Bracknell, Calen Tassone, Briallen Clarke, Tegan Stimson, Ed Oxenbould, Wayne Blair, Russell Dykstra, and Jason Wilder will be series regulars in the Netflix and Peacock co-commission.
Dunghutti filmmaker Darlene Johnson is the inaugural recipient of Sydney Film Festival and Deutsche Bank's $20,000 First Nations fellowship.
Netflix and Peacock are co-commissioning partners for Matchbox Pictures and NBCUniversal International Studios' 'Irreverent', set to shoot next month in Mission Beach.