Bunya Productions' 'Mystery Road: Origin' is underway in Western Australia's Kalgoorlie-Boulder for the ABC, with a stacked ensemble cast to join Mark Coles Smith as a young Jay Swan.
Mark Coles Smith is set to take the baton from Aaron Pedersen and play a young Jay Swan in 'Mystery Road: Origin', ABC/Bunya Productions' latest instalment in the crime drama franchise.
The ten Indigenous-led productions due to participate in Bunya Talent Lab LA will each receive development funding and participate in a companion writing program with Netflix.
Daniel Henshall, Sullivan Stapleton, Ling Cooper Tang and newcomers Lena Nankivell, Eaden McGuinness and Tatiana Goode are starring in A Sunburnt Christmas, a Stan Original film directed by Christiaan Van Vuuren.
"If you look at what the Gender Matters funding has done for female film filmmakers, that has not trickled down to those who work below-the-line."
After producing 'She Who Must Be Loved' and 'Robbie Hood' and co-producing 'The Beach', Tanith Glynn-Maloney is sticking to her mission of telling "blackfella" stories.
Filmmaker Warwick Thornton was mentally and physically exhausted last year so he decided to spend a couple of months in isolation on a remote beach on the north-west coast of Western Australia.
Ludo Studio has a lot to celebrate as it gets ready to deliver the 100th episode of global hit Bluey on July 10.