'Heartbreak High' creator Hannah Carroll Chapman and 'Shayda' writer/director Noora Niasari are among those chosen to attend next year's Australian International Screen Forum as part of Screen Australia's Talent USA program.
Screen Australia and NITV have unveiled the six projects that will share in more than $600,000 of production funding under the No Ordinary Black short film initiative.
'Bump' spin-off 'Year Of' is set at the same Sydney harbour-front school of the Stan Original series and centres on a disparate group of inner-city teens – and the adults around them – as they navigate the senior years of high school.
Writer and creator Enoch Mailangi's five-part series 'All My Friends Are Racist' is set to go into production for ABC iview in November.
Contemporary tales of love and lust will round out a trio of drama titles for SBS in 2023, with anthology 'Erotic Stories' added to the broadcaster's upcoming slate alongside revisionist historical dramedy 'While the Men are Away' and thriller series 'Safe Home'.
SBS has unveiled the lead cast and directors of Arcadia's 1940s-set 'While The Men Are Away', with Gemma Ward making her screen return alongside Benedict Hardie and rising stars of stage and screen, Shaka Cook and Max McKenna.
A mix of fresh faces and familiar favourites are along for the ride of ABC ME’s horror-comedy series 'Crazy Fun Park' as filming begins in Melbourne.
'Blaze', 'How To Please A Woman', 'Sissy' and 'Sweet As' will contend for the best original feature prize at this year’s AWGIE Awards, while 'Mrs Harris Goes to Paris', 'The Stranger' and 'The Drover's Wife The Legend of Molly Johnson' are up for the adapted gong. 'The Newsreader' leads in television with two nominations alongside 'Total Control', 'Firebite', 'Bump' and 'Heartbreak High'.