Screen Australia is backing Bunya Productions, Aunty Donna, Mememe Productions and Southern Pictures among the recipients of more than $1.2 million in funding in its latest Enterprise Business & Ideas and Enterprise People initiatives.
Filmmaker Megan Riakos has filmed the wrap-around segment for an anthology of horror short films by female directors which she is curating with producer Leonie Marsh.
Filmmaker Megan Riakos is convinced there is a large number of untapped horror shorts by female directors - enough to curate an anthology feature film to distribute in Australia and internationally.
Rockzeline, the Paris-based sales agent which reps the likes of 'The Wizards of Aus', 'Airlock' and 'Wastelander Panda', has picked up two Aussie titles: multiplatform sci-fi thriller 'Restoration' and web series 'Jade of Death'.
Premiering as a telemovie, Airlock is the work of creator-producer Enzo Tedeschi and director Marc Furmie (Terminus), and is about "a drifting derelict spaceship [which] docks with an isolated space station".
Australia's number one horror film festival A Night of Horror International Film Festival and production and distribution company Deadhouse Films are calling for short horror film submissions to include in their upcoming feature film anthology.
The Tunnel producer Enzo Tedeschi is launching a global online distribution platform for genre movies and series.
Projects depicting a fight between Harry Potter and Luke Skywalker, a terrorism attack in Sydney and encounters between renowned Australians and international figures were among the winners of the inaugural Online Video Awards (OVAs).