Almost the day after production wrapped on 'Ali's Wedding' in 2016, Osamah Sami pitched Matchbox Pictures his next project, one that would once again see him draw on his experiences as the son of a lead cleric, but was instead a drama that showed his community in "all its realism".
Six-part drama 'House of Gods', produced by Matchbox Pictures, will premiere on the ABC 8.30pm February 25.
The ABC and Matchbox Pictures drama 'House of Gods'; short-form rom-com series 'Videoland', from Melbourne production company Pikelet Pictures; the Lingo Pictures-produced NZ series 'After the Party', and the Queensland-shot 'Apples Never Fall' have been selected for this year’s Series Mania in France.
Indian actors Akshay Ajit Singh and Shahana Goswami will star opposite each other in SBS romantic drama 'Four Years Later', formerly 'Four Years', which has begun filming in Mumbai and Jaipur ahead of a Sydney shoot in late February.
'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.
Filming has begun in Western Sydney on ABC drama 'House of Gods', with co-creator Osamah Sami leading the cast alongside Palestinian actor Kamel El Basha and Maia
Abbas.
Female directors have taken the lion's share of nominations for this year's Australian Directors' Guild awards, with Sian Davies and Stef Smith each securing three nods and their counterparts dominating the feature film categories.
Nicholas Burton went from filming Netflix's 'Pieces of Her' to ABC series surf series 'Barons' last year.