Leah Purcell's 'The Drover’s Wife The Legend of Molly Johnson' and Gracie Otto's documentary 'Under the Volcano' will lead the Australian contingent at next month's South By South West (SXSW) Film Festival.
"The Minister should acknowledge and encourage our home-grown creatives too. The Australians working on local stories and projects, generating IP, creating jobs and running small businesses as they tell our stories; stories that must be told," write Shadow Minister for the Arts and Industrial Relations Tony Burke and Shadow Minister for Communications Michelle Rowland.
Netflix and Germany's ZDFE have co-commissioned a 10-episode teen surfing drama from Werner Film Productions, set to get underway in Victoria later this month.
Australian feature films are currently dominating the box office, with exhibitors reporting a "revitalised" audience appetite for local stories. However, both producers and distributors have concerns about being able to actually get Aussie features off the ground in the future, with the Producer Offset slated to fall from 40 to 30 per cent from July.
The ABC has commissioned two new live-action children's series, Aquarius Films' 'Parent Up' and Fremantle Australia's 'The PM’s Daughter'.
Queensland has snared the second season of Amazon Prime Video's 'The Wilds' from across the ditch.
Elsa Pataky and Luke Bracey will lead the cast of Netflix action film 'Interceptor', with shooting to commence in Sydney later this month.
Universal Pictures rom-com 'Ticket to Paradise', starring Julia Roberts and George Clooney, is the latest international project to be lured to Australia, with production to start in Queensland in November.