Matchbox Pictures and Wooden Horse have been included as finalists across multiple categories for the SPA Business Awards, to be held on the final day of next month's Screen Forever.
Given the commercial pressures facing Australia's free-to-air networks and funding agencies, the industry should look to private investors to fill the widening gap in financing TV dramas and features, according to Deanne Weir.
Studiocanal Australia and Goalpost Pictures are developing a feature based on the true story on members of the Vienna Mozart Boys’ Choir and their choirmaster who were trapped in Australia during World War II.
Greater scrutiny of feature film projects and more emphasis on stories that can travel are among the focuses for two of the country's leading production companies in the year ahead amid ongoing challenges in the theatrical landscape.
The first two episodes of Matchbox Pictures' 'Stateless' and the second series of Bunya Productions' 'Mystery Road' will have their world premieres at the sixth edition of the Berlin International Film Festival’s Berlinale Series.
Goalpost Pictures' Rosemary Blight speaks about how Benjamin Millepied's 'Carmen' was brought to Australia and why the company is looking to do more international co-productions.