Director Rodd Rathjen showed his mettle in his debut feature 'Buoyancy' so he is an obvious choice to direct an asylum seeker drama based on the harrowing experiences of Kurdish-Iranian journalist Behrouz Boochani.
After Leah Purcell is released from lockdown - literally - when filming of 'Wentworth' wraps in early September, she will resume developing a raft of feature film and TV projects including a series based on her play and movie 'The Drover’s Wife: The Legend of Molly Johnson'.
Prolific screenwriter Anya Beyersdorf says her excitement level has gone through the roof as she collaborates with director Rachel Ward on one of the segments of the ABC's female-driven Shakespeare Now anthology.
Filming of the third season of Hoodlum Entertainment/the ABC's 'Harrow' resumed on Monday in Brisbane and South-East Queensland after star Ioan Gruffudd came out of quarantine.
Toni Collette's directorial debut, an animated series based on 'The Sapphires' and a Shakespeare-inspired anthology are among the 42 projects to recently share in $1.4 million of development funding from Screen Australia.
Screen production in Queensland is set to restart with the second season of Jonathan M. Shiff Productions’ 'The Bureau of Magical Things' and a rom-com feature from the Steve Jaggi Company.
Hoodlum Entertainment will resume filming the second season of Network 10's 'Five Bedrooms' in Melbourne, three months after production was forced to shut down.
The director tells IF how she landed her first Netflix gig; collaborating with fellow Aussies, composer Michael Yezerski and editor Jane Moran; and how her career has ebbed and flowed since her debut film 'The Black Balloon'.