Feisty Dame Productions' Tania Chambers and writer-director Nick Verso have optioned 'Invisible Boys', Holden Sheppard's debut novel which follows three 16-year-olds as they come to terms with their homosexuality in a small town in Western Australia.
Screen Australia has announced $2.7 million of production funding, going towards two features, one TV drama, one children's drama and five online projects.
AACTA has unveiled the final set of nominees for its upcoming awards, including the craft categories in television and documentary, as well as those up for the VFX, casting and Best Asian Film awards.
The second instalment of ABC/Komixx Entertainment's 'Itch' was the first drama to recommence in Western Australia last year, thanks in part to virtual production technology used to contain sets.
Screen Producers Australia has unveiled the first finalists for its 2022 awards, which will cover an extended, two-year period due to COVID-19.
With SBS preparing to select its second group of participants for the Emerging Writers Incubator, one of the program's inaugural members has shared her experience of the nationwide initiative, describing it as "life-changing".