Uli Latukefu, Pallavi Sharda, Phoenix Raei, and Fayssal Bazzi have been added to the cast of Sophia Banks' feature film directorial debut Black Site.
A desire to see more women directing sci-fi and action-driven movies, coupled with a goal to add Australian flavour to the genres, led Sophia Banks to sign on to direct 'Black Site', her debut feature.
Netflix has acquired worldwide rights excluding Australia to Stateless, the six-part drama about four strangers whose lives collide in an immigration detention centre in the Australian desert, co-created by Cate Blanchett, Tony Ayres and Elise McCredie.
An air hostess escaping a cult, an Afghan refugee saving his family, an Australian father escaping a dead-end job and a bureaucrat trying to contain a national scandal each struggle – to the limits of their sanity – with an immigration system that is itself struggling.
Cate Blanchett co-created, co-produces and will play a key supporting role in 'Stateless', a six-part drama about four strangers in an immigration detention centre in the Australian desert commissioned by the ABC.
US critics lauded Shawn Seet’s 'Storm Boy' as a beautiful and contemporary retelling of Colin Thiele's classic tale but the drama faced stiff competition in the specialty market last weekend.
Shawn Seet was 12 when he saw Henri Safran’s 'Storm Boy', the 1976 family drama based on Colin Thiele’s acclaimed novel.
Good Deed Entertainment has acquired the North American rights to Ambience Entertainment's 'Storm Boy'.