Film Victoria will be sending local script writer, Jane Allen, to the US on a 12 week fellowship with the hit television series CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.
Maslin is the keynote speaker at the Gold Coast Film Festival's third annual Women In Film lunch. Presented by Screen Queensland, the lunch recognises the contribution of women in film and television in Australia.
Former director of ABC television Richard Finlayson has joined Jude Troy's Wooden Horse as director and joint CEO.
Nearly 30 projects will share in $975,000 of story development funding from Screen Australia, including a television series inspired by the 1999 film 'Two Hands' from director Gregor Jordan, and a family feature film from the producers of 'Bluey'.
Nicole Chamoun will star opposite US actor Thomas Jane in ABC crime drama 'Troppo', with cameras now rolling in Queensland.
A spin-off of 'High Maintenance', starring Yael Stone, and a comedic crime series from Jungle Entertainment are among the 21 projects that will share in more than $600,000 in story development funding from Screen Australia.
Cineflix Rights has sold Helium's 'Last King of the Cross' to Sky for the UK, Ireland, Italy and Germany.
Tim Draxl, Matt Day, Jada Alberts, Nicholas Brown, Anna McGahan and Oscar Leal lead the ABC's upcoming 'In Our Blood', a four-part musical drama series from Hoodlum Entertainment, inspired by Australia's radical response to AIDS in the early 1980s.