It is a rare feat to translate a six season network TV hit into box office bankability but 'Downton Abbey' loyalists have swarmed to the occasion, with the Universal Pictures film adaptation steam-training to the top of the box office.
When Abe Forsythe made 'Little Monsters', he intended the film to be screened in cinemas, reaching a far wider audience than his black comedy 'Down Under'. That’s not how it turned out, much to the disappointment of the writer-director.
More than 1,200 people including many Phryne Fisher look-alikes flocked to the sold-out premiere of 'Miss Fisher and the Crypt of Tears' at the Hayden Orpheum Picture Palace on Thursday night.
Most independent Australian distributors are doing it tough, forced to postpone releases while the exhibition business languishes with Victorian cinemas closed and seating capacity restricted in the rest of the country.
A trio of music icons and a legendary racehorse are among the subjects of eight projects to receive $2.3 million in documentary production funding from Screen Australia.
Macedonian-Australian director Goran Stolevski drew comparisons with filmmakers like Terrence Malick and Jonathan Glazer after his feature debut 'You Won't Be Alone' premiered at the Sundance Film Festival on the weekend.
Hugo Weaving and Phoenix Raei lead the cast of a new mystery drama that has wrapped principal photography in central Victoria.
The festive spirit is still alive and well in Queensland, as production begins on Madeleine Dyer's debut feature 'A Savage Christmas'.