Moreblessing Maturure plans to make her screen directing debut on a segment of 'MASC' (working title), an online anthology which examines modern masculinity through female and non-binary lenses.
Bunya Productions' 'Mystery Road: Origin' explores how a tragic death, an epic love, and the brutal reality of life as a police officer straddling two worlds, form the mould out which Detective Jay Swan emerges.
'Blaze', 'How To Please A Woman', 'Sissy' and 'Sweet As' will contend for the best original feature prize at this year’s AWGIE Awards, while 'Mrs Harris Goes to Paris', 'The Stranger' and 'The Drover's Wife The Legend of Molly Johnson' are up for the adapted gong. 'The Newsreader' leads in television with two nominations alongside 'Total Control', 'Firebite', 'Bump' and 'Heartbreak High'.
Bunya Productions' 'Mystery Road: Origin' is underway in Western Australia's Kalgoorlie-Boulder for the ABC, with a stacked ensemble cast to join Mark Coles Smith as a young Jay Swan.
Screen Australia, SBS and NITV have announced seven projects from this year’s Digital Originals initiative to receive development funding, with three titles from the group to eventually go into production.
Twelve teams of emerging creatives from under-represented backgrounds will have the chance to pitch their drama projects to SBS, NITV, and Screen Australia as part of this year's Digital Originals initiative, with a week-long workshop for the first round of selected applicants commencing this week.
Rosie Lourde’s career looks set to accelerate on the back of multiple deals for 'Romance on the Menu', her feature directing debut produced by the Steve Jaggi Company.
Nicholas Verso has worked with children so often since his 2016 debut feature 'Boys in the Trees' the writer-director says it’s a blessing whenever an adult appears on set.