Director Corrie Chen has hit a stride in her career where she is able to make projects she really believes in.
Americans will have the chance to see Wayne Blair's 'Top End Wedding' early next year, but only on VOD and other digital platforms.
Aim high, be distinctive, avoid the mediocre and know your audience: Those were among the tips for feature filmmakers from key players in production, exhibition and film sales at a forum organised by Film Victoria.
Actress Shuang Hu started writing her own work "out of necessity" - she realised if you have a story you want to tell, you can't rely on others to tell it for you. That led her to create Australia's first Amazon Original film, rom-com 'Five Blind Dates'.
Amazon will launch its first Australian original feature film, 'Five Blind Dates', on Prime Video February 13, ahead of Valentine's Day.
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'.
The drama is adapted from Australian/South African writer Malla Nunn's 'A Beautiful Place to Die', centering on a white detective in apartheid-era South Africa with a dangerous secret: he is in fact mixed race.
ScreenWest's heavy investment in local screen productions is paying dividends with three Western Australian projects set to air on Sunday prime time slots on the ABC.