Some of Australian drama's recent triumphs were used to examine the relationship between development processes and international success at Series Mania Melbourne on Thursday.
Kate Separovich, Cody Greenwood, Kate Neylon, and Hannah Ngo are the successful recipients of Screenwest's Breaking the Celluloid Ceiling initiative.
Four female-driven stories on wide-ranging subjects make up the contribution of Rush Films to this year's CinefestOZ program.
ABC doomsday comedy 'Preppers' has started filming in Sydney, with the six-part series set to air later this year.
The ABC and Tony Ayres Productions' (TAP) anthology drama 'Fires' is underway in Victoria, with a stellar cast that boasts Eliza Scanlen, Sam Worthington, Richard Roxburgh, Sullivan Stapleton, Miranda Otto, Hunter Page-Lochard, Anna Torv, Kate Box, Helana Sawires, Daniel Henshall, and Noni Hazlehurst.
Following on from their collaboration on 'Stateless' and the upcoming ABC drama 'Fires', Liz Watts has signed an overall television deal with Matchbox Pictures.
Foxtel has backed the development of drama series 'The Twelve', which follows a murder trial from the perspective of the jurors and will be produced by Warner Bros. Television International Australia and Liz Watts' new venture Spirit Pictures.
Screen Australia has announced $2.7 million of production funding, going towards two features, one TV drama, one children's drama and five online projects.