An air hostess escaping a cult, an Afghan refugee saving his family, an Australian father escaping a dead-end job and a bureaucrat trying to contain a national scandal each struggle – to the limits of their sanity – with an immigration system that is itself struggling.
The Make it Australian campaign is heading back to Canberra for the first time since the federal election, restating its case for local content requirements to be placed on digital platforms such as Netflix and Amazon Prime.
Marta Dusseldorp, Glenn Gainor, Alex Dimitriades and Ben Young will join chair Rachel Ward on the jury which will determine the winner of this year's $100,000 CinefestOz Film Prize.
Since Zoe Terakes came out, the proudly gay actor has not been offered any screen roles as straight characters - but that has not hindered the 19-year-old’s flourishing career.
When Julia Billington was at the National Institute of Dramatic Art there was a tacit belief among sections of the screen industry that a gay actor could not come out.
As a teenager Monica Zanetti searched in vain for gay rom-coms which she could watch with her mother, while Neil Armfield’s same-sex romantic drama Holding the Man was a major influence .
Fremantle has signed an exclusive development and production partnership with Marta Dusseldorp, with her original ideas and projects to be developed and produced as part of the company's drama slate.
The third season of Screentime’s ABC drama Janet King, starring Marta Dusseldorp, goes into production this week.