Screen Australia has announced development funding for 14 features, a high-end TV drama and two online series.
Daniel Radcliffe may not have seemed an obvious choice to play Yossi Ghinsberg, the 22-year-old Israeli backpacker who got lost in the Amazon in the survival thriller Jungle.
The world premiere of Warwick Thornton’s period Western 'Sweet Country' in competition at the Venice Film Festival has been warmly received by critics.
The ABC has commissioned a fifth season of 'Rake', set to go into production in October.
The film follows three adult siblings as they assist their terminally ill mother to commit suicide.
Australian thriller Touch is set to launch in five Australian cinemas on May 21, just one week after George Miller's Mad Max: Fury Road blankets the nation.