Vic Zerbst and Jenna Owen have commenced filming on another collaboration with Easy Tiger, this time teaming up with The Chaser's Charles Firth for new six-part ABC comedy 'Optics'.
Screen Australia and Australians in Film have announced the recipients for the Talent Gateway and the Global Producers Exchange programs.
Noora Niasari has earned yet another accolade for her debut feature 'Shayda', taking home the top prize at Tuesday evening's Australian Directors' Guild Awards.
A $10,000 development grant from Screen Tasmania is on offer for Tasmanian creatives interested in developing short-form online projects as part of a new initiative from Screenworks.
Sketch troupe Aunty Donna will make their first foray into narrative comedy in a new half-hour series for the ABC, set to begin production next week in Melbourne.
A slate of 15 television dramas, 11 feature films, and five online series will share in more than $1 million of development funding from Screen Australia.
A film tracking the 30-year journey of children's band The Wiggles and another celebrating the life of late music executive Michael Gudinski are among the nine projects to share in more than $2.7 million of documentary funding from Screen Australia.
With the future of Australian drama under the microscope in wake of relaxed local content quotas, there was always going to be added interest in the ABC's 2022 slate.