To have his short film 'Jia' selected for the Melbourne International Film Festival, in addition to being accepted into the festival's Accelerator Lab, which boasts alumni such as Taika Waititi, David Michod, Justin Kurzel and Sophie Hyde, is a "dream come true" for writer/director Vee Shi.
Who has the right to tell certain stories? Who has the right to play certain characters? They're questions at the heart of Back to Back Theatre's 'Ganesh Versus The Third Reich', to be adapted for screen thanks to a $100,000 development grant from arts agency Creative Victoria.
Principal photography began yesterday on Matchbox Pictures' new Australian feature film Cut Snake - a tense, psychologically-driven crime thriller in which one man discovers his biggest enemy to putting the past behind him is himself.
Guesswork Television was crowned the 2018 Production Business of the Year at the Screen Producers Australia Awards, held yesterday evening at Melbourne's Forum Theatre.
SBS will bring more new voices to the forefront in its upcoming drama slate, which includes four short-form productions from its Digital Originals initiative, as well as the upcoming series 'Safe Home', from producer Imogen Banks.
Twelve teams of emerging creatives from under-represented backgrounds will have the chance to pitch their drama projects to SBS, NITV, and Screen Australia as part of this year's Digital Originals initiative, with a week-long workshop for the first round of selected applicants commencing this week.
'A Beginner's Guide to Grief' is the latest project to be greenlit via SBS and Screen Australia's Digital Originals initiative, with an additional six projects selected for further development.
"When you're working with IP in any way, my M.O. is to learn to speak that language fluently, but then tell your own story with it. We were not there to remake the '70s 'Grease'. We were there to tell the story of the origin story of the Pink Ladies."