Funding allows filmmakers to work as 'attachments' on a range of screen projects
The thriller will see writer-director Miranda Nation reunite with producer Lyn Norfor, of Emerald Productions, and DP Bonnie Elliott ('Spear').
Five films supported by the MIFF Premiere Fund including Thomas M. Wright’s directorial debut 'Acute Misfortune' and Sue Thomson’s 'The Coming Back Out Ball Movie' will have their world premieres at the 67th Melbourne International Film Festival.
After devoting herself to teaching at the Australian Film Television and Radio School and serving as president of the Australian Directors' Guild, Samantha Lang is looking forward to getting back to her first love: making screen stories.
Screen Australia is backing Bunya Productions, Aunty Donna, Mememe Productions and Southern Pictures among the recipients of more than $1.2 million in funding in its latest Enterprise Business & Ideas and Enterprise People initiatives.
Screenwriting is often such a lonely pursuit that Tamara Asmar really relishes her time brainstorming in writers' rooms, likening the experience to being in a confessional.
Baz Luhrmann has cast Olivia DeJonge, who starred in the Netflix series 'The Society' and M. Night Shyamalan's horror movie 'The Visit', as Priscilla Presley in the Elvis Presley biopic which will shoot in Queensland early next year.
"A big theme in this is the body, and our relationships to our bodies - the characters are grappling in different ways with their bodies betraying them."