Damon Herriman will star opposite Mia Wasikowska in writer-director Mirrah Foulkes' 'Judy and Punch', a “brutal, original and violent” re-interpretation of the puppet play ‘Punch and Judy’, which began shooting this week in Victoria.
Filming has begun in Brisbane on Hoodlum Entertainment’s 10-part crime drama, 'Harrow', a co-production for ABCTV and the Disney-owned ABC Studios International.
Stan has unveiled five Stan Originals – two drama series, a true crime docuseries, a film and a comedy special – as part of an ambitious plan to ramp up local commissions,
Two Aussie films, Mirrah Foulkes' 'Judy & Punch' and Ben Lawrence's 'Hearts and Bones', will be among the 12 features in official competition at this year’s Sydney Film Festival (SFF).
The Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) has launched #SocialShorts, its national online short film competition.
In the anarchic town of Seaside, nowhere near the sea, puppeteers Judy and Punch are trying to resurrect their marionette show. The show is a hit due to Judy's superior puppeteering, but Punch's driving ambition and penchant for whisky lead to an inevitable tragedy that Judy must avenge. In a visceral and dynamic live-action reinterpretation of the famous 17th century puppet show, writer director Mirrah Foulkes turns the traditional story of Punch and Judy on its head and brings to life a fierce, darkly comic and epic female-driven revenge story, starring Mia Wasikowska and Damon Herriman.
Emerging to mid-level NSW creatives have a new avenue to develop their feature film ideas after Screen NSW launched the Short Film to Feature Fast Track initiative.
The impact of the devastating bushfires of last summer will be explored in six-part drama 'The Fires', currently in development at the ABC.