Producer Emma Cooper is the new chair of Australians in Film (AiF), taking over from Simonne Overend.
Rachel Griffiths will lead the cast of new SBS drama series 'Dead Lucky', set to start shooting in Sydney this week.
After making his US TV debut in the National Geographic docudrama 'Valley of the Boom' Dakota Shapiro was thrilled when he landed a role in the pilot of 'The Lost Boys', adapted from Joel Schumacher’s 1987 horror comedy movie.
Mojean Aria is in the midst of filming the biggest role of his career in a Warner Bros sci-fi thriller alongside one of his heroes Hugh Jackman, plus Rebecca Ferguson, Thandie Newton, Cliff Curtis and Daniel Wu.
A quartet of Australian films has made it into the line-up for next year's Sundance Film Festival, with Robert Connolly's 'Blueback', Noora Niasari's 'Shayda', Daina Reid's 'Run Rabbit Run' and Danny Philippou and Michael Philippou's 'Talk To Me' all set to screen.
Noora Niasari’s 'Shayda' follows a young Iranian mother (Amir-Ebrahimi) who finds refuge with her six-year-old daughter Mona (Selina Zahednia) in an Australian women’s shelter during the two weeks of Iranian New Year (Nowrooz) in 1995.
Mojean Aria recently returned to Australia to star in Noora Niasari’s debut feature, 'Shayda', acting alongside recent Cannes best actress winner Zar Amir-Ebrahimi. He'll also be seen soon in the Richard Hughes-directed 'The Enforcer', alongside Antonio Banderas, and 'The Last Manhunt' with his 'See' co-star, Jason Momoa.
Last year Ratidzo Mambo figured she wasn't being offered the type of roles she wanted and so she made a pivotal decision.