Australia is among the most represented countries outside of the US in the initial line-up for this year's SXSW Film and TV Festival, with Natalie Bailey’s 'Audrey', Jon Bell's 'The Moogai', and Jack Clark and Jim Weir's 'Birdeater' among the films selected.
"Tassie-noir" 'Bay of Fires', co-created and produced by and starring Marta Dusseldorp, is set to premiere on the ABC July 16, 8.30pm.
Stella (Marta Dusseldorp) is unexpectedly dropped into a small community on the Tasmanian west coast with her children. But it’s not the kind of place they put on postcards – it is instead rife with simmering feuds, crime and sometimes, murder.
Aquarius Films' Sydney-set heist caper 'The Unusual Suspects' will premiere June 3 at 8:30pm on SBS and SBS On Demand, with all episodes available to stream at the same time of the premiere.
The ABC has ordered a six-part narrative comedy from Unless Pictures and Orange Entertainment centred on COVID-19 isolation, due to start filming - remotely - this month before airing in July.
Filipino-born US-star Aina Dumlao, Miranda Otto and Michelle Vergara Moore are playing the leads in 'The Unusual Suspects', Aquarius Films' 4-part heist comedy for SBS which is now shooting in Sydney.
Marta Dusseldorp will be joined by a hefty ensemble cast when shooting starts next week in Tasmania on her comedic crime drama, ABC's 'Bay of Fires'.
Thanks to Screen Queensland's Enterprise Funding, Meg O'Connell is adding two execs at her banner Unless Pictures to help drive her slate and grow the business.