Indigenous composers and musicians account for less than one 1 per cent of screen composers nationally. As such, over the past year the Australian Guild of Screen Composers (AGSC) and the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Music Office (NATISMO) have been working together to try to create pathways for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders composers to enter the industry.
Amazon Prime Video launched a slate of seven new local originals at a showcase event in Sydney last week, including projects from Made Up Stories, Cate Blanchett's Dirty Films, Matchbox Pictures and Guesswork Television.
Andy Lee will host a new one-hour weekly comedy panel show for Nine, dubbed a "reverse Gogglebox."
Writer-director Annika Glac and producer Robyn Kershaw will further develop their six-part drama based on the life of cosmetics entrepreneur Helena Rubinstein after being selected for TorinoFilmLab's TV development platform SeriesLab.
'Science+', a pilot from creator/producer Seaton-Kay Smith, producer Yingna Lu and director Leela Varghese, premiered on US platform DUST, which boasts more than 3 million viewers 18-35 years old.
Mel Gibson will appear in a Q&A ahead of a 40th anniversary screening of Peter Weir's 'Gallipoli' at this year's Australian International Screen Forum, which aims to connect the Australian and US industries.
A renewed focus on natural history programming has led WildBear Entertainment to appoint wildlife biologist and writer, producer and director Dr Chadden Hunter as an executive producer.
"Looking at how VR had been working so far, what I thought was missing were synchronised mass audience experiences, where everyone gets to have a shared viewing."