Actor Robert Rabiah is frustrated with the lack of on-screen representation of Australia's diverse communities despite some recent TV shows and movies that are more reflective of race, gender, class and colour.
Writer-director Roderick Mackay’s feature debut 'The Furnace' is set to kick off in WA next month, headlined by a cast that includes Egyptian actor Ahmed Malek, David Wenham and Baykali Ganambarr.
Kirsty McGregor won the prize for best casting for a feature film for See-Saw Films’ 'Lion' at the Casting Guild of Australia’s annual awards.
An adaptation of Kenneth Cook’s novel 'Fear is the Rider', to be by directed Kriv Stenders, and writer Osamah Sami’s 'Ali's Wedding'-follow up 'When The Birds Aren’t Free To Be Buried', are among 15 features to have recently received development funding via Screen Australia.
During a break in filming the SBS telemovie Saved in 2009, actor Osamah Sami told director Tony Ayres and his co-star Claudia Karvan an amazing story.