The ABC has unveiled a suite of new programs for its 2024 slate while the follow-up seasons for two of its drama series have begun shooting.
Reading International says its cinemas are well placed for a post-COVID-19 and Hollywood Strike recovery.
"I think working on screen has made me much more aware of the benefits of economic language and also that you can tell a story with silence and with faces and with body language, as well as with words." – Australian playwright Joanna Murray-Smith
Screen Australia has highlighted the strength of the country's burgeoning digital games sector during a truncated session at the recent Senate hearings into the government's Revive national cultural policy.
Babak Jalali's independent drama 'Fremont' marks the third feature for Australian-born producer Rachael Fung, who has established a career in US after moving to New York to study film and television in 2007.
Ausfilm has told a Senate public hearing that the soon-to-be increased Location Offset will encourage new offshore investment in infrastructure such as studios, as well as make the screen sector more sustainable.
The Arts Department has received legal advice from the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) about the impact of the Australia-United States Free Trade Agreement (FTA) but has declined to tell a Senate enquiry how it has shaped their proposed local content quota models for streamers.
Australian film Late Night With The Devil has opened with a solid result over the weekend.