The coronavirus pandemic has forced the cancellation of the Series Mania international TV festival, which was due to unspool from March 20-28 in Lille in northern France.
Porchlight Films' 'Operation Buffalo', an espionage thriller set during the British nuclear tests in outback South Australia in the 1950s, will have its world premiere at Series Mania in France next month.
Given the relentless competition from Netflix and other streaming services, Australian exhibitors and distributors can take heart from the 2019 box office total, which was the third highest ever.
Rachel Griffiths. (Photo: Lisa Tomasetti) Actor, director and producer Rachel Griffiths has joined Bus Stop Films as the organisation’s patron....
Wednesday's AACTA Awards saw a trifecta for Jennifer Kent, who took home Best Film, Best Direction and Best Screenplay for 'The Nightingale', with star Aisling Franciosi also winning Best Lead Actress.
After bonding on 'Ride Like a Girl', Rachel Griffiths and emerging writer-director Madeleine Dyer are jointly developing a TV comedy series based on a prominent Australian actor.
Is it a coincidence that three of the highest-grossing Australian films of 2019 - Rachel Griffiths' 'Ride Like A Girl', Wayne Blair's 'Top End Wedding' and Rachel Ward's 'Palm Beach' - have all been helmed by directors and producers who have backgrounds as actors? Not according to Griffiths.
Diana Burnett, the incoming executive director of the Australian Directors' Guild (ADG), cites supporting female and other under-represented directors and helping directors to get more work internationally as among her objectives.