The second season of ABC's 'Mystery Road', lockdown ABC comedy 'Retrograde' and SBS thriller 'Hungry Ghosts' have won the 11th annual Equity Ensemble Awards.
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.
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.
Natalie Bailey was set to shoot feature comedy 'Sumo' in South Africa when the pandemic struck, which turned out to be a blessing as she was then asked to serve as set-up director on Aquarius Films' SBS miniseries 'The Unusual Suspects'.
Netflix is signalling a bigger commitment to commissioning Australian productions by hiring Que Minh Luu as director, local originals for Australia.
Shaun Grant and Harry Cripps are among the writers aiming to win consecutive prizes at this year's AWGIE Awards.
Northern Pictures was crowned Production Business of the Year at Wednesday evening's Screen Producers Australia (SPA) Awards, while also taking home further gongs for 'See What You Made Do' and 'Love on the Spectrum'.
The Australian screen industry is experiencing a boom, with Australia being seen as an affordable and safe place to film. This presents a distinct opportunity, not just for the Australian economy, but for modernising an industry ripe for change that can better meet the needs of contemporary audiences moving forward, writes actor, producer and writer Oakley Kwon.