In its latest online funding round, Screen Australia has backed two animated comedies, a satire for ABC iview and a virtual reality project from the creatives behind 'Downriver', with $320,000.
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.
Rosie Lourde is making her feature film directing debut on 'Romance on the Menu', a romantic comedy from the Steve Jaggi Company now shooting in Brisbane.
Screen Australia has announced the 18 members of the new iteration of the Gender Matters Taskforce, which provides independent advice to the agency, and works beyond Screen Australia’s direct sphere of influence to deliver outcomes for female creatives and assist in broader industry efforts to achieve gender parity.
Enzo Tedeschi's horror anthology 'Deadhouse Dark' will have its world premiere in the short form competition at Canneseries, the only Australian entry in the event which runs alongside the MIPTV market in Cannes.
While production shutdowns are causing mass unemployment among all sectors of the screen sector, some practitioners see an upside.
Producers of narrative features and feature documentaries fear that reducing the Producer Offset for films to 30 per cent will have a devastating impact on theatrical releases.
Rosie Lourde’s career looks set to accelerate on the back of multiple deals for 'Romance on the Menu', her feature directing debut produced by the Steve Jaggi Company.