Production has begun on Uncharted with Sam Neill, a six-part factual series for Foxtel’s History Channel that charts Captain Cook’s three voyages to the Pacific.
For Madman Entertainment 2019 was the distributor's most consistent year ever, with 14 films each grossing more than $500,000 at Australian cinemas - and the 2020 slate looks even stronger.
Screen Australia has unveiled 13 titles that will share in $3.7 million of production funding, with six documentaries to be supported through the Producer Program and seven projects via the Commissioned Program.
Transmission Films will release 'David Stratton: A Cinematic Life' on March 9, and the new trailer promises a film with a biographical bent, as much about Stratton himself as the films that have inspired him.
Matthew Walker's 'I'm Wanita' will make its world premiere at Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival next month.
The Australian International Documentary Conference (AIDC) has revealed the nominees for next month's awards, while announcing screen journalist David Tiley as the winner of the Stanley Hawes Award for 2022.
While we were away: ‘The Dry’ performed for Roadshow; three Aussie projects were selected for Sundance; NITV updated its leadership team; ‘Sissy’ kicked off in Canberra and vale Susie Maizels, esteemed casting director.
National Geographic Documentary Films has acquired the worldwide rights to Sally Aitken's documentary about iconic Australian diver and filmmaker Valerie Taylor following its premiere at the Sundance Film Festival.