British actor Rudi Dharmalingam, Mandy McElhinney and Geraldine Hakewill lead the cast of newly-annnounced ABC drama 'Wakefield', now shooting across Sydney, the Blue Mountains and the Southern Highlands.Â
Screen Australia has announced five online projects that will share in $500,000 funding, including an animated satire about the ghost of Captain Cook; a science fiction drama; and a romantic comedy told from the perspective of someone on the Autism spectrum.
Screen Australia's head of content Sally Caplan rates 2019 as a good year for Australian films at home and abroad - and she is even more optimistic about the 2020 slate.
Screen Australia is taking a slightly tougher position in evaluating feature film projects this year, while the agency is seeing a spike in feature documentary and high-end TV drama pitches.
Snapchat and Screen Australia have partnered to launch a new initiative aimed at developing and producing premium Australian, vertical mobile series.
Natalie Erika James' debut feature 'Relic' has received rapturous reviews after the world premiere in the Midnight section of the Sundance Film Festival.
VICE, Screen Australia, and the Australian International Documentary Conference (AIDC) have selected four finalists for the $50,000 documentary funding initiative, Pitch Australiana.
Two feature films, one from Robert Connolly and the other a Kiwi-Aussie co-pro penned by 'The Breaker Upperers'' Jackie van Beek; a ABC TV comedy from Closer Productions; and two online projects are the latest recipients of $3.5 million worth of production funding from Screen Australia.