Three Australian projects have been nominated for MIPCOM Diversify TV Awards: Chemical Media's 'Our African Roots', LADBible Australia's 'Unheard' and Epic Films/KOJO Studios' 'First Day'.
Following on from its respective world and Australia premieres at the Cannes Film Festival and the Melbourne International Film Festival, writer-director Thomas M. Wright's 'The Stranger' will premiere on Netflix October 19 following a two week theatrical release.
Toby Wallace will star alongside Julia Garner, Jessica Henwick and Hugo Weaving in Kitty Green thriller 'The Royal Hotel', with production now underway in South Australia.
Australian writer/director Andrew Dominik's 'Blonde' will premiere in competition at the Venice Film Festival in September, alongside Florian Zeller's The Son, produced by See-Saw Films and starring Hugh Jackman. Australian short 'Love Forever', directed by Clare Young and EP'd by Jane Campion, has been selected for Orizzonti.
Pure Fiction Television, which will be creatively and financially autonomous, will have a focus on producing prestige commercial content for the British and global markets.
When it was announced in April last year that Kit Connor and newcomer Joe Locke would star opposite each other in See-Saw Films’ coming-of-age Netflix series 'Heartstopper', executive producer Patrick Walters said it felt like they were creating "something very special".
A new comedy written by David Michôd and starring US comedian Pete Davidson is set to film in Queensland.
New seasons of children’s series, 'The PM’s Daughter' and 'Little J & Big Cuz' are among the eight projects that will share in $5.5 million of production funding from Screen Australia