Alex White and Jan Chapman went to see Rita Kalnejais’ hit play 'Babyteeth' at Sydney’s Belvoir St Theatre on the same night back in 2012. By interval, the two had made a beeline to each other: they knew it had to be adapted for screen.
Toby Wallace's turn as a small-time drug dealer in Shannon Murphy's debut feature 'Babyteeth' has won him the Venice Film Festival's Marcello Mastroianni award for best young actor.
The ABC has commissioned a fifth season of 'Rake', set to go into production in October.
After devoting herself to teaching at the Australian Film Television and Radio School and serving as president of the Australian Directors' Guild, Samantha Lang is looking forward to getting back to her first love: making screen stories.
Shannon Murphy is attached to direct and Beatrix Christian to write a series adaptation of the Emily Bitto novel 'The Strays' for See Pictures and the UK-based Apogee Pictures.
Eliza Scanlen and Toby Wallace have joined Ben Mendelsohn and Essie Davis in 'Babyteeth', the feature debut of director Shannon Murphy that's currently shooting in Sydney.
US distributor IFC Films and sibling IFC Midnight have set multi-platform launch dates for Shannon Murphy’s 'Babyteeth' and Natalie Erika James' 'Relic', but release plans for Australia are yet to be settled.
McGregor Casting founder Kirsty McGregor expresses her support for out of work creatives and discusses her current and recent projects and her bullish outlook for Australian cinema.