Anthology feature 'Here Out West', which opened the 2021 Sydney Film Festival, will be released in cinemas February 3 via Mind Blowing Films.
Six-part drama 'House of Gods', produced by Matchbox Pictures, will premiere on the ABC 8.30pm February 25.
Australian film projects made in collaboration with India have the potential to deliver on issues the industry is “constantly talking about", according to Australian India Film Council chair Anupam Sharma.
Almost the day after production wrapped on 'Ali's Wedding' in 2016, Osamah Sami pitched Matchbox Pictures his next project, one that would once again see him draw on his experiences as the son of a lead cleric, but was instead a drama that showed his community in "all its realism".
A new council has been established with the aim of building stronger ties between the Australian and Indian film industries.
Finalised at last month's Cannes Film Festival, where India was the country of honour, the agreement provides a framework of goals and initiatives to facilitate greater project collaboration, co-production, and cross-cultural partnerships between the Australian and Indian film industries.
Filming has begun in Western Sydney on ABC drama 'House of Gods', with co-creator Osamah Sami leading the cast alongside Palestinian actor Kamel El Basha and Maia
Abbas.
Emerald Productions’ Sheila Jayadev and Lyn Norfor and writer-producer Blake Ayshford will mentor eight writers and two producers at Behind Closed Doors, a new program designed to nurture emerging storytellers from Western Sydney.