First-time narrative feature directors Noora Niasari and Gracie Otto will vie against Warwick Thornton, Jeffrey Walker and Colin and Cameron Cairnes for the top prize at the Australian Directors' Guild Awards next month.
In the second season of Netflix teen drama 'Surviving Summer', American teenager Summer Torres (Sky Katz) arrives back in Shorehaven with her sights set on the national surfing competition, only for a new rival, Wren (Annabel Wolfe), to drop in and challenge her in and out of the water.
Olympia Valance, Annabel Wolfe, and Josh MacQueen have joined the cast of Netflix teen drama 'Surviving Summer', as production on season two gets underway along Victoria's Great Ocean Road.
Thomas M Wright backed up his AACTA Award for Best Screenplay earlier in the week with the major prize at the Australian Directors' Guild Awards on Thursday, winning Best Direction in a Narrative Feature Film for 'The Stranger'.
Goalpost Television's 'Black Snow', starring Travis Fimmel, will launch on Stan New Year's Day.
Female directors have taken the lion's share of nominations for this year's Australian Directors' Guild awards, with Sian Davies and Stef Smith each securing three nods and their counterparts dominating the feature film categories.
Travis Fimmel has returned to Australia to star in Stan's mystery series 'Black Snow', currently in production in North Queensland.
UK broadcaster Channel 4 has acquired Northern Pictures' eight-part comedy 'Spreadsheet', led by Brit Katherine Parkinson.