Writer Mithila Gupta, writer/directors Thomas Wilson-White and Monica Zanetti and vice president of creative development at Sony Pictures Entertainment Jiao Chen are set to moderate masterclasses for Australians in Film and Screen Australia's Untapped initiative.
Foxtel has confirmed it has inked a new multi-year deal with Warner Bros. Discovery to allow it to continue as the local platform for HBO, Max Originals, Warner Bros., and Discovery programming.
Distributor Umbrella Entertainment is expanding into production via a partnership with Julie Ryan, director of Cyan Films. To be known as Sanctuary Pictures, the new arm of the company will have a focus on genre titles.
Thomas M. Wright's crime thriller 'The Stranger' has proven popular with the Film Critics Circle of Australia, winning five gongs at the organisation's awards in Sydney.
Production on the second season of Stan Original 'The Tourist' will begin in April, with Danielle Macdonald and Jamie Dornan returning to lead the cast.
Elizabeth Banks' campy horror comedy 'Cocaine Bear' has gotten off to a respectable start at the local box office, though the no. 1 position was once again nabbed by Marvel's 'Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania'.
Screenworks' Regional to Global Screen Forum is set to go behind the scenes of Stan's 'Black Snow', while executives from Netflix, Stan and SBS will share what they're looking to be pitched.
Jub Clerc's 'Sweet As' took home the Crystal Bear in the Berlin Film Festival Generation Kplus competition over the weekend, while short film 'Marungka tjalatjunu (Dipped in Black)' won the Silver Bear Jury Prize and Rolf de Heer's 'The Survival of Kindness' collected the top critics’ award, the FIPRESCI Prize.