Eva Orner's 'Burning', about Australia's devastating 'Black Summer', will make its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival in September.
Production and distribution company Arcadia Films is set to expand with two new appointments to its management team in Bec Janek and Anna Dadic.
Former Hopscotch Films and eOne colleagues Troy Lum and Jason Hernandez have partnered to launch a new distribution company, Kismet, with a stated commitment to local films and an international slate that includes Palme d'Or winner 'Titane'.
The Federal Government has announced $70,000 for the National Film and Sound Archive of Australia to commission a contemporary, digital work from an Indigenous filmmaker for the UK/Australia Season.
Bryan Brown and Greta Scacchi will lead the new mystery drama 'Darby and Joan', which CJZ is producing for Acorn TV
Rarriwuy Hick leads the ensemble cast of Bunya Productions' drama 'True Colours' (formerly 'Copping It Black'), now shooting in the Macdonnell Ranges, Northern Territory, for SBS and NITV.
Josh Conn's indie thriller 'Crow Valley' will be released in the US early next year after securing an international distribution deal with 4Digitalmedia in the UK.
SBS has appointed Emily Griggs as its new head of entertainment and food, replacing Susie Jones.