The Federal Government has splashed $21.58 million to lure two Netflix titles to Australia: feature film 'Escape From Spiderhead', due to shoot on the Gold Coast, and eight-part series 'Pieces of Her', bound for Sydney.
Until there is diverse representation on stage and screen, not all Australians will feel acknowledged as a part of the society they live in, according Ursula Yovich.
Playground Films has optioned Hilary Bell's Sydney Theatre Company stage play 'Splinter' and Fiona Wright's novel 'Small Acts of Disappearance'.
The ten Indigenous-led productions due to participate in Bunya Talent Lab LA will each receive development funding and participate in a companion writing program with Netflix.
Netflix has swooped on Princess Pictures' 'Wrong Kind of Black' in a global deal.
The Victorian government has announced a $33.8 million screen industry package, including an incentive fund to attract footloose production, additional funding for local projects, and the establishment of a new technical hub near Docklands Studios Melbourne.
Leading the Casting Guild of Australia Award nominees are Nathan Lloyd and Natalie Jane Harvie with four nods each, while Kirsty McGregor, Stevie Ray, Stephanie Pringle and Alison Fowler have each garnered three.
For the first time ever, Sydney Film Festival will run a summer season during January's Sydney Festival.