When writer/director Stef Smith approached actor Ana Maria Belo about one of the episodes of 'It's Fine, I'm Fine' potentially being in Auslan, Belo was excited for the opportunity and determined to do it "the right way".
For writer and director Stef Smith, creating short-form project 'It's Fine, I'm Fine' - about to premiere at Canneseries - was an attempt to get out of what she calls the "credit desert".
That is, it was a bid, for both herself and her fellow collaborators, to obtain the kind of credit that could see them escape the sticky "emerging" label.
Screen Australia has flagged it will consider how the Producer Equity Program will operate going forward, with funds already exhausted for this financial year.
Ben Lawrence took home the main prize – Best Direction in a Feature Film (Budget $1M+) – at last night’s Australian Directors’ Guild (ADG) Awards for his debut narrative feature 'Hearts and Bones'.
Indian animation house Xentrix Studios is set to expand to Australia after acquiring Melbourne indie Viskatoons.
There is more good news for the Roache-Turner brothers’ zombie action-thriller 'Wyrmwood: Apocalypse', with XYZ Films acquiring the global distribution rights and planning a US release of the film.
Yael Stone, Rob Collins, Callan Mulvey and Shantae Barnes-Cowan are the topline cast for AMC Studios and See-Saw Films' vampire series, 'Firebite', now shooting in South Australia.
Yeesum Lo is set to join ViacomCBS's Network 10 in the newly-created role of head of development.