Feature films from directors Tony Ayres and Gracie Otto, as well Aunty Donna’s production company Haven’t You Done Well Productions, are among the 33 projects to share in $1 million of story development funding from Screen Australia.
"We made a horror film and it's found this wonderful audience. It's definitely unexpected. And I wouldn't even necessarily say that our film is a straight horror film, but obviously as soon as you squash someone's head, it tends to not really fall in any other genre, no matter what the rest of the movie's about."
Sue Thomson's 'Under Cover' follows the plight of ten women as they find themselves too old to be employed, struck down with illness, unable to get back into the workforce, and dealing with the aftermath of difficult breakups and divorce.
A co-production treaty between Australia and India is a step closer to being finalised after the Indian Government approved the signing of the agreement.
If there was any doubt to the popularity of Indian cinema in Australia, look no further than the box office rankings of late: Indian films have ranked among top 10 titles in 20 out of the 31 weekends of the year so far. All of this is exciting to see for Mind Blowing Films founding director Mitu Bhowmick Lange, who is also the the artistic director of the Indian Film Festival of Melbourne.
NBCUniversal's second season of 'La Brea', currently shooting in Melbourne, is believed to be one of the first productions globally to use a hybrid lithium-ion battery system to power its unit base - saving up to an estimated 20,000 litres of diesel fuel a month.
A stop-motion animation story about a young telemarketer who receives a disconcerting revelation from a flightless bird won Best Australian Short Film at the MIFF Shorts Awards on Thursday.
Production on Penelope McDonald's documentary Audrey Napanangka may have officially begun in 2012, but the seeds of the project were laid well before.