Maya Newell's feature documentary 'In My Blood It Runs' has been winning hearts and minds since the world premiere in competition at Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival last year.
AFTRS graduate Nays Baghai's documentary Descent and three short films - Eliza Scanlen's Mukbang, Alex Wu's Idol and Sara Hirner and Rosemary Vasquez-Brown's GNT - won prizes at the virtual Sydney Film Festival.
The creative team at Closer Productions has resumed pre-production on the ABC comedy 'Aftertaste' (working title), which stars Erik Thomson as a temperamental chef, using a new risk development tool.
First-time feature directors Thomas Wright ('Acute Misfortune'), John Sheedy ('H is for Happiness'), Ben Lawrence ('Hearts and Bones') and Natalie Erika James ('Relic') will vie for the Australian Directors' Guild Award for Best Direction in a Feature Film ($1 million or over) against Sophie Hyde ('Animals') and Wayne Blair ('Top End Wedding').
‘I Am Mother’. Australia’s production incentives and Indigenous storytelling will be showcased at this year’s virtual IFP Week in New...
Emma Thompson will play a widow who hires a sex worker for a "night of bliss" in the UK comedy Good Luck To You, Leo Grande, directed by Sophie Hyde.
Screen Australia and Australians in Film have announced the participants for the Talent Gateway and the Global Producers Exchange, both designed to connect Australian creatives with key US decision-makers.