Sydney-based producer Belinda Dean has launched new company Confidante Pictures, with a slate that includes writer/director Warwick Young's debut feature, 'Brilliant Monkey'.
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.
The Australian Director's Guild has revealed the program for its conference Director's Cut later this month, with the theme 'Cutting Through the Noise'.
Netflix ANZ Grow Creative manager Penny Smallacombe, ABC head of comedy Todd Abbott and writer and director Stef Smith came together for a panel discussion on career pathways at the ADG's Director's Cut conference on Saturday.
'It’s Fine, I’m Fine' follows a suburban Australian psychologist and the ups and downs of her patients as they explore love, loss, anxiety, obsession, and the uncertain future ahead.
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".
Female directors have taken the lion's share of nominations for this year's Australian Directors' Guild awards, with Sian Davies and Stef Smith each securing three nods and their counterparts dominating the feature film categories.
The ABC will dole out a healthy dose of comedy nostalgia to audiences in 2023 in the form of a reimagined version of classic sitcom 'Mother and Son', as well as fresh episodes of the bureaucratic comedy 'Utopia'.