New Zealand gothic thriller 'Mārama' is one of 17 official selections for this year's Berlinale Coproduction Market.
Director Rodd Rathjen showed his mettle in his debut feature 'Buoyancy' so he is an obvious choice to direct an asylum seeker drama based on the harrowing experiences of Kurdish-Iranian journalist Behrouz Boochani.
With SBS preparing to select its second group of participants for the Emerging Writers Incubator, one of the program's inaugural members has shared her experience of the nationwide initiative, describing it as "life-changing".
Shannon Owen's 'Left Write Hook' has packed a punch at Wednesday's AIDC Awards in Melbourne, with the Sweetshop & Green production named Best Feature Documentary.
Sweetshop & Green has announced a foray into children's television, with the production company to partner with Israel's Ananey Communications and Pil Animation Studio on the new series Living With Landlubbers.
A spin-off of 'High Maintenance', starring Yael Stone, and a comedic crime series from Jungle Entertainment are among the 21 projects that will share in more than $600,000 in story development funding from Screen Australia.
Sara Kern's debut feature 'Moja Vesna', due to screen at MIFF, follows a 10-year-old girl who has to keep her grief-stricken immigrant family together.
Ester Harding is set to join Sweetshop & Green's entertainment division as a development executive, working across its Australian and New Zealand operations.