Foxtel and Binge are looking to commission "bigger, better and fewer" Australian original series that can attract and maintain a mass audience of subscribers.
A SXSW Sydney panel has stressed the importance of creating pitch packages prior to meetings, rather than relying too heavily on just the idea.
Next month's SXSW Sydney will host the Australian premieres of upcoming horrors 'The Front Room' and 'Smile 2', along with dark comedy 'Nightbitch', and Saturday Night Live biopic 'Saturday Night'.
Australasian titles 'Finding Jia' and 'The Red Room' are among five new shorts added to the SXSW Sydney screen program.
Director Warwick Thornton, musician and composer Jed Kurzel, Luckychap Entertainment producer Josey McNamara, and US animator and filmmaker Mark Andrews will take the stage at this year's SXSW Sydney as part of the October event's screen industry program.
Brooklyn-based Australian filmmakers Matthew Salleh and Rose Tucker will premiere their third documentary feature 'Slice of Life: The American Dream. In Former Pizza Huts' at this year's SXSW Sydney.
A documentary capturing the rise of Australian 80s punk band The Hard-Ons and a contemporary snapshot of the US told through former Pizza Hut restaurants are among the first features to be included in this year's SXSW Sydney screen program.
Blossom Films will go into production on 'The Last Anniversary' for Binge next month, Nicole Kidman and Per Saari told SXSW Sydney yesterday.