Screen Australia today announced the recipients of the second round of its Feature Enterprise program, providing $380,000 in support to feature film producers.
Fledgling filmmaker Fergus Grady is planning a movie based on Lonely Planet founders Tony and Maureen Wheeler's adventures and he has shot the pilot for a half-hour TV comedy/drama.
Australian films have raked in $14 million at the national box-office this year, a much stronger start than the first three months of 2013.
Jennifer Kent's The Babadook has made more money in its first five days in France than its entire Australian season on limited screens.
The Babadook producer Kristina Ceyton is teaming with US producer Russell Ackerman to make Cargo, a post-Apocalyptic thriller adapted from a 2013 Tropfest finalist.
Jennifer Kent's The Babadook has raked in more money in its first weekend in the UK than in its entire theatrical run at home.
Jennifer Kent's The Babadook launched in the US on DirecTV last Friday, hailed by several critics as among the most outstanding horror movies of the year and by one enthusiast as one of the genre's top 25 this century.
Predestination, The Babadook and Wyrmwood featured prominently in the Toronto After Dark Film Festival awards.