Actor, writer, director and producer Leah Purcell will deliver the Hector Crawford memorial lecture on November at Screen Producers Australia's Screen Forever conference.
Leah Purcell aims to start shooting the feature film adaptation of her play 'The Drover’s Wife' next September after pitching the project to major players in Hollywood.
Screen Australia has announced more than $5.7 million in production funding for three features, two children’s TV series and two online projects.
Rob Collins, Sam Reid and Jessica de Gouw have joined the cast of 'Leah Purcell’s The Drover’s Wife the Legend of Molly Johnson', which is now shooting in NSW.
After portraying a succession of dastardly or less than noble characters in films and TV series, Benedict Hardie welcomed the chance to play someone with at least a few redeeming qualities in Judy & Punch.
Screen Australia's head of content Sally Caplan rates 2019 as a good year for Australian films at home and abroad - and she is even more optimistic about the 2020 slate.
Madeleine Gottlieb is co-developing a seven-part online series which will give female and non-binary perspectives on contemporary masculinity as well as writing a feature for Revlover Films' Martha Coleman and Lauren Edwards.
As a development producer, writer, script editor and assessor, Nicole Dade is pondering the future of story telling once the pandemic has passed.