First-time narrative feature directors Noora Niasari and Gracie Otto will vie against Warwick Thornton, Jeffrey Walker and Colin and Cameron Cairnes for the top prize at the Australian Directors' Guild Awards next month.
Paramount ANZ head of drama and executive production, Rick Maier, will move to the newly created role of creative advisor for drama at the company from next year.
UK's ITV Studios has acquired a majority stake in Lingo Pictures, with the company to become its first ever Australian scripted label.
The titles that will contend for Best Feature Film Production, Best Drama Series Production, and Telemovie or Mini-Series Production of the Year at next year's Screen Producers Australia Awards have been revealed, with voting now open for the penultimate round of finalists.
Screen Australia has announced $5.6 million of production funding for three feature films and returning seasons of Stan's 'Bump' and 10's 'The Secret She Keeps'.
Based on the best-selling book of the same name by Australian author Michael Robotham, the six-part psychological thriller is led by Jessica de Gouw and Laura Carmichael as Agatha.
AMC Networks’ US streaming service Sundance Now has bought Lingo Pictures’ 'The Secrets She Keeps', the psychological thriller starring Laura Carmichael, Jessica de Gouw, Michael Dorman and Ryan Corr.
Comedy feature 'The Chain Breakers', to star Jacki Weaver, Jack Thompson, James Cromwell, Denis Waterman and Shane Jacobson, is one of seven projects to have recently received production funding from Screen Australia.