Second features from directors Natalie Erika James ('Relic') and Samuel Van Grinsven ('Sequin in a Blue Room') are among the 28 projects to recently share in $1 million worth of development funding from Screen Australia.
Set on the cusp of the new millennium, Helium Pictures and Paramount+'s 'Paper Dolls' follows five aspiring singers thrust into the spotlight in pursuit of pop-stardom and fame.
The students of Hartley High will be back for another term, with Netflix renewing YA series 'Heartbreak High' for a second season.
Writer Mithila Gupta, writer/directors Thomas Wilson-White and Monica Zanetti and vice president of creative development at Sony Pictures Entertainment Jiao Chen are set to moderate masterclasses for Australians in Film and Screen Australia's Untapped initiative.
Ahead of his trip Down Under for Screen Forever, Invention Studios president and founder Nicholas Weinstock - EP of AppleTV+'s 'Severance' - talks to IF about his company’s global remit and Aussie projects, his unique pathway to a producing career, and his online network for emerging writers and directors, Craft Services.
For every deeply personal project that requires Thomas Wilson-White to rip his heart out, the writer-director also prepping joyful works that serve as "beautiful Band-aids".
Produced by Fremantle Australia and NewBe, Netflix’s 'Heartbreak High' is a reimagining of the ’90s classic, due to premiere globally September 14.
Thomas Wilson-White's debut feature 'The Greenhouse' puts a magic realist spin on the family drama.