Alethea Jones’ first reaction when she was informed she was among the winners of this year’s Screen Australia Breakthrough Award from Australians in Film could not have been more self-effacing.
A bumper line-up of Australian talent, including Jillian Nguyen, Sam Neill, and Anna Torv, will lend their voices to upcoming animated feature film, 'Scarygirl', which is in production in Queensland.
Executives at Studiocanal are so confident that Grant Sputore’s 'I Am Mother' will get a meaningful US release they plan to launch the sci-fi thriller in Australia after the US.
High-profile talent on both sides of camera punctuate the four feature films, three television dramas, and one virtual reality project that will share in more than $6.5 million of production funding from Screen Australia.
Margot Robbie, Ben Mendelsohn, Jacki Weaver, Josh Lawson, Ewen Leslie and Damon Herriman are also onboard.
Like the rest of the crew and cast, Niki Aken was gutted when the production of the ABC comedy Why Are You Like This was shut down with two weeks filming to go.
Tim Minchin has joined the voice cast of Australian animated feature Arkie, a fantastical adventure about a girl who sets out to rescue her father from an evil scientist.
Dispelling the notion that Foxtel has cut back on its commitment to Australian drama, the pay TV platform is in the hunt for shows that would not appear anywhere else on Australian screens and for a returning series to fill the gap left by 'A Place to Call Home'.