Screen NSW has selected three teams for its Short to Feature Fast-Track initiative, and separately, has named writer and director Jon Bell the recipient of the inaugural First Nations Screen Scholarship.
Sydney-based producer Belinda Dean has launched new company Confidante Pictures, with a slate that includes writer/director Warwick Young's debut feature, 'Brilliant Monkey'.
Spanish stars Paz Vega, Carmen Maura and Antonio de la Torre together with Edward James Olmos and Love Child's Jessica Marais head the cast of Jim Loach's movie which starts shooting in South Australia on March 3.
Writer-director Roderick MacKay’s debut feature 'The Furnace', an 1890s drama set during the gold rush in Western Australia, will have its world premiere in the Horizons section of the 77th Venice Film Festival.
After success with shorts 'Ophelia' and 'They Grow Up', writer-director Anthony Garland will make his feature debut with sci-fi 'Alternate', due to shoot at Adelaide Studios next year.
Consistent with Media Stockade's mandate to foster diversity, Indigenous filmmakers Dena Curtis and Kimberley Benjamin are each directing two episodes of the ABC's Back to Nature.
The New Zealand Film Commission made conditional offers for four feature films including a remake of Kiwi classic Goodbye Pork Pie at its last board meeting.
Writer-director Roderick Mackay’s feature debut 'The Furnace' is set to kick off in WA next month, headlined by a cast that includes Egyptian actor Ahmed Malek, David Wenham and Baykali Ganambarr.