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.
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.
Gracie Otto has again charmed audiences at SXSW, receiving praise for her musical comedy 'Seriously Red' following the film's premiere in the Narrative Feature Competition.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Writer-director Roderick MacKay is keen to further explore frontier mythology following the release of his debut feature 'The Furnace' this week.