Director Grant Sputore made short film 'Legacy' in 2008 and was selected by the ADG to be a director’s attachment with Kriv Stenders on 'Kill Me Three times' in 2014. 'Mother' will be his feature debut.
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.
"People seem to have really responded to the film as something more than just a romance - they have been enthralled and moved by the story of mental health and its effects on individuals and their families. I’m really proud of that."
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.
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.
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.