Deborah Mailman is feeling anxious in the lead up to the Australian premiere of Blackfella Films’ 'Total Control' on the ABC next month.
The ABC’s 2020 slate is packed with new documentaries and factual series - but there is a distinct air of déjà vu in the categories of drama and comedy.
Is it a coincidence that three of the highest-grossing Australian films of 2019 - Rachel Griffiths' 'Ride Like A Girl', Wayne Blair's 'Top End Wedding' and Rachel Ward's 'Palm Beach' - have all been helmed by directors and producers who have backgrounds as actors? Not according to Griffiths.
Wednesday's AACTA Awards saw a trifecta for Jennifer Kent, who took home Best Film, Best Direction and Best Screenplay for 'The Nightingale', with star Aisling Franciosi also winning Best Lead Actress.
The ABC intends to ramp up digital-first content as well as reaching new audiences, including those who rarely if ever watch broadcast television.
Porchlight Films' 'Operation Buffalo', an espionage thriller set during the British nuclear tests in outback South Australia in the 1950s, will have its world premiere at Series Mania in France next month.
ABC head of scripted production Sally Riley sheds light on her latest commissions, explains how the broadcaster is coping with the drama production shutdown and gives an update on her development slate.
Rachel Perkins has been spending lockdown working on the scripts for 'First Wars' and wrestling with the questions she will address in the three-part SBS docudrama about Australia's frontier wars.