A second season of Northern Pictures/ABC's 'Love on the Spectrum' and a feature documentary for SBS that goes behind the frontlines of NSW's child protection system are among the 12 doc projects to recently share in $1.3 million of production funding via Screen Australia.
Screenwriter Paul Mahoney was sorely disappointed when pre-production on his first movie 'Ruby's Choice' was halted two weeks before shooting was due to start - but he is getting plenty of traction on three other features.
Australia's documentary makers are less affected by production shutdowns than most other sectors of the screen industry - apart from the large cohort of animators who are still working remotely.
After 40 years as a post-production house, The Post Lounge is expanding into development and production, launching new arm Orange Entertainment Co.
Janine Hosking’s feature documentary 'The Eulogy', which follows conductor and music educator Richard Gill as he unravels the truths and myths behind the life and career of concert pianist and composer Geoffrey Tozer, opened in 15 cinemas last weekend.
Gillian Armstrong was 29 when she won the AFI award for best director for her debut feature 'My Brilliant Career', the first local film to be directed by a woman since the McDonagh sisters’ 'Two Minute Silence' in 1933.
Freshwater Pictures’ Trish Lake will team up with NZ’s Catherine Fitzgerald from Blueskin Films to co-produce 'Until the Dolphin Flies', a narrative feature from Pacific Island writer-director Vilsoni Hereniko ('The Land Has Eyes').
Two Australian-produced films with very different takes on romance have won prizes at the Venice Film Festival and the parallel Venice Days.