Screen Australia's Gender Matters Taskforce and WIFT Australia have partnered on a new mentorship program aimed at empowering women and gender-diverse practitioners from across the screen industry, from production through to distribution and marketing.
Starz has acquired the US and Canadian rights to 'The Gloaming', with the eight-episode drama to premiere across each of the cable network's platforms next month.
Screen Tasmania is supporting the development of 13 projects – a mix of feature films, comedy and drama series and factual – involving both experienced and emerging talent.
Screen Tasmania has put funding towards the development of a second season of Stan original series 'The Gloaming', created by Victoria Madden.
Fiona Eagger and Deb Cox's Every Cloud Productions is ramping up its development slate after hiring screenwriter/story editor Mike Jones.
After several years of screen industry inquiries which went nowhere, the options paper being prepared by Screen Australia and ACMA should set out clear parameters for a regulatory model that safeguards Australian content.
For Vicki Madden, Blake Ayshford, Glendyn Ivin and no doubt myriad other content creators, the challenge is to find unique Australian stories which resonate internationally and can cut through the worldwide glut of English-language drama.
Disney Television Studios has axed ABC Studios International, the London-based unit which has a first-look deal with Hoodlum Entertainment and co-commissioned The Gloaming with Stan.