When Shari Sebbens graduated from NIDA and WAAPA she expected her fair complexion would mean she would mostly be cast as white characters in shows about Indigenous people.
Wayne Blair’s 'Top End Wedding' has been hailed by reviewers at the Sundance Film Festival as a charming and funny cross-cultural romantic comedy which deals with love and family and second chances.
This heartwarming romantic comedy tells the story of successful Sydney lawyer Lauren (Tapsell) and her fiancé Ned (Lee). Engaged and in love, they have just ten days to pull off their dream Top End Wedding. First though, they need track down Lauren's mother, who has gone AWOL somewhere in the Northern Territory.
Jeremy Sims was promoting his drama 'Last Cab to Darwin' on the international film festival circuit in 2015 when he noticed Icelandic film 'Hrútar' featured in nearly every festival program.
Writer-director Imogen Thomas’ debut feature Emu Runner and Benjamin Gilmour’s Afghanistan-shot drama Jirga will have their world and international premieres respectively at the Toronto International Film Festival.
British actor Gwilym Lee, who has appeared in 'Bohemian Rhapsody', 'Jamestown' and 'The Hollow Crown', will star opposite Miranda Tapsell in the Wayne Blair-directed Top End Wedding.
Stand-up comedian David Woodhead, actor/rapper Gabriel Willie and social commentator/writer Nayuka Gorrie have joined the cast of writers/performers of the ABC’s Black Comedy.
Screen Australia has announced development funding for 14 features, a high-end TV drama and two online series.