Werner Film Productions has made its first appointment as part of BBC Studios Productions Australia, with producer Annie Flynn joining as head of production.
'Colin From Accounts' co-creator and star Patrick Brammall will lead a new crime thriller series being produced by 60Forty Films and Werner Film Productions for AppleTV+.
The newly acquired Werner Film Production scored a hat-trick of wins and Origma 45's 'Shayda' and See-Saw Films' 'The Royal Hotel' shared Feature Film Production of the Year honours as the Screen Producers Australia (SPA) Awards were held on the Gold Coast on Thursday evening.
Independent company Werner Film Productions, responsible for 'Surviving Summer' and 'The Newsreader', will be brought under BBC Studios Productions Australia as part of a new deal designed to grow the distributor's investment in the Australian market.
Danny and Michael Philippou's 'Talk To Me' took home a further three awards at AACTA Ceremony on Saturday evening, including Best Film and Best Direction, adding to its haul of five gongs from Thursday.
In the second season of Netflix teen drama 'Surviving Summer', American teenager Summer Torres (Sky Katz) arrives back in Shorehaven with her sights set on the national surfing competition, only for a new rival, Wren (Annabel Wolfe), to drop in and challenge her in and out of the water.
The second season of ABC’s 'The Newsreader' picks up a year on from the events of season one, with Helen (Anna Torv) and Dale (Sam Reid) now established as ‘The Golden Couple of News’.
See-Saw Films' Liz Watts and Werner Film Productions' Hannah Ngo share their advice on how to make the most of your time at Screen Forever.