Screen Australia has announced $2.7 million of production funding, going towards two features, one TV drama, one children's drama and five online projects.
In many respects, the screen sector today is virtually unrecognisable from three and a half years ago, and not just because the coronavirus pandemic has devastated sections of the industry.
A large property outside Dural in north-west Sydney has been transformed into a post-apocalyptic world to accommodate the latest installment of the Roache-Turner brothers' Wyrmwood franchise.
The Roache-Turner brothers' 'Wyrmwood: Apocalypse' has been added to the line-up of Sitges - International Fantastic Film Festival of Catalonia.
With NSW reopening for the fully vaccinated, Sydney Film Festival is set to finally go ahead, with a line-up that director Nashen Moodley believes is one the most diverse and exciting in the event's 68-year history.
There is more good news for the Roache-Turner brothers’ zombie action-thriller 'Wyrmwood: Apocalypse', with XYZ Films acquiring the global distribution rights and planning a US release of the film.
A French comedy following an oddball duo on an unconventional road trip and an Australian documentary about four refugees that compete in the World Wine Blind Tasting Championships have topped the audience awards at this year's Sydney Film Festival.
In the Roache-Turner brothers' Wyrmwood: Apocalypse, soldier Rhys (Luke McKenzie) lives in a zombie-infested Australian wasteland.