"I like the attention we put on having much more well-rounded female characters but I get a little bee in my bonnet sometimes when all this focus gets put on these 'strong female characters'. Women are just strong - that’s how it is."
Netflix has acquired the worldwide rights to Yolanda Ramke and Ben Howling's post-apocalyptic debut feature, 'Cargo', recently shot in South Australia.
Former ABC, BBC Worldwide and Keo Films Australia executive Brendan Dahill has joined Essential Media Group (EMG) as general manager and executive producer for Australia and New Zealand, a newly-created position.
The former senior VP of acquisitions and co-productions in North America for Cineflix Rights has boarded The Line, an eight-part, female-driven World War II thriller created and written by Yolanda Ramke.
The first production still has been released from Cargo, starring Sherlock’s Martin Freeman.
For Playground Films owner and director David Barker, there are many industry opportunities to discuss the business of filmmaking - less so the art of filmmaking. To help redress this, Playground has launched Helm, a program of monthly film screenings 'for directors, by directors'.
Nicole Chamoun will star opposite US actor Thomas Jane in ABC crime drama 'Troppo', with cameras now rolling in Queensland.
Sisters Hannah and Eliza Reilly love the crime genre but wondered why Australia has never produced a TV series which tackles the subject from a female perspective, apart from Wentworth and Prisoner.