Actors and comedians Sarah Silverman, Michael Cera, Tim Heidecker, Eric Wareheim and Reggie Watts have launched a new Google-funded YouTube channel: Jash.
Premiering on YouTube on February 11th, Aussie comedy web series The Katering Show has garnered worldwide attention, with 1.7 million views in just one week.
Enzo Tedeschi's horror anthology 'Deadhouse Dark' will have its world premiere in the short form competition at Canneseries, the only Australian entry in the event which runs alongside the MIPTV market in Cannes.
Public votes are now open as 50 semi-finalists compete for the $500,000 prize and the chance to work with director Ridley Scott
Sydney Film Festival joins Cannes, Venice, Berlin, Toronto and Sundance in featuring programming in We Are One: A Global Festival, a 10 day free digital film festival produced by Tribeca Film Festival organiser, Tribeca Enterprises.
Screen Australia has announced five online projects that will share in $500,000 funding, including an animated satire about the ghost of Captain Cook; a science fiction drama; and a romantic comedy told from the perspective of someone on the Autism spectrum.
The sixth iteration of Screen Australia and Google's Skip Ahead initiative, designed to help YouTube creators up the scale of their content, has opened for applications today.
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.