Netflix series Surviving Summer has commenced production of its second season on the iconic beaches and stunning surf coast found along the Great Ocean Road on Wadawurrung Country in Victoria. Created by Joanna Werner and Josh Mapleston and produced by Werner Film Productions for ZDF Studios and Netflix, the second season follows Summer Torres, when…
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Australia on Track to Pass Milestone of 100,000 Electric Vehicles
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New research by the Electric Vehicle Council has revealed Australia is on track to soon pass the milestone of 100,000 electric vehicles, with more than 83,000 EVs estimated to be on our roads now. Electric Vehicle Council Chief Executive Behyad Jafari said that the new research, contained in the Australian Electric Vehicle Industry Recap 2022,…
In Our Blood Headed to The ABC
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As Australia gets ready to celebrate Sydney WorldPride and Sydney Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras, the ABC, Screen Australia and Screen Queensland are proud to announce In Our Blood, a four-part musical drama series inspired by Australia’s radical response to AIDS in the early 1980’s, coming soon to ABC TV and ABC iview. Starring an…
Screen Australia Announces $1.5 Million Game Funding
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Screen Australia has announced 11 games that will share in over $1.5 million of funding through the Games: Expansion Pack fund. The games span VR, adventure, puzzle, platformer, horror, rhythm and more. The announcement comes after the Federal Government launched the new National Cultural Policy, Revive, which commits to introducing a Digital Games Tax Offset…
Alliance Française French Film Festival 2023 Reveals Program
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The Alliance Française French Film Festival 2023 revealed its complete crème-de-la-crème programme of contemporary French films. The 34th edition of the largest celebration of French film outside of France, arrives across Australia from 7th March – 23rd April. The culturally curious will once again venture to the cinema and be seduced by a season of…
Sony Pictures Classics Lands North American Rights to The Persian Version
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Sony Pictures Classics has landed North American rights to the Sundance award-winning film The Persian Version. Written, directed, and produced by Maryam Keshavarz, the film received a rousing standing ovation and glowing reviews upon its world premiere at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival and won the Audience Award (U.S. Dramatic Competition) and The Waldo Salt…
The Terminal List Season 2 Confirmed and Untitled Prequel Series Announced
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Prime Video has confirmed a second season of the hit conspiracy thriller The Terminal List from MRC Television, with season two based on Jack Carr’s New York Times best-selling novel True Believer. Additionally, Prime Video have announced that it has ordered a new untitled prequel series, to be co-created by Carr and season one creator/showrunner…
The Big Issue Designates Australia Post as its briefing base in Melbourne and Perth
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Following a successful trial, long-standing community partner and non-for-profit organisation, The Big Issue has designated Australia Post as its briefing base in Melbourne and Perth to assist disadvantaged Australians selling the magazine. The Big Issue Editor, Amy Hetherington said the second edition for 2023 has been released which means briefings are in full swing with…
CYOA Announces Stranger Things: Heroes and Monsters
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Chooseco, publisher of Choose Your Own Adventure® (CYOA) gamebooks, the fourth bestselling children’s book series of all time, has licensed rights to Penguin Random House for a Stranger Things CYOA. Portland-based poet and CYOA writer, Rana Tahir, authored “Stranger Things: Heroes and Monsters” based on the fourth season of the Netflix series. It will be…
Screenrights’ 2023 Cultural Fund Opens
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Screenrights’ 2023 Cultural Fund opened recently for applications, with up to $250,000 in funding available for projects that respond to the annual focus of New Visions.“New Visions aim to let us see something differently. Perhaps it’s a reimagining of creative processes, an innovative way to connect with audiences, or a project which destroys stereotypes –…