After fielding extensive interest from filmmakers, Colossal Biosciences and production partner Teton Ridge Entertainment have signed with James Reed, director of Oscar-winning Netflix documentary My Octopus Teacher, and his company Underdog Films, to produce a multi-year docuseries following the groundbreaking work of Colossal Biosciences, the world’s first de-extinction company. Reed and producing partner Matt Houghton…
2024 AIDC AWARDS NOMINEES & SOUTHERN LIGHT AWARD WINNER ANNOUNCED
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The Australian International Documentary Conference (AIDC) has revealed the exceptional nominees for the 4th annual AIDC Awards, and also announced the winner of the inaugural AIDC Southern Light Award for outstanding contribution to nonfiction screen, digital and/or audio media.The AIDC Awards recognise outstanding works of new Australian documentary and factual content across six categories: Best…
New Series From Producers of Little Lunch and The InBESTigators
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Australian production company Gristmill has partnered with Canada’s Sinking Ship Entertainment (SSE) to bring an exciting new children’s series to audiences across the globe. Developed by Gristmill with the support of the Australian Children’s Television Foundation (ACTF), Lightning Primary is a half-hour live-action series aimed at children aged 6-9 years. The series will be the…
Windcatcher heads to Stan this Easter
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The heartwarming family feature film Windcatcher, starring singer, songwriter and actress Jessica Mauboy and introducing talented newcomer Lennox Monaghan, will premiere Thursday 28 March on Stan. Windcatcher is set in the small country town of Herbertson, and follows the unlikely friendship between Percy Boy, a fast and resourceful Aboriginal boy, newcomer Keithy Cobb, and the…
New Series of Bay of Fires Comissioned
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ABC, Screen Australia, Screen Tasmania and VicScreen are pleased to announce that the ABC drama Bay of Fires has been commissioned for a new series.Produced by Archipelago Productions and Fremantle Australia, award-winning actress Marta Dusseldorp returns as Stella Heikkinen, the single mother of two, forced into witness protection and relocated to Mystery Bay – a…
Gone in sixty seconds – 1974
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Director H.B. Halicki Stars H.B. Halicki, Marion Busia, Jerry Daugirda Rate PG Score 2/6 When a South American drug lord pays Pace to steal 48 cars for him, all but one is in the bag – thereby, the police precipitate in a desperate car chase against Pace and his Eleanor across Southern California. A total…
Max Reload and the Nether Blasters
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Directors Scott Conditt, Jeremy Tremp Starring Tom Plumley, Hassie Harrison & Joey Morgan Rated TV-14 Score 3/6 A small town video game store clerk must go from zero to hero after accidentally unleashing the forces of evil from a cursed Colecovision video game cartridge. Though everybody should hold on to their DVDs and possibly even…
Australian screen projects Selected for SXSW 2024
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Five Australian screen projects have been selected for the 2024 South by Southwest (SXSW) Film & TV Festival which will take place in Austin, Texas from 8-16 March. Making their respective world premieres are feature film Audrey, documentary short film The Big Wait, and animated augmented reality (XR) project Many Worlds. Mystery-thriller Birdeater will make…
Drama Series Plum Headed to ABC
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ABC and Screen Australia are thrilled to announce that Brendan Cowell and Asher Keddie have joined forces to star in the powerful six-part drama series Plum, based on Brendan’s novel of the same name. Filming in the Sutherland Shire, NSW, and premiering on ABC TV and ABC iview in 2025, Plum is produced by Roadshow…
Fighter
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Director Siddharth Anand Stars Deepika Padukone, Hrithik Roshan & Rishabh Sawhney Rated M Score 6/6 Top IAF aviators come together in the face of imminent danger, to form Air Dragons. FIGHTER unfolds their camaraderie, brotherhood and battles, internal and external. I didn’t see trailers for this at the cinema, I kind of stumbled across them…
Calls to Mandate Cash Acceptance
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Ireland has showed Australia how to ensure consumers can access and use cash – by forcing supermarkets and chemists to accept cash. Australia’s big banks and the cash industry are currently in talks to work out how to best support cash distribution. According to CashWelcome.ORG there is only one way to ensure cash is widely…
RACV: Vehicle Interiors 70 Degrees Celsius in Just Minutes
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To prevent children being locked in hot cars, RACV is appealing to all parents and carers to adopt safe behaviours this summer. In 2023 RACV Emergency Roadside Assistance (ERA) patrols received 664 calls to help rescue children accidentally locked in vehicles. RACV Head of Policy James Williams said cabin temperatures can more than double in…
Heart of the Man to premiere in Brisbane
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Australian writer, director, actor and producer David Cook’s powerful debut feature Heart of the Man – an uncompromising tale of boxing, family and identity – produced by Bronte Pictures and New Dream Productions, and shot in Brisbane, will premiere at New Farm Cinemas, with further festival news and screenings announced soon. Australia has an exciting…
AIDC 2024 FULL PROGRAM ANNOUNCED
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The Australian International Documentary Conference (AIDC) have announced the full program for its 2024 event – including over 40 sessions, more than 70 speakers and 100-plus industry decision makers – taking place in-person at ACMI in Melbourne / Naarm, from 3-6 March 2024 with an online-only international marketplace 7-8 March 2024. Inspired by the theme…
Julia Verdin’s MAYA Released in the US on January 26
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MAYA, written, directed by Julia Verdin, is presented by the non-profit social impact organization Artists for Change. The release coincides with Human Trafficking Awareness Month. In the film, teenager Maya (Isabella Feliciana) is raised in a household stricken by her father’s abandonment and her mother’s (Patricia Velasquez) ensuing alcoholism. She seeks an escape from her…
Another Live Action Snow White Movie: The Death of Snow White
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Real Fiction Studios, STL Productions, and Newton to Newton Productions, in marketing collaboration with Peter Anthony Productions, are proud to announce their upcoming Dark fantasy film, “The Death of Snow White,” set to be released in March 2025. The film is a dark and terrifying retelling of the classic fairy tale, featuring a self-mutilating evil…
Philip Hulford to Star in Poverty Row Pictures’ “The Kiss of A Vampire.”
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British film actor Philip Hulford has signed to star as a sexy, dangerous vampire in a new, edgy horror movie to be filmed in the United States. Hulford will star in Poverty Row Pictures’ “The Kiss of A Vampire.” The film was written by and will be produced and directed by Richard Douglas Jensen. The…
Eddie’s Lil’ Homies Headed to NITV and Netflix
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The animated children’s series Eddie’s Lil’ Homies, inspired by the books of AFL legend Eddie Betts, will premiere on NITV and Netflix from 16 February 2024. The 10-part comedy series features the voices of Hunter Page-Lochard (Cleverman, The Newsreader, Barons) as Eddie, Miah Madden (Bali 2002, The Clearing, The Bureau of Magical Things) as Lottie,…