NITV has appointed Bagarrmuguwarra writer, director and producer Caden Pearson as commissioning editor to join Cieron Cody and Dena Curtis in the network's commissioning team.
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It's been six months since the government's long-awaited Australian content obligations for streaming services took effect, and the affected platforms continue to take varied approaches to their local commissioning.
Australian cinemas have enjoyed a strong first half to 2026, with admissions up 16 per cent year-on-year and the box office tracking ahead of the same point in 2025. Yet Australian films, for the most part, haven't shared in that momentum, with only a handful of titles cutting through commercially.
Writer/director Serhat Caradee has wrapped production on his third feature, 'Valley Dogs', in regional NSW, with Bruce Beresford serving as executive producer.
Screen Australia's market and audience arm has launched two new initiatives designed to support local theatrical features, delivered in partnership with Tatino Films and Publikum.
Josh and Lauren Capelin's 'After School' has won the inaugural ShowdownDOC, a documentary strand of the Sunshine Coast Screen Collective's Sunny Coast Showdown initiative, receiving a production budget of over $100,000.
Principal photography has begun in Melbourne on Fawzia Mirza's 'Written in the Stars', a romantic comedy adapted from Su Dharmapala's novel 'The Wedding Season' and set in Melbourne's Sri Lankan community.
The fictional colony of Port Victory may live up to its name next month, with the second season of Disney+ series 'The Artful Dodger' scoring four nominations for this year's Australian Production Design Guild (APDG) Awards.
