Sean Slatter

SVOD platforms have increased their spending across fewer commissions in the 2023/24 financial year, according to Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) data.

Fewer big-budget international TV and Australian theatrical features have caused a near 30 per cent year-on-year decline in the amount spent on scripted content in Australia across the last financial year, Screen Australia says.

ABC chair Kim Williams has announced that former Nine boss Hugh Marks will replace David Anderson as the broadcaster’s managing director.

Michael Gracey’s Better Man has carried over its success from AACTA nominations into the AACTA International categories, leading the field with six nods.

Ludo Studio juggernaut Bluey is set to grace the big screen with BBC Studios and the Walt Disney Company announcing an animated feature centred on the Blue Heeler dog, Mum Chilli, Dad Bandit, and little sister Bingo.

Filmmaker and producer Paul Clarke has joined independent production company Beyond as a writer, director, and executive producer.

Victorian filmmaker Natalie Erika James is shooting her third feature in Melbourne, directing a cast toplined by Midori Francis, Danielle Macdonald, and Madeleine Madden.

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About three months ago, casting director Stephanie Pringle was with her Chicken and Chips Casting co-founder Alison Fowler and actress Charlotte Chimes at Bondi’s Coogee Pavilion.

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