News in Brief – ‘Two Hands’ TV series in the works and Natalie Portman feature to film in Sydney

This week, Natalie Portman comes to Sydney at a tricky time, Cinefest Oz unveils finalists and full program, and we dive deep with game developers.
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Rochelle Siemienowicz is a Melbourne writer and editor. Her first book Fallen, a memoir was published in 2014 and her second, Double Happiness, a novel, in 2024. She has a PhD in Australian cinema and was previously a journalist at ScreenHub and ArtsHub. ou can find her on Instagram: @Rochelle_Rochelle or at Substack where she writes a fortnightly newsletter, The Fool and the Queen.