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Production commences on new ABC Kids series PARENT UP
The ABC, Screen Australia and Screen NSW have confirmed production is underway on the exciting ten-part children’s comedy-adventure series, Parent Up.
Cameras roll on TOTAL CONTROL 2
ABC and Screen Australia announce that season 2 of Total Control, starring Deborah Mailman and Rachel Griffiths, has commenced filming, and will premiere later this year.
Australian rom-com, I MET A GIRL, coming to Netflix
I MET A GIRLÂ ACQUIRED BY NETFLIX IN AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND
Devon (Brenton Thwaites) an aspiring musician living with schizophrenia, who always relies on his older brother, Nick (Joel Jackson) to care for...
SCREEN AUSTRALIA pours $2 million into funding 10 documentaries
Screen Australia has announced nearly $2 million of production funding for two documentaries through the Commissioned program and eight through the Producer Program.
Screen Australia and The Guardian partner to fund new documentaries
Two documentaries, JUVIE and Movement at the Station, will receive production funding from The Guardian and Screen Australia under their joint online documentary initiative.
Three Australian projects selected for Sundance Film Festival 2021
Feature documentary Playing with Sharks, virtual reality project Prison X - Chapter 1: The Devil & The Sun and short film GNT will screen at Sundance Film Festival, taking place both online and in-person across the US from 28 January to 3 February 2021.
Screen Australia announces $2.5 million of documentary production funding
Screen Australia has announced over $2.5 million of funding for five documentaries through the Commissioned program and six through the Producer program. One documentary, Incarceration Nation, has received funding through the Indigenous Department.
Drama report 2019/20 shows impact of pandemic on screen industry
Screen Australia’s annual Drama Report released today shows expenditure in 2019/20 on drama production in Australia reached $991 million. This is 18% down on last year’s spend, largely due to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and the near total shutdown of large-scale drama production in March 2020.
NETFLIX partners with local producers to develop more Indigenous productions
The Bunya Talent Hub LA is an incubator for mid-career writers, showrunners, directors and producers, and is presented in association with Netflix and Screen Australia’s Indigenous Department.
The Kaleidoscope Project – through the eyes of diverse kids growing up in contemporary Australia
ABC Children’s and Screen Australia have partnered on an exciting new funding program to showcase and amplify the work of Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CaLD) Australian creatives and content makers.
Emerging writers join powerhouse female directing team to spearhead anthology drama HERE OUT WEST
Selected via a competitive application process, the eight writers worked with Ayshford to develop their screenplays over a series of intensive workshops alongside Emerald Productions and Co-Curious. The result is a compelling and highly original screen story, with great emotional scale.
Screen Australia announces $1 million to develop 28 projects including FIVE BEDROOMS season 3
Screen Australia has announced $1 million of development funding for seven features, 16 television dramas and five online projects.
Screen Australia releases Gender Matters KPI update and new industry data
Screen Australia today announced it is on track to meet its new Gender Matters KPI at the end of 2021/22, with 57% of key creative roles across approved development and production funding held by women and female-identifying people in 2019/20.
Big BLUEY news | The kid’s favourite has been greenlit for a new season
Starring Australia’s favourite Blue Heelers, series three will commence production in Brisbane later this year and for the first time, will be audio described.
Comedy series ALL MY FRIENDS ARE RACIST heading into production
All My Friends Are Racist follows two Zoomer best friends who make a pact to call their racist friends out, but instead of causing a revolution… they themselves get cancelled.
Screen Australia and Screen Queensland dive in for MIRCOWORLDS: REEF, Netflix’s first original Australian documentary
Filmed in Australia on The Great Barrier Reef, the sophisticated supermacro techniques specifically developed for the film will immerse viewers, for the very first time, in the exquisite world of the reef’s tiny, weird and wonderful inhabitants.
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