Screen Australia announced over A$2.3 million investment in four SBS documentary series triggering $8.8 million in production. From the National Documentary Programme, The Catch is a three-part series directed by Stephen Oliver following Matthew Evans, presenter of SBS’s Gourmet Farmer, as he embarks on a voyage of discovery looking at the complex and often shocking truths behind the seafood Australians produce. The series is produced by Sonja Armstrong and Alan Erson and is written … [Read more...] about Screen Australia invests A$2.3 million in four SBS documentary series
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Second annual Asian Animation Summit to take place in Thailand
Toronto, Canada - Kidscreen has announced that the location of the 2013 Asian Animation Summit is the tropical island of Phuket in Thailand. The event will once again be held right after Asia Television Forum (ATF) from December 9-11, in a five-star resort & spa venue on Karon Beach that will be announced shortly. Designed to stimulate co-production and co-financing, AAS 2013 will feature 24 projects from the Asian region seeking financing and market feedback, carefully selected by the … [Read more...] about Second annual Asian Animation Summit to take place in Thailand
Screen Australia releases results of research “Child’s Play: Issues in Australian Children’s Television 2013”
Screen Australia has released a new research which looks at how children engage with screen content and the challenges involved in financing, producing and scheduling children’s programmes. The report, Child’s Play: Issues in Australian Children’s Television 2013, revealed that children prefer content that was made specifically for them. It notes that while children are commonly co-viewing general-audience programmes with their families, they have a clear preference for … [Read more...] about Screen Australia releases results of research “Child’s Play: Issues in Australian Children’s Television 2013”
Screen Australia announces investment in three animated shorts
Screen Australia has announced a A$350,000 production investment in three animated short films through its Short Animation Production Program which is intended to assist the career progression of strong and distinctive animation filmmakers and to showcase their work to an international audience. The production investment will aid to fund The Nightingale and the Rose - a collaboration between two-time Archibald-winning artist Del Kathryn Barton and Brendan Fletcher, both of … [Read more...] about Screen Australia announces investment in three animated shorts
MIPTV: International Digital Emmys winners announced
Cannes - The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences has announced the winners of the International Digital Emmy Awards at a ceremony attended by over 300 international executives from the television, broadband, and mobile industries, organised in partnership with Reed Midem and sponsored by the Bell Fund of Canada. Australia’s dirtgirlworld... dig it all, a co-production in collaboration with mememe productions, dirtgirlworld productions and Screen Australia, a transmedia … [Read more...] about MIPTV: International Digital Emmys winners announced
Screen Australia invests in documentary series “The War That Changed Us”
Screen Australia has announced that it has invested in a four-part dramatized history series The War That Changed Us produced by Andrew Ogilvie. The series is written by Don Featherstone and Clare Wright with Featherstone directing. The series, funded through the National Documentary Program, will tell the story of Australia’s involvement in World War I through the lives of five Australians which will be brought to life through a blend of personal testimony, drama, expert analysis, … [Read more...] about Screen Australia invests in documentary series “The War That Changed Us”
