Screen Australia announced $4.15 million in production investment funding for 15 new documentaries through the Documentary Producer and Commissioned programs. The projects include a companion piece to upcoming SBS drama Sunshine; actor Sam Neill’s voyage through the Pacific as he retraces and interrogates the impact of Captain Cook’s travels; and a chronicle of 76 female scientists’ landmark expedition to the southernmost continent in the world, Antarctica. This is the final documentary funding … [Read more...] about Screen Australia invests $4 Million across 15 documentaries
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Marion Pilowsky’s feature film debuts The Call Back
Producer turned writer/director Marion Pilowsky My Last Five Girlfriends, Sleuth will make her feature directorial debut with comedy The Call Back after securing production investment funding from Fox International Productions, Screen Australia and the South Australian Film Corporation (SAFC). It will be distributed locally via 20th Century Fox Film Australia and has received Gender Matters: Better Deals support from Screen Australia. Produced by Sue Murray Charlie’s Country, Ten … [Read more...] about Marion Pilowsky’s feature film debuts The Call Back
11 Hot Shots share nearly $1 Million in funding
Screen Australia has selected 11 emerging filmmaking teams to share in $989,000 of Hot Shots Plus funding, which will encompass both production funding to make a short-form narrative proof-of-concept (POC), and development funding to progress their POC to a longer form project. The 11 projects cover a range of platforms; seven are short films that will aim to progress to a feature film, two are Virtual Reality (VR) shorts with plans for a full VR series, one is a short film that will serve as … [Read more...] about 11 Hot Shots share nearly $1 Million in funding
Screen Australia supports new documentaries
Screen Australia will provide production funding for the four documentaries commissioned by SBS for season three of Untold Australia. The documentaries are Mirrabooka from Periscope Pictures, Miss Lebanon from IKandy Films, The Cocos Question from Chemical Media and RARA RABBIS from Unicorn Films. SBS’s Untold Australia is a 4 x 1 hour observational documentary strand exploring the hidden multicultural communities of Australia. Season one aired on SBS in 2016 and included Indian Wedding Race, … [Read more...] about Screen Australia supports new documentaries
$8.8 million for seven dramas and four features
Australia -Screen Australia announced its support of seven television dramas and four feature film projects. In total, $8.8 million in funding will be allocated to a range of screen stories, which in turn will trigger production to the value of $63.5 million. The slate includes brand new dramas for SBS and Network Ten and a new film from brothers Clayton and Shane Jacobson, who will reunite to co-star in a follow-up to their 2006 comedy hit Kenny. Rising talents Ellie Beaumont and Drew … [Read more...] about $8.8 million for seven dramas and four features
Grant Sputore makes film debut with sci-fi thriller Mother
Australia - Screen Australia, South Australian Film Corporation and Screenwest have announced production investment funding for Mother, a thought-provoking sci-fi thriller that brings a dark and electrifying edge to this unique mother-daughter story. Based on an original concept by West Australian director Grant Sputore and writer Michael Lloyd Green, the script was one of the most sought after on the 2016 Black List. Sputore is an award-winning commercial director who was selected by the … [Read more...] about Grant Sputore makes film debut with sci-fi thriller Mother
