Australia - Foxtel has green lit Picnic at Hanging Rock with FremantleMedia Australia to produce this new drama as a trailblazing re-imagining of the timeless Australian novel by Joan Lindsay. Foxtel Chief Executive Officer Peter Tonagh announced the new drama commission during his keynote address at the 2016 ASTRA Conference in Sydney. Picnic at Hanging Rock is in pre-production as a 6 x 60 minute event drama which has secured production investment from Screen Australia. The drama will … [Read more...] about Foxtel reveals Picnic at Hanging Rock
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Gender Matters’ last two steps
Screen Australia has unveiled the final two steps of the agency’s Gender Matters programme, Better Deals and Attachments for Women, at the MIFF 37°South Market in Melbourne. Gender Matters is the $5 million plan to ensure that production funding is targeted to creative teams that are at least 50% female by the end of 2018. Better Deals is a $1 million pilot programme that will create a new incentive for distributors considering quality female-driven feature film projects. Screen Australia … [Read more...] about Gender Matters’ last two steps
Huge funding for Gender Matters
The Australian Government has revealed the 58 recipients of Screen Australia’s Gender Matters: Brilliant Stories and Brilliant Careers, marking the largest cohort of projects funded in a single day in the agency’s history. A combined 45 story ideas and 13 industry projects led by Australian women will share in more than $3 million of funding. For Brilliant Stories, the funds enable the creative teams to fast-track the development of their creative concept. For Brilliant Careers, the funds are … [Read more...] about Huge funding for Gender Matters
The Long Story Short initiative
Screen Australia and ABC announced five successful projects for the Long Story Short initiative. Each project will receive funding to create and produce a short-form, digital-first scripted series for audiences aged 18-35 to screen on ABC iview. The five successful creative teams were chosen from more than 250 applications. With a mix of comedy and drama series, and the diverse backgrounds of the creative teams, Long Story Short promises to deliver five exciting and unique shows. From a … [Read more...] about The Long Story Short initiative
Gender Matters receives success
Screen Australia has received a record-breaking 452 applications for Brilliant Stories and Brilliant Careers, the two programmes announced in late 2015 under the Gender Matters initiative. This is the most applications ever received for any funding programme. 334 female-led creative teams applied for Brilliant Stories. These teams include new and emerging talent who were attracted by the open eligibility of the fund. The only eligibility for Brilliant Stories was satisfying the ‘Three Tick … [Read more...] about Gender Matters receives success
Australian talent at Canadian doc festival
Screen Australia announced the Australian documentary features and shorts that will screen at the 2016 Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival. Australia is the showcase nation for the Made In programme. Thirteen Australian documentaries will be shown at the festival, including eight feature documentaries and five shorts (as well as a music video from an Australian director). Putuparri and the Rainmakers, winner of the 2015 CinéfestOZ Film Prize, will have its International … [Read more...] about Australian talent at Canadian doc festival
