Screen Australia and SBS have selected three short-form series from the 2019 Digital Originals initiative - 'A Beginner’s Guide to Grief', 'Freewheelers' and 'Iggy & Ace 5eva' - to further develop, with the intention of at least one going into production for SBS On Demand.
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As flagged by CEO Graeme Mason last week, Screen Australia has more than doubled the funding available through its Story Development: Premium fund.
Screen Australia and VICE have named 'Searching for the Tassie Tiger as the winner of annual pitching competition Pitch Australiana, held at the Australian International Documentary Conference (AIDC) in Melbourne in early March.Â
Screenwest has launched a $2.5 million sustainability package, designed to temper the crisis facing the industry as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Screen Australia today announced $2 million of production funding for eight documentaries through the Producer program and two through the Commissioned program.
'At The Coalface', 'This Is Reality' and 'Give Us Green, Darling!' are the three winners of the Screen Australia and Al Jazeera English Witness pitching competition, held at the Australian International Documentary Conference (AIDC) in Melbourne earlier this week.
Screen Australia has announced almost $750,000 of story development funding for nine feature films, 11 television series and two online projects.
Screen Australia has announced funding for 15 Enterprise People talent opportunities and one Enterprise Business & Ideas project, with all to share in over $480,000.