New seasons of Helium drama 'Last King of the Cross' and ABC children's program 'Spooky Files', as well as a sequel to 2003 crime caper 'Gettin Square', have been included in the latest round of production funding from Screen Australia, which will support 11 projects with $6.9 million.
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Screen Queensland has announced more support for games developers, upping the funding available through its Games Grants program to $200,000 per round.
An exploration into the deepest freshwater cave in the world and a snapshot of rugby league and women's sport in Australia are among the subjects of seven documentaries that will share in over $1.7 million of production funding from Screen Australia.
The Federal Government has appointed WildBrain chief operating officer Deirdre Brennan as the successor to Screen Australia CEO Graeme Mason, who departs the agency in November.
Screen NSW has selected three teams for its Short to Feature Fast-Track initiative, and separately, has named writer and director Jon Bell the recipient of the inaugural First Nations Screen Scholarship.
The NSW Government has backtracked on its decision to cut $60 million from the state’s screen funding programs, announcing the Made In NSW fund and the Post, Digital and Visual Effects rebate will continue in their existing forms.
The third seasons of ABC series' 'Ginger and the Vegesaurs' and 'The Newsreader', as well as a new film from Sophie Hyde about Oscar Wilde's wife, are among the projects to share in $10 million of production funding from Screen Australia.
Producers have labelled the NSW Government's decision to proceed with $60 million worth of cuts to the state's screen funding programs, impacting the Made In NSW fund and the Post, Digital and Visual Effects Rebate, as "reckless" and "nothing short of a disaster".