Two feature films, one from Robert Connolly and the other a Kiwi-Aussie co-pro penned by 'The Breaker Upperers'' Jackie van Beek; a ABC TV comedy from Closer Productions; and two online projects are the latest recipients of $3.5 million worth of production funding from Screen Australia.
Actor Aaron Pedersen and author Holly Ringland will front 'Back to Nature', a new factual lifestyle series from the ABC that will explore the Australian landscape and uncover unexpected stories designed to reconnect audiences with the land.
The start of high school is difficult for everyone but for 12 year-old transgender girl Hannah Bradford, it’s her chance to be her true self.
Season two sees Detective Jay Swan (Aaron Pedersen) take on a grisly case in a new town in order to be closer to his family, but has he left it too late? Set in a small coastal community where the desert meets the ocean, secrets past and present run deep and dark. Jay must reconcile the law and deep lore and confront a dangerous enemy in a world where deception is king.
In the past 30 years, the world has undergone profound change at a dramatic pace – the collapse of the Soviet Union, the rise of China, seemingly endless wars in the Middle East, the eventual revival of Russia and the decline of the United States as the world’s sole superpower.
‘Old People’s Home For 4 Year Olds’ (Photo: Nigel Wright). Endemol Shine Australia’s Old People’s Home For 4 Year Olds...
At Maralinga in 1956, atom bombs were not the only things being tested. At the height of the Cold War, the human capacity for loyalty and betrayal were constantly pitted against each other. But not just in terms of espionage. Friend against friend. Lover against lover. Government against its people. If only trust could bloom in an infinite desert. But these are not trusting times.
'Australia’s Ocean Odyssey: a journey down the East Australian Current' takes viewers all the way from the Great Barrier Reef down to Antarctica, revealing how ocean currents create life on our planet, and what we can all do to protect our planet’s blue heart.