The history of Australia's fashion industry and the national women's soccer team's fight for gender parity will be explored in new documentaries included in Screen Australia's latest funding round.
Screen Australia has flagged it will consider how the Producer Equity Program will operate going forward, with funds already exhausted for this financial year.
Alex West has been chosen as Screen Australia's head of documentary following the departure of Bernadine Lim earlier this year.
A film tracking the 30-year journey of children's band The Wiggles and another celebrating the life of late music executive Michael Gudinski are among the nine projects to share in more than $2.7 million of documentary funding from Screen Australia.
Everything from classical music to the conversation around climate change will be explored in the five new documentaries to share $2.2 million of funding from Screen Australia.
Screen Australia has unveiled 13 titles that will share in $3.7 million of production funding, with six documentaries to be supported through the Producer Program and seven projects via the Commissioned Program.
In a climate of change, Screen Australia's documentary department will attempt to provide stability for producers, announcing only a slight change to its funding programs at the Australian International Documentary Conference (AIDC) on Monday.