Screen Australia’s Indigenous department is contributing $745,000 in production funding to four documentary projects including two for NITV and one for the ABC.
The ABC has released its 72-page 2020-2022 content plan, essentially a restatement of its core values and goals which also stresses the need to engage with new and younger audiences.
Screen Australia has announced $1.9 million in production funding for 10 documentaries through the Producer program and one through the Commissioned program.
Wednesday's AACTA Awards saw a trifecta for Jennifer Kent, who took home Best Film, Best Direction and Best Screenplay for 'The Nightingale', with star Aisling Franciosi also winning Best Lead Actress.
SBS has commissioned a four-part drama set during the 1850s gold rush from the perspective of desperate Chinese miners from Goalpost Television, to be directed by Ana Kokkinos.
The ABC’s 2020 slate is packed with new documentaries and factual series - but there is a distinct air of déjà vu in the categories of drama and comedy.
Two climate change documentaries fronted by Craig Reucassel, a factual entertainment series which looks at public shaming and teetotaller Shaun Micallef’s expose on the effects of alcohol will premiere on the ABC next year.
The ABC and Screen Australia have announced funding for three original documentary projects: 'Dark Emu', 'Gun Ringer', and 'Miriam Margolyes: Almost Australian'.