Closer Productions is aiming to expand its reach well beyond South Australia in the next couple of years, having secured Enterprise funding from Screen Australia and welcomed former SAFC CEO Richard Harris as executive producer.
A total of 18 individuals and 15 business proposals will share in more than $4.6 million of Enterprise funding from Screen Australia.
South Australian production houses Highview Productions and Closer Productions will work on a series adaptation of Pip Williams' 2020 debut novel 'The Dictionary of Lost Words', after securing the screen rights for the story.
South Australia creative Ansuya Nathan is looking to hit the ground running following the completion of her SBS Emerging Writers' Incubator placement with Closer Productions.
Georgie Stone hopes the short documentary about her life - 'The Dreamlife of Georgie Stone', which recently premiered at both Tribeca and Sydney film festivals - will be empowering for other trans people.
Del Kathryn Barton's debut feature 'Blaze', starring Simon Baker and Yael Stone, will make its world premiere at June's Tribeca Film Festival in the International Narrative Competition.
Lynette Curran, Julian Maroun, and Syd Brisbane are set to add a fresh flavour to the second season of ABC comedy Aftertaste, which has begun filming in Adelaide.
Sara Kern's debut feature 'Moja Vesna' will make its world premiere at the Berlin International Film Festival, screening in the youth-focused Generation program.