Max Bourke will undertake a six month placement with BBC Studios' documentary department in the UK, thanks to a partnership between BBC Studios Australia, the Australian International Documentary Conference (AIDC) and Create NSW.
Production is about to begin on Porchlight Films' 'Fallout' (working title) for the ABC, a six-part drama inspired by the 1950s British nuclear testing that took place in outback South Australia. Written and directed by Peter Duncan (Rake), the project has attracted a strong cast including Ewen Leslie, Jessica de Gouw, James Cromwell, Ningali Lawford Wolf and Shaka Cook.
Musician, comedian, writer and actor Tim Minchin will lead the cast of Lingo Pictures’ eight-part series 'Upright', a co-commission between Foxtel and Sky UK which will shoot in SA and WA in October.
The NSW Government has announced $300,000 in targeted support for arts, screen and cultural organisations, to meet the demand for professional development and capacity-building across the sector.
Head of Screen NSW Grainne Brunsdon will join Screen Australia next month as the agency's new head of content, taking over from Sally Caplan.
Indigenous composers and musicians account for less than one 1 per cent of screen composers nationally. As such, over the past year the Australian Guild of Screen Composers (AGSC) and the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Music Office (NATISMO) have been working together to try to create pathways for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders composers to enter the industry.
Australian and Chinese relations will be examined through the lens of marriage in upcoming ABC documentary feature, 'Double Happiness'.
Grainne Brunsdon has been appointed head of Screen NSW, following a reshuffle of Create NSW's leadership structure.