New seasons of 'Total Control' and children's titles 'Rock Island Mysteries' and 'Strange Chores', as well as feature film projects from Northern Pictures, Made Up Stories and Causeway Films are among the nine projects that will share in $12 million of production funding from Screen Australia.
Cate Blanchett will produce and star in a new film from writer-director Warwick Thornton set to begin shooting in South Australia later this year.
The Dry, Mortal Kombat, Penguin Bloom, Peter Rabbit 2 and A Sunburnt Christmas will battle it out for the AACTA Audience Choice Favourite Film Award on Wednesday, with the five nominees across each of the seven categories revealed ahead of this week’s ceremony.
"We hope we've done our job in creating something really special with the second series. Something that's that's emotional, that's challenging, that's compelling, that creates discussion. That matters to me in the work that I do."
The second season of 'Total Control' will launch on the ABC November 7.
The second season of ABC/Blackfella Films’ 'Total Control' will headline this year's Series Mania Melbourne, which will be held online next month.
Producer Helen Leake has been appointed to the Screen Australia board for a three-year term.
Deborah Mailman and Rachel Griffiths will be joined on screen by a host of new faces for the second season of the ABC/Blackfella Films' 'Total Control', including Wayne Blair, who will also direct all six episodes.