Screen Australia and SBS have selected three short-form series from the 2019 Digital Originals initiative - 'A Beginner’s Guide to Grief', 'Freewheelers' and 'Iggy & Ace 5eva' - to further develop, with the intention of at least one going into production for SBS On Demand.
SBS has unveiled its largest ever local drama slate, including a new four-part crime series from Bunya Productions and CAAMA, Copping it Black, to be directed by Erica Glynn and Steven McGregor.
Aspiring drama practitioners with stories that reflect and explore the diversity of Australia in "innovative, entertaining and compelling ways" are invited to apply for this year's Digital Originals initiative.
Award-winning children's series 'First Day' and Luke Eve's 'ReCancelled' are among the five projects to share in $1.3 million in online production funding from Screen Australia.
Exploring friendship, addiction and recovery through a queer lens, 'Iggy & Ace' premieres on SBS On Demand September 9.
'A Beginner's Guide to Grief' is the latest project to be greenlit via SBS and Screen Australia's Digital Originals initiative, with an additional six projects selected for further development.
For producer Hannah Ngo and writer-director AB Morrison, crafting SBS series 'Iggy & Ace' was an exercise in balancing light and darkness; saying something meaningful while also making it entertaining.
SBS will bring more new voices to the forefront in its upcoming drama slate, which includes four short-form productions from its Digital Originals initiative, as well as the upcoming series 'Safe Home', from producer Imogen Banks.