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.
A mobile coffee van that has its momentum halted by a space alien and a trans comedian who must navigate the pitfalls of viral fame are among the subjects covered by the projects in the first round of Digital Originals for 2023.
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.
The launch project for Tasmanian Aboriginal screen production company kutikina Productions and a new production from Jub Clerc and Jodie Bell are among the Digital Originals to be selected for further development funding.
Actress Anna Lindner hadn't necessarily planned to also become a screenwriter, yet felt she had "no option" but to turn her own painful and profound experiences with caring and loss into a dark comedy, 'A Beginner's Guide to Grief'.
Karen Radzyner has joined Photoplay as head of development, bringing to the company a significant slate of projects as it expands further into film and television.
SBS short-form series 'Latecomers' is off to France as the only Australian project selected for this year's Series Mania.
Screen Australia, SBS and NITV have announced seven projects from this year’s Digital Originals initiative to receive development funding, with three titles from the group to eventually go into production.