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.
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.
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.
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.