Film Victoria has opened applications for the Victorian Screen Development Internship program, which will see participants work with the funding body and the ABC, and either Princess Pictures or Fremantle.
The Victorian government has announced a $33.8 million screen industry package, including an incentive fund to attract footloose production, additional funding for local projects, and the establishment of a new technical hub near Docklands Studios Melbourne.
Premiering Tuesday 10 November on SBS, Blackfella Films' 'Addicted Australia' provides extraordinary access to ten Australians and their families as they battle addiction. Signed up to a unique six-month treatment program, the four-part documentary series follows their heart-wrenching journey from despair to hope and possible recovery.
Writer-director Jub Clerc's debut feature 'Sweet As' is due to shoot on location in the Pilbara early next year, after receiving major production funding from Screen Australia's Indigenous department.
David Hanna has been appointed as the president of Film Victoria for a term of two years, succeeding Ian Robertson who has retired from the board.
Growing up in a remote town in South Australia in the 1950s, Emma Freeman's mother often heard the circus troupe which camped in fields nearby.
A second season of Northern Pictures/ABC's 'Love on the Spectrum' and a feature documentary for SBS that goes behind the frontlines of NSW's child protection system are among the 12 doc projects to recently share in $1.3 million of production funding via Screen Australia.
Film Victoria CEO Caroline Pitcher is committed to growing the state's screen sector next financial year but, longer-term, she worries about the sustainability of production.