'Carmen', 'Foe', 'Limbo', 'Shayda', 'Streets of Colour' and 'The Royal Hotel' will contend for Feature Film Production of the Year at next year's Screen Producers Australia Awards, to be held on the final night of Screen Forever on the Gold Coast.
Screen Australia has taken the next steps with its below-the-line training initiatives, unveiling the recipients and host companies for BTL Next Step, the Production Crew Skills Training Fund, and the Transferable Skills and Returning Crew Training Fund, while also announcing $1.7 million of industry development funding across the programs.
Former Nickelodeon Australia director of television Hugh Baldwin has joined Flying Bark’s production arm After Bark as executive producer of development.
Flying Bark Productions' '100% Wolf: The Book of Hath' is set to premiere on the ABC May 1.
Paramount Animation and Nickelodeon Animation have enlisted Flying Bark Productions to animate their newly-announced untitled 2D 'Avatar' feature film, as the Sydney-based studio seeks to expand its team.
Flying Bark Productions has promoted Sarah Harper to creative director - 2D, a role which will see her spearhead the company's further expansion into original content, including anime-influenced animation.
Shaun Tan's illustrated book 'Tales from Outer Suburbia' is being developed into an animated series, with the author reuniting with 'The Lost Thing' producer Sophie Byrne.
First Nations writers Shontell Ketchell, Brooke Collard, Rachel Chisholm, Samuel Nuggin-Paynter and Boyd Quakawoot have been selected by Screenworks and Tamarind Tree Pictures to help develop 'Yellow Water Billabong', an animated children’s series created by writer/producer Danielle MacLean.