Leah Purcell's 'The Drover’s Wife The Legend of Molly Johnson' and Gracie Otto's documentary 'Under the Volcano' will lead the Australian contingent at next month's South By South West (SXSW) Film Festival.
No Coincidence Media and Umbrella Entertainment have put the call out for First Nations screenwriters to submit their feature ideas, offering to fund one concept with development costs of up to $40,000.
Australia is among the most represented countries outside of the US in the initial line-up for this year's SXSW Film and TV Festival, with Natalie Bailey’s 'Audrey', Jon Bell's 'The Moogai', and Jack Clark and Jim Weir's 'Birdeater' among the films selected.
New seasons of 'Total Control' and children's titles 'Rock Island Mysteries' and 'Strange Chores', as well as feature film projects from Northern Pictures, Made Up Stories and Causeway Films are among the nine projects that will share in $12 million of production funding from Screen Australia.
Screen Territory has announced the recipients of its first round of 2022/23 funding, with $93,000 to be distributed across story development, audience development, and career development.
Jon Bell's psychological horror short 'The Moogai' was among the winners at this year's SXSW, awarded the Jury Prize in the Midnight Shorts section at the virtually-held festival on the weekend.