Screen Australia today announced over $2.2 million investment in nine documentaries, triggering over $10.6 million in production.
Virginia Trioli hosted Film Victoria’s Jenni Tosi, Screen NSW’s Courtney Gibson, Screen Australia’s Documentary Senior Manager Liz Stevens, ABC Head of Factual Steve Bibb and SBS’s Head of Documentaries John Godfrey in a panel discussion.
“We’re really pleased to support this strong slate of projects from high quality Australian story tellers,†said Screen Australia's Senior Manager for Documentary Liz Stevens.
Four teams who will share in $200,000 of funding for Art Bites, a joint initiative between ABC Television and Screen Australia that encourages new arts content from emerging Australian filmmakers.
Five documentaries from emerging filmmakers will screen on ABC2 and iview over the next two months as part of the ABC and Screen Australia’s Opening Shot initiative.
Screen Australia has announced $1.6 million in production investment funding for seven new documentaries.
'Backburning', a theatrical doco about Midnight Oil, a new collaboration between Rolf de Heer, David Gulpilil and Molly Reynolds, and a ‘companion piece’ to upcoming SBS drama 'Sunshine' are among the 15 latest documentaries to be backed by Screen Australia.
Documentary filmmakers are getting smarter with the projects they are pitching to Screen Australia, according to Liz Stevens, senior manager for documentary.