Who has the right to tell certain stories? Who has the right to play certain characters? They're questions at the heart of Back to Back Theatre's 'Ganesh Versus The Third Reich', to be adapted for screen thanks to a $100,000 development grant from arts agency Creative Victoria.
In the 25 years since he graduated from the Australian Film Television and Radio School Robert Connolly has never been more excited about the future of the film industry.
Producer Ester Harding has joined Screen Australia as a development executive after three years with See Pictures.
Fiona Percival, Allison Chhorn and Madeleine Parry will share in $30,000 funding to develop screen projects as part of the South Australian Film Corporation’s (SAFC) 2020 Lottie Lyell Award.
"I felt there was a story in there I wanted to locate, about what it is to feel a bit different, and to feel that who you are isn't really valued."
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.
When Kodie Bedford sets out to create a project or is offered a writing gig, she looks for three elements: Strong female characters, a regional setting which harks back to her childhood in country WA, and a genre piece.
Former Screen Australia head of development Louise Gough has taken up an executive producer role with Picking Scabs, the joint venture between See-Saw Films and writer/showrunner Samantha Strauss.