A mobile coffee van that has its momentum halted by a space alien and a trans comedian who must navigate the pitfalls of viral fame are among the subjects covered by the projects in the first round of Digital Originals for 2023.
Screen Australia's Gender Matters Taskforce and WIFT Australia have partnered on a new mentorship program aimed at empowering women and gender-diverse practitioners from across the screen industry, from production through to distribution and marketing.
Heading to Screen Forever's SPA Connect or the Online Global Market? We've chatted to some of this year's attendees so you can go in armed. They include reps from Paramount ANZ, ABC, NITV, Stan, Icon Film Distribution, Studiocanal, ZDF Enterprises, Film Mode Entertainment, Wildbrain, Cineflix Rights, OUTtv, All3Media International, Dynamic Television and Red Arrow Studios.
Twelve teams of emerging creatives from under-represented backgrounds will have the chance to pitch their drama projects to SBS, NITV, and Screen Australia as part of this year's Digital Originals initiative, with a week-long workshop for the first round of selected applicants commencing this week.
Screen Australia's head of documentary Bernadine Lim will join SBS as commissioning editor, while Marissa McDowell has also been hired as a commissioning editor for NITV.
Hunter Page-Lochard will voice the titular character of NITV and Netflix's animated children's series 'Eddie's Lil Homies', inspired by former AFL player Eddie Betts.
SBS is inviting proposals for "daring, unflinchingly fearless and boundary-smashing" documentary series that explore inequality and social cohesion in Australia, with up to $50,000 of development funding on offer.
An animated television series based on the children's books of AFL legend Eddie Betts has commenced production in South Australia.