Screen Australia has unveiled 13 titles that will share in $3.7 million of production funding, with six documentaries to be supported through the Producer Program and seven projects via the Commissioned Program.
Matthew Walker's 'I'm Wanita' will make its world premiere at Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival next month.
Nominations for this year's Australian Directors' Guild (ADG) Awards are shared amongst the likes of Wayne Blair, Shannon Murphy, Daniel Nettheim, Tennika Smith, and Jonathan Brough, who have all scored two nods each.
'Making Muriel' will follow P.J. Hogan as he adapts his 1994 film 'Muriel’s Wedding' into a musical produced by the Sydney Theatre Company and Global Creatures.
Wayne Blair and Nel Minchin’s 'Firestarter – The Story of Bangarra' has followed up Monday's AACTA Award for Best Documentary with yet another win, claiming the inaugural Change Award at the Adelaide Film Festival.
The ABC added feature documentaries 'The Australian Dream', 'Firestarter – The Story of Bangarra' and natural history and science series 'Australia Remastered' to its slate.
Comedian and actress Celeste Barber hosts 'The Way We Wore', a three part documentary series for the ABC that explores the evolution and significance of Australian fashion.
In Films' Folau is a two-part documentary centred on one of Australia’s most gifted and controversial athletes – Israel Folau - and how a social media post landed him at the heart of our culture wars, derailing careers in the process.