Screen Australia’s Indigenous department is contributing $745,000 in production funding to four documentary projects including two for NITV and one for the ABC.
Screen Australia has announced $1.9 million in production funding for 10 documentaries through the Producer program and one through the Commissioned program.
The head of Indigenous at the Australian Film Television and Radio School Kyas Sherriff has been appointed senior commissioning editor at NITV.
NITV has put a call out to new and emerging Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander filmmakers for short documentary initiative Our Stories.
Art, camp and Indigenous culture collide in the NITV/SBS-commissioned quiz show 'Faboriginal', produced by Noble Savage Pictures.
NITV and ABC Children’s have jointly commissioned five-part children's series 'Thalu' from Weerianna Street Media, with production now underway in the Pilbara, WA.
The South Australian Film Corporation and Screen Territory have partnered to launch 'Centralised', an initiative to support Indigenous filmmakers across South Australian and the Northern Territory through new funding, support and development opportunities.
The third season of Matchbox Pictures' children's series 'Mustangs FC' is currently shooting in Melbourne for the ABC and new co-commissioning partner NITV.