Sally Aitken's 'Hot Potato: The Story of The Wiggles' is a documentary that tracks the journey of Anthony, Murray, Greg, and Jeff, and a dinosaur called Dorothy from when they decided to call themselves The Wiggles after the way children move to achieve worldwide recognition, before reemerging into the cultural zeitgeist in 2022.
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.
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Sally Aitken's 'Hot Potato: The Story of The Wiggles', a documentary that explores the meteoric rise of the children's music group, will have its world premiere at October's SXSW Sydney, which is also set to include a First Nations Screen Festival and an XR Showcase.
SBS presents a second collection of Australia Uncovered, a strand of stand-alone documentaries that explore and celebrate contemporary Australia in revealing, surprising, and compelling ways.
Australia has representation across six categories for this year's Rockie Awards, held as part of the Banff World Media Festival in June.
Sally Aitken and Aline Jacque's SAM Content has struck an output deal with French production and distribution company ZED, with the aim to maximise opportunities for global co-production.
SBS will bring more new voices to the forefront in its upcoming drama slate, which includes four short-form productions from its Digital Originals initiative, as well as the upcoming series 'Safe Home', from producer Imogen Banks.