'The Tailings' explores the experience of two women confronting the paradoxical layers of grief. The 6 x 10 minute digital drama series, to debut on SBS on Demand April 2, follows the events that take place after the death of teenage Jas’s father.
Aspiring drama practitioners with stories that reflect and explore the diversity of Australia in "innovative, entertaining and compelling ways" are invited to apply for this year's Digital Originals initiative.
SBS has promoted Matthew Hancock to general manager of SBS On Demand from his current role as head of priorities and planning for the TV and online content division.
Screen Australia and SBS have selected three short-form series from the 2019 Digital Originals initiative - 'A Beginner’s Guide to Grief', 'Freewheelers' and 'Iggy & Ace 5eva' - to further develop, with the intention of at least one going into production for SBS On Demand.
A modern romantic drama about a couple, one of them pansexual, whose open relationship is put to the test when they move in together.
Art, camp and Indigenous culture collide in the NITV/SBS-commissioned quiz show 'Faboriginal', produced by Noble Savage Pictures.
“It’s a gift to the youth of Alice Springs, and I guess the whole town, making light of some more problematic issues and things that we see day-to-day here.”
SBS has partnered with Film Victoria, Create NSW, Screen Queensland, Screenwest and the South Australian Film Corporation to launch the Short-Form Content Initiative, which will back projects from emerging creatives from backgrounds currently underrepresented in the screen industry.