Lisa Wilkinson, Bert Newton, Troy Cassar-Daley, Julie Bishop, Kat Stewart, Cameron Daddo, Denise Scott and Lisa Curry join the cast of the much-loved genealogy series, which investigates the ancestry of prominent Australians.
Amid turbulent times for the sector, Screen Australia has some positive news, announcing production funding for three feature films, four television series, a children’s series and two online projects.
Before SXSW was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic, Mary Duong and Rachel Anderson's short-form docuseries 'Bananas' was due to screen in the festival's Episodic Pilot Competition.
Female-led TV drama projects from Good Thing Productions, Matchbox Pictures and Porchlight Films are among the four selected to be developed through Film Victoria and SBS's Pitch to Pilot initiative, aimed at bringing compelling stories from diverse voices to screen.
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.
Australia's documentary makers are less affected by production shutdowns than most other sectors of the screen industry - apart from the large cohort of animators who are still working remotely.
Chef Jimmy Shu will explore the sights, smells and stories of tropical Darwin’s diverse food scene in SBS's 'Jimmy Shu's Taste of the Territory', airing April 23 on SBS Food.
With a charter focused on multiculturalism and diversity, SBS's commissioning editors naturally receive many documentary and factual pitches focused on social issues like immigration, identity and the refugee crisis. But to stand out, producers are urged to be creative in the form in which they look to tell those stories.