If elected, Labor has promised $40 million to the ABC to support drama, comedy, children’s and music programming, and $20 million to SBS to support more Australian content.
SBS will launch a new channel dedicated to international cinema in July.
The federal budget offers no extra support for the screen sector over the next three years apart from modest increases in funding for ABC news and for SBS programming.
'Christians Like Us' is a social experiment where ten Australian Christians of vastly different beliefs must live in a house together for one week, to debate the controversial topics of their faith, including sexual abuse, abortion, gay conversion therapy and women as priests. It’s a week of shocking revelations, emotional outbursts and surprising insights.
More than 250 filmmakers have co-signed an open letter calling for a "radical overhaul" of government policy in order to sustainably support the independent documentary sector now and into the future.
SBS’s ground-breaking new documentary series 'Australia in Colour' relives modern Australia’s history for the very first time in colour. Told through a unique collection of iconic archival footage brought to life in stunning colour, it tells the story of how Australia came to be what it is today. Narrated by Hugo Weaving, the series is a reflection on our nation's character, its attitudes, its politics and its struggle to value its Indigenous and multicultural past. 'Australia in Colour' gives us a chance to look at Australia’s history from a fresh perspective.
Comedy feature 'The Chain Breakers', to star Jacki Weaver, Jack Thompson, James Cromwell, Denis Waterman and Shane Jacobson, is one of seven projects to have recently received production funding from Screen Australia.
A thriller which centres on three generations of Vietnamese Australian families as they cope with the aftermath of war, a revival of the quiz Mastermind and documentaries which uncover family secrets and medical myths will screen on SBS next year.