A trio of music icons and a legendary racehorse are among the subjects of eight projects to receive $2.3 million in documentary production funding from Screen Australia.
Alex West has been chosen as Screen Australia's head of documentary following the departure of Bernadine Lim earlier this year.
Screen Australia expects to support the same number of documentary projects each year despite the proposed scrapping of the Producer Equity Program (PEP).
The first documentary round of Screen Australia's Broadcast program sees six projects receive over $2.7 million in grants and investment generating production close to $7.3 million.