As Screen Australia’s Indigenous department celebrates its 25th anniversary, it has announced $1.5 million in special funding across short films, web series and documentaries, in addition to business support.
“Now our screens show more Indigenous characters – cops, lawyers, parents, kids and superheroes. They resonate because they are created by and with Indigenous Australians. What we see now is a great start that we have to build upon.”
Blackfella Films' 'Black B*tch' (working title), a six-part drama for the ABC, revolving around high stakes ambition, betrayal and treachery in the nation’s capital, started shooting today.
Screen Australia and the New Zealand Film Commission (NZFC) have today announced eight Indigenous teams from Australia and New Zealand who will work on a joint anthology feature, 'Cook 2020: Our Right of Reply', which will be titled 'Ngā Pouwhenua' in NZ.
Considering Danielle MacLean’s original ambition was to be a stills photographer, her 23-year career as a writer, producer and director is quite remarkable
Mid-career Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander screen creatives with big ideas for TV series or features are invited to apply to the Bunya Talent Indigenous Hub – Los Angeles.
The Australian International Documentary Conference (AIDC) and the Screen Australia Indigenous department are again partnering with state screen agencies to enable Indigenous practitioners to attend AIDC 2020.
Screen Australia’s Indigenous department is contributing $745,000 in production funding to four documentary projects including two for NITV and one for the ABC.