'Tony Armstrong’s Extra-Ordinary Things' is a five-part series that follows the presenter as he hits the road on his bike to learn about the untold history of Australia.
Stories about a harried single mum juggling school pickup and disposing of a corpse, aspiring young players on the cusp of AFL glory, and the space-bound mob of Mt Jorj navigating a faraway galaxy are among the online projects that will share in over $750,000 of Screen Australia funding.
Olivia Colman and John Lithgow will star as different generations of a family that must navigate a new scenario in Sophie Hyde's Jimpa, which has begun filming in Amsterdam ahead of shoots in Adelaide and Helsinki.
The story behind a $6.56m Australian thriller is revealed in documents released by the National Archives of Australia.