'Science+', a pilot from creator/producer Seaton-Kay Smith, producer Yingna Lu and director Leela Varghese, premiered on US platform DUST, which boasts more than 3 million viewers 18-35 years old.
Australians in Film has partnered with the Hollywood Foreign Press Association and Screen Australia to launch Untapped, a breakthrough talent development program for undiscovered and underrepresented filmmakers.
SBS has launched a three-year incubator program to support the development of emerging screenwriters from underrepresented backgrounds.
Thanks to Australia’s careful management of the pandemic, the industry is in the midst of a production boom. The government hopes to support the sector to leverage both this “once-in-a-century” opportunity and the global demand for content in the years ahead, writes Minister for Communications, Urban Infrastructure, Cities and the Arts Paul Fletcher.
Two feature films, three television dramas, one children’s series, and one online project will share in $5.9 million of production funding from Screen Australia.
Aspiring drama practitioners with stories that reflect and explore the diversity of Australia in "innovative, entertaining and compelling ways" are invited to apply for this year's Digital Originals initiative.
Noomi Rapace ('The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo'), Anamaria Marinca ('4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days'), Alice Englert, Carloto Cotta ('Tabu') and Félix Maritaud ('Sauvage') are among the cast of writer-director Goran Stolevski's 'You Won't Be Alone', which recently wrapped filming in Serbia.
Screen Australia has announced more than $2.5 million in production funding for 12 documentaries; five through the commissioned program, six through the Producer program and one via the Indigenous department.