New seasons of the ABC’s 'War on Waste' and SBS’s 'Go Back to Where You Came From' are among the seven latest documentary projects to receive production investment from Screen Australia.
VFX supervisor turned director Seth Larney will return to Australia to make his next film, dystopian thriller '2067', with the project having recently received production investment from Screen Australia, the South Australian Film Corporation and Create NSW.
Projects for any platform including TV, film and online will be able to apply for Screen Australia development funding from two new program strands under a planned overhaul of the agency’s drama development process.
Damon Herriman will star opposite Mia Wasikowska in writer-director Mirrah Foulkes' 'Judy and Punch', a “brutal, original and violent” re-interpretation of the puppet play ‘Punch and Judy’, which began shooting this week in Victoria.
Chief operating officer Fiona Cameron will depart Screen Australia later this year to become a full-time member of the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA).
Screen Australia has announced its latest round of production funding, which saw the agency inject $7.4 million across a variety of projects in film, TV and online.
Screen Australia CEO Graeme Mason has a blunt message for producers: recognise that most independent films, Australian or otherwise, will now earn roughly half as much at Australian cinemas as they did only a few years ago.