With the ABC looking to ramp up its natural history slate from next year, it has partnered with Doc Society to support early career filmmakers to create short-form documentaries focussing on solutions to climate and environmental challenges.
First Nations writers Shontell Ketchell, Brooke Collard, Rachel Chisholm, Samuel Nuggin-Paynter and Boyd Quakawoot have been selected by Screenworks and Tamarind Tree Pictures to help develop 'Yellow Water Billabong', an animated children’s series created by writer/producer Danielle MacLean.
First Nations screen creatives in South Australia and the Northern Territory will have the opportunity to learn new skills in immersive storytelling as part of a new workshop launched under the Centralised cross-state initiative.
Northern Territory creatives will soon have the opportunity to undertake classes from the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) as part of a collaboration between the training institution, Screen Territory and Arts NT.
Australians in Film and Screen Australia have revealed the mentor and masterclass lineups for this year's Untapped initiative, which returns after being launched in 2021.
SBS and NITV have unveiled the seven standalone half-hour documentaries that have been commissioned as part of their national Curious Australia initiative.
Over seven episodes, ABC's 'Outback Ringer' will once again follow three families risking their reputations, fortunes and lives catching feral bulls and buffalo deep in the Northern Territory outback.
Screen Australia has unveiled 13 titles that will share in $3.7 million of production funding, with six documentaries to be supported through the Producer Program and seven projects via the Commissioned Program.