Screen Australia has announced $2 million in production funding for 11 documentary projects, seven through the Documentary Producer Program and four through the Commissioned Program.
Screenwest has named Brooke Silcox and Mat de Koning's '29 Years Eight Days' and Sam Lara and Cathy Henkel's 'Laura's Choice' the joint recipients of the 2019 Brian Beaton Award.
Discovery Australia and UK have commissioned another 40 episodes, across two seasons, of Electric Pictures' 'Aussie Gold Hunters'.
Screenwest has secured an industry coup with the appointment of highly awarded documentary film director Paul Damian Williams as its new documentary manager.
NITV and ABC Children’s have jointly commissioned five-part children's series 'Thalu' from Weerianna Street Media, with production now underway in the Pilbara, WA.
Writer-director Roderick Mackay’s feature debut 'The Furnace' is set to kick off in WA next month, headlined by a cast that includes Egyptian actor Ahmed Malek, David Wenham and Baykali Ganambarr.
Warner Bros. Pictures, The Black List and Veerhuis Pictures have re-teamed to shine a light on emerging Aussie writing talent for the second year running, offering up the chance to be considered for a two-step blind feature film writing deal with WB.
The projects produced under SBS's Short-Form Content Initiative will premiere on SBS on Demand in September as part of the broadcaster's inaugural Short Film Festival.