A new feature film from Baz Luhrmann, set in a small Australian country town, is among the 18 recent projects to receive story development funding from Screen Australia.
'Carmen', 'Foe', 'Limbo', 'Shayda', 'Streets of Colour' and 'The Royal Hotel' will contend for Feature Film Production of the Year at next year's Screen Producers Australia Awards, to be held on the final night of Screen Forever on the Gold Coast.
Comedian and actress Celeste Barber hosts 'The Way We Wore', a three part documentary series for the ABC that explores the evolution and significance of Australian fashion.
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.
SBS’s ground-breaking new documentary series 'Australia in Colour' relives modern Australia’s history for the very first time in colour. Told through a unique collection of iconic archival footage brought to life in stunning colour, it tells the story of how Australia came to be what it is today. Narrated by Hugo Weaving, the series is a reflection on our nation's character, its attitudes, its politics and its struggle to value its Indigenous and multicultural past. 'Australia in Colour' gives us a chance to look at Australia’s history from a fresh perspective.
Gabriel Gasparinatos' documentary 'ONEFOUR: Against All Odds' tracks the meteoric rise of the Sydney-based, Pacific Islander kids who start recording drill raps to avoid a life of crime, only for a police task force to shut down their sold-out national tour due to concerns that the group’s music will incite violence.
Higher Ground, owned by Barack and Michelle Obama, will produce director Jennifer Peedom's first narrative feature 'Tenzing' for Netflix – based on the true story of Tenzing Norgay, the man who first reached the summit of Everest along with Sir Edmund Hillary.