In the second season of Ambience Entertainment's 'Muster Dogs', five Australian Border Collie pups, bred from the same litter by champion dog educator Mick Hudson, are sent to five graziers around Australia who will each try to get their pup trained in just 12 months.
Australian Features will showcase a cross-section of the country's contemporary factual storytelling, with the broadcaster inviting submissions to commissioning editors and development executives.
With a charter focused on multiculturalism and diversity, SBS's commissioning editors naturally receive many documentary and factual pitches focused on social issues like immigration, identity and the refugee crisis. But to stand out, producers are urged to be creative in the form in which they look to tell those stories.
Screenworks has revealed the final round of speakers and sessions for the upcoming Regional to Global Screen Forum, with Stan head of scripted Amanda Duthie, Netflix creative executive Susie Jones, and Hoodlum Entertainment chief content officer Tracey Vieira among the new additions to the line-up
With the content landscape continuing to broaden, IF spoke with Amazon Prime Video head of content for Australia and New Zealand, Tyler Bern; Netflix director of originals in Australia Que Minh Luu, and Stan’s chief content officer Cailah Scobie about the direction of their respective slates for 2022.
Celebrated chef Maggie Beer will take her talents to an aged care home in an attempt to improve the health and joy of the residents as part of a ABC series that has begun filming in Western Australia.
Producer Rachel Millar has stepped into the role of ABC head of entertainment, after holding the position in an interim capacity.
Netflix executive Susie Jones has followed the streamer's former head of physical production Chris Oliver-Taylor over to the ABC, with the broadcaster also welcoming Stan senior commissioning editor Rachel Okine.