Sweetshop & Green will receive $50,000 to further its New Zealand production slate after being announced as the recipient of the New Zealand Film Commission's He Ara Development Fund for 2021.
A feature film from Mia Wasikowska and a TikTok mockumentary series from the creators of 'Turn Up The Volume' are among the projects to be included in the newest round of story development funding from Screen Australia.
SBS has revealed the next crop of creatives for its Emerging Writers' Incubator, with six participants set to begin paid 12-month placements at production companies across the country.
Sweetshop & Green has announced producer and writer Rachael Turk as its new head of scripted in what is a newly created role.
Amazon will launch nine new originals in 2023, announcing six new unscripted titles to go with previously announced commissions 'The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart', 'Deadloch', and 'Class of ‘07'.
Director Rodd Rathjen showed his mettle in his debut feature 'Buoyancy' so he is an obvious choice to direct an asylum seeker drama based on the harrowing experiences of Kurdish-Iranian journalist Behrouz Boochani.
Screenrights has revealed the seven projects that will share in $250,000 as part of the 2021 Cultural Fund.
Ester Harding is set to join Sweetshop & Green's entertainment division as a development executive, working across its Australian and New Zealand operations.