Sara Kern's debut feature 'Moja Vesna', due to screen at MIFF, follows a 10-year-old girl who has to keep her grief-stricken immigrant family together.
With SBS preparing to select its second group of participants for the Emerging Writers Incubator, one of the program's inaugural members has shared her experience of the nationwide initiative, describing it as "life-changing".
Sara Kern's debut feature 'Moja Vesna' will make its world premiere at the Berlin International Film Festival, screening in the youth-focused Generation program.
A spin-off of 'High Maintenance', starring Yael Stone, and a comedic crime series from Jungle Entertainment are among the 21 projects that will share in more than $600,000 in story development funding from Screen Australia.
Screenrights has revealed the seven projects that will share in $250,000 as part of the 2021 Cultural Fund.
Nearly 30 projects will share in $975,000 of story development funding from Screen Australia, including a television series inspired by the 1999 film 'Two Hands' from director Gregor Jordan, and a family feature film from the producers of 'Bluey'.
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.
Filming is underway in Melbourne on writer-director Sara Kern's debut feature 'Moja Vesna', in what is the first-ever Slovenian-Australian co-production.