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.
Sweetshop & Green has promoted Ester Harding to head of drama, and appointed former AIDC CEO and conference director Alice Burgin as a documentary and factual executive.
Sweetshop & Green has announced a foray into children's television, with the production company to partner with Israel's Ananey Communications and Pil Animation Studio on the new series Living With Landlubbers.
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.
Screen Australia has announced $2.7 million of production funding, going towards two features, one TV drama, one children's drama and five online projects.
Ester Harding is set to join Sweetshop & Green's entertainment division as a development executive, working across its Australian and New Zealand operations.