The War that Changed the World: The Making of a New China consists of two episodes of fifty minutes each, covering the period from the Japanese invasion to the Japanese defeat and utilising footage from Chinese archives not previously seen outside the mai
The agency has stumped up $1 million in production investment for seven new documentaries.
Jenny Woods has retired after more than five decades in the screen industry, the last 25 years as the documentary representative at Film Finances.
The ABC added feature documentaries 'The Australian Dream', 'Firestarter – The Story of Bangarra' and natural history and science series 'Australia Remastered' to its slate.
Former Screen Australia and Australian Film Commission executive Sophie Harper has joined Screen Canberra as senior manager, overseeing the $5 million CBR Screen Fund
Screen Australia has announced $2 million in production funding for 11 documentary projects, seven through the Documentary Producer Program and four through the Commissioned Program.
Two climate change documentaries fronted by Craig Reucassel, a factual entertainment series which looks at public shaming and teetotaller Shaun Micallef’s expose on the effects of alcohol will premiere on the ABC next year.
SBS has commissioned a four-part drama set during the 1850s gold rush from the perspective of desperate Chinese miners from Goalpost Television, to be directed by Ana Kokkinos.