Screen Australia has announced $1.9 million in production funding for 10 documentaries through the Producer program and one through the Commissioned program.
For Madman Entertainment 2019 was the distributor's most consistent year ever, with 14 films each grossing more than $500,000 at Australian cinemas - and the 2020 slate looks even stronger.
More than 60 per cent of the 500-plus people who responded to Screen Queensland's survey on the impact on the screen sector from COVID-19 in the past two days are freelancers or contractors - and most are jobless.
Australia's documentary makers are less affected by production shutdowns than most other sectors of the screen industry - apart from the large cohort of animators who are still working remotely.
When WildBear Entertainment's Veronica Fury and series director and producer Ian Withnall embarked on an observational documentary series that explores the demolition industry, they made a surprising discovery.
Screen Queensland is providing $3.3 million in re-allocated funding to support the stricken Queensland screen industry through the COVID-19 crisis.
As a mother of six, Lauren Hartwin often felt guilty she was so busy and overwhelmed that she did not have time to read books to her kids each day.
In the past 30 years, the world has undergone profound change at a dramatic pace – the collapse of the Soviet Union, the rise of China, seemingly endless wars in the Middle East, the eventual revival of Russia and the decline of the United States as the world’s sole superpower.