ABC and Screen Australia has announced a new 3 x 60’ documentary, Shaun Micallef’s On The Sauce, to be hosted by award-winning ABC favourite, Shaun Micallef, and produced by CJZ. Shaun Micallef drank neither wisely nor well back in his university days and swore off it in his mid-twenties. Now his sons have hit drinking…
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Craig Reucassel Presenting Two Documentaries in 2020
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Craig Reucassel returns to ABC in 2020 hosting two new documentaries funded by Screen Australia. The Fight for Planet A: The Climate Challenge will shine a spotlight on the nation’s growing climate change concerns, while Big Weather (and how to survive it) explores Australia’s unpredictable and extreme weather conditions. Craig Reucassel, host of the two…
ABC and Screen Australia Have Announced Funding for Three Documentaries
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The ABC and Screen Australia have announced funding for three original documentary projects, Dark Emu, Gun Ringer, and Miriam Margolyes: Almost Australian. Dark Emu, will bring Bruce Pascoe’s acclaimed novel about the history of First Australians to the screen. Gun Ringer follows the extraordinary life and work of cattle ringers in the outback. And much-loved…
Production begins on Thalu
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NITV and ABC Children’s are proud to announce Thalu has commenced production on location in the Pilbara, Western Australia. Energetic, inventive and funny, this new five-part children’s series received principal production investment from Screen Australia in association with Screenwest and the Western Australian Regional Film Fund and was financed with support from NITV, ABC and…
ABC Shows Win at Banff World Media Festival
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Two ABC titles have won prestigious Rockie Awards at the Banff World Media Festival in Canada, leading the way for outstanding Australian content on the international stage. ABC iview drama Wrong Kind of Black, produced by Princess Pictures, won the Web Fiction Award for its compelling portrayal of the life of Indigenous DJ Boori Monty…
ABC and Screen Australia Announce DisRupted Films
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ABC and Screen Australia are pleased to announce the three successful films selected for DisRupted following a nation-wide call out in October 2018. The films being Rocky and Me, And Then Something Changed and The Legend of Burnout Barry. The films are all led by young Australian creatives with disability and supported by some of…
Filming Started on Season 2 of The Letdown
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ABC, Screen Australia and Create NSW have announced that filming has started in Sydney on the highly anticipated season two of the AACTA Award-winning comedy The Letdown. Produced by Julian Morrow (The Checkout, The Chaser’s War on Everything) and Linda Micsko (Maximum Choppage, Laid) for Giant Dwarf, creators/writers Sarah Scheller and Alison Bell once again…
The ABC Receives 57 AACTA Award nominations
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The ABC has scored an unrivalled 57 AACTA (Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts) Award nominations across 23 categories, more than any other broadcaster, with Mystery Road and Riot both in line to win 11 of Australia’s top screen prizes. The ABC’s landmark Mystery Road (Best Drama) and Riot (Best Telefeature or Mini Series)…
DisRupted Funding Program to Amplify Disabled Filmmakers Work
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ABC Children’s and Screen Australia have partnered on an exciting new funding program to showcase and amplify the work of Australian creatives and content makers with disability. DisRupted will fund three to four individuals or teams to make a standalone film to reflect and capture what it’s like to be a young person with disability…
Superwog first original scripted series to air on ABC COMEDY
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The ABC and Screen Australia have announced that production has commenced this week in Melbourne on Superwog, a new comedy series to be distributed on ABC COMEDY and YouTube. The Superwog pilot, funded by Screen Australia and YouTube as part of the Skip Ahead initiative, was the highest trending YouTube video in Australia last year,…