Screen Australia and Screenwest have announced that Western Australian feature film Birthright, is set to head into production in WA this year having now secured support from Screenwest, Screen Australia and Madman. Birthright is a 90-minute dark comedy feature film from writer/director Zoe Pepper (Lift, The Big Spaghetti), producer Cody Greenwood (Under The Volcano, Girl…
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Stan Partners with ACTF on Wind Catcher
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Screen Australia, Stan and the Australian Children’s Television Foundation (ACTF) have announced Wind Catcher, a family feature film and Stan’s first co-commission with ACTF, which will be filmed in Victoria. The first partnership between ACTF and a streaming service in Australia, the Stan and ACTF initiative brings exciting, feature-length live action projects to the screen…
SBS and Screen Australia Announce Swift Street
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SBS and Screen Australia have announced the commissioning of a new eight-part Australian drama series Swift Street, in partnership with Fifth Season. Screen Australia’s Head of Content, Grainne Brunsdon said that Swift Street is a fast, funny, and gritty family crime drama, set in bustling inner-city Melbourne, where the rich and poor collide. This high-paced…
Network 10 Announces Local Drama Commission Paper Dolls
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Network 10 has announced the cast of its latest local drama commission, Paper Dolls. The HELIUM Pictures production, with major production investment from Screen Australia in association with Screen NSW, commenced filming this week. At the cusp of the new millennium, five aspiring singers are thrust into the spotlight in pursuit of pop-stardom and fame.…
In Our Blood Headed to The ABC
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As Australia gets ready to celebrate Sydney WorldPride and Sydney Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras, the ABC, Screen Australia and Screen Queensland are proud to announce In Our Blood, a four-part musical drama series inspired by Australia’s radical response to AIDS in the early 1980’s, coming soon to ABC TV and ABC iview. Starring an…
Screen Australia Announces $1.5 Million Game Funding
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Screen Australia has announced 11 games that will share in over $1.5 million of funding through the Games: Expansion Pack fund. The games span VR, adventure, puzzle, platformer, horror, rhythm and more. The announcement comes after the Federal Government launched the new National Cultural Policy, Revive, which commits to introducing a Digital Games Tax Offset…
AIDC Announces Full 2023 Program
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The Australian International Documentary Conference (AIDC) have announced the full program for its 2023 event – including over 40 sessions, more than 120 speakers and 100-plus industry decision makers – taking place in-person at ACMI in Melbourne, from 5-8 March 2023 with an online-only international marketplace 9-11 March 2023. Natasha Gadd, CEO / Creative Director,…
NCIS: SYDNEY S1 Script Department Program Announced
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The successful recipients of the NCIS: SYDNEY S1 Script Department Program has been announced by Screen Australia, in collaboration with Paramount Australia and New Zealand (ANZ), CBS Studios and Endemol Shine Australia (a Banijay Company). Writers Rachael Alford, Ella Cook, James Cripps, Siobhan Domingo, Josh Sambono and Clare Sladden will work in the script department…
SBS Announces Anthology Series Erotic Stories for 2023
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SBS and Screen Australia have announced a new eight-part Australian drama anthology for 2023 – Erotic Stories. The anthology is a series of standalone contemporary tales about lust, desire, and longing, but with an SBS twist. Each story explores desire from a different character perspective and spotlights diverse experiences of sex and intimacy across age,…
Drama Series Human Error Coming to 9 Network in 2023
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Screen Australia and the 9 Network have announced that a new drama series Human Error is coming to screens in 2023. Inspired by actual events, Human Error follows Detective Holly O’Rourke and her homicide team as a seemingly open-and-shut murder investigation threatens to destroy her career, her family, and her faith in justice. Human Error…