National Indigenous Television (NITV) and Screen Australia have announced two new distinctive documentary series slated for 2022 – Larapinta and Our Law. The documentaries will join a family of powerful factual stories at NITV, following a year that has seen documentaries such as Incarceration Nation and History Bites Back reach audiences and garner discussion nationwide.…
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After the Verdict Coming to 9Network
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To catch a killer, four everyday people go beyond the call of jury duty in the 9Network’s gripping new drama series After The Verdict, with major production investment from Screen Australia. The series stars Sullivan Stapleton (Animal Kingdom, Strike Back, Blindspot), Magda Szubanski (Kath & Kim, Babe, Happy Feet) and Lincoln Younes (Doctor Doctor, Grand…
Screen Australia Announces $920K in Production funding
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Screen Australia has announced six projects that will share in $920,000 of production funding through the Online Fund. This includes new seasons of popular TikTok series The Formal and Australia’s Best Street Racer for YouTube; and comedy Counter Girls, a spin-off of hit series Rostered On. Comedian Nina Oyama joins an exciting team of writers…
A Beginner’s Guide to Grief Receives Production Funding
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SBS and Screen Australia have announced production funding for A Beginner’s Guide to Grief, the next successful project from the Digital Originals initiative, in addition to six new projects chosen for further development. Digital Originals is a joint initiative of Screen Australia and SBS created to develop exciting and innovative scripted short form projects to…
ABC and Screen Australia Announce Mystery Road Season 3
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ABC and Screen Australia in association with Screenwest have announced that a third series of the hugely popular, multi-award-winning outback crime drama Mystery Road has been commissioned. Mystery Road: Origin delves into the early years of fan favourite Detective Jay Swan with proud Nyikina man Mark Coles Smith cast as Young Jay. It’s 1999, and…
Bump Season 3 to Begin Production in 2022
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Stan and Screen Australia have announced brand new seasons of the record-breaking Stan Original Series Bump from Australian producers Dan and John Edwards and Roadshow Films, with Season 2 currently in production in Sydney. Following the series’ unprecedented success with audiences and critics alike, Bump Season 3 will begin production in 2022. Claudia Karvan returns…
Stan and Screen Australia Announce Bad Behaviour
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Stan and Screen Australia have announced the brand-new Stan Original Series Bad Behaviour. Based on the acclaimed book of the same name by Australian writer Rebecca Starford, Bad Behaviour is a four-part Stan Original Series offering a visceral and poignant ride into the epicentre of the teenage years – where the most crucial decision of…
Screen Australia Announces $3.2Mill of Production Funding
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Screen Australia has announced two live action series and two animated children’s projects that will share in $3.2 million of production funding. This includes Tom Weekly Versus… heading to ViacomCBS and Surviving Summer on Netflix, along with 100% Wolf: The Book of Hath and a Kangaroo Beach Summer Special, both for the ABC. “We are…
Production Starts in Melbourne on Love Me
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BINGE and Screen Australia have announced that production has begun in Melbourne, Australia on a new romantic drama series Love Me, a story about modern love experienced by different family members at three distinct times of life. Love Me is based on the acclaimed Swedish series, ÄLSKA MIG, created by Josephine Bornebusch. Production has now…
SBS Announces True Colours
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SBS, National Indigenous Television (NITV) and Screen Australia have announced the award-winning cast and creative team behind its new original fiction commission True Colours, as filming commences in the breathtakingly beautiful Macdonnell Ranges, east of Mparntwe (Alice Springs). Rarriwuy Hick (Redfern Now, Cleverman, Wentworth) spearheads a talented ensemble playing Detective Toni Alma, who is assigned…