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Production Commences on Season 2 of Surviving Summer

Netflix series Surviving Summer has commenced production of its second season on the iconic beaches and stunning surf coast found along the Great  Ocean Road on Wadawurrung Country in Victoria. Created by Joanna Werner and Josh Mapleston and produced by Werner Film Productions for ZDF Studios and Netflix, the second season follows Summer Torres, when…

In Our Blood Headed to The ABC

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

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…

The Big Issue Designates Australia Post as its briefing base in Melbourne and Perth

Following a successful trial, long-standing community partner and non-for-profit organisation, The Big Issue has designated Australia Post as its briefing base in Melbourne and Perth to assist disadvantaged Australians selling the magazine. The Big Issue Editor, Amy Hetherington said the second edition for 2023 has been released which means briefings are in full swing with…

CYOA Announces Stranger Things: Heroes and Monsters

Chooseco, publisher of Choose Your Own Adventure® (CYOA) gamebooks, the fourth bestselling children’s book series of all time, has licensed rights to Penguin Random House for a Stranger Things CYOA. Portland-based poet and CYOA writer, Rana Tahir, authored “Stranger Things: Heroes and Monsters” based on the fourth season of the Netflix series. It will be…

Screenrights’ 2023 Cultural Fund Opens

Screenrights’ 2023 Cultural Fund opened recently for applications, with up to $250,000 in funding available for projects that respond to the annual focus of New Visions.“New Visions aim to let us see something differently. Perhaps it’s a reimagining of creative processes, an innovative way to connect with audiences, or a project which destroys stereotypes –…