The American Film Institute (AFI) announced that cinematographer Meg White will be the inaugural recipient of the Screen Australia Onbass Fellowship, the newly established full-tuition scholarship for emerging Australian filmmakers to attend the AFI Conservatory. Created in partnership with Screen Australia and the Onbass Family Trust, formed by Gentle Giant Media Group CEO Greg Basser…
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Six Australian Films Selected for 2019 Berlin International Film Festival
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Six Australian projects have been selected for the 2019 Berlin International Film Festival (Berlinale). Feature film Buoyancy directed by Rodd Rathjen and produced by Causeway Films whose credits include The Babadook, Cargo and The Nightingale will have its world premiere at the festival, as well as feature documentary 2040 written and directed by Damon Gameau…
Screen Australia Announces $7.5 million in funding
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Screen Australia has announced $7.5 million in production funding for two feature film projects, four television series and one web series. The slate includes a new comedy feature film starring Jacki Weaver and Jack Thompson called The Chain Breakers, a crime drama series for Network 10 adapted from Michael Robotham’s acclaimed novel The Secrets She…
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…
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…
Screen Australia Production Funding Announcements
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Screen Australia today announced production investment funding for five films, five television series and two online series totaling over $9 million. The latest slate features a mix of emerging and experienced creatives, telling diverse stories that range from frontier tales to animated features and comedies, including a one-off Christmas special based on Stan’s original series…
Cast Announced for Network Ten’s Mr Black
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AFI Award-winning actor and much-loved comedian Stephen Curry (The Castle, The King) stars as Mr. Black, in the hilarious new Australian comedy series, which has received principal production investment from Screen Australia. As a larrikin former sports journalist whose mortality is staring him in the face, Mr. Black (Stephen Curry) strives to fulfill one last…
H is for Happiness Starting Filming in WA
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Screenwest and Screen Australia have announced the major Australian feature film H is for Happiness will be shot in and around Albany in Western Australia’s Great Southern region later this year. The Cyan Films’ production which tells the heart-warming story of family and friendship received major production investment from Screen Australia in association with WA…
Bad Mothers coming in 2019
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The Nine Network and Screen Australia have announced a new Australian drama series for 2019, Bad Mothers. Four very different mother’s lives will collide. Outsiders in a storm of suspicion and danger and when this sisterhood comes together it’s murder. Produced by Jungle, the makers of comedy hit Here Come the Habibs, Bad Mothers will…
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,…