The latest rounds from Screen Australia.s Documentary Production Broadcast and Producer programs have seen 16 documentaries receive close to $4.4 million in funding..
This investment is expected to generate a total production expenditure of close to $16.7 million.
In a statement released to the media, Screen Australia.s Senior Manager, Documentary, Liz Stevens, said, .In the second round of the Producer program we are pleased to see producers aiming at ambitious and multi-layered release plans for stories that will appeal. The documentaries coming through the Broadcast program offer audiences good insights and a few surprises into many compelling Australian stories..
The Producer program enables filmmakers the flexibility to find the best pathway to their audience, whatever and whoever they might be.
The Documentary Production Producer and Broadcast programs now accept applications through the Online Application Portal. The next deadline for the Producer program is 18 September 2015. From 1 July 2015, the Broadcast program will accept applications at any time.
This investment is expected to generate a total production expenditure of close to $16.7 million.
In a statement released to the media, Screen Australia.s Senior Manager, Documentary, Liz Stevens, said, .In the second round of the Producer program we are pleased to see producers aiming at ambitious and multi-layered release plans for stories that will appeal. The documentaries coming through the Broadcast program offer audiences good insights and a few surprises into many compelling Australian stories..
The Producer program enables filmmakers the flexibility to find the best pathway to their audience, whatever and whoever they might be.
The Documentary Production Producer and Broadcast programs now accept applications through the Online Application Portal. The next deadline for the Producer program is 18 September 2015. From 1 July 2015, the Broadcast program will accept applications at any time.
- 6/16/2015
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
A four-part Sbs series leads a new round of Screen Australia funding for documentaries.
The announcement of funding is worth $1.8m across six one off documentaries and one series, and is expected to trigger $4.8m worth of production.
Following on from Sbs’s four part series Once Upon a Time in Cabramatta, which aired earlier this year and took 0.850m viewers across SBS1 in English, and Sbs 2 in Vietnamese will be Once Upon A Time in Punchbowl.
The series will examine the Lebanese migrant settlement in Western Sydney and produced by Tim Toni and executive produced by Sue Clothier.
Liz Stevens, Screen Australia’s documentary manager said: “I’m thrilled to announce investment in the Sbs series Once Upon a Time in Punchbowl. This important series will again strongly resonate with the local community.”
Also receiving funding are one-off documentaries about the lead singer of punk band The Sunnyboys, a...
The announcement of funding is worth $1.8m across six one off documentaries and one series, and is expected to trigger $4.8m worth of production.
Following on from Sbs’s four part series Once Upon a Time in Cabramatta, which aired earlier this year and took 0.850m viewers across SBS1 in English, and Sbs 2 in Vietnamese will be Once Upon A Time in Punchbowl.
The series will examine the Lebanese migrant settlement in Western Sydney and produced by Tim Toni and executive produced by Sue Clothier.
Liz Stevens, Screen Australia’s documentary manager said: “I’m thrilled to announce investment in the Sbs series Once Upon a Time in Punchbowl. This important series will again strongly resonate with the local community.”
Also receiving funding are one-off documentaries about the lead singer of punk band The Sunnyboys, a...
- 5/18/2012
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
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