Screen Australia today announced it will invest $5 million in 13 documentary projects. The National Documentary Program has given the green light to three series and a one-off documentary, Welcome to Puntland, which follows the plight of a group of Somali Australians who return to their homeland in hope of repairing the fractured state. Produced for the Sbs by Andrew Ogilvie and Claire Jager, the project comes from writer/director Victoria Pitt and director/camera operator Tim Wise. Once Upon a Time in Carlton comes after the success of Sbs.s Once Upon a Time in Cabramatta and, subsequently, Once Upon a Time in Punchbowl, which is currently in production. The series, produced by Sue Clothier, will delve into 70 years of Italian migrant history in Carlton, Melbourne. The second series of art + soul will build on its success, offering new insights into contemporary Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists, art and culture,...
- 12/12/2012
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
Joe Hildebrand will return to Australian TV screens in 2013 with a new factual series taking aim at Australia’s belief it is ‘the lucky country.”
The Daily Telegraph journo reunites with Cordell Jigsaw Zapruder, the team behind his previous series Dumb Drunk & Racist for a six part series to air on ABC2.
The series is one of 13 documentary projects announced to receive funding from Screen Australia. The $5m agency investment is expected to trigger nearly $15m worth of production.
Produced by Michael Cordell and Toni Malone, and directed by Ivan O’Mahoney, “The Daily Telegraph’s rebel-rousing columnist travels the lucky country, shattering our myths, bursting our bubbles and slaughtering some sacred Australian cows,” according to a press release.
Dumb Drunk & Racist delivered a decent audience for ABC2, it’s debut episode rating 266,000.
Cordell Jigsaw Zapruder has also received funding for Two Men in China, the continuing environmental buddy series...
The Daily Telegraph journo reunites with Cordell Jigsaw Zapruder, the team behind his previous series Dumb Drunk & Racist for a six part series to air on ABC2.
The series is one of 13 documentary projects announced to receive funding from Screen Australia. The $5m agency investment is expected to trigger nearly $15m worth of production.
Produced by Michael Cordell and Toni Malone, and directed by Ivan O’Mahoney, “The Daily Telegraph’s rebel-rousing columnist travels the lucky country, shattering our myths, bursting our bubbles and slaughtering some sacred Australian cows,” according to a press release.
Dumb Drunk & Racist delivered a decent audience for ABC2, it’s debut episode rating 266,000.
Cordell Jigsaw Zapruder has also received funding for Two Men in China, the continuing environmental buddy series...
- 12/12/2012
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
Sneak Peek another new international poster supporting the $10 million budgeted, Australian erotic thriller "Sleeping Beauty", starring Emily Browning ("Sucker Punch"), in a debut feature written/directed by novelist Julia Leigh :
"... Death-haunted, quietly reckless 'Lucy' (Browning) is a young university student who takes a job as a 'Sleeping Beauty'.
"In the 'Sleeping Beauty Chamber' men seek an erotic experience that requires Lucy’s absolute submission.
"This unsettling task starts to creep into Lucy’s daily life and she develops an increasing need to know what happens to her when she is asleep..."
Produced by Jessica Brentnall, Timothy White, Sasha Burrows and Jamie Hilton, "Sleeping Beauty" will screen at this year's Cannes Film festival, with a cast including Rachael Blake as 'Clara', Mirrah Foulkes as 'Sophie' and Henry Nixon as 'Mark'.
Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "Sleeping Beauty"...
"... Death-haunted, quietly reckless 'Lucy' (Browning) is a young university student who takes a job as a 'Sleeping Beauty'.
"In the 'Sleeping Beauty Chamber' men seek an erotic experience that requires Lucy’s absolute submission.
"This unsettling task starts to creep into Lucy’s daily life and she develops an increasing need to know what happens to her when she is asleep..."
Produced by Jessica Brentnall, Timothy White, Sasha Burrows and Jamie Hilton, "Sleeping Beauty" will screen at this year's Cannes Film festival, with a cast including Rachael Blake as 'Clara', Mirrah Foulkes as 'Sophie' and Henry Nixon as 'Mark'.
Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "Sleeping Beauty"...
- 5/7/2011
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
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