Screen Australia has revealed that over AUD$2 million ($1.36 million) is being used to fund two documentaries through its Commissioned Program and six projects through its Producer Program.<\/p>\n
Among the new projects funded through the Producer Program is This is Us<\/em>, a 30-minute documentary about the Australian Women\u2019s Football team, which went from striking for equal pay to co-hosting the FIFA Women\u2019s World Cup 2023.<\/p>\n Other documentary films and series from the Producer Program are Aquarius<\/em>, about the radical ten-day Nimbin Aquarius Festival in 1973, in which idealists faced down police interference, drugs and personal drama; Ellis Park<\/em>, about Australian musician Warren Ellis and his wildlife sanctuary in Sumatra; Never Get Busted!<\/em>, about former Texas narcotics officer Barry Cooper, who turned against the police force to expose crooked cops and corruption; Rewards for the Tribe<\/em>, about the collaboration between two acclaimed Australian contemporary dance companies; and Welcome to Babel<\/em>, about the life and work of Chinese-Australian artist Jiawei Shen.<\/p>\n Through the Commissioned Program, the two funded projects are Life on the Hospital Frontline<\/em> (w.t.) and The Way We Wore<\/em>. The former explores the challenges faced by the Australian public health system by going behind the scenes at one of the country\u2019s busiest public hospitals. The Way We Wore<\/em>, meanwhile, provides a definitive history of the Australian fashion industry.<\/p>\n Screen Australia\u2019s Commissioned Program is designed to support the production of quality projects for television broadcast, SVOD or similar. Projects must offer a compelling vision with a clear cultural value and have a local presale with a minimum license fee at application stage.<\/p>\n The Producer Program is designed to give producers the foundational funding required to leverage their projects creatively and commercially. It must have a clear path to audience, but marketplace attachment is not required at the application stage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Screen Australia has revealed that over AUD$2 million ($1.36 million) is being used to fund two documentaries through its Commissioned Program and six projects through its Producer Program.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1412,"featured_media":19621,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[7456,7457,7458,7459,7460,6215,7461,7462,7463],"class_list":["post-19620","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-aquarius","tag-ellis-park","tag-life-on-the-hospital-frontline","tag-never-get-busted","tag-rewards-for-the-tribe","tag-screen-australia","tag-the-way-we-wore","tag-this-is-us","tag-welcome-to-babel","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"\n