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It is being financed by the New Zealand Film Commission in association with ABC and VicScreen, with the support of Primary Wave and Nude Run.<\/p>\n<p><em>Robodebt<\/em> is a three-parter for SBS about the Robodebt scandal, hailing from director Ben Lawrence and writer Jane Allen. In the works for ABC, meanwhile, is <em>End Game<\/em>, following Tony Armstrong on a mission to find solutions to combat the rising tide of racism in Australian sports, with ABC Commercial handling distribution.<\/p>\n<p><em>RISE<\/em> is set in Western Sydney\u2019s underground LGBTQIA+ ballroom scene and is written and directed by Patrick (Pat) Abboud, with Monique Keller and Billy Russell executive producing. Dan Jackson and executive producers Robert Fernandez and Dan Levinson are behind <em>Death of a Shaman<\/em>, financed in association with Soundfirm. Stranger Than Fiction\u2019s <em>Silenced<\/em> follows human rights lawyer Jennifer Robinson. It is financed in association with Minderoo Pictures and the ABC, with support from Screen NSW, the Shark Island Foundation and Soundfirm.<em> Troublemaker<\/em> is financed in association with the Shark Island Foundation, with support from the Adelaide Film Festival Investment Fund, the South Australian Film Corporation, Screen NSW and WeirAnderson Films. <em>Digby &amp; Camille <\/em>focuses on co-director Digby Webster and his girlfriend, trainee chef Camille Collins, who both live with Down Syndrome.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eight new documentary projects will share A$2.3 million ($1.4 million) in direct production funding courtesy of Screen Australia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":290,"featured_media":22677,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[9341,6215],"class_list":["post-22676","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-richard-huddleston","tag-screen-australia","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - 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