Screen Australia announces investment in ree documentary projects

Screen Australia today announced production investment of $995,000 in three National Documentary Program projects, triggering 2.6 million in production.

Screen Australia's CEO, Graeme Mason, said, As affirmed at the Australian International Documentary Conference last week, our role is to support documentary-makers to tell stories that resonate with audiences and that can form part of Australias storytelling legacy. The three projects funded this week are stories that matter and stories that should be shared.

Documentaries to receive investment include Blown Away, a documentary which explores the myths and reveals new perspectives on one of the worst natural disasters in Australias history, Cyclone Tracy, 40 years on. In association with the ABC, the documentary will be produced by Rachel Clements and James Bradley and written/directed by Danielle MacLean.

UK co-production for SBS and BBC Inside The Inferno The Science of Bushfires observes the effects and severity of Australian bushfires and asks if Australia is yet to experience the worst bushfire season. The two-part documentary is by executive producer/writer Simon Nasht, producers Marcus Gillezeau and Ellenor Cox, and director Max Bourke.

In Lest We Forget a young woman investigates Australia's remembrance and forgetting of World War I. It is produced by Dylan Blowen and produced/directed/written by Rachel Landers for the ABC.

The National Documentary Program (NDP) aims to provide a comprehensive and strategic slate of projects across time, involving a diversity of styles and formats, and encompassing a broad range of themes of national and cultural significance with heritage value. These documentaries have a sense of cultural ambition and a budget scale that separates them from other Screen Australia documentary investments.

BLOWN AWAY

57 mins

Brindle Films Pty Ltd and Nirvana Films Pty Ltd

Producers Rachel Clements, James Bradley

Writer/Director Danielle MacLean

Broadcaster ABC

Synopsis The untold story of Cyclone Tracy 40 years on, exploring the myths and revealing new perspectives on one of the worst natural disasters in Australias history.

INSIDE THE INFERNO THE SCIENCE OF BUSHFIRES

2 x 52 mins

Smith&Nasht (co-production by Dragon Fly)

Producers Marcus Gillezeau, Ellenor Cox

Executive Producer/Writer Simon Nasht

Director Max Bourke

Broadcasters SBS and BBC

Sales Shine International

Synopsis To live in Australia is to experience bushfire. As our population grows and as the effects of climate change are felt, will Australia experience its worst bushfire season yet?

LEST WE FORGET

57 mins

Pony Films Pty Ltd

Producers Dylan Blowen, Rachel Landers

Writer/Director Rachel Landers

Broadcaster ABC

Synopsis Lest We Forget is a young woman's exploration of Australia's remembrance and forgetting of World War I.

LINK:	http://www.screenaustralia.gov.au/news_and_events/2014/mr_140317_docos...
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