22 08 2024 - Media release Screen Australia announces $3 million for 13 documentaries
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Screen Australia has announced 11 documentaries through the Producer Program and two through the Commissioned Program that will share in $3 million of production funding.
Among the projects is SBS docuseries The Secret DNA of Us, discovering hidden collective DNA throughout Australian neighbourhoods; We Are Jeni, documenting Jeni Hayes and her network of 2,500 alternative personalities' mission to seek justice; Mockbuster, following writer/director Anthony Frith, tasked by notorious US production house, The Asylum to create a feature-length mockbuster; and Yurlu | Country following Banjima man Maitland Parker as he fights for his scarred lands to be rehabilitated.
Screen Australia Head of Documentary Richard Huddleston said, I am thrilled that this funding will support a rich array of documentary producers; from emerging and established filmmakers to internationally award-winning artists and our leading investigative journalists. The mix of genres, the subjects they explore as well as the creative approaches are equally rich and will appeal to a diverse range of Australian and international audiences.
This announcement includes the remainder of projects funded in the 2023/24 financial year during which Screen Australia funded $12.4 million across 100 projects for production, development and initiatives, including Fresh Cuts with AIDC. This represented 51% of all documentary applications received in 2023-2024.
Screen Australia has supported a number of thought-provoking and captivating documentaries that found critical acclaim and audience connection at home and on the world stage throughout the 2023/24 financial year. These include Harley & Katya winning an International Emmy , This Is Going to Be Big screening at the Hot Docs Festival in Canada, Hot Potato: The Story of the Wiggles premiering at the inaugural SXSW Sydney, and John Farnham: Finding The Voice becoming Australia's highest grossing feature length documentary of all-time and Australia's number 1 box office hit of 2023.
Projects supported through the Producer Program are:
Edge of Life: This feature film follows two Melbourne doctors using a synthetic version of the naturally occurring psychedelic, psilocybin, to assist patients in palliative care who are experiencing anxiety at end-of-life - achieving remarkable results but opening doorways to questions they struggle to answer. Edge of Life explores whether the world's oldest cultures, and those most familiar with these medicines , have valuable insights on one of the most essential aspects of human life - its end. It is from world renowned and two-time Emmy award winning artist/writer/director/executive producer Lynette Wallworth (Awavena, Tender, Collisions) and writer Chief Tashka Yawanawa, with Jo-anne McGowan and Jennifer Peedom of Harley & Katya and River producing and executive producing respectively. Financed in association with Screen NSW and the Shark Island Foundation, with support from the Adelaide Film Festival Investment Fund and the Australian National University. Local distribution by Kismet and international sales by K2/MGM.
Hard as Puck: This observational feature-length documentary follows a squad of Australian Para Ice Hockey players as they vie for a place on the Australian team who hope to make it to the World Championships. With everything stacked against them and the sport itself, nothing will stop these athletes from showing up on game day. Hard as Puck is from director Isaac Elliot (MaveriX), producers Chanel Bowen and Noel Smyth (Gloriavale) and executive producer Rebecca Bignell (Blueback). Financed in association with Screenwest and Lotterywest.
Make it Look Real: A feature film that gives unique access into how intimate scenes in film and TV are created. Intimacy coordinator Claire Warden guides actors through sex scenes on a film set, negotiating the director's vision whilst understanding the physical and psychological needs of the performers - with a documentary crew filming her every move. Make it Look Real is from writer/director Kate Blackmore (The Art of Collecting), producers Bethany Bruce (The Art of Collecting) and Daniel Joyce (Endangered Generation?), and executive producers Bridget Ikin (Sherpa) and Emma Cooper (Penguin Bloom). Financed in association with Projector Films, with support from Screen NSW and the Adelaide Film Festival Investment Fund.
Mockbuster: This feature film follows writer/director Anthony Frith as he navigates the world of notorious US production house, The Asylum, known for producing "mockbusters" - low-budget films created to exploit the publicity of upcoming major releases. In Mockbuster, The Asylum have tasked Anthony to direct a feature-length mockbuster in Australia with only a micro-budget and a six-day shoot - a challenge that will push him and his crew to their limits. The film is from Frith (Lessons From A Middle Class Artist), writer/producer Sandy Cameron (Sam Klemke's Time Machine) and producers David Elliot-Jones (Clean) and Naomi Ball (Who I Am). Financed in association with the South Australian Film Corporation, the Adelaide Film Festival Investment Fund, Giant Pictures and VicScreen.
Phenomena: In Phenomena, art and science collide on a psychedelic odyssey through the patterns of nature that sets out to reveal the wonders of the universe and our relationship with it. A filmmaker is struck by the big questions, and propelled by curiosity into a journey of discovery. Through experiments and awe-inspiring details, he follows the patterns of nature down the rabbit hole, revealing the elements that make us, the forces that shape us, and the mechanisms at the foundation of our experience. It is written, directed and produced by Josef Gatti, produced by Rob Innes (Un
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