Screen Australia invests in four new documentaries

Screen Australia today announced over $1 million investment in three one-off documentaries and one three-part documentary, generating over $4.6 million in production.

Screen Australia's Documentary Manager Liz Stevens said, Screen Australia is pleased to have funded a steady stream of one-off documentaries. These productions, along with the series Life on the Reef, are important stories that will offer audiences diverse opinions on topical subject matters.

Funded under the National Documentary Program (NDP), Life on the Reef, directed by Nick Robinson, is an awesome perspective on the world's largest living structure, the Great Barrier Reef. Filmed over a year, the three-part documentary is produced for ABC Television by Sue Clothier, Karina Holden and Matthew Tomaszewski.

Also from the NDP is the feature-length documentary Waves of Anzac Cove, from director Tony Krawitz and writers Alan Erson and Owen Hughes. The film follows Sam Neill as he explores the ANZAC story 100 years on, beginning with his own family's involvement in wars, and is produced for ABC TV and M ori Television by Chris Hilton, Alan Erson and Owen Hughes.

King's Seal is a one-hour documentary produced for NITV by Kim Mavromatis and Quenten Agius, who will also direct the story, about conspiracy, treason, betrayal, rape and murder in South Australia back in the time it was a free-settler colony. Funded through the General Documentary Program (GDP), King's Seal is written by Alexis West, with Stephen Goldsmith on board as associate producer.

The Whistleblowers, directed and co-written by Danny Ben-Moshe, follows the parallel journeys of a strictly Orthodox father and his now-secular son, after the son goes public with his story of being sexually abused as a student. The 26-minute documentary is produced for the ABC by Dan Goldberg and Adam Kay and is also co-written by Goldberg.

NATIONAL DOCUMENTARY PROGRAM

LIFE ON THE REEF

Northern Pictures

3 x 57 minutes

Producers Sue Clothier, Karina Holden, Matthew Tomaszewski

Director Nick Robinson

Sales Agent NH Media

Broadcasters ABC Television, Public Broadcasting Service

Synopsis Life on the Reef a year on the world's largest living structure.

WAVES OF ANZAC COVE

Essential Media and Entertainment

1 x 90 minutes

Producers Chris Hilton, Alan Erson, Owen Hughes

Writers Alan Erson, Owen Hughes

Director Tony Krawitz

Sales Agent Essential Media and Entertainment

Broadcasters ABC TV, M ori Television

Synopsis Sam Neill explores the ANZAC century, beginning with his own family's long involvement in wars, and discovers how the ANZAC story continues to capture the hearts of two countries a hundred years on from Gallipoli.

GENERAL DOCUMENTARY PROGRAM

KING'S SEAL

Mav Media Pty Ltd

1 x 60 minutes

Producers/Directors Kim Mavromatis, Quenten Agius

Associate Producer Stephen Goldsmith

Writer Alexis West

Broadcaster NITV

Synopsis Conspiracy, treason, betrayal, rape and murder: welcome to the free-settler colony of South Australia.

THE WHISTLEBLOWERS (working title)

Mint Pictures Pty Ltd, Identity Films Pty Ltd

1 x 26 minutes

Producers Dan Goldberg, Adam Kay

Director Danny Ben-Moshe

Writers Dan Goldberg, Danny Ben-Moshe

Broadcaster ABC 1

Synopsis The Whistleblowers follows the parallel journeys of a strictly Orthodox father and his now-secular son, after the son goes public with his story of being sexually abused as a student.

LINK:	http://www.screenaustralia.gov.au/news_and_events/2013/mr_131028_docos...
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