
Screen Australia today announced over $2.3 million investment in 10 documentary projects triggering over $8 million in production. Two series and eight one-off documentaries have been greenlit for production.
Screen Australia's Documentary Manager Liz Stevens said, It's very encouraging to see so many projects with solid international deals in this round. Australian producers are creating good opportunities in the international marketplace with strong stories, know-how and support from domestic broadcasters and Screen Australia it's a great collaboration. In the domestic arena the National Documentary Program continues to fund significant Australian stories that will resonate with Australian audiences.
Funded through the National Documentary Program, the three-part ABC series Afghanistan: The Australian War will tell the complete story of Australia's longest and most expensive modern war. The series will be written and directed by Victoria Midwinter-Pitt and produced by Alan Erson.
Supported through the International Documentary Program, Frank Gehry's Treehouse is also from producer Alan Erson and follows the world's most renowned contemporary architect and the creation of his first Australian building in Sydney. The documentary will be produced for both ABC TV and BBC Imagine with writer Helen Vatsikopoulos and director Sally Aitken.
Other projects from the International Documentary Program include Tales of the Unexpected, a three-part SBS series that will take viewers out of their comfort zone looking at contemporary, counterintuitive and often controversial science. The series is produced by Peter Rees with executive producers Sonya Pemberton and Michael Cordell.
Trucking Hell follows daredevil Aussie truckers who put their lives on the line to drive some of the world's toughest roads and will be produced for Seven Network Australia by Ed Punchard and Julia Redwood with director Eliot Buchan.
SBS documentary JFK: The Smoking Gun, from writer Steve Lucas, will follow a former Australian police detective/crime writer who sets out to uncover the truth behind the assassination of US President John F Kennedy. The film will be produced by Michael Cordell and Jesse Prupas.
Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water, writer/director Adam Geiger will investigate a series of shark attacks in Western Australia in The Real Jaws, produced for the Nine Network and NOVA by Ed Punchard and Julia Redwood.
Four one-off documentaries were approved through the General Documentary Program (GDP). The Boffin, the Builder and the Bombardier is a fast-paced, fun, living history documentary from writer John Concannon and directors Chris Bamford and Serge Ou in which three mates deconstruct history by reconstructing the devices that made it. The documentary will be produced for the ABC by Michael Tear, Serge Ou, Harriet Pike and John Concannon.
Also from the GDP, Mary & Mohammad is an ABC documentary from writer/director/producer Heather Kirkpatrick and producer Tom Zubrycki about a 71-year-old Christian woman who questions her own beliefs after she meets Mohammad, a 26-year-old Muslim asylum seeker from Afghanistan.
Set across the islands of Oceania, writer/director Liz Courtney's The Tipping Points: Oceans the Last Frontier will attempt to identify and explore the culprits that are altering the oceans existence. The documentary will be produced for NITV by both Liz Courtney and Veronica Sive.
From director Bruce Permezel and writer Alex West, Bodyline: The Ultimate Test tells the story of the infamous Bodyline test cricket series of 1932/33. The documentary will be produced for the ABC by Kate Pappas and Charlotte Wheaton with executive producers Alex West and Margie Bryant.
NATIONAL DOCUMENTARY PROGRAM
AFGHANISTAN: THE AUSTRALIAN WAR
3 x 55 mins
Essential Media and Entertainment Pty Ltd
Producer Alan Erson
Writer/Director Victoria Midwinter-Pitt
Sales Agent ABC Commercial
Broadcaster ABC TV
Synopsis The complete story of Australia's longest and most expensive modern war told by the generation of Australians who fought it, those who ordered it, our allies and enemies.
GENERAL DOCUMENTARY PROGRAM
BODYLINE: THE ULTIMATE TEST
57 mins
Serendipity West Pty Ltd
Producers Kate Pappas, Charlotte Wheaton
Executive Producers Alex West, Margie Bryant
Writer Alex West
Director Bruce Permezel
Sales Agent ABC Commercial
Broadcaster ABC1
Synopsis This is the story of one of the most extraordinary, well-known, but perhaps least understood, moments of conflict and controversy in the history of sport: the infamous Bodyline test cricket series of 1932/33.
THE BOFFIN, THE BUILDER AND THE BOMBARDIER
28 mins
For Valour Pty Ltd trading as Bearcage Television
Producers Michael Tear, Serge Ou, Harriet Pike, John Concannon
Writer John Concannon
Directors Chris Bamford, Serge Ou
Sales Agent Flame Distribution
Broadcaster ABC TV
Synopsis The Boffin, the Builder and the Bombardier is a fast-paced, fun, living history documentary in which three mates deconstruct history by reconstructing the devices that made it.
MARY & MOHAMMAD
28 mins
Jotz Productions Pty Ltd
Producers Tom Zubrycki, Heather Kirkpatrick
Writer/Director Heather Kirkpatrick
Broadcaster ABC TV
Synopsis Mary is 71 years old and has been a Christian all her life. When the government announces the arrival of a detention centre, her local knitting club agrees to knit beanies for the asylum seekers, though Mary is originally not in support. She meets Mohammad, a 26-year-old Muslim from Afghanistan, and begins to question her own beliefs.
THE TIPPING POINTS: OCEANS THE LAST FRONTIER
52 mins
Unboxed Media Pty Ltd
Producers Liz Courtney, Veronica Sive
Writer/Director Liz Courtney
Sales Agent Electric Sky UK
Broadcaster NITV
Synopsis For generations families have lived off t
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