Screen Australia has announced its latest slate of story development funding for feature films, TV series, and online content, many of which include AFTRS alumni in key creative roles.
Among the projects, are Highway, the debut feature film by writer/director Vanessa Gazy (Master of Screen Arts, 2014), based on her short of the same name; Agaat, the latest from The Dressmaker director Jocelyn Moorhouse (Diploma in Directing, 1983); and the web series Ding Dong I’m Gay from writing team Joshua Longhurst (Advanced Diploma in Producing: Story, Audience, Finance, 2016) and Tim Spencer (Graduate Certificate in Screenwriting Fundamentals, 2014).
Over $800,000 in funds has been allocated in this last round of funding under the previous guidelines, which have recently been replaced by a platform-agnostic policy.
FEATURES
AGAAT
Writer/Director: Jocelyn Moorhouse (Diploma in Directing, 1983)
BABY CAT
Co-Producer: Eleanor Winkler (Graduate Diploma in Producing & Screen Business, 2012)
Writer: Genevieve Clay-Smith (Graduate Certificate in Screenwriting Fundamentals, 2013)
BIOHACKERS
Director: Stephen McCallum (Graduate Diploma in Directing (Fiction & Non-Fiction), 2011)
DOES MY HEAD LOOK BIG IN THIS?
Executive Producer: Carolyn Johnson (Specialist Extension Course Certificate Producing, 1996)
HIGHWAY
Writer/Director: Vanessa Gazy (Master of Screen Arts, 2014)
PIG WING PIE
Co-Producer: Martha Coleman (Certificate in Producing – Extension, 1990)
TENDER AGE
Director: Peter Carstairs (Graduate Diploma of Arts (Film & Television) Directing, 2001)
TELEVISION
UNKNOWN MALE NO. 1
Co-Producer: Martha Coleman (Certificate in Producing – Extension, 1990)
ONLINE AND INTERACTIVE
DING DONG I’M GAY
Co-Producer/Co-Writer: Joshua Longhurst (Advanced Diploma in Producing: Story, Audience, Finance, 2016)
Co-Writer: Tim Spencer (Graduate Certificate in Screenwriting Fundamentals, 2014)
More details of the productions and a full list of all recipients can be found at IF Magazine.