First Contact. Sbs.s First Contact will return for a new season this November, hosted again by Ray Martin.
Reconciliation Australia has found that six out of 10 Australians have had little or no contact with the nation.s first people.
The first season of First Contact generated headlines and debate in 2014 when Martin took six Australians into Aboriginal Australia for the first time.
This year, Martin takes a group of six well-known Australians with diverse, deeply entrenched preconceptions and opinions about the nation.s Indigenous people on the same journey.
They include Natalie Imbruglia, former One Nation politician David Oldfield, Ian .Dicko. Dickson, Tom Ballard, Former Miss Universe Australia Renae Ayris and Nicki Wendt.
The show has been produced by Blackfella Films (Deep Water, Redfern Now, Mabo) in association with Screen Australia, Film Victoria and Sbs.
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.First Contact season one gave Australians the chance to gain greater understanding and insight...
Reconciliation Australia has found that six out of 10 Australians have had little or no contact with the nation.s first people.
The first season of First Contact generated headlines and debate in 2014 when Martin took six Australians into Aboriginal Australia for the first time.
This year, Martin takes a group of six well-known Australians with diverse, deeply entrenched preconceptions and opinions about the nation.s Indigenous people on the same journey.
They include Natalie Imbruglia, former One Nation politician David Oldfield, Ian .Dicko. Dickson, Tom Ballard, Former Miss Universe Australia Renae Ayris and Nicki Wendt.
The show has been produced by Blackfella Films (Deep Water, Redfern Now, Mabo) in association with Screen Australia, Film Victoria and Sbs.
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.First Contact season one gave Australians the chance to gain greater understanding and insight...
- 10/10/2016
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
A landmark cross-platform programming event on Sbs will investigate the gay hate crime epidemic that blighted Sydney.s coastline during the 1980s and 1990s.
Blackfella Films. Deep Water is among the highlights of the multicultural broadcaster.s 2016 Upfronts unveiled in Sydney today.
The schedule is heavy on local and international documentaries (400 hours on the main channel and 100-plus on Sbs 2), food programming (100-plus hours on Sbs plus the Food Network which launched today) and imported dramas (more than 100 hours on Sbs and 70-plus on SBS2). The line-up includes 24 documentary commissions including 10 Indigenous productions but just one local comedy, the previously announced The Family Law from Matchbox Pictures.
Funded by Screen Australia in June, Deep Water will screen as a 4-part series, a feature documentary and an online prequel series, produced by Darren Dale and written by Jacob Hickey.. The gay crime wave resulted in as many as 80 murders and 30 unsolved cases.
Blackfella Films. Deep Water is among the highlights of the multicultural broadcaster.s 2016 Upfronts unveiled in Sydney today.
The schedule is heavy on local and international documentaries (400 hours on the main channel and 100-plus on Sbs 2), food programming (100-plus hours on Sbs plus the Food Network which launched today) and imported dramas (more than 100 hours on Sbs and 70-plus on SBS2). The line-up includes 24 documentary commissions including 10 Indigenous productions but just one local comedy, the previously announced The Family Law from Matchbox Pictures.
Funded by Screen Australia in June, Deep Water will screen as a 4-part series, a feature documentary and an online prequel series, produced by Darren Dale and written by Jacob Hickey.. The gay crime wave resulted in as many as 80 murders and 30 unsolved cases.
- 11/17/2015
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Non-Indigenous filmmakers who are keen to tackle Indigenous stories may want to attend the next session of Ozdox, the Australian Documentary Forum.
Entitled Black is the New Orange, the August 19 session at Aftrs will feature prominent Indigenous filmmakers and two Screen Australia executives.
They will be sharing insights into the storytelling process and the issues facing Indigenous Australia at the event produced in association with the Australian Directors Guild and Aftrs.
The panel will comprise Penny Smallacombe, head of indigenous at Screen Australia; Sam Griffin, an investment manager in the documentary unit of Screen Australia; Blackfella Films. Darren Dale; and factual series producer/ director Jacob Hickey.
Smallacombe is a member of the Maramanindji people from the Northern Territory. She has a Master of Arts (documentary producing) degree from Aftrs. She worked as producer/director with the Indigenous Programs Unit in the ABC and made several series of shorts for the ABC,...
Entitled Black is the New Orange, the August 19 session at Aftrs will feature prominent Indigenous filmmakers and two Screen Australia executives.
They will be sharing insights into the storytelling process and the issues facing Indigenous Australia at the event produced in association with the Australian Directors Guild and Aftrs.
The panel will comprise Penny Smallacombe, head of indigenous at Screen Australia; Sam Griffin, an investment manager in the documentary unit of Screen Australia; Blackfella Films. Darren Dale; and factual series producer/ director Jacob Hickey.
Smallacombe is a member of the Maramanindji people from the Northern Territory. She has a Master of Arts (documentary producing) degree from Aftrs. She worked as producer/director with the Indigenous Programs Unit in the ABC and made several series of shorts for the ABC,...
- 7/28/2015
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
The latest rounds from Screen Australia.s Documentary Production Broadcast and Producer programs have seen 16 documentaries receive close to $4.4 million in funding..
This investment is expected to generate a total production expenditure of close to $16.7 million.
In a statement released to the media, Screen Australia.s Senior Manager, Documentary, Liz Stevens, said, .In the second round of the Producer program we are pleased to see producers aiming at ambitious and multi-layered release plans for stories that will appeal. The documentaries coming through the Broadcast program offer audiences good insights and a few surprises into many compelling Australian stories..
The Producer program enables filmmakers the flexibility to find the best pathway to their audience, whatever and whoever they might be.
The Documentary Production Producer and Broadcast programs now accept applications through the Online Application Portal. The next deadline for the Producer program is 18 September 2015. From 1 July 2015, the Broadcast program will accept applications at any time.
This investment is expected to generate a total production expenditure of close to $16.7 million.
In a statement released to the media, Screen Australia.s Senior Manager, Documentary, Liz Stevens, said, .In the second round of the Producer program we are pleased to see producers aiming at ambitious and multi-layered release plans for stories that will appeal. The documentaries coming through the Broadcast program offer audiences good insights and a few surprises into many compelling Australian stories..
The Producer program enables filmmakers the flexibility to find the best pathway to their audience, whatever and whoever they might be.
The Documentary Production Producer and Broadcast programs now accept applications through the Online Application Portal. The next deadline for the Producer program is 18 September 2015. From 1 July 2015, the Broadcast program will accept applications at any time.
- 6/16/2015
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
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