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More funding from Screen Australia

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Screen Australia has just announced $900,000 of story development funding for 31 projects, including 18 feature films and 10 television dramas. Among the funded proposals are couple of stories set in NSW and Sydney. Hopefully more are planned to shoot here once they pass the development phase.

Bobby Romia, Head of Development for Screen Australia said “This diverse slate of projects reflects a rich tapestry of creativity, from animated family adventures to thought-provoking dramas. It presents a wealth of opportunities to showcase and nurture the incredible talent we have here in Australia.”

You can find a full list of projects here. More to come…

📷: ‘Wishes’ An animated series funded for story development by Screen Australia

Praise for ‘Colin’

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Seems the world cannot get enough of local series ‘Colin from Accounts’. Variety has called it a ‘global smash’ that has conquered the UK, nordic countries and now the US.

The show is a co-production with CBS Studios in the US and president David Stapf commented that the show he show serves as a prime example for why he’s looking to do more series and co-productions overseas. This month CBS is also screening ‘NCIS: Sydney‘, the first international edition of the popular procedural franchise.

“It’s just coincidental that they’re both from Australia,” says Stapf, while noting that it helps that studio parent Paramount Global operates Network 10 and Paramount+ Australia in the region. “That said, the talent pool and the crews and the extraordinary professionalism of everyone that we’ve dealt with, it’s been a really good working relationship with everybody down there.”

Show creators and stars Harriet Dyer and Patrick Brammall are now back in Australia, preparing to shoot the second season of ‘Colin from Accounts’. Congratulations to the 64 MCTV members who worked on Series 1. More to come…

‘Paper Dolls’ Trailer

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‘Paper Dolls’ will premiere on Paramount+ on December 3. Set in the 1990s, the eight-part series follows five aspiring singers thrust into the spotlight in pursuit of pop-stardom and fame. 

Never far from the watchful eye of the cameras, fans and critics, Harlow is born out of music reality television show Pop Rush, redefining pop culture in the process. However, the five young women must navigate the dark side of a glamourous industry determined to commodify them.

Congratulations to the 57 MCTV members who worked on this one, looks like a lot of fun!

Jacob Elordi Snapped on Set

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Filming is underway in Sydney on ‘The Narrow Road to the Deep North’, Amazon’s premium 5 part miniseries adaptation of Richard Flanagan’s Booker prize winning novel.

Aussie Jacob Elordi, who has returned home for filming, is joined by fellow Aussie Odessa Young and Irish veteran actor, Cieran Hinds. The series is a love story set in WWII and follows the fortunes of an Australian doctor taken prisoner during the war becoming an unlikely and uncomfortable hero after the war’s end. 

You can check out Elordi and Young in action in Sydney here. Goodluck to everyone who has been submitted so far – this is going to be big!

📷: Aussies Jacob Elordi and Odessa Young starrring in ‘The Narrow Road to the Deep North’

‘Heartbreak High’ Graduates with Emmy

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Huge congratulations to ‘Heartbreak High’ for winning an International Emmy for Kids: Live Action in New York overnight.

The show has been an amazing success for Netflix internationally and this award is great recognition of our local Sydney talent.

Congratulations to the 114 MCTV members who worked on Series 1, who can now claim to have won an Emmy! Looking forward to Series 2, which was also shot in Sydney and is in post-production.

‘Companion’ Screens Internationally

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‘Companion’ (Sahela) has been screening at local and international film festivals including the London Indian Film Festival, SXSW in Sydney and the Adelaide Film Festival. The movie was filmed in Sydney last year under the title ‘KNOT’ and includes 135 MCTV members.

‘Companion’ tells the story of Vir (Antonio Aakeel) and Nitya (Anula Navlekar), a happily married couple living in Parramatta, Sydney. They love to play the sitar together, she is a successful dentist, and he is studying for his accounting exam. However when Vir chooses to be open about his sexuality, everyone must confront their own cultural shame.

Well done to everyone involved. Hopefully the film will get wider release soon, no trailer yet, but you can check out glimpses from the movie in this promo for the LIFF.

MCTV Fakes

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Congratulations to the 10 MCTV members who appear in ABCTVs ‘The Whiteley Art Scandal’, including Miranda B who appears as Australian icon Wendy Whiteley in the courtroom and story re-enactments. MCTV often provides talent for re-enactments for documentaries and factual programs such as ’60 Minutes’ and ‘Australian Story’.

‘The Whiteley Art Scandal’ is a fascinating two part doco which tells the story of the greatest art fraud case in Australian history. If you haven’t seen it, you can watch it here.

📷: Spot the difference: The real Wendy Whiteley on the top left, the rest are Miranda!

ABC Reveals 2024 Lineup

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The ABC has revealed its slate for 2024, with three new dramas, ‘Ladies in Black‘, ‘Return to Paradise’ and ‘House of Gods‘. Sydney filmed ‘Total Control‘ will also be returning for another season. Other offerings in comedy, factual and kids categories were also announced.

‘Return to Paradise’ is a new BBC co-production and is a spin off of the smash hit French-British crime comedy-drama ‘Death in Paradise’ to be set in Australia. More to come on this one.

Other announced shows for ABC next year include:

  • New drama: Return to Paradise, Ladies in Black, House of Gods.
  • New comedies: Austin, White Fever.
  • Returning: Fisk, The Newsreader, Troppo.
  • Factual: Maggie Beer’s Big Mission, Miriam Margolyes Impossibly Australian, Tony Armstrong’s Extra-Ordinary Things, new doco on Coalition govt.
  • Plus Grand Designs Australia, more Gruen, Spicks & Specks, Muster Dogs, Hard Quiz, The Weekly and Bluey.

📷: Ralf Little as DI Neville Parker in ‘Death in Paradise’

‘The Artful Dodger’ Trailer

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Disney+ has released the official trailer for ‘The Artful Dodger’ ahead of its November 29 air date, here and on HULU in the US. The 8 episode series was filmed in Sydney and by the sounds of the trailer will showcase Aussie talent in the soundtrack as well as on screen.

The cast is lead by Thomas Brodie-Sangster, David Thewlis and Maia Mitchell with Damon Herriman, Jessica De Gouw, Miranda Tapsell, Susie Porter and Tim Minchin also taking roles.

Congratulations to the 24 MCTV members who worked on this – looks like an amazing series, can’t wait!

Hollywood Strike Over – More “Action!” in Oz

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After a record 118 day strike the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) has brokered a deal and cameras will be rolling again in Hollywood soon.

The actors strike crossed over with similar action taken by the Writers Guild strike which lasted almost 5 months, effectively pausing Hollywood since May this year. Hollywood is still the epicentre of the film and TV industry and the end of the strike and the new conditions agreed (relating to pay, conditions and AI) is great news for the industry worldwide.

While the action took place in America, some impact was felt here with Australian productions stopping in sympathy with writing of new series such as ‘Colin from Accounts‘ Series 2 being put on hold until the action resolved and release of completed productions halted until actors were working again to promote them.

The end of the strike should mean many more opportunities as production gets into full swing again. Hooray!

📷: D.W. Griffith, with megaphone, on set.