Ab Morrison and Hannah Ngo.
Screen Australia and Sbs have selected three short-form series from the 2019 Digital Originals initiative – A Beginner’s Guide to Grief, Freewheelers and Iggy & Ace 5eva – to further develop, with the intention of at least one going into production for Sbs On Demand.
The three projects will share in $65,000 worth of development funds. The Digital Originals initiative was aimed at supporting writers with backgrounds underrepresented in the screen sector. The three projects were selected from 10 that were developed as part of workshop held under the mentorship of director and producer Anna Dokoza and Ryan O’Connell, writer, producer and star of the Emmy-nominated Netflix short-form series, Special. In total the initiative received more than 220 applications.
Screen Australia online investment manager Lee Naimo said: “The Digital Originals initiative was incredibly effective at bringing new creators into our orbit, and all three of the teams going into further development...
Screen Australia and Sbs have selected three short-form series from the 2019 Digital Originals initiative – A Beginner’s Guide to Grief, Freewheelers and Iggy & Ace 5eva – to further develop, with the intention of at least one going into production for Sbs On Demand.
The three projects will share in $65,000 worth of development funds. The Digital Originals initiative was aimed at supporting writers with backgrounds underrepresented in the screen sector. The three projects were selected from 10 that were developed as part of workshop held under the mentorship of director and producer Anna Dokoza and Ryan O’Connell, writer, producer and star of the Emmy-nominated Netflix short-form series, Special. In total the initiative received more than 220 applications.
Screen Australia online investment manager Lee Naimo said: “The Digital Originals initiative was incredibly effective at bringing new creators into our orbit, and all three of the teams going into further development...
- 4/5/2020
- by jkeast
- IF.com.au
The Digital Originals initiative workshop. (Photo: John McCrae)
Sbs and Screen Australia have selected ten short-form projects for development as part of the Digital Originals initiative, aimed at providing tangible opportunities for writers from backgrounds underrepresented in the Australian screen sector.
The teams are being developed as part of a workshop under the mentorship of Australian television director and producer, Anna Dokoza and Ryan O’Connell, writer, producer and star of the Emmy-nominated Netflix short-form series, Special. The initiative will continue with a second workshop in February, and up to three projects will be selected for further development, and potentially production, for Sbs On Demand with Screen Australia funding.
The selected projects include:
• A Beginner’s Guide to Grief – Anna Lindner (Writer)
• Breeders – Holly Zwalf (Writer), Erin McBean (Producer) and Dallas Webster (Writer)
• The Dissolution Loops – Grant Scicluna (Writer/Producer)
• 50 Shades of Black (Girl) – Gemma Bird Matheson (Writer) Lizzie Cater (Producer) and Ratidzo Mambo (Producer)
• fine.
Sbs and Screen Australia have selected ten short-form projects for development as part of the Digital Originals initiative, aimed at providing tangible opportunities for writers from backgrounds underrepresented in the Australian screen sector.
The teams are being developed as part of a workshop under the mentorship of Australian television director and producer, Anna Dokoza and Ryan O’Connell, writer, producer and star of the Emmy-nominated Netflix short-form series, Special. The initiative will continue with a second workshop in February, and up to three projects will be selected for further development, and potentially production, for Sbs On Demand with Screen Australia funding.
The selected projects include:
• A Beginner’s Guide to Grief – Anna Lindner (Writer)
• Breeders – Holly Zwalf (Writer), Erin McBean (Producer) and Dallas Webster (Writer)
• The Dissolution Loops – Grant Scicluna (Writer/Producer)
• 50 Shades of Black (Girl) – Gemma Bird Matheson (Writer) Lizzie Cater (Producer) and Ratidzo Mambo (Producer)
• fine.
- 11/27/2019
- by jkeast
- IF.com.au
Melissa Lee Speyer (Photo credit: Darwin Morales).
Emerging screenwriter Melissa Lee Speyer is gratified by the advances in screen diversity in the past three years but worries that progress has been exaggerated and there is still a significant imbalance.
Born in the UK to Chinese-Malaysian parents, Speyer sometimes finds she is the only non-white writer in writers rooms.
“For every diverse show loudly championed there are a dozen more with representation issues that nobody notices,” she tells If.
“I know it feels like all the money and opportunities are going in a very specific direction. Trust me, that’s not where 100 per cent of it is going. It’s often just talked about the loudest.
“In the last three years there’s been a lot of loud mainstream talk about diversity, coming off the back of 50 years of virtual silence.
“It’s not just about ‘not being the only non-white writer in the room,...
Emerging screenwriter Melissa Lee Speyer is gratified by the advances in screen diversity in the past three years but worries that progress has been exaggerated and there is still a significant imbalance.
Born in the UK to Chinese-Malaysian parents, Speyer sometimes finds she is the only non-white writer in writers rooms.
“For every diverse show loudly championed there are a dozen more with representation issues that nobody notices,” she tells If.
“I know it feels like all the money and opportunities are going in a very specific direction. Trust me, that’s not where 100 per cent of it is going. It’s often just talked about the loudest.
“In the last three years there’s been a lot of loud mainstream talk about diversity, coming off the back of 50 years of virtual silence.
“It’s not just about ‘not being the only non-white writer in the room,...
- 7/3/2019
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
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