• Production companies involved include Princess Pictures, Lingo Pictures and Screentime
eOne will distribute the film in Australia and New Zealand.
18 features and five online series will receive funding
The event is hosted by the Film Society of Lincoln Center
This is the largest contingent since the event began in 2014
$1.3b spent across 151 screen productions in 2016/17 after $850m in 2015/16
Online content creators account for production growth
Six projects will receive funding through the Doco180 initiative
$8.8 million in funding will be allocated to a range of screen stories
Art Bites is an opportunity for emerging Australian filmmakers a mini doco series
For the first time, Screen Australia’s documentary unit is funding a VR film
Seven films and eight television series were approved for production investment funding
Five are feature-length documentaries, two are for the ABC, one is for SBS and one for Foxtel
Australian feature films, TV dramas and documentaries earn at least $252 million annually through exports
