Screen Australia announces funding for book-to-film adaptations; nonfiction from Garner and Law among the projects
A film based on Helen Garner’s nonfiction book Joe Cinque’s Consolation (Pan) is the latest book-to-film project to receive funding from Screen Australia. The film will be directed by Sotiris Dounoukos, who...
Canberra-based political thrillers to be adapted into TV miniseries
Chris Uhlmann and Steve Lewis’ political thriller The Marmalade Files, along with the newly released sequel The Mandarin Code (both HarperCollins), are being adapted into a TV mini-series by Matchbox...
‘The Broken Shore’ to screen on ABC TV this weekend
The television adaptation of Peter Temple’s novel The Broken Shore (Text) will screen on ABC Television at 8.30pm on Sunday 2 February. The telemovie stars Don Hany, who has appeared in...
‘The Secret River’ adaptation receives investment funding
Screen Australia has announced investment funding for the ABC’s television adaptation of Kate Grenville’s The Secret River (Text). The miniseries is being developed by producers Stephen Luby and Mark Ruse, along...
Screen Australia funds new book-to-film adaptations
Screen Australia has allocated $643,125 in funding to support the development of 18 new feature films, including film adaptations of books by Peter Carey, Melanie Joosten, Susan Duncan and Megan Abbott. Part...
‘The Dressmaker’ adaptation receives investment funding from Screen Australia
A film adaptation of The Dressmaker by Melbourne author Rosalie Ham (Duffy & Snellgrove) is one of three feature film projects to receive a share of $4.4 million of investment...
Screen Australia funds book-to-film adaptations
Feature film adaptations of Australian novels Bereft (Chris Womersley, Scribe), The Burial (Courtney Collins, A&U), Jasper Jones (Craig Silvey, A&U) and YA novel On the Jellicoe Road (Melina Marchetta, Penguin) are...
Screen Australia funds book-to-film adaptations
Screen Australia has announced 'development support' funding for several book-to-film adaptations, which are among 23 projects that will receive a total of $700,000. Among the funding recipients is a film adaptation of Tim...
Book adaptations receive investment from Screen Australia
Screen Australia has approved investment for the second season of ABC television series Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries, the adaptation of Kerry Greenwood's Phryne Fisher books (A&U). The funding was part of a $20 million...
Screen Australia funding for book-related apps
Screen Australia has announced funding for a number of apps, several of which are based on books. Bottersnikes and Gumbles ‘brings to life the hilarious animated stories about the evil...
Screen Australia funds book-to-film adaptations
Telemovie The Broken Shore, based on the novel by Peter Temple (Text), will receive part of a $5.6 million investment from Screen Australia that is spread among three adult and...
In Brief
Screen Australia funding for book adaptationsScreen Australia has approved funding for the development of thirteen new feature film projects, four of which are being adapted from books by local authors....
In Brief
Screen Australia funding for book adaptationsScreen Australia has approved funding for the development of a number of feature films based on Australian books in its latest funding round. Screen Australia...