PR agency-based comedy and tabloid newsroom drama get Screen Australia funding

A comedy set in a public relations agency and a drama set in a “tabloid television newsroom in remote northern Australia” are among 58 projects that will share $3m in funding, Screen Australia announced today.

Screen Australia has greenlighted $3m in funding

Screen Australia has green-lit $3m in funding as part of its Gender Matters project

Other funding recipients include Mia Freedman’s news website Mamamia, which has been given money to enable the website “to move into the narrative story space while also providing an avenue for an online web series supported by Screen Australia to gain access to audiences and generate revenue.”

Screen Australia noted that the 58 projects, part of a project called Gender Matters, represented the largest number of projects funded in a single day in the agency’s history.

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