Exclusive: Last month, Michael Sheen’s appearance on new BBC interview series The Assembly popped on social media, and now Australia’s biggest and brightest names will get the chance of a similar experience.
We can reveal public broadcaster the ABC has ordered an Australian version of The Assembly (aka The A Talks), with Mark Fennessy’s Helium Pictures attached to produce a six-part series. The production was announced at the ABC’s upfront today in Sydney.
The Assembly is being adapted from French hit Les Rencontres du Papotin, which launched two years ago on France 2. Helium began production yesterday, and will continue for six weeks with a potential network premiere date in Q3.
The Australian show will follow a group of autistic student journalists, as they prepare to interview six of the nation’s biggest names, including Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese. The other stars are under wraps, but...
We can reveal public broadcaster the ABC has ordered an Australian version of The Assembly (aka The A Talks), with Mark Fennessy’s Helium Pictures attached to produce a six-part series. The production was announced at the ABC’s upfront today in Sydney.
The Assembly is being adapted from French hit Les Rencontres du Papotin, which launched two years ago on France 2. Helium began production yesterday, and will continue for six weeks with a potential network premiere date in Q3.
The Australian show will follow a group of autistic student journalists, as they prepare to interview six of the nation’s biggest names, including Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese. The other stars are under wraps, but...
- 5/9/2024
- by Jesse Whittock
- Deadline Film + TV
Based on the UK BAFTA award-winning series, The School That Tried to End Racism explores a ground-breaking pilot program designed to provide school children with the tools to identify racial bias and make positive change.
Hosted by Marc Fennell and filmed in a Nsw primary school, the series follows a team of educators and leading expert Professor Fiona White as they attempt to reverse the racial bias in an ordinary multicultural class of 9 to 11-year-old students. Over three weeks the students go through a series of entertaining and eye-opening activities in and out of class that challenges everything they thought they knew about race.
Beyond the classroom the students meet comedian Nazeem Hussain, writer and ABC sports reporter Tony Armstrong, Olympian Bendere Oboya, editor and founder of Ascension Sasha Sarago, Associate Professor Anna Clark, and Uncle Michael Welsh and Uncle Richard Campbell, who share their experiences and knowledge to assist...
Hosted by Marc Fennell and filmed in a Nsw primary school, the series follows a team of educators and leading expert Professor Fiona White as they attempt to reverse the racial bias in an ordinary multicultural class of 9 to 11-year-old students. Over three weeks the students go through a series of entertaining and eye-opening activities in and out of class that challenges everything they thought they knew about race.
Beyond the classroom the students meet comedian Nazeem Hussain, writer and ABC sports reporter Tony Armstrong, Olympian Bendere Oboya, editor and founder of Ascension Sasha Sarago, Associate Professor Anna Clark, and Uncle Michael Welsh and Uncle Richard Campbell, who share their experiences and knowledge to assist...
- 8/18/2021
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
The Aussie director of Quincy Al Hicks and Sundance Film Festival programmer Ania Trzebiatowska are among the early guests announced for Aidc and Screenworks’ Regionality event in June.
Also announced today were Hot Docs forum programmer Dorota Lech and PBS director of programming and development Erin O’Flaherty.
From Australia, guests include the ABC’s factual manager Julie Hanna and documentary manager Stephen Oliver, and Screen Nsw screen investment manager Andrea Ulbrick.
Announced in March, Regionality is a new one-day industry program for regional documentary practitioners, and will be held June 25 at Lennox Head conference centre.
The event will include a pitching event, sessions, networking and one-on-one meetings.
The Regionality Pitch, open to regionally-based Nsw practitioners with a market ready factual or documentary project, will see up to four teams selected. Each will be provided with international training, mentorship, and trailer editing, before pitching to key local and international decision makers live.
Also announced today were Hot Docs forum programmer Dorota Lech and PBS director of programming and development Erin O’Flaherty.
From Australia, guests include the ABC’s factual manager Julie Hanna and documentary manager Stephen Oliver, and Screen Nsw screen investment manager Andrea Ulbrick.
Announced in March, Regionality is a new one-day industry program for regional documentary practitioners, and will be held June 25 at Lennox Head conference centre.
The event will include a pitching event, sessions, networking and one-on-one meetings.
The Regionality Pitch, open to regionally-based Nsw practitioners with a market ready factual or documentary project, will see up to four teams selected. Each will be provided with international training, mentorship, and trailer editing, before pitching to key local and international decision makers live.
- 5/6/2021
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
“Jungle” Jack Hanna, 74, has been diagnosed with dementia, his family revealed in a letter to the public. Hanna’s family believes the former zookeeper, a favorite late-night guest of Johnny Carson and David Letterman’s, has Alzheimer’s disease.
“His condition has progressed much faster in the last few months than any of us could have anticipated,” the family wrote. “Sadly, Dad is no longer able to participate in public life as he used to, where people all over the world watched, learned and laughed alongside him.”
“While Dad’s health has deteriorated quickly, we can assure you that his great sense of humor continues to shine through,” the letter continued. “And yes — he still wears his khakis at home.”
“To keep everyone safe in light of Covid-19 restrictions, we are asking for privacy, which is ironic given Dad’s love of interacting with people,” the note concluded. “We are...
“His condition has progressed much faster in the last few months than any of us could have anticipated,” the family wrote. “Sadly, Dad is no longer able to participate in public life as he used to, where people all over the world watched, learned and laughed alongside him.”
“While Dad’s health has deteriorated quickly, we can assure you that his great sense of humor continues to shine through,” the letter continued. “And yes — he still wears his khakis at home.”
“To keep everyone safe in light of Covid-19 restrictions, we are asking for privacy, which is ironic given Dad’s love of interacting with people,” the note concluded. “We are...
- 4/7/2021
- by Tony Maglio
- The Wrap
For the first time, the ABC has teamed with the Northern Territory government for the annual Spark film initiative, with five shorts from emerging Nt filmmakers to be both selected for the Darwin International Film Festival (Diff) and air on ABC platforms.
The theme for this year is ‘Intergenerational Relationships’, with shorts to launch on the ABC to align with the second series of Old People’s Home For 4 Year Olds.
The Nt government has put up a pool of $125,000 in funding, and winners will be selected by ABC and Diff in collaboration with Screen Territory. Successful recipients will be announced at Diff 2020: Take One in September, and screen at Diff 2020: Take Two in May 2021.
To support collaboration and recovery from the impacts of Covid-19, each filmmaker will be required to collaborate with a Nt composer or musician to produce the accompanying soundtrack to their film.
Nt Minister for Tourism,...
The theme for this year is ‘Intergenerational Relationships’, with shorts to launch on the ABC to align with the second series of Old People’s Home For 4 Year Olds.
The Nt government has put up a pool of $125,000 in funding, and winners will be selected by ABC and Diff in collaboration with Screen Territory. Successful recipients will be announced at Diff 2020: Take One in September, and screen at Diff 2020: Take Two in May 2021.
To support collaboration and recovery from the impacts of Covid-19, each filmmaker will be required to collaborate with a Nt composer or musician to produce the accompanying soundtrack to their film.
Nt Minister for Tourism,...
- 7/7/2020
- by jkeast
- IF.com.au
(Photo credit: Samantha Borges)
Screen Queensland has teamed with the ABC for a new factual initiative aimed at early-mid career filmmakers, calling out for compelling, formattable ideas that explore Australian identity.
The opportunity will see filmmakers create proof-of-concept shorts (10 minutes), to be distributed on ABC digital platforms, with the aim of demonstrating the commission potential of a longer-form series.
The brief is for shorts that examine “the theme of identity, exploring questions of who we are, who do we look at with admiration and why, and why and how do we see ourselves as Australians?”.
The ABC will share a more detailed brief later this month via video conference, setting guidelines and expectations to help creatives understand what the broadcaster is looking for.
Up to eight teams will be shortlisted to then refine their ideas in a workshop with ABC executives, with up to three selected to progress to production.
Screen Queensland has teamed with the ABC for a new factual initiative aimed at early-mid career filmmakers, calling out for compelling, formattable ideas that explore Australian identity.
The opportunity will see filmmakers create proof-of-concept shorts (10 minutes), to be distributed on ABC digital platforms, with the aim of demonstrating the commission potential of a longer-form series.
The brief is for shorts that examine “the theme of identity, exploring questions of who we are, who do we look at with admiration and why, and why and how do we see ourselves as Australians?”.
The ABC will share a more detailed brief later this month via video conference, setting guidelines and expectations to help creatives understand what the broadcaster is looking for.
Up to eight teams will be shortlisted to then refine their ideas in a workshop with ABC executives, with up to three selected to progress to production.
- 7/7/2020
- by jkeast
- IF.com.au
IMDb.com, Inc. takes no responsibility for the content or accuracy of the above news articles, Tweets, or blog posts. This content is published for the entertainment of our users only. The news articles, Tweets, and blog posts do not represent IMDb's opinions nor can we guarantee that the reporting therein is completely factual. Please visit the source responsible for the item in question to report any concerns you may have regarding content or accuracy.