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Screen Australia backs science, slum docs

Adventure Painter tells the story of street artist Anthony Lister

Adventure Painter tells the story of street artist Anthony Lister

Screen Australia is funding documentaries dealing with an expedition to Antarctica by female scientists, a priest’s mission to save a Bangkok slum and the controversial closure of remote Indigenous communities.

The trio are among 10 projects that will share more than A$2.54m (US$1.9m) in funding from the agency’s documentary producer and documentary broadcast programmes.

Bunya Productions’ Homeward Bound charts the story of 78 female scientists as they embark on an epic journey to Antarctica, aiming to redress the gender inequality in science.

Last Chance Hotel Productions’ Father Joe & the Bangkok Slaughterhouse follows a priest’s fight to save the Klong Toey slum in Bangkok from the bulldozers of mass development.

The government’s plan to close 150 remote Indigenous communities in Western Australia and its social and economic impact on the Kimberley people is examined in Amnesia Productions’ Kimberly Project (working title).

Mint Pictures’ Waste Nation follows the crusade by social entrepreneur and activist Ronni Kahn to end the A$10bn of food waste in Australia each year.

Sacred Song from Brindle Films follows the four generations of women in the Central Australian Aboriginal Women’s Choir as they travel to Germany, sharing their stories of cultural survival, identity and cross-cultural collaboration.

Unicorn Films’ My Mother’s Lost Children gives insights into the lives of an eccentric Jewish family as two people who were stolen as children reappear after 40 years.

Waterbyrd Filmz’s MAMIL investigates the world of white-collar professionals with families and mortgages who turn into MAMILs (middle-aged men in lycra) at weekends.

Smith and Nasht and Real to Reel Productions are making The Kingdom of Fungi, which looks at how fungi is essential to life on Earth and holds the key to our future.

Carver Films’ Lister – Adventure Painter tells of the rise of renowned street artist Anthony Lister as he challenges conservative Australia while battling his own demons.

The sole project funded under the documentary broadcast strand is an untitled three-part social issues programme from Blackfella Films.

Commenting on the slate, Liz Stevens, Screen Australia senior manager, documentary, said: “The teams that have come through this round of funding had very clear ideas about the audience for their projects.”

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