Screen Australia Unveils $20.4M Funding Round for Diverse Animated Narratives
Screen Australia has announced a significant $20.4 million investment in production and development funding, supporting a total of 91 narrative projects. This round is particularly notable for debuting the Short Film Production Funding Program, marking the agency’s return to direct investment in short-form storytelling—a crucial stepping stone for emerging filmmakers.
While the funding covers a wide array of content, several adult-leaning and general-audience animated projects have taken center stage.
The Art of Murder
What if your favourite pop culture characters were key suspects in a murder mystery… And it’s a musical!? The Art Of Murder is a love letter to pop culture and the artist’s journey, set in a world where sketchbook drawings come to life and following the mystery surrounding four unsuspecting pop culture characters.
Lazy Love (Lasagne 365)
Lasagna and racist foot-lickers will collide! Apple’s and her crew pursue her racist boss to avenge her insult against so-called ‘stinky Asian food’. Meanwhile Toby sets out on an epic quest to acquire the best lasagna in the West.
Day Job
An animated comedy about the over-qualified staff at a local bowling alley, and their struggles balancing career dreams and reality.
There's got to be some kind of twist that's going to happen with this. I don't know if they're setting up an April Fool's joke now or what's going on, but it seems too strange that they'd suddenly reverse on doing a fourth and fifth season after the show was already renewed and they were even just talking about working on those seasons like a couple months ago or something. Or maybe the two episodes yet to release will secretly somehow each be like a "season" in themselves?