The wider $5m Gender Matters program announced by Screen Australia in 2015 includes the promotion of gender and cultural diversity across all funding guidelines.
Tuesday’s announcement marks the biggest cash injection for the screen industry in a single day in the agency’s history.
For the full list of Gender Matters funding recipients, visit Screen Australia’s website.
The producer Jo Porter will work with the director Rachel Ward on a period drama about the 19th century women’s suffrage activist Goldstein.