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Screen Australia Commits Over A$16.9 Million to 75 Projects

The combined production-and-development round includes Toni Collette’s The Best Of and a Sooshi Mango feature.

By Ledger Staff · Originally reported · Posted

Toni Collette at the 2013 Sydney Film Festival; archival portrait, not The Best Of production
Toni Collette at the 2013 Sydney Film Festival; archival portrait, not The Best Of production · Eva Rinaldi / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Cropped, resized or letterboxed · CC BY-SA 2.0

Screen Australia announced more than A$16.9 million in production and development funding for 75 Narrative Content projects on October 13, 2026. The slate spans features, series and short films. Supported projects include The Best Of, Toni Collette’s feature directing debut, and a debut feature from Australian comedy group Sooshi Mango.

The announcement also names Brouhaha Entertainment’s series adaptation The Dark Lake and the family short My Life as a 12-Year-Old Demon Hunter…With Great Hair! The Best Of receives major production investment from Screen Australia in association with Screen NSW. The overall funding total combines production and development support across the 75 projects.

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