Cate Blanchett TV series heads list of projects to share in $640,000 Screen Australia funding

A TV series developed and directed by actress Cate Blanchett is among 23 new TV and film projects to receive funding from Screen Australia, it has been announced.

Stateless, which marks Blanchett’s first venture into “high end” TV, follows the true story of German/Australian woman Cornelia Rau who, in 2004, escaped a cult only to end up in the notorious Baxter Immigration Detention Centre.

The list of funded projects, that will share in $640,000 of development funding from Screen Australia, also includes an Aboriginal-inspired zombie thriller called Cargo, and what has been described as a “larrikin-style” yarn, Digger, the work of creative duo Alexandra Blue and Dave Wade.

The team behind ABC comedy, The Moodys will also get development funding for Death is for the Living, a comedy drama directed and produced by Trent O’Donnell and Jason Burrows of Jungleboys.