The latest news from Mint Pictures
Mint Pictures has been commissioned by SBS to produce a one-hour documentary, opening a window into the hidden world of Melbourne’s Adass Israel community. Centred in the midst of East St Kilda’s café culture, some of the 200 families of the Adass community will be featured in this story of a reclusive ultra-Orthodox community as it battles Read more about Mint commissioned by SBS for doco[…]
Click photo to view trailer ‘Zach’s Ceremony’, a powerful documentary following the struggles of an Aboriginal kid as he grapples with his identity and culture in modern-day Australia, received a windfall in production and outreach funding from the first-ever Good Pitch event at the Sydney Opera House on October 8. The film, produced by PostBox Read more about ‘Zach’s Ceremony’ funded by Good Pitch[…]
‘Gus Worland: Marathon Man’, a six-part prime-time series for Foxtel, will premiere on the A&E channel on November 6. The series follows radio host and media identity Gus Worland, a 140kg couch potato, who is challenged by his best mate Hugh Jackman, to run the New York Marathon. VIEW LAUNCH TRAILER A co-host on Triple Read more about MARATHON MAN FOR FOXTEL[…]
Bushwhacked! – the smash hit kids TV format by Mint Pictures – has been short-listed again, this time for the Association of International Broadcasting awards in London. Series 2 of the 13-part kids wildlife-meets-Indigenous series is up against six competitors for best factual program for kids, including ‘Deadly Pole to Pole’ by the BBC. Over Read more about Bushwhacked! a finalist at AIB awards[…]
‘Code of Silence’, a documentary for the ABC co-produced by Mint Pictures with Identity Films, has been short-listed for the Walkley Award for best documentary. The documentary, which focuses on the child sex abuse scandal inside Melbourne’s ultra-Orthodox Jewish community, is up against ‘Cronulla Riots: The Day That Shocked The Nation’ (Northern Pictures/SBS Online) and ‘Love Read more about Mint Pictures short-listed for Walkley Documentary Award[…]
Bushwhacked! – the smash hit kids format created and produced by Mint Pictures – has been selected as a finalist at this year’s Screen Producer Australia Awards. Series 2 of the 13-part adventure across Australia with Kayne Tremills and Kamil Ellis was selected on Monday in the children’s TV category alongside Nowhere Boys, among others. Read more about Bushwhacked! series 2 a finalist in SPA awards[…]
Two Mint Pictures productions have been nominated for the 2014 ATOM awards. Brilliant Creatures: Germaine, Clive, Barry & Bob and Code of Silence were selected by the panel of judges last week View ATOM Awards here Brilliant Creatures, a finalist for Best Factual TV series, follows the meteoric rise of four towering giants of Australian Read more about Mint Pictures nominated for two ATOM Awards[…]
[vimeo 104588316 w=500 h=281] Mint Pictures is producing the live OB of the Red Bull ‘Cape Fear’ event in Sydney, which has been called for Sunday August 31. The big wave surfing event will be screened on Fuel TV and streamed live on www.redbull.tv. Adam Kay, Head of Programming at Mint Pictures, and Nerissa Tebbutt, Read more about Mint Pictures producing live OB of Red Bull ‘Cape Fear’ event on August 31[…]
Mint Pictures is currently in production on a 6×30 series for Foxtel’s A&E channel. ‘Gus Worland: Marathon Man’ follows the trials and tribulations of Radio DJ Gus Worland, a 40-something, self-confessed 140kg couch potato, who is challenged by his best mate Hugh Jackman to get fit and to run the New York marathon – 42.195 Read more about GUS vs GUTS[…]
[vimeo 95471745 w=500 h=281] Code of Silence, a one-hour Compass special for ABC1, follows the parallel journeys of a fervently Orthodox Jewish father and his now-secular son, after the son breaks the code of silence in Melbourne’s Orthodox community and goes public with his story of being sexually abused as a school student. Manny Waks claims he Read more about CODE OF SILENCE WINS WALKLEY AWARD[…]