Dancing Road Productions is seeking stories with female protagonists, written by women.
"Women creatives and voices are vastly underrepresented in screen storytelling and we need to address this issue front on", the company said in a statement.
"Screen Australia figures show that the imbalance is most notable in traditional film, with women accounting for 32% of producers, 23% of writers and only 16% of directors".
"We at Dancing Road are keen to attract more talented women into our industry and find audience-pleasing stories that entertain and stimulate. If successful your idea would be developed into a feature film, so we want fascinating characters, a strong concept and it must make us smile"!
"The first step is to send us a one pager outlining your concept. So women writers, heed the call"!
Dancing Road is run by Helen Leake (Wolf Creek 2, Heaven's Burning, Swerve, Black and White) and Gena Ashwell (Gridiron UK).
The successful applicant will be part of Dancing Road's application to Screen Australia for story development under the Gender Matters scheme.
Applications close COB March 5. The successful applicant will be notified March 10.
Feature film credits are not required, and applicants are instructed to email their idea to: chickflicks2016@gmail.com