Three documentary projects that participated in 2020’s New Perspectives Pitch Lab, hosted by AFTRS, Doc Society, AIDC and Screen NSW, will receive philanthropic development and production grants via the MaiTri Foundation's Story Program.
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Fifteen of social media's top First Nations stars will receive up to $10,000 in funding each, in addition to training, thanks to a Screen Australia and Instagram initiative.
Three Western Australian LGBTQIA+ web series will begin production next year after each receiving $100,000 funding from Screenwest and Screen Australia's Out Now initiative.
The City of Gold Coast has long been the only local government in Australia to offer a financial screen incentive, but the council is making a keen bid to attract further production to region.
Applications are open for AACTA Pitch: BITE, a feature film development initiative in partnership with Monster Pictures.
New seasons of TikTok series 'The Formal' and YouTube's Australia’s 'Best Street Racer' are among the six projects to share in more than $920,000 from Screen Australia's Online Fund.
Screen Queensland officially launched a new $5 million fund, designed to back screen projects or screen-related ventures with strong potential return on investment.
Two animated children's projects and two live-action series will share in $3.2 million of production funding from Screen Australia.