Director Tanya Modini's 'Seeing Scout' has won a $25,000 grant thanks to advocacy organisation For Film's Sake and Sydney Film Festival.
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AACTA and Sony have joined forces to launch a national short film pitching competition for student filmmakers, with $15,000 worth of production funding on offer.
New South Wales has joined South Australia in widening its 10 per cent post, digital and visual effects (PDV) rebate to include game development.
The Balnaves Foundation has pledged $530,000 to NIDA's First Nations Program, facilitating three scholarships, three paid internships, and funding for the institute's first Elder in Residence.
High-profile talent on both sides of camera punctuate the four feature films, three television dramas, and one virtual reality project that will share in more than $6.5 million of production funding from Screen Australia.
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.
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.