The Federal Government has announced $70,000 for the National Film and Sound Archive of Australia to commission a contemporary, digital work from an Indigenous filmmaker for the UK/Australia Season.
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Queer Screen has put $15,000 towards three projects - feature films 'Closing Night' and 'Lonesome', and TikTok series 'Scattered' - via its completion fund.
The Federal Government has announced $8.7 million in funding for 158 independent cinemas under the Supporting Cinemas’ Retention Endurance and Enhancement of Neighbourhoods (SCREEN) Fund, but remains coy on whether assistance will be provided to major exhibitors.
A trio of music icons and a legendary racehorse are among the subjects of eight projects to receive $2.3 million in documentary production funding from Screen Australia.
Screen Australia and NITV have unveiled the six projects that will share in more than $600,000 of production funding under the No Ordinary Black short film initiative.
A range of digital, documentary, and feature productions are among the beneficiaries of a new funding round from Film Victoria, which will see $3.9 million go towards 12 productions.
The Queensland Government will move to consolidate the state's booming screen industry, putting an extra $71 million on the table to grow production.
The ABC has used its submission to the Federal Government's media reform green paper review to request an additional $90 million in funding, while at the same time joining SBS in dismissing content obligations as "unnecessary".