Eight finalists will compete in AACTA and Monster Pictures pitch competition, Pitch: Isolation, with the winner to receive $10,000 in development funding and a theatrical distribution agreement.
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Screen Canberra has backed seven projects with $355,000, including horror film 'Sissy', expected to shoot by the end of the year.
ABC Children’s and Screen Australia have partnered on The Kaleidoscope Project, a new funding initiative that will back the creation of up to four standalone films that capture what it’s like to be a young culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) Australian.
Screenwest's capability development programs, Elevate and Elevate+, are set to support five new short films.
With Australia quickly earning a reputation internationally as a safe shooting destination, the NSW government has struck out with competitive bid to attract foreign production, pumping an additional $175 million towards the Made In NSW fund.
Arts and social change organisation Big hART is developing a documentary project with domestic violence campaigner Rosie Batty, titled All of Us, set to follow the making of a stage show of the same name that sees both Batty and young women share their stories.
Kodie Bedford, Debbie Carmody, Jub Clerc, Kelli Cross, Karla Hart, Chantelle Murray, Ngaire Pigram and Mitch Torres are the eight writer-directors who will helm 'RED', the feature anthology from Pink Pepper, Ramu Productions and Brown Sugar Apple Grunt, which will explore the theme of missing Indigenous women.
Following on from the launch of its 2020-2023 strategic plan in July, the South Australian Film Corporation (SAFC) has introduced a suite of new funding programs and initiatives.