Two animated feature films from Queensland-based production company Like A Photon and Stan/Jungle Entertainment’s 'No Activity' Christmas special are among the recent 12 projects to receive production investment from Screen Australia.
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Writer-director Tony D’Aquino’s debut feature 'The Furies', feature documentary 'Family' from director Kim Beamish and a six-part drama from Blackfella Films are the first three projects to be supported by Screen Canberra's CBR Screen Fund.
Alana Hicks, Grace Feng and Llewellyn Michael Bates will each receive $24,000 to produce a short work thanks to Talent Camp, a joint initiative of AFTRS, Screen Australia and the state screen agencies to bolster emerging talent from diverse backgrounds.
Go Viral! an innovative project that aims to unearth ground-breaking filmmakers of the future by enabling them to create micro-films and helping their works to reach audiences, launched today.
Many screen producers are dismayed that Screen Australia has rejected their case to deny funding for BBC Studios' productions in Australia or to invest in local remakes of international formats.
The first project to receive development funding via Studiocanal’s Australia and New Zealand-focused Cultivator Fund is Helena, a biopic about the Polish-Australian-American cosmetics businesswoman, art collector and philanthropist Helena Rubinstein.
As Screen Australia’s Indigenous department celebrates its 25th anniversary, it has announced $1.5 million in special funding across short films, web series and documentaries, in addition to business support.