Screen Australia has revamped the guidelines for five funding programs to provide more flexibility and clarity and broadened eligibility to boost the opportunities to access support.
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The New Zealand Film Commission made conditional offers for four feature films including a remake of Kiwi classic Goodbye Pork Pie at its last board meeting.
Screen NSW will receive nearly $10 million in the next financial year, unchanged from the current funding level.
Just one year into the 3-year, $10 million suite of Enterprise programs, Screen Australia is streamlining the funding process by combining two of the programs.
Applications are now open for the third and final Hive Lab, an Adelaide Film Festival initiative in partnership with ABC Arts, Australia Council for the Arts, Screen Australia and the SAFC.
The latest rounds from Screen Australia's Documentary Production Broadcast and Producer programs have seen 16 documentaries receive close to $4.4 million in funding.
Simon Baker will make his feature directing debut, Matchbox Pictures will adapt another Christos Tsiolkas’ novel for the ABC and Endemol Australia will produce a female-driven drama for the Nine Network in projects funded by Screen Australia.
Screen Australia will be forced to cut its funding programs after the federal budget reduced its allocation by $3.6 million over the next four years, to the chagrin of producers and directors.