Screen Australia has unveiled the two studios that will share $600,000 through its First Nations Games Studio Fund, while also announcing $2.4 million for 21 games as part of the Games: Expansion Pack.
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Screen Canberra has announced it put $498,832 towards 10 different projects across the 2022-23 financial year via the CBR Screen Investment Fund, including the third season of ABC/Blackfella Films' 'Total Control', a variety of docs from WildBear Entertainment, and comedy series 'Paranormal Blacktivity' from Yoowarni Productions.
Screenwest and the ABC have selected four filmmaking teams who will each receive $10,000 to produce a 3-8 minute documentary segment profiling the work of a Western Australian artist or arts company, to be then broadcast as part of the ABC’s 'Art Works' series.
While we have the talent, facilities, locations and crew, former Village Roadshow Entertainment Group co-founder and CEO Greg Basser believes the one thing that has always hindered Australia from becoming a true global player is "a deep, consistent source of funding" to help cash flow production - but he hopes to change that.
There are calls for funding bodies such as Screen Australia to consider their support of production company Made Up Stories, due to the involvement of Steve Hutensky.
Production companies can apply for up to $100,000 to develop three projects under Screen NSW's new slate development funding program.
After more than a decade of lobbying by Ausfilm, crew, studios and other service businesses, the government announced at the Federal Budget it has decided to permanently lift the Location Offset to 30 per cent from July 1 this year.
Screenwest has unveiled production funding for 13 projects via its new Digital Games Production Fund, and has also put development funding towards four documentaries.