Thanks to both Screen Australia's Inclusive Attachment Scheme and Screen Queensland's SQAttach program, three emerging creatives will join Fremantle children's series 'Taylor's Island', now filming on the Gold Coast for Nickelodeon International and Network 10.
The Athena Project is a Screenworks initiative designed to increase the number of regional women in lead creative roles in the Australian film and television industry.
Screen Queensland is inviting expressions from the state's post-production, digital and visual effects companies for a new traineeship program designed to support early or mid-career professionals.
Tracy Richardson is the winner of Screenworks’ Discovering New Voices: Romantic Comedy initiative, beating out a field of more than 50 applicants with her project 'Light Up Christmas'.
The Australian Film Television and Radio School (AFTRS) has partnered with George Lucas-founded VFX company Industrial Light & Magic (ILM) to launch a Graduate Diploma in Visual effects.
"There is no formal tertiary training for note-takers and script coordinators. It’s the sort of thing that people learn on the job. The problem is, how do you get that job without first gaining the skills? And when you do get the chance to be a note-taker in a writers’ room, how do you know what’s expected of you and how to deliver what is required?"
For Film's Sake has expanded its rapid talent development incubator, Platform, to creatives Australia-wide. To be held in person over just four days, 10 filmmakers will form creative teams to work on new fiction projects that they'll then publicly pitch at the Sydney Film Festival Hub.
Aspiring drama practitioners with stories that reflect and explore the diversity of Australia in "innovative, entertaining and compelling ways" are invited to apply for this year's Digital Originals initiative.