Screenworks is inviting applications for its Career Pathways Programs, which are designed to help regional screenwriters, directors, and producers make stronger industry connections, build skills and advance their careers.

For the first time, Screen Queensland will join Screen NSW in supporting placements, with the initiatives open to practitioners in Far North and North Queensland.

Screenworks’ 2023 Regional Producer Elevator Program will provide four selected regional producers – two from NSW and two from QLD – with $3,500 and the opportunity to observe a professional working producer in a program partner production company for five days. They will receive career and project advice from a professional producer, and attend the 2023 Screenworks Regional To Global Forum and the 2023 Screen Forever Conference. This program will be delivered with support from Screen NSW, Screen Queensland, Screen Producers Australia and Fremantle Media.

Two regional NSW directors and two from NQ/FNQ will be granted $3,500 to implement a bespoke professional development program that will help them advance their screen directing career as part of the Director Pathways Program. This program will be delivered in partnership with Screen NSW, Screen Queensland, and the Australian Directors’ Guild and with support from Fremantle Media.

Finally, five regional NSW and Queensland screenwriters will be selected to participate in the Inside The Writers Room program, where they will have the opportunity to observe a professional writing team working on television drama at production companies, including Made Up Stories, Fremantle Media Australia, EQ Media, Tony Ayres Productions and Wooden Horse. Inside the Writers Room is being funded by Screen NSW and Screen Queensland and supported by Fremantle.

The application deadline for each program within the initiative – Regional Producer Elevator Program, Director Pathways Program, and Inside The Writers Room – is Friday, October 28.