Screenworks has opened applications for its Career Pathways Programs, with regionally based NSW and QLD practitioners encouraged to put themselves forward for the Regional Producer Elevator Program, Director Pathways Program, and Inside the Writers Room. All three programs are once again being supported by funding from both Screen Queensland and Screen NSW.

Delivered with assistance from Screen Producers Australia, the Regional Producer Elevator Program will provide two regional NSW producers and two regional Queensland producers with $3,500 to implement their career goals whilst providing them with professional introductions and connections to industry. They will also attend the 2024 Screenworks Regional To Global Forum and the 2024 Screen Forever Conference.

As part of the Director Pathways Program, Two regional NSW directors will be granted $3,500 to implement a bespoke professional development program while receiving support from the Australian Directors’ Guild.

Finally, five regional screenwriters – two from Queensland and three from NSW – will be selected for Inside The Writers Room program, where they will each have the opportunity to observe a professional writing team working on television drama at the likes of BBC Studios Productions, Easy Tiger Productions, Hoodlum Entertainment, Jungle Entertainment and Unless Pictures.