Screen Australia and Meta Australia's First Nations Creators Program for Instagram is back for 2022, with applications now open. For the second year, the First Nations Creators Program will continue to foster First Nations talent, amplify their voices online and help create long-term career prospects in social media and digital content creation. The immersive program, to be held at Meta’s Sydney Office, will provide in-person training, practical workshops, mentoring, career connections, equipment, and content funding, for up to 10 emerging...

The annual Smartfone Flick Fest (SF3) is extending entries until September 1. The Australian-born, international film festival for movies entirely filmed on a smartphone or tablet is open to filmmakers of all ages and goes on screen and online in November. More than $50,000 worth of prizes is on offer including mentorships, new phones and iPads, apps, microphones, stabilisers, professional memberships, and more. Categories include kids and adults short films, feature films, 360-degree/AR/VR films, and more. Prizes are on offer...

The Natalie Miller Fellowship continues to support established women in the Australian screen industry, with applications now open for...

Entries are now open for AACTA Pitch: Focus, delivered in partnership with Sony. Now in its second year, the national short film pitching initiative offers emerging creatives an opportunity to break into the industry by challenging student filmmakers to form teams and create an original production to be assessed by a panel of industry judges. Teams can be made up of directors, writers, producers, editors, and/or cinematographers, with at least one member of the team actively pursuing studies in film...

AACTA's horror and genre film development initiative is back for a third year, with applicants invited to pitch their...