Antenna Documentary Film Festival: Submissions

Entries are now open for the 11th Antenna Documentary Film Festival, returning to cinemas across Sydney, Australia from 12—23 October 2022. The Festival will continue to showcase the best of non-fiction cinema from Australia and around the world. Submissions for the Festival are being accepted through Film Freeway in two categories: • Feature Documentary Competition which comes with a cash prize of $7,500 for the ‘Best Feature Documentary Award’ winner and $2,500 for the ‘Special Jury Award’ winner. These prizes...

55th Annual AWGIE Awards: Submissions

The Australian Writers’ Guild is calling for entries for the 55th Annual AWGIE Awards. Celebrating the very best in Australian stage and screenwriting, the AWGIE Awards recognise and reward the outstanding achievements of Australian storytellers and their contribution to Australia’s cultural landscape. This year, there are some major updates to the categories, including: • Theatre – stage has been split into original and adapted. • Audio has been split into fiction and non-fiction. • The television series and miniseries categories have been...

Quicksilver Production Initiative

Mercury CX and the South Australian Film Corporation have launched the Quicksilver Production Initiative with the aims to fund four short-form productions - 2 x $25,000 and 2 x $10,000. This initiative is designed to act as a stepping-stone for emerging, advancing and transitioning screen industry practitioners from South Australia to help them achieve their career goals. Applications are invited from teams with projects that are in advanced stages of development and are production-ready. The lead applicant must be an MCX...

CinefestOZ 2022 – Submissions

Film submissions are open for CinefestOZ 2022, which will be held in the South West of Western Australia from August 24-28. Filmmakers are encouraged to make submissions for the Official Selection and Short Film Program for contention in both the CinefestOZ Albany – hosted in WA’s Great Southern region in April – and CinefestOZ Film Festival in August, which has taken over the South West region for the past 14 years. The 2022 category groups include feature (Film Prize and...