Events

Dark Nights Film Fest is set to haunt Ritz Cinemas in Sydney this coming October. The inaugural festival is inviting horror and dark genre filmmakers to submit their short and feature projects to the festival, with a focus on independent films from emerging and established Australian and international filmmakers. Dark Nights Film Fest - Call for Entries deadlines: Earlybird: May 26 Regular: June 23 Late: July 21 Dark Nights Film Fest will run at Ritz Cinemas, Randwick, Sydney, October 11...

Established and emerging screen composers, who identify as women and gender-diverse music creators, are invited to apply for Paramount Australia and APRA AMCOS's Screen Songhubs sessions, to be held July 24-26 at Sydney’s Church Street Studios. Participants will be immersed in scoring tracks for consideration in productions currently under development, including The Dog House and Aussie Shore. Twelve positions are open in total: 10 for Sydney residents and two for APRA AMCOS members living anywhere in Australia. Multi-award-winning Australian screen...

The NSW Government is welcoming applications for its Crew Connects Placement Program, which is designed to provide professional screen practitioners with credited employment in areas of critical need within the state's screen industry. Financed with the assistance of Screen Australia, the $400,000 program funds the placement of emerging crew members who are keen to upskill and advance their careers into roles for up to six months with screen businesses offering the relevant development opportunities. Funding is available for established production,...

Early to mid-career Victorian creatives are invited to apply for two year-long VicScreen internships, featuring four-month rotations at industry partners ABC, Blackfella Films, and Good Thing Productions. Now in its fourth year, the program is designed to create pathways into the screen industry for Victorian screen producers from culturally and racially marginalised backgrounds, First Peoples of Australia, people living with disability, or people who identify as female or are trans/gender diverse. Successful applicants will build skills and knowledge of commissioning,...