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Screen Australia, SBS and National Indigenous Television (NITV) have opened applications for the Digital Originals initiative. Now in its third year, the program is designed to develop short-form drama projects to premiere as a single episode program on SBS On Demand and NITV from screen creatives who are under-represented in the sector. This includes people who identify as culturally and linguistically diverse, First Nations Australians, people with disability, female and gender diverse, LGBTIQ+, and those who are located in regional...

Entries are open for the next Sydney Film Festival, which will return to cinemas from June 8-19, 2022 for its 69th edition. Submissions for the festival are being accepted through Film Freeway and will close on February 25, 2022 for international productions, as well as Australian productions, Dendy Awards for Australian Short Films, Sustainable Future Award, and Documentary Australia Foundation Award for Australian Documentary. The 2022 season will also mark the 53rd year of the Festival’s Australian short film competition,...

Screen Producers Australia (SPA) and TikTok's ‘Got a Minute?’ pitching competition will return to Screen Forever this year, offering $25,000 of production investment to help with the development of the series. The winner will also be granted one-on-one development meetings with Screen Australia to help bolster their network and industry knowledge. To enter, applicants need to upload the pilot for their 10 x 1minute series to TikTok using #screenforever and #gotaminute2022, and fill out the accompanying submission form. Three finalists...