SAFC and Channel 44 First Nations Internship Program: Submissions

The South Australian Film Corporation (SAFC) and Channel 44 are aiming to help South Australian First Nations screen creatives to forge new careers in television production with the return of their First Nations Internship Program, which is now also open to tertiary students. Now in its second year, the internship program was launched as part of the SAFC’s First Nations Screen Strategy 2020-2025 and is part of a wider partnership between the SAFC and Channel 44 to provide opportunities to...

‘Creature from the Black Lagoon’ @ ACMI

ACMI, Melbourne Flinders St, Melbourne, VIC, Australia

More than 65 years ago, Jack Arnold's Creature from the Black Lagoon  swam into theatres on the crest of the first wave of 3D film. Now, with a restored 3D version, ACMI will screen the classic film in all its cinematic glory, giving the Universal monster renewed life.  Following the discovery of an unusual fossil on the banks of the Amazon, a team of scientists journey down a remote section of the river in search of answers. What they find is a...

Australian Feature Film Summit – Stage 2

Event Cinemas, George Street 505/525 George Street, Sydney, NSW, Australia

The second stage of the Australian Feature Film Summit will take place in-person in May, coinciding with the Australian International Movie Convention. 8.30 am   Arrival Coffee 9.00 am  Welcome and Introduction 9.15 am Capturing the audience How can we ask better questions, capture better data and aggregate anonymized data so that it benefits all parties along the value chain and results in greater connections between films and audiences. What are we not capturing? How can producers access and work with...

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Fund the Arts: Is Australian Film and TV Kaput?

The Australian Writers' Guild, Australian Directors' Guild, Chauvel Cinema and Fund The Arts presents: Is Australian film and TV kaput? A panel on telling Australian stories in the age of streaming. With youth theatre being defunded, only 2 per cent Australian content on streaming services like Netflix, broadcasters parking Australian content in nowhere land, and the government failing to finance Australian created content, what is the future of Australian stories? Can we be a cultural exporter, like South Korea, rather than...