2022 SPA Awards: Submissions

Submissions are open for the 2022 Screen Producers Australia (SPA) Awards, which will be announced at an in-person ceremony on the final night of Screen Forever 37 (May 3-5 2023) on the Gold Coast. Returning categories include Animated Production of the Year, Feature Film Production of the Year, Commissioner of the Year, Lifetime Achievement Award, and the prestigious Media Super Production Business of the Year Award. Early bird entries open 12:01am AEST on September 1 and 12:00pm AEST on September...

Melbourne International Games Week

Melbourne International Games Week (MIGW) will return as an in-person event this October, comprising major industry conferences as well as family fun events, while an international following will join online. The week incorporates PAX Aus — three days of new game demonstrations, music performances, panels, and live tournaments at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre – while developers, publishers, and brands will come together at the Games Careers Expo. There will also be the two-day High Score conference, which will...

Flickerfest 2023 – Submissions

Flickerfest has opened entries for submissions in all categories, including four Academy Qualifying Awards across the Australian, International and Documentary Competitions. In 2023, the festival will celebrate 32 years of screening the best short films from Australia and around the world in competitions and special showcases. Following the festival in Sydney, a selection of films will go on tour to 50+ capital cities and regional centres around Australia. Regular deadline: September 12Late deadline: October 10

2022 Greek Film Festival

Palace Cinemas, Norton Street

The 2022 Greek Film Festival returns to Leichhardt’s Palace Norton Street Cinema in October to celebrate the best of contemporary and classic Greek cinema. Thirteen narrative features, three documentaries, and the Student Film Festival make up a diverse festival line-up designed to transport audiences Athens (Monday), explore generational history (Smyrna), and highlight ambitious, local art (The Greek Bar Jacket). This year's festival is dedicated to the 100th Anniversary of the Asia Minor Catastrophe, an event described as ‘changing the face...

Skip Ahead – Applications

Applications are now open for the eighth instalment of Screen Australia and YouTube Australia’s Skip Ahead initiative, to help online storytellers with an existing audience on YouTube expand their creative ambition and production value, and ‘skip ahead’ their careers. The initiative will provide up to $150,000 each for a maximum of six YouTube projects and both scripted and documentary projects are encouraged to apply. For the first time, this year projects for short-form platform YouTube Shorts will also be eligible. YouTube...