2016 My Queer Career winner The Summer of ABC Burns.
Queer Screen currently has three opportunities up for grabs, including completion funding, the My Queer Career short film competition and the chance to create the trailer for the next Mardi Gras Film Festival.
“In a landscape where funding for on screen content remains a challenge for most filmmakers, we are thrilled to be able to create opportunities for LGBTIQ stories to be produced and be showcased in front of engaged and supportive audiences,” said Queer Screen president Giovanni Campolo-Arcidiaco.
The Queer Screen Completion Fund
Now in its second year, this fund offers grants of up to $10,000 to assist LGBTIQ filmmakers in completing feature films, documentaries and webseries.
To be eligible, the filmmaker’s work must be consistent with Queer Screen’s mission. The project must have already completed principal photography (at least 80 per cent) and be in the post production phase.
Previous winners include documentary Tribe, which shines a light on the LGBTI community in the Middle East, and feature film Teenage Kicks directed by Craig Boreham.
Applications close on November 14.
My Queer Career
Submissions are now open for My Queer Career, Australia’s largest LGBTIQ short film competition.
My Queer Career has been held since 1994 and past finalists include the likes of Oscar winner Adam Elliot.
Films accepted for My Queer Career will be screened in the 2017 Mardi Gras Film Festival, and prize winners awarded more than $15,000 in cash and in-kind production support.
The winner of the Best Film Award is also automatically entered into the Iris Prize, the world’s largest LGBTIQ short film competition with a £30,000 prize.
Applications close November 14.
Mardi Gras Film Festival official trailer
Queer Screen is looking for a filmmaker to make the official trailer for the 2017 Mardi Gras Film Festival official trailer.
The successful applicant is required to deliver a 30 and a 15 second commercial for use by the Mardi Gras Film Festival for TV, cinema and online.
The trailer is screened before every film session during the festival.
Applications close October 31.
For more info: http://queerscreen.org.au/three-filmmaker-opportunities-now-open/