Fifteen Indigenous and culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) practitioners are set to participate in Cinespace Inc's Package to Pitch program, an online masterclass on pitching into the market.
With the support of the Victorian Government, Cinespace will offer a quarterly production-in-residence program out of studio space in Melbourne's Footscray.
Cinespace has enlisted a group of industry heavy-hitters to deliver an initiative for emerging creatives from First Nations or culturally diverse background who have a pilot TV script ready to pitch.
Eight early to mid-career Victorian screenwriters will hone their craft under the tutelage of script producer and former ABC development executive Clare Atkins as part of Co-Curious's Stories From Another Australia initiative.
Kauthar Abdulalim's 'Salma's Season', a 6 x 5-minute comedy-drama series about a 45-year-old Australian-Pakistani woman's dream to reach the Australian Open is now available to view on YouTube.
Screenrights has announced the seven initiatives it will support via its 2020 Cultural Fund, which this year had the theme of ‘New Voices’.